Impact of global change on biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles
... Stephan Unger (1), Cristina Maguas (2), Joao S.Pereira (3), Teresa S. David (4), Luis Aires (5) & Cchristiane Werner (1)..................................................................................................................... 74 Functional diversity of Central European tree species – Tra ...
... Stephan Unger (1), Cristina Maguas (2), Joao S.Pereira (3), Teresa S. David (4), Luis Aires (5) & Cchristiane Werner (1)..................................................................................................................... 74 Functional diversity of Central European tree species – Tra ...
Urbanization affects refuge use and habituation to
... by varying hiding times or vigilance behaviour, Cooper & Wilson, ! pez & Martín, 2013). Lastly, prey behaviour could be 2007; Lo affected by factors not directly related to predatory pressure. This is particularly evident in habitats affected by the anthropic footprint, such as agricultural landscap ...
... by varying hiding times or vigilance behaviour, Cooper & Wilson, ! pez & Martín, 2013). Lastly, prey behaviour could be 2007; Lo affected by factors not directly related to predatory pressure. This is particularly evident in habitats affected by the anthropic footprint, such as agricultural landscap ...
Westslope Cutthroat Trout Chapter 1
... The potential for separate breeding groups among tributaries suggests that populations exist as part of a larger regional population. The collection of subpopulations within a population is consistent with the concept of a metapopulation (Hanski and Gilpin 1991). Emerging metapopulation theory sugge ...
... The potential for separate breeding groups among tributaries suggests that populations exist as part of a larger regional population. The collection of subpopulations within a population is consistent with the concept of a metapopulation (Hanski and Gilpin 1991). Emerging metapopulation theory sugge ...
Status, management and distribution of large carnivores
... expand into suitable habitats” (Coordination board for Bear Management in Austria 2005). 4. Population goal and population level cooperation There are no explicite population goals for bears in Austria. Habitat modelling shows a high habitat suitability of the Eastern Alps (Austria, NE Italy, German ...
... expand into suitable habitats” (Coordination board for Bear Management in Austria 2005). 4. Population goal and population level cooperation There are no explicite population goals for bears in Austria. Habitat modelling shows a high habitat suitability of the Eastern Alps (Austria, NE Italy, German ...
Flavour compounds in fungi
... the thesis will unveil the ARO80-dependent regulation of the Ehrlich pathway in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and A. gossypii. Promoter analyses of the ARO genes in S. cerevisiae showed that the ScARO9 promoter region is directly regulated by the ScAro80 transcription factor. This interaction has be ...
... the thesis will unveil the ARO80-dependent regulation of the Ehrlich pathway in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and A. gossypii. Promoter analyses of the ARO genes in S. cerevisiae showed that the ScARO9 promoter region is directly regulated by the ScAro80 transcription factor. This interaction has be ...
1 - testbankcart.eu
... 50. What is the null hypothesis of this experiment? a. Water temperature has no consistent effect on the rate of tadpole development. b. Tadpoles cannot detect changes in water temperature. c. The rate of tadpole development does not vary under any circumstance. d. Water temperature does not vary am ...
... 50. What is the null hypothesis of this experiment? a. Water temperature has no consistent effect on the rate of tadpole development. b. Tadpoles cannot detect changes in water temperature. c. The rate of tadpole development does not vary under any circumstance. d. Water temperature does not vary am ...
conservation strategy for - Nevada Department of Wildlife
... California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG): Sage-grouse have been managed primarily as an upland game bird by the California Department of Fish and Game since the first hunting season was held in northeastern California in 1853. Daily limits were first proscribed in 1901 (25), reduced to 4 in 191 ...
... California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG): Sage-grouse have been managed primarily as an upland game bird by the California Department of Fish and Game since the first hunting season was held in northeastern California in 1853. Daily limits were first proscribed in 1901 (25), reduced to 4 in 191 ...
Acoustic profiling of the landscape
... seasonal and elevational gradients increased with increasing temperatures. Climatic variability along the elevational gradient produced variation in seasonal phenology. Katydids also utilized high frequency acoustic signals, which is probably an adaptation to overcome background noise from wind, so ...
... seasonal and elevational gradients increased with increasing temperatures. Climatic variability along the elevational gradient produced variation in seasonal phenology. Katydids also utilized high frequency acoustic signals, which is probably an adaptation to overcome background noise from wind, so ...
Document
... munities were caused by a combination of factors, including economic initiatives as well as oceanographic variations and competition for food. This ultimately favoured benthic cephalopod populations at the cost of most finfish populations. The present-day geographical distribution pattern of the Sep ...
... munities were caused by a combination of factors, including economic initiatives as well as oceanographic variations and competition for food. This ultimately favoured benthic cephalopod populations at the cost of most finfish populations. The present-day geographical distribution pattern of the Sep ...
Snapping Turtle ( chelydra serpentina)
... Snapping Turtles have a life-history strategy characterized by high and variable mortality of embryos and hatchlings, delayed sexual maturity, extended adult longevity, and iteroparity (repeated reproductive events) with low reproductive success per reproductive event. Females, and presumably also m ...
... Snapping Turtles have a life-history strategy characterized by high and variable mortality of embryos and hatchlings, delayed sexual maturity, extended adult longevity, and iteroparity (repeated reproductive events) with low reproductive success per reproductive event. Females, and presumably also m ...
environmental science i
... animals may respond to these temperature differences. There are a number of practical applications of the edge effect, especially in forest and wildlife management. For example, forested areas with a significant percentage of their total area in edge may be functioning differently biologically or ph ...
... animals may respond to these temperature differences. There are a number of practical applications of the edge effect, especially in forest and wildlife management. For example, forested areas with a significant percentage of their total area in edge may be functioning differently biologically or ph ...
