Centipede, Giant (S)
... HABITAT AND ACTIVITY. Scolopendra gigantea is a neotropical arthropod with a nonwaxy, impermeable exoskeleton (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1958). Therefore, to prevent desiccation they are mainly nocturnal (active in dark) inhibiting a wide range of habitats or moist environments such as beneath rotten timb ...
... HABITAT AND ACTIVITY. Scolopendra gigantea is a neotropical arthropod with a nonwaxy, impermeable exoskeleton (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1958). Therefore, to prevent desiccation they are mainly nocturnal (active in dark) inhibiting a wide range of habitats or moist environments such as beneath rotten timb ...
1369-1376
... most species germinate well at conspecific and congeneric sites and less well at confamilial and distant relative sites. This pattern is reversed later, as in terms of survival most species performed better when grown with distant than with close relatives. The authors suggest that more closely rela ...
... most species germinate well at conspecific and congeneric sites and less well at confamilial and distant relative sites. This pattern is reversed later, as in terms of survival most species performed better when grown with distant than with close relatives. The authors suggest that more closely rela ...
Raquell Holmes` Cell Cycle talk
... • The tools: computer modeling • The challenge: take what is known and create something new – New understanding – New model ...
... • The tools: computer modeling • The challenge: take what is known and create something new – New understanding – New model ...
The planning pattern research on mountain rural settlements in
... Mountain is a special geographic environment and characteristics of complex ecological systems, determine the uniqueness of mountain resources and biological diversity, and thus form the mountainous rural village more scattered layout, the Qinba mountain area also formed a particular patterns of mou ...
... Mountain is a special geographic environment and characteristics of complex ecological systems, determine the uniqueness of mountain resources and biological diversity, and thus form the mountainous rural village more scattered layout, the Qinba mountain area also formed a particular patterns of mou ...
Fractal Hypothesis of the Pelagic Microbial Ecosystem—Can Simple
... the chemically and physically relatively homogeneous pelagic environment, this calls for an explanation beyond spatial and temporal heterogeneity. Based on observations of simple parasite-host and predator-prey interactions occurring at different trophic levels and levels of phylogenetic resolution, ...
... the chemically and physically relatively homogeneous pelagic environment, this calls for an explanation beyond spatial and temporal heterogeneity. Based on observations of simple parasite-host and predator-prey interactions occurring at different trophic levels and levels of phylogenetic resolution, ...
Southern African Sustainable Use Specialist Group
... Ultimately, the sustainability of elephants or protected area is the issue This returns us to the OBJECTIVES of parks. We reject the National Park model of the last 100 years as anthropocentric – more concerned with people ‘feeling’ good about nature, than about actually conserving it We bel ...
... Ultimately, the sustainability of elephants or protected area is the issue This returns us to the OBJECTIVES of parks. We reject the National Park model of the last 100 years as anthropocentric – more concerned with people ‘feeling’ good about nature, than about actually conserving it We bel ...
Ecology
... When populations are lost from an ecological community, there are consequences for that species’ predators, prey, or mutualistic partners. The resulting changes may bring about secondary extinctions and ultimately affect ecosystem function. ...
... When populations are lost from an ecological community, there are consequences for that species’ predators, prey, or mutualistic partners. The resulting changes may bring about secondary extinctions and ultimately affect ecosystem function. ...
Lab 4 - Temporal Patterns in Plant Communities
... A primary determinant of species composition at a site is disturbance history. Some species (shade intolerant, but fast-growing pioneer species) are well-adapted to disturbances, but do poorly in the absence of disturbance or are intolerant of competition (such as for light), whereas others (shade t ...
... A primary determinant of species composition at a site is disturbance history. Some species (shade intolerant, but fast-growing pioneer species) are well-adapted to disturbances, but do poorly in the absence of disturbance or are intolerant of competition (such as for light), whereas others (shade t ...
CHAPTER 35 Population Dynamics
... • Competition intensifies as populations grow and near carrying capacity • For two organisms to compete, they must share the same resource(s) ...
... • Competition intensifies as populations grow and near carrying capacity • For two organisms to compete, they must share the same resource(s) ...
Stage proposal
... determine the small scale effects. Indeed, we can predict that different feeding “guilds” out of r-strategists will be distributed according to the diversity variable. ...
