QUESTION: Review
... Would you be willing to decrease the amount of meat you consumed (e.g., eat lower on the food chain) in order to ...
... Would you be willing to decrease the amount of meat you consumed (e.g., eat lower on the food chain) in order to ...
Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics Engineering
... such as information technology, electricity, mechanics and chemistry. From this viewpoint, the eight laboratories of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics undertake leading-edge researches on applied mathematical analysis, discrete mathematics, system optimization, control systems theory ...
... such as information technology, electricity, mechanics and chemistry. From this viewpoint, the eight laboratories of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics undertake leading-edge researches on applied mathematical analysis, discrete mathematics, system optimization, control systems theory ...
A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme
... CSR triangle has two dimensions, the C–S axis reflecting adaptation to opportunities for rapid growth versus continuing enforcement of slow growth (Competitors to Stress-tolerators), the R-axis reflecting adaptation to disturbance (Ruderals). Thus the thinking behind the CSR scheme has been focussed ...
... CSR triangle has two dimensions, the C–S axis reflecting adaptation to opportunities for rapid growth versus continuing enforcement of slow growth (Competitors to Stress-tolerators), the R-axis reflecting adaptation to disturbance (Ruderals). Thus the thinking behind the CSR scheme has been focussed ...
Potential impacts of climate change on the distributions and diversity
... (N = 25), Lagomorpha (N = 7) and Rodentia (N = 56). In order to accurately compare species distributions with current climate, only distribution data collected since January 1st 1970 were included in this study. Nomenclature follows Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999). The three key bioclimatic variables, ...
... (N = 25), Lagomorpha (N = 7) and Rodentia (N = 56). In order to accurately compare species distributions with current climate, only distribution data collected since January 1st 1970 were included in this study. Nomenclature follows Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999). The three key bioclimatic variables, ...
Marine Organisms - Northern Highlands
... Chapter 1: Science and the Marine Environment (1 Week) 1-1. Importance of the Ocean and Marine Organisms Define and explain how the Marine biologist and Oceanographers discover knowledge about the ocean environment. 1-2. Study of the Sea and its Inhabitants It is important that we develop an underst ...
... Chapter 1: Science and the Marine Environment (1 Week) 1-1. Importance of the Ocean and Marine Organisms Define and explain how the Marine biologist and Oceanographers discover knowledge about the ocean environment. 1-2. Study of the Sea and its Inhabitants It is important that we develop an underst ...
Environmental Pressures: Human Activities That Affect
... the result of unchecked reproduction of farm “barn” cats or abandoned ...
... the result of unchecked reproduction of farm “barn” cats or abandoned ...
What I`ve Learned In partnership with Brenda Strohmeyer Caitlyn
... Scientists collect data on the Northern Goshawk because understanding these short winged hawks should result in more fire sustainable forests and protecting the number of endangered and threatened species in goshawk ecosystems. Scientists at RMRS study all over the western U.S., including the pine f ...
... Scientists collect data on the Northern Goshawk because understanding these short winged hawks should result in more fire sustainable forests and protecting the number of endangered and threatened species in goshawk ecosystems. Scientists at RMRS study all over the western U.S., including the pine f ...
Multitrophic level interactions: an introduction - Assets
... allow for this specificity within the constraints of genotypic plant variation remain to be shown. The direct benefits of plants derived from the impact of natural enemies appear to be equally variable. From the applied point of view, manipulation of traits of crop plants to enhance pest control is a ...
... allow for this specificity within the constraints of genotypic plant variation remain to be shown. The direct benefits of plants derived from the impact of natural enemies appear to be equally variable. From the applied point of view, manipulation of traits of crop plants to enhance pest control is a ...
Lecture 4.
... living organisms such as food, shelter, water, and oxygen to respire, mates to reproduce etc, which are essential for sustained life on this planet. The complex system in which interactions between the different components of the environmental occur is referred to as an ecosystem. A biotic community ...
... living organisms such as food, shelter, water, and oxygen to respire, mates to reproduce etc, which are essential for sustained life on this planet. The complex system in which interactions between the different components of the environmental occur is referred to as an ecosystem. A biotic community ...
