Population ecology of Maasai giraffe - UoN Repository
... 2.1 Ecological and economic significance of wildlife in Africa.............................................................. 14 2.2 Climate change and its evidence in Kenya........................................................................................ 18 2.3 Potential impacts of climate var ...
... 2.1 Ecological and economic significance of wildlife in Africa.............................................................. 14 2.2 Climate change and its evidence in Kenya........................................................................................ 18 2.3 Potential impacts of climate var ...
Priority Ecological Communities for WA
... This community is typically restricted to mesas and cordillo landforms where the plant assemblages are dominated by or contain Triodia sp. Robe River and are indicative of inverted landscapes; that is, where Triodia sp. Robe River occurs in combination with species that are considered ‘out-of-contex ...
... This community is typically restricted to mesas and cordillo landforms where the plant assemblages are dominated by or contain Triodia sp. Robe River and are indicative of inverted landscapes; that is, where Triodia sp. Robe River occurs in combination with species that are considered ‘out-of-contex ...
Native Vegetation: Vegetation Gain Approach
... Ecological Vegetation A type of native vegetation classification that is described through a combination of its floristics, Class (EVC) life form and ecological characteristics, and through an inferred fidelity to particular environment attributes. Each EVC includes a collection of floristic com ...
... Ecological Vegetation A type of native vegetation classification that is described through a combination of its floristics, Class (EVC) life form and ecological characteristics, and through an inferred fidelity to particular environment attributes. Each EVC includes a collection of floristic com ...
Patiriella exigua: grazing by a starfish in an overgrazed intertidal
... and any consequences to the overall ecology of assemblages on rocky shores. Well-defined circular or pentagonal patches were observed in micro-algal biofilms growing in intertidal rockpools; these appeared to be the result of greatly reduced densities of micro-algae. The patches seemed to persist fo ...
... and any consequences to the overall ecology of assemblages on rocky shores. Well-defined circular or pentagonal patches were observed in micro-algal biofilms growing in intertidal rockpools; these appeared to be the result of greatly reduced densities of micro-algae. The patches seemed to persist fo ...
habitat use and selection by moose and elk in the besa
... We determined sizes of annual and seasonal home ranges using 100% minimum convex polygons (MCPs, Jennrich and Turner 1969) around GPS locations for each individual, as well as by fixed kernel analysis (Worton 1989). These calculations were done using the ArcView Animal Movement Extension (Hooge and ...
... We determined sizes of annual and seasonal home ranges using 100% minimum convex polygons (MCPs, Jennrich and Turner 1969) around GPS locations for each individual, as well as by fixed kernel analysis (Worton 1989). These calculations were done using the ArcView Animal Movement Extension (Hooge and ...
The Lowland Grassy Woodland Mosaic
... In south-eastern Australia, temperate eucalypt woodlands once formed a relatively continuous vegetation crescent from about 27oS in southern Queensland to the lower south-east of South Australia with a narrow strip north and south of Adelaide. These woodlands were the culmination of a long evolution ...
... In south-eastern Australia, temperate eucalypt woodlands once formed a relatively continuous vegetation crescent from about 27oS in southern Queensland to the lower south-east of South Australia with a narrow strip north and south of Adelaide. These woodlands were the culmination of a long evolution ...
Informing Biodiversity Conservation for the Adelaide and Mount
... of the biodiversity of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Further information on the detailed condition and trend of specific biodiversity assets can be found within Part 4. The terrestrial and aquatic environments of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges have been highly fragmented and modified. Th ...
... of the biodiversity of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges. Further information on the detailed condition and trend of specific biodiversity assets can be found within Part 4. The terrestrial and aquatic environments of Adelaide and the Mount Lofty Ranges have been highly fragmented and modified. Th ...
The Guiana Shield - Auburn University
... 2,000 m-asl, known variously as tepuis, cerros, massifs, sierras, and inselbergs, are common, particularly near Venezuela’s frontier with Brazil in a region of concentrated high-elevation terrain known as Pantepui. The Pantepui region slopes more or less gently to the north but has a striking southe ...
... 2,000 m-asl, known variously as tepuis, cerros, massifs, sierras, and inselbergs, are common, particularly near Venezuela’s frontier with Brazil in a region of concentrated high-elevation terrain known as Pantepui. The Pantepui region slopes more or less gently to the north but has a striking southe ...
SURVEY OF VEGETATION AND HABITAT IN KEY RIPARIAN ZONES
... © Department of Territory and Municipal Services, Canberra, 2009 Information contained in this publication may be copied or reproduced for study, research, information or educational purposes, subject to appropriate referencing of the source. This document should be cited as: Johnsto ...
