CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AND
... The rocky intertidal has an array of species found in the different zones. The intertidal is typically broken up into three parts: high, middle and low. The zones can be differentiated by either measuring the physical height from mean low water level or by identifying the key species (typically alga ...
... The rocky intertidal has an array of species found in the different zones. The intertidal is typically broken up into three parts: high, middle and low. The zones can be differentiated by either measuring the physical height from mean low water level or by identifying the key species (typically alga ...
Plasticity and trait-mediated indirect interactions among plants
... makes optimization of some plastic responses difficult, especially if plastic responses have long lag times and are largely irreversible. In addition, the diffuse nature of competition among plants within communities may limit a plant’s ability to exhibit its maximum potential plasticity in response ...
... makes optimization of some plastic responses difficult, especially if plastic responses have long lag times and are largely irreversible. In addition, the diffuse nature of competition among plants within communities may limit a plant’s ability to exhibit its maximum potential plasticity in response ...
Character Convergence under Competition for Nutritionally
... (an evolutionarily stable strategy [ESS] that is also an evolutionary attractor). Changes in the CSS per capita consumption rates in response to changes in resource availability imply character convergence when changes in resource availability are assumed to arise from resource consumption by a (non ...
... (an evolutionarily stable strategy [ESS] that is also an evolutionary attractor). Changes in the CSS per capita consumption rates in response to changes in resource availability imply character convergence when changes in resource availability are assumed to arise from resource consumption by a (non ...
the biology, ecology and conservation of euphorbia
... components considered were percentage cover of grass, forbs, dead vegetation, stones, fixed rock and bare ground. The percentage cover, of all the biotic features (grass, forbs and dead material) and environmental components (stones, fixed rock and bare ground), most preferred by E. groenewaldii is ...
... components considered were percentage cover of grass, forbs, dead vegetation, stones, fixed rock and bare ground. The percentage cover, of all the biotic features (grass, forbs and dead material) and environmental components (stones, fixed rock and bare ground), most preferred by E. groenewaldii is ...
Invertebrate assemblages of pools in aridland streams have high
... predictable hydrology, producing longer and more severe droughts and creating novel disturbance regimes for resident organisms. 2. The hydrologic transitions from flowing stream to fragmented pools to dry stream bed are frequently associated with steep decreases in taxonomic and functional diversity ...
... predictable hydrology, producing longer and more severe droughts and creating novel disturbance regimes for resident organisms. 2. The hydrologic transitions from flowing stream to fragmented pools to dry stream bed are frequently associated with steep decreases in taxonomic and functional diversity ...
Cummings - bio.utexas.edu
... et al. 2000; lizards: Stuart-Fox and Owens 2003). Researchers have also found that sexual selection contributes to polymorphisms within species (e.g. cichlids: Seehausen et al. 1999b; Sato et al. 2004; and side-blotched lizards: Sinervo and Lively 1996). O. pumilio is characterized by strong sexual ...
... et al. 2000; lizards: Stuart-Fox and Owens 2003). Researchers have also found that sexual selection contributes to polymorphisms within species (e.g. cichlids: Seehausen et al. 1999b; Sato et al. 2004; and side-blotched lizards: Sinervo and Lively 1996). O. pumilio is characterized by strong sexual ...
The effect of extrinsic mortality on genome size evolution in
... strongly correlate with the complexity of the organisms, that is, the ‘C-value paradox’ (Gregory, 2001; Elliott and Gregory, 2015). Both selective and neutral processes are thought to govern this variation, and a considerable proportion of it is explained by differences in the number of repetitive e ...
... strongly correlate with the complexity of the organisms, that is, the ‘C-value paradox’ (Gregory, 2001; Elliott and Gregory, 2015). Both selective and neutral processes are thought to govern this variation, and a considerable proportion of it is explained by differences in the number of repetitive e ...
Sequence and transcription analysis of the Petunia mitochondrial
... their location and quantity varies with different RNA preparations and time in storage. ...
... their location and quantity varies with different RNA preparations and time in storage. ...
MICHIGAN’S WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN
... conservation partners use the natural communities classification described by Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI). Presence of natural communities is frequently indicative of high quality systems. Therefore, associated natural community types are included for each landscape feature summary, a ...
... conservation partners use the natural communities classification described by Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI). Presence of natural communities is frequently indicative of high quality systems. Therefore, associated natural community types are included for each landscape feature summary, a ...
and Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in North America
... general discrete distribution of sites into two rate classes (23). Breakpoints identified by improved Akaike information criterion (AIC) values were considered significant only if subsequently supported by a Kishino-Hasegawa test result indicating significant topological incongruence between the tre ...
... general discrete distribution of sites into two rate classes (23). Breakpoints identified by improved Akaike information criterion (AIC) values were considered significant only if subsequently supported by a Kishino-Hasegawa test result indicating significant topological incongruence between the tre ...
Intelligent Systems and Molecular Biology-short-version-ics
... Directed protein evolution Two-hybrid protocols for protein interaction A million biomedical articles per year ...
... Directed protein evolution Two-hybrid protocols for protein interaction A million biomedical articles per year ...
Seabird Conservation and Management in the Hawaiian Islands
... Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), and three different albatross species. Major factors that affect seabird populations in Hawaii, and globally, include mortality of birds in long-line fisheries, the presence of invasive plant and animal species at breeding si ...
... Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), and three different albatross species. Major factors that affect seabird populations in Hawaii, and globally, include mortality of birds in long-line fisheries, the presence of invasive plant and animal species at breeding si ...