Detail programme_Abstractsocx - 144.6 kB
... Prey controlled with pesticides can indirectly poison predators. However, pesticides’ effects on predator dynamics has not been well documented. Temporal variations of small mustelid (weasels, stoats) abundance follow those of voles, their main prey. Grassland voles show population cycles, damaging ...
... Prey controlled with pesticides can indirectly poison predators. However, pesticides’ effects on predator dynamics has not been well documented. Temporal variations of small mustelid (weasels, stoats) abundance follow those of voles, their main prey. Grassland voles show population cycles, damaging ...
Local adaptation and ecological genetics of host
... reared on two of its main host plants. Due to differences in host availability, each population represents a distinctly different selective regime in terms of host use including selection for specialization on one or the other host as well as selection for utilizing both hosts during the larval stag ...
... reared on two of its main host plants. Due to differences in host availability, each population represents a distinctly different selective regime in terms of host use including selection for specialization on one or the other host as well as selection for utilizing both hosts during the larval stag ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE- BIO130 Objectives for Unit 1
... mathematically describe the relationship between these rates and the rate of population change. Describe factors affecting population. Utilize the proper equations to calculate crude birth rate, crude death rate, and annual rate of population change. Explain how the rate of population change of ...
... mathematically describe the relationship between these rates and the rate of population change. Describe factors affecting population. Utilize the proper equations to calculate crude birth rate, crude death rate, and annual rate of population change. Explain how the rate of population change of ...
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of size
... Introduction Body size is generally considered to be one of the most important traits of an organism because it correlates with many aspects of its biology, from life history to ecology (Peters 1983; Calder 1984). Size-selective harvesting, where large individuals of a particular species are prefere ...
... Introduction Body size is generally considered to be one of the most important traits of an organism because it correlates with many aspects of its biology, from life history to ecology (Peters 1983; Calder 1984). Size-selective harvesting, where large individuals of a particular species are prefere ...
Experimental assessment of the effects of a Neotropical nocturnal piscivore
... Invasive species are one of the main threats to biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most affected by biological invasions (Saunders et al., 2002; Clavero & GarcíaBerthou, 2005; Moyle & Marchetti, 2006). Many non-native freshwater fish are invading South America and particularly Br ...
... Invasive species are one of the main threats to biodiversity and freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most affected by biological invasions (Saunders et al., 2002; Clavero & GarcíaBerthou, 2005; Moyle & Marchetti, 2006). Many non-native freshwater fish are invading South America and particularly Br ...
Ecological change, changing ecology
... territorial or aggressive interactions between neighbours, resource sharing during offspring rearing or collective behaviours to discourage predators. Our theory represents a shift in focus from genetic effects of extra-pair mating to the ecological consequences of predation and food limitation, whi ...
... territorial or aggressive interactions between neighbours, resource sharing during offspring rearing or collective behaviours to discourage predators. Our theory represents a shift in focus from genetic effects of extra-pair mating to the ecological consequences of predation and food limitation, whi ...
Scale, Environment, and Trophic Status: The Context Dependency
... a few kilometers as a large local community. Because most species included in this study are rather small and sluggish or sessile when mature and competition for space in the intertidal occurs on small spatial scales, we believe that these scales provide a reasonable analysis of these patterns (e.g. ...
... a few kilometers as a large local community. Because most species included in this study are rather small and sluggish or sessile when mature and competition for space in the intertidal occurs on small spatial scales, we believe that these scales provide a reasonable analysis of these patterns (e.g. ...
New Zealand`s dryland biodiversity situation
... Land Environments of NZ • Waitaki, Hurunui, Selwyn, Mackenzie and Ashburton districts in top 11 of all territorial authorities for environmental and ecological ...
... Land Environments of NZ • Waitaki, Hurunui, Selwyn, Mackenzie and Ashburton districts in top 11 of all territorial authorities for environmental and ecological ...
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... Degradation and unsustainable use of ecosystem services – Approximately 60% (15 out of 24) of the ecosystem services evaluated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are being degraded or used unsustainably – The degradation of ecosystem services often causes significant harm to human well-being an ...