... determine the small scale effects. Indeed, we can predict that different feeding “guilds” out of r-strategists will be distributed according to the diversity variable. ...
Chapter 8 Cornell Notes
... variations in life within continents, not just between continents? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ List 3-5 physical factors that can affect the life forms found on a continent. ...
... variations in life within continents, not just between continents? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ List 3-5 physical factors that can affect the life forms found on a continent. ...
toward a metabolic theory of ecology
... different structural and functional materials that comprise living biomass, have characteristic ratios of the common elements such as H, O, C, N, P, Na, Cl, S, Ca, and K. N is found primarily in proteins; P in nucleic acids, ADP and ATP, phospholipids, and skeletal structure; Na or K in intracellula ...
... different structural and functional materials that comprise living biomass, have characteristic ratios of the common elements such as H, O, C, N, P, Na, Cl, S, Ca, and K. N is found primarily in proteins; P in nucleic acids, ADP and ATP, phospholipids, and skeletal structure; Na or K in intracellula ...
A case study in ecological succession
... succession, access to this information is critical to interpreting current conditions. For example, a plowed field would have a different composition of trees after a few decades than a former grassland pasture would have. (Distance to seed source of colonizing trees and other factors also are impor ...
... succession, access to this information is critical to interpreting current conditions. For example, a plowed field would have a different composition of trees after a few decades than a former grassland pasture would have. (Distance to seed source of colonizing trees and other factors also are impor ...
The influence of top-down, bottom-up and abiotic factors on the moose
... for Isle Royale moose, 1959–1998. Each set of predictions corresponds to one of the models depicted in figure 2. Figure 2 indicates the independent variables of each model and the proportion of variation explained by each model. For more effective visual presentation, two extreme outlying values are ...
... for Isle Royale moose, 1959–1998. Each set of predictions corresponds to one of the models depicted in figure 2. Figure 2 indicates the independent variables of each model and the proportion of variation explained by each model. For more effective visual presentation, two extreme outlying values are ...
Using AMOEBAs to display multispecies
... dimensions or objectives to be satisfied in fishery management plans. Examples of ecosystem constraints are limits on the take of marine mammals in fisheries, catch limits on forage fish to preserve their predators, and area closures to protect structural epifauna. Progress can be expected with both app ...
... dimensions or objectives to be satisfied in fishery management plans. Examples of ecosystem constraints are limits on the take of marine mammals in fisheries, catch limits on forage fish to preserve their predators, and area closures to protect structural epifauna. Progress can be expected with both app ...
The Convention on Biological The Convention on Biological
... programmes, and policies; undertake environmental impact assessments of adaptation and mitigation projects that are likely to have significant adverse effects on biodiversity; y; regulate climate-change-related processes and activities that have a significant adverse effect on biodiversity; av ...
... programmes, and policies; undertake environmental impact assessments of adaptation and mitigation projects that are likely to have significant adverse effects on biodiversity; y; regulate climate-change-related processes and activities that have a significant adverse effect on biodiversity; av ...
The Ecosystem Concept
... Not all ecosystems and landscapes are in steady state. In fact, directional changes in climate and environment caused by human activities are quite likely to cause directional changes in ecosystem properties. Nonetheless, it is often easier to understand the relationship of ecosystem processes to th ...
... Not all ecosystems and landscapes are in steady state. In fact, directional changes in climate and environment caused by human activities are quite likely to cause directional changes in ecosystem properties. Nonetheless, it is often easier to understand the relationship of ecosystem processes to th ...
Dietary guild structure of the fish community in the Northeast United
... taxonomic resolution between the 2 time periods. Common fish and squid prey were considered at the genus level while less important fish prey were grouped by family or order. Rarely observed fish families were grouped into an ‘other fish’ category. The resulting prey classification contained 52 cate ...
... taxonomic resolution between the 2 time periods. Common fish and squid prey were considered at the genus level while less important fish prey were grouped by family or order. Rarely observed fish families were grouped into an ‘other fish’ category. The resulting prey classification contained 52 cate ...
Chapter 4 Lecture.notebook
... Character displacement • Character displacement = competing species diverge in their physical characteristics ...
... Character displacement • Character displacement = competing species diverge in their physical characteristics ...
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.