Modelling the ecology and evolution of communities
... empirical food-web data, whereas dynamic community models describe the demographic change of populations as a function of the current state of the community. The differences in model formulation and historical motivation between these two approaches, and the areas in which they succeed and fail, are ...
... empirical food-web data, whereas dynamic community models describe the demographic change of populations as a function of the current state of the community. The differences in model formulation and historical motivation between these two approaches, and the areas in which they succeed and fail, are ...
Duffy 2008 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
... diction (Tylianakis et al. 2008; Figures 3, 4). Number of species More generally, there is considerable evidence that rare species can make important F i g u re 1. The importance of biodiversity and complementary resource use to contributions to ecosystem processes under plant productivity increases ...
... diction (Tylianakis et al. 2008; Figures 3, 4). Number of species More generally, there is considerable evidence that rare species can make important F i g u re 1. The importance of biodiversity and complementary resource use to contributions to ecosystem processes under plant productivity increases ...
Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being
... What about communities that typically include many more species—for example, the megadiverse forest hotspots of the Amazon and Borneo, where species number can exceed 100 tree species per hectare [15]? To what extent are all those species essential for the maintenance of different ecosystem processe ...
... What about communities that typically include many more species—for example, the megadiverse forest hotspots of the Amazon and Borneo, where species number can exceed 100 tree species per hectare [15]? To what extent are all those species essential for the maintenance of different ecosystem processe ...
COMPETITION FOR HUMMINGBIRD POLLINATION SHAPES
... An alternative model involving competition for pollinators can account for color divergence even in the absence of shifts among functional groups of pollinators. When plants cooccur and flower synchronously, fitness can be reduced through competition for pollinator service (Waser 1978; Morales and T ...
... An alternative model involving competition for pollinators can account for color divergence even in the absence of shifts among functional groups of pollinators. When plants cooccur and flower synchronously, fitness can be reduced through competition for pollinator service (Waser 1978; Morales and T ...
Organization of the Biosphere:
... topics to cover in Honors Biology this year, and the attached summer assignment will give us a good head start in completing them. Your assignment is on the topic of Ecology, a subject with which you hopefully have some familiarity. You will need to use your textbook Holt McDougal’s, Biology. You ar ...
... topics to cover in Honors Biology this year, and the attached summer assignment will give us a good head start in completing them. Your assignment is on the topic of Ecology, a subject with which you hopefully have some familiarity. You will need to use your textbook Holt McDougal’s, Biology. You ar ...
Disentangling the importance of ecological niches from stochastic
... (b-diversity) with null-model analyses to disentangle the importance of niche-based process from stochastic ecological processes at local and biogeographic scales. We contrast completely deterministic, niche-based processes with more stochastic (e.g. neutral) processes, such as chance colonization, ...
... (b-diversity) with null-model analyses to disentangle the importance of niche-based process from stochastic ecological processes at local and biogeographic scales. We contrast completely deterministic, niche-based processes with more stochastic (e.g. neutral) processes, such as chance colonization, ...
Eco Jeopardy 5
... Small animals in streams and creeks that are very susceptible to water pollution. ...
... Small animals in streams and creeks that are very susceptible to water pollution. ...
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... except on the ground surface. This mesh size prevented the escape of insects from the cages. Five cages were used at each sampling date. Sampling was done every 15 days, except in winter, when it was done monthly because the population density of insects was low. Collected insects were oven-dried to ...
... except on the ground surface. This mesh size prevented the escape of insects from the cages. Five cages were used at each sampling date. Sampling was done every 15 days, except in winter, when it was done monthly because the population density of insects was low. Collected insects were oven-dried to ...
Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Biodiversity Dynamics
... by the life histories of the colonising species. Colonisers can be classified as the ecological types of selection r and K, according to the logistic rates of population growth. R-selected species maximise the intrinsic rate of population increase (r). Every time favourable conditions become effecti ...
... by the life histories of the colonising species. Colonisers can be classified as the ecological types of selection r and K, according to the logistic rates of population growth. R-selected species maximise the intrinsic rate of population increase (r). Every time favourable conditions become effecti ...
From individuals to populations to communities A dynamic energy
... Marine ecosystems are submitted to strong anthropogenic pressures, directly through the effects of fisheries, pollutions and ocean acidification and indirectly through the effects of climate changes and their interaction with natural climate variability. Understanding and predicting those effects and ...
... Marine ecosystems are submitted to strong anthropogenic pressures, directly through the effects of fisheries, pollutions and ocean acidification and indirectly through the effects of climate changes and their interaction with natural climate variability. Understanding and predicting those effects and ...
CURRICULUM VITAE - St. Lawrence University Blogs
... •Invited manuscript reviews for Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ecology •Invited proposal reviews for the National Sea Grant College Program (under NOAA), NSF •Participant in New York Invasive Species Research Institute, Albany, NY •Developed and conducted a “citizen science” program ...
... •Invited manuscript reviews for Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Ecology •Invited proposal reviews for the National Sea Grant College Program (under NOAA), NSF •Participant in New York Invasive Species Research Institute, Albany, NY •Developed and conducted a “citizen science” program ...
Savanna herbivore dynamics in a livestock
... far beyond the relatively small sections that are formally protected within larger landscapes. To a greater degree than pertains in most protected areas, where little or no management intervention is the norm, conservation in non-protected landscapes entails active management of wildlife towards sta ...
... far beyond the relatively small sections that are formally protected within larger landscapes. To a greater degree than pertains in most protected areas, where little or no management intervention is the norm, conservation in non-protected landscapes entails active management of wildlife towards sta ...