... © Department of Territory and Municipal Services, Canberra, 2009 Information contained in this publication may be copied or reproduced for study, research, information or educational purposes, subject to appropriate referencing of the source. This document should be cited as: Johnsto ...
Coastal Systems - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
... systems, even those covering larger total areas. At the same time, these ecosystems are experiencing some of the most rapid environmental change: approximately 35% of mangrove area has been lost or converted (in those countries for which sufficient data exist, which encompass about half of the area ...
... systems, even those covering larger total areas. At the same time, these ecosystems are experiencing some of the most rapid environmental change: approximately 35% of mangrove area has been lost or converted (in those countries for which sufficient data exist, which encompass about half of the area ...
The role of diversity in savannas: modelling plant functional diversity
... precipitation of one year falling within the wet period covering three to six months (Schultz, 2002). How a given rainfall event affects ecosystem functioning and processes depends on local conditions, such as soil texture, as well as on feedbacks between the vegetation and the soil. Rainfall input ...
... precipitation of one year falling within the wet period covering three to six months (Schultz, 2002). How a given rainfall event affects ecosystem functioning and processes depends on local conditions, such as soil texture, as well as on feedbacks between the vegetation and the soil. Rainfall input ...
SUMMARY
... However, when it comes to the actual propagule dispersal and recruitment mechanisms, there is an apparent lacuna in the current understanding of mangrove ecology. The period between the mature propagule falling from the parental mangrove tree and the early growth of the established seedling, under v ...
... However, when it comes to the actual propagule dispersal and recruitment mechanisms, there is an apparent lacuna in the current understanding of mangrove ecology. The period between the mature propagule falling from the parental mangrove tree and the early growth of the established seedling, under v ...
The Kenyan hippo Kanga, Erustus Mutembei
... short grazing lawns in areas that they graze, suggesting that they also enjoy high quality food. In addition, hippos can be vastly affected by environmental fluctuations especially prolonged droughts and above-average rainfall (Marshall and Sayer 1976; Smuts and Whyte 1981). Historically, hippos wer ...
... short grazing lawns in areas that they graze, suggesting that they also enjoy high quality food. In addition, hippos can be vastly affected by environmental fluctuations especially prolonged droughts and above-average rainfall (Marshall and Sayer 1976; Smuts and Whyte 1981). Historically, hippos wer ...
Proceedings of the Sonoma-Marin Coastal Prairie Workshop
... Coastal prairie is a highly variable mixture of native perennial grasses and forbs, native and nonnative annual forbs, and non-native grasses. It extends as a discontinuous ecosystem from Central California into Oregon within the influence of the cool maritime climate and ranges in size from small r ...
... Coastal prairie is a highly variable mixture of native perennial grasses and forbs, native and nonnative annual forbs, and non-native grasses. It extends as a discontinuous ecosystem from Central California into Oregon within the influence of the cool maritime climate and ranges in size from small r ...
environmental analysis - Case Western Reserve University
... determined by drainage patterns and the parallel mountain ranges that divide it. Only the eastern and southern parts of the Tibetan plateau have outlets to the ocean. In the east, the upper reaches of the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers are located, and in the south and southwest the Yarl ...
... determined by drainage patterns and the parallel mountain ranges that divide it. Only the eastern and southern parts of the Tibetan plateau have outlets to the ocean. In the east, the upper reaches of the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers are located, and in the south and southwest the Yarl ...
Record 1 of 23
... conductivity, N-NH4+, N-NO3-, 4 total P, SO42-, K, Ca, Mg and Fe were measured four times in 30 vegetation plots of 16 m(2) during the 2004 vegetation season. Both constrained and unconstrained ordination (DCA, CCA) were used to relate environmental factors to the species composition of the vegetati ...
... conductivity, N-NH4+, N-NO3-, 4 total P, SO42-, K, Ca, Mg and Fe were measured four times in 30 vegetation plots of 16 m(2) during the 2004 vegetation season. Both constrained and unconstrained ordination (DCA, CCA) were used to relate environmental factors to the species composition of the vegetati ...
bc grasslands stewardship guide.indd
... he beauty and diversity of BC’s grasslands are unique. Grasslands are home to everything from lichen to curlews, salamanders to cacti, sharp-tailed grouse to elk. Visitors and residents use the grasslands for recreation. The cattle industry depends on healthy grasslands to help provide a secure food ...