... Degradation and unsustainable use of ecosystem services – Approximately 60% (15 out of 24) of the ecosystem services evaluated in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment are being degraded or used unsustainably – The degradation of ecosystem services often causes significant harm to human well-being an ...
The logistic model-generated carrying capacities for wild herbivores
... selective feeder consuming highly nutritious grasses and while the Grant’s gazelle (32 to 42 Kg) is slightly stockier than the Grant’s gazelle, and is a mixed feeder utilizing both high quality grass and browse (Hofmann and Stewart, 1972). The feeding habits of the Grant’s gazelle would therefore ov ...
... selective feeder consuming highly nutritious grasses and while the Grant’s gazelle (32 to 42 Kg) is slightly stockier than the Grant’s gazelle, and is a mixed feeder utilizing both high quality grass and browse (Hofmann and Stewart, 1972). The feeding habits of the Grant’s gazelle would therefore ov ...
Symbioses and Parasitism - Powerpoint for Oct. 23.
... often live intracellularly, main point is that they reproduce in host and will have very large numbers in host • macroparasites - tiny to very large - nematodes, tapeworms, flukes - larger individuals that grow in host but multiply by producing infective stages that are shed by host to environment w ...
... often live intracellularly, main point is that they reproduce in host and will have very large numbers in host • macroparasites - tiny to very large - nematodes, tapeworms, flukes - larger individuals that grow in host but multiply by producing infective stages that are shed by host to environment w ...
Recent invasion of the Japanese oyster drill along the French
... because they share the same niche and have potentially similar negative impacts, even though it is anticipated that the non-native species will have a stronger impact as reported for other alien predators e.g., Carcinus maenas (Grosholz and Ruiz, 1996). Indeed, the biology of these organisms is few ...
... because they share the same niche and have potentially similar negative impacts, even though it is anticipated that the non-native species will have a stronger impact as reported for other alien predators e.g., Carcinus maenas (Grosholz and Ruiz, 1996). Indeed, the biology of these organisms is few ...
Proposal form to prescribe certain organisms as not new organisms
... Macrotrachelia sp. shows potential as a biological control agent. Prescribing this organism as “not new” would enable this potential to be fully realized. Several European anthocorids have economic significance as natural enemies of crop pests (e.g. thrips, whitefly). For example, species in the clo ...
... Macrotrachelia sp. shows potential as a biological control agent. Prescribing this organism as “not new” would enable this potential to be fully realized. Several European anthocorids have economic significance as natural enemies of crop pests (e.g. thrips, whitefly). For example, species in the clo ...
Theoretical ecology
Theoretical ecology is the scientific discipline devoted to the study of ecological systems using theoretical methods such as simple conceptual models, mathematical models, computational simulations, and advanced data analysis. Effective models improve understanding of the natural world by revealing how the dynamics of species populations are often based on fundamental biological conditions and processes. Further, the field aims to unify a diverse range of empirical observations by assuming that common, mechanistic processes generate observable phenomena across species and ecological environments. Based on biologically realistic assumptions, theoretical ecologists are able to uncover novel, non-intuitive insights about natural processes. Theoretical results are often verified by empirical and observational studies, revealing the power of theoretical methods in both predicting and understanding the noisy, diverse biological world.The field is broad and includes foundations in applied mathematics, computer science, biology, statistical physics, genetics, chemistry, evolution, and conservation biology. Theoretical ecology aims to explain a diverse range of phenomena in the life sciences, such as population growth and dynamics, fisheries, competition, evolutionary theory, epidemiology, animal behavior and group dynamics, food webs, ecosystems, spatial ecology, and the effects of climate change.Theoretical ecology has further benefited from the advent of fast computing power, allowing the analysis and visualization of large-scale computational simulations of ecological phenomena. Importantly, these modern tools provide quantitative predictions about the effects of human induced environmental change on a diverse variety of ecological phenomena, such as: species invasions, climate change, the effect of fishing and hunting on food network stability, and the global carbon cycle.