AHAS herbicide resistance endowing mutations: effect on AHAS
... at 60 C for 15 min to convert acetolactate to acetoin. Then, 190 ll of creatine solution (0.55%) and 190 ll of a-naphthol solution (5.5% in 5 N NaOH) were added and the mixture incubated at 60 C for 15 min. Enzyme activity was determined colorimetrically (530 nm) by measuring the amount of acetoin ...
... at 60 C for 15 min to convert acetolactate to acetoin. Then, 190 ll of creatine solution (0.55%) and 190 ll of a-naphthol solution (5.5% in 5 N NaOH) were added and the mixture incubated at 60 C for 15 min. Enzyme activity was determined colorimetrically (530 nm) by measuring the amount of acetoin ...
Ecosystem services provided by bats
... cultural benefits (e.g., aesthetic, spiritual, educational, and recreational) that improve human wellbeing.1 These processes and products are commonly referred to as ecosystem services 2,3 and have been duly recognized by the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.4,5 Ecosystem services vary ...
... cultural benefits (e.g., aesthetic, spiritual, educational, and recreational) that improve human wellbeing.1 These processes and products are commonly referred to as ecosystem services 2,3 and have been duly recognized by the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.4,5 Ecosystem services vary ...
Individual Variation Decreases Interference Competition but
... Interaction strengths can be influenced by ‘mutual’ interference competition among predators by dampening resource uptake at higher consumer densities (Arditi et al., 2004). Therefore, mutual interference is thought to stabilize the dynamics of consumer–resource interactions (Arditi et al., 2004; De ...
... Interaction strengths can be influenced by ‘mutual’ interference competition among predators by dampening resource uptake at higher consumer densities (Arditi et al., 2004). Therefore, mutual interference is thought to stabilize the dynamics of consumer–resource interactions (Arditi et al., 2004; De ...
Communities - UNAM Sisal
... The second edition of Community Ecology represents an effort to update information that has been published since the first edition appeared in 1999, as well as to fill in some gaps present in the first edition. As before, the limits of space demand that the book cannot be encyclopedic. The examples ...
... The second edition of Community Ecology represents an effort to update information that has been published since the first edition appeared in 1999, as well as to fill in some gaps present in the first edition. As before, the limits of space demand that the book cannot be encyclopedic. The examples ...
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FORAGING AGGRESSION IN TWO
... be defensible, and the decision to fight for access must yield a greater fitness than alternative tactics such as scrambling (Brown 1964). The defense of space can lead to the emergence of several forms of social organization, with territoriality and the formation of dominance hierarchies being the ...
... be defensible, and the decision to fight for access must yield a greater fitness than alternative tactics such as scrambling (Brown 1964). The defense of space can lead to the emergence of several forms of social organization, with territoriality and the formation of dominance hierarchies being the ...
J. John Sepkoski, Jr.
... In discussing biological diversity, Norse (1993) considers hierarchical levels that range from genetic to species to ecosystem. Stress appears to decrease community diversity, often also decreasing the number of species within an individual function, such as primary production. It is critical to con ...
... In discussing biological diversity, Norse (1993) considers hierarchical levels that range from genetic to species to ecosystem. Stress appears to decrease community diversity, often also decreasing the number of species within an individual function, such as primary production. It is critical to con ...
Aphid and ladybird beetle abundance depend on the interaction of
... The effects of host-plant genotypic diversity on community responses such as arthropod richness or abundance can be either ‘‘additive’’ or ‘‘non-additive.’’ An additive response suggests that the arthropod community in a genotype mixture can be predicted based on the arthropod community in genotype ...
... The effects of host-plant genotypic diversity on community responses such as arthropod richness or abundance can be either ‘‘additive’’ or ‘‘non-additive.’’ An additive response suggests that the arthropod community in a genotype mixture can be predicted based on the arthropod community in genotype ...
table of contents - North American Prairie Conference 2016
... 60% (22,000,000 acres) of the state had prairie vegetation, but today only 2,200 acres of high quality prairie remain and most of the remnants are less than 12 acres. Nearly all of the prairie was converted to agriculture. The motto for the conference emphasizes that prairies in Illinois range from ...
... 60% (22,000,000 acres) of the state had prairie vegetation, but today only 2,200 acres of high quality prairie remain and most of the remnants are less than 12 acres. Nearly all of the prairie was converted to agriculture. The motto for the conference emphasizes that prairies in Illinois range from ...
reducing feral cat threats to native wildlife
... research interns and staff for providing invaluable assistance in gathering data. Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ...
... research interns and staff for providing invaluable assistance in gathering data. Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. ...
report here - Positive Aquaculture Awareness
... as Hartman (2008) eloquently writes, to “sleepwalk into the future”. A good place to see what that future looks like, to see the results of unbridled development and the insistence on lifestyle over environment, is Japan, where many wild salmon runs exist only as remnants (see Hatcheries, below). Bu ...
... as Hartman (2008) eloquently writes, to “sleepwalk into the future”. A good place to see what that future looks like, to see the results of unbridled development and the insistence on lifestyle over environment, is Japan, where many wild salmon runs exist only as remnants (see Hatcheries, below). Bu ...
The role of detrital subsidies for biological control by generalist
... Abiotic factors can modulate predator-prey interactions, thereby modifying biological control effects. In a microcosm experiment the effect of rain on aphid predation by ground dwelling predators was analysed. Rain significantly dislodged aphids from wheat plants, increasing aphid prey availability ...
... Abiotic factors can modulate predator-prey interactions, thereby modifying biological control effects. In a microcosm experiment the effect of rain on aphid predation by ground dwelling predators was analysed. Rain significantly dislodged aphids from wheat plants, increasing aphid prey availability ...