... he beauty and diversity of BC’s grasslands are unique. Grasslands are home to everything from lichen to curlews, salamanders to cacti, sharp-tailed grouse to elk. Visitors and residents use the grasslands for recreation. The cattle industry depends on healthy grasslands to help provide a secure food ...
Warkworth Sands Woodland - An Endangered Ecological
... Warkworth Sands Woodland was not described in NSW NPWS (1999). However, comparisons of species present and relative abundances with other communities defined in that document confirm that Warkworth Sands Woodland represents a distinct assemblage. Distribution and Condition Warkworth Sands Wood ...
... Warkworth Sands Woodland was not described in NSW NPWS (1999). However, comparisons of species present and relative abundances with other communities defined in that document confirm that Warkworth Sands Woodland represents a distinct assemblage. Distribution and Condition Warkworth Sands Wood ...
Mangroves of Victoria Information Kit
... works which restricts or eliminates tidal water movement results in mangrove dieback. Protective works such as seawalls can result in either permanent inundation or none at all and can also prevent seedling distribution and hence regeneration threatening the ability for mangroves to remain productiv ...
... works which restricts or eliminates tidal water movement results in mangrove dieback. Protective works such as seawalls can result in either permanent inundation or none at all and can also prevent seedling distribution and hence regeneration threatening the ability for mangroves to remain productiv ...
TOWARD A STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND
... protected areas, have been recognized and included in the figures quoted in this paper, nor the relative comparability of management regimes from one country to another. This is a necessary area of research. With this priority on temperate grasslands, the Specialist Group focuses on North and Sout ...
... protected areas, have been recognized and included in the figures quoted in this paper, nor the relative comparability of management regimes from one country to another. This is a necessary area of research. With this priority on temperate grasslands, the Specialist Group focuses on North and Sout ...
Grassland Ecology - Kansas State University
... drinks. Grasses are not only consumed directly by humans, but they also support the production of domestic livestock for human use. More recently, several species of grasses are being widely used or considered as feedstock for biofuel production (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Miscanthus spp.). It is estim ...
... drinks. Grasses are not only consumed directly by humans, but they also support the production of domestic livestock for human use. More recently, several species of grasses are being widely used or considered as feedstock for biofuel production (e.g., Panicum virgatum, Miscanthus spp.). It is estim ...
South Australian Arid Lands Biodiversity Strategy
... the Gawler bioregion represents 12.30% of the State*. The Gawler bioregion covers over a quarter of South Australia’s pastoral rangelands. It is bounded in the north by the Stony Plains, in the south by the higher rainfall agricultural areas of Eyre Peninsula, the west by the Great Victoria Desert, ...
... the Gawler bioregion represents 12.30% of the State*. The Gawler bioregion covers over a quarter of South Australia’s pastoral rangelands. It is bounded in the north by the Stony Plains, in the south by the higher rainfall agricultural areas of Eyre Peninsula, the west by the Great Victoria Desert, ...
The Diamondback Terrapin - the College of Marine Science
... coastal salt marshes and estuaries along the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod, Massachusetts southward to the Florida Keys then northward along the Gulf coast and west to Texas. Diamondback terrapins have a wide tolerance of salt in their water, and are the only North American turtles native to brackish ...
... coastal salt marshes and estuaries along the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod, Massachusetts southward to the Florida Keys then northward along the Gulf coast and west to Texas. Diamondback terrapins have a wide tolerance of salt in their water, and are the only North American turtles native to brackish ...
VEGETATION TYPES AND FOREST PRODUCTIVITY, WEST PART
... Thus, a user of Appendix I can identify the most characteristic species of a given vegetation type by scanning the first few species listed for each of the five layers. ...
... Thus, a user of Appendix I can identify the most characteristic species of a given vegetation type by scanning the first few species listed for each of the five layers. ...
IMA - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
... The alpine occurs at high elevations throughout British Columbia and has the harshest climate of any of the biogeoclimatic zones in British Columbia. Temperatures are cold for most of the year, with much wind and snow. Temperatures remain low even during the growing season, which has an exceptionall ...
... The alpine occurs at high elevations throughout British Columbia and has the harshest climate of any of the biogeoclimatic zones in British Columbia. Temperatures are cold for most of the year, with much wind and snow. Temperatures remain low even during the growing season, which has an exceptionall ...
Geography of Somalia
Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. With a land area of 637,657 square kilometers, Somalia's terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. Its coastline is more than 3,300 kilometers in length, the longest of mainland Africa and the Middle East.In the far north, the rugged east-west ranges of the Ogo Mountains lie at varying distances from the Gulf of Aden coast. Hot conditions prevail year-round, along with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall. Geology suggests the presence of valuable mineral deposits.