Van Buskirk 2002
... Semlitsch et al. 1990; Leips et al. 2000). If adaptive plasticity evolves under selection imposed by variable environments, then populations or species that experience relatively variable conditions should exhibit greater amounts of plasticity. Here, I report a test of this prediction based on a com ...
... Semlitsch et al. 1990; Leips et al. 2000). If adaptive plasticity evolves under selection imposed by variable environments, then populations or species that experience relatively variable conditions should exhibit greater amounts of plasticity. Here, I report a test of this prediction based on a com ...
Title Evolution of maternal investment strategies for the Panda Bear
... The Panda Bear spends most of its time in solitary except for the occasional run-in or during mating time which falls between March and May. Both the male and female Panda bears become sexually mature between the ages of 5 to 6 years old. A female will have a litter (if successful the previous year) ...
... The Panda Bear spends most of its time in solitary except for the occasional run-in or during mating time which falls between March and May. Both the male and female Panda bears become sexually mature between the ages of 5 to 6 years old. A female will have a litter (if successful the previous year) ...
01_GR9_UA_BioDiversity - Calgary Catholic Schools
... species can have the same name. Closely related species can have the same genus name, but not the same species name. The red wolf is called Canis rufus, the timber wolf is called Canis lupus, and the dog, Canis familiaris. Linnaeus arranged species into groups based on their physical structure rathe ...
... species can have the same name. Closely related species can have the same genus name, but not the same species name. The red wolf is called Canis rufus, the timber wolf is called Canis lupus, and the dog, Canis familiaris. Linnaeus arranged species into groups based on their physical structure rathe ...
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
... interspecific relationships, in turn, can drive important local-scale changes in community dynamics, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning, and can potentially alter large-scale patterns of distribution and abundance. In many cases, the importance of indirect effects of warming, mediated by changin ...
... interspecific relationships, in turn, can drive important local-scale changes in community dynamics, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning, and can potentially alter large-scale patterns of distribution and abundance. In many cases, the importance of indirect effects of warming, mediated by changin ...
Extracting and Explaining Biological Knowledge in Microarray Data
... able to assist the bio–data analysis (see [1] for brief overview). One important area are the tasks of similarity search, comparison and grouping of gene patterns and assisting in understanding these patterns in medical bio–data, as many diseases are triggered by a combination of genes acting togeth ...
... able to assist the bio–data analysis (see [1] for brief overview). One important area are the tasks of similarity search, comparison and grouping of gene patterns and assisting in understanding these patterns in medical bio–data, as many diseases are triggered by a combination of genes acting togeth ...
Oecologia (1992) 92:58-64 ?-;- Oecologia ? Springer-Verlag 1992
... interon the competitive series of laboratory experiments actions between two species of Tribolium beetles (Park 1948). These studies were influential at the time in helping might competition imagine how interspecific ecologists function in nature, and they are still widely discussed in on comgeneral ...
... interon the competitive series of laboratory experiments actions between two species of Tribolium beetles (Park 1948). These studies were influential at the time in helping might competition imagine how interspecific ecologists function in nature, and they are still widely discussed in on comgeneral ...
Quick Overview of Bioinformatics - What's New?
... Remove errors Compare with database of ‘known function proteins’ • Provide transitive annotations ...
... Remove errors Compare with database of ‘known function proteins’ • Provide transitive annotations ...
Response of a semidesert grassland to 16 years of rest from grazing
... quadrats (40 cm on each side). Canopy cover of each species was estimated in quadrats to the nearest 5%. These permanent stands were relocated and resampled in 1984 to determine what vegetative changes had occurred. Sampling in 1984 was identical to that conducted in 1969 except that SOquadrats were ...
... quadrats (40 cm on each side). Canopy cover of each species was estimated in quadrats to the nearest 5%. These permanent stands were relocated and resampled in 1984 to determine what vegetative changes had occurred. Sampling in 1984 was identical to that conducted in 1969 except that SOquadrats were ...
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... and it is likely that this figure will increase to 75% by 2020 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in litt.). Based on these trends, coastal waters likely will become increasingly polluted over the next 100 years. As reported by Roberts and Hawkins (1999), 95% of marine-fish catches come fro ...
... and it is likely that this figure will increase to 75% by 2020 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in litt.). Based on these trends, coastal waters likely will become increasingly polluted over the next 100 years. As reported by Roberts and Hawkins (1999), 95% of marine-fish catches come fro ...
Oecologia - Florida State University
... treatments (plant, mimic, control) (Table 1) using a randomized-blocks, two-way analysis of variance (Sokal and Rohlf 1969), with treatments fixed and blocks random. There was a significant main effect. The a posteriori test revealed that plant and mimic means differed significantly from control mea ...
... treatments (plant, mimic, control) (Table 1) using a randomized-blocks, two-way analysis of variance (Sokal and Rohlf 1969), with treatments fixed and blocks random. There was a significant main effect. The a posteriori test revealed that plant and mimic means differed significantly from control mea ...
Quick Overview of Bioinformatics
... Remove errors Compare with database of ‘known function proteins’ • Provide transitive annotations ...
... Remove errors Compare with database of ‘known function proteins’ • Provide transitive annotations ...
UK NON-NATIVE ORGANISM RISK ASSESSMENT SCHEME
... natural, native British fauna. No evidence was found of the species establishing viable populations outside of its original (though not necessarily current) range. Melling et al. (2008) indicate that there is some evidence a small population of Eagle Owls were present in GB around 10,000 years ago ( ...
... natural, native British fauna. No evidence was found of the species establishing viable populations outside of its original (though not necessarily current) range. Melling et al. (2008) indicate that there is some evidence a small population of Eagle Owls were present in GB around 10,000 years ago ( ...
Sample diversity adds value to non-invasive genetic
... and re-colonises areas from which it has been absent for significant periods of time, it is essential to have reliable and costeffective methods that can be implemented to monitor the population. Monitoring species distribution and abundance is a fundamental issue in the conservation and management ...
... and re-colonises areas from which it has been absent for significant periods of time, it is essential to have reliable and costeffective methods that can be implemented to monitor the population. Monitoring species distribution and abundance is a fundamental issue in the conservation and management ...
projects for 2012 - The University of Western Australia
... major grain legume crop of WA, the narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). These will use recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering and could involve the use of HPLC and GC/MS analysis. Signals transported in phloem of lupin Plants are continually responding to signals that allow them ...
... major grain legume crop of WA, the narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). These will use recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering and could involve the use of HPLC and GC/MS analysis. Signals transported in phloem of lupin Plants are continually responding to signals that allow them ...
Mutualism or cooperation among competitors promotes coexistence
... two isoclines intersect, and the absolute value of slope (|dN2 /dN1 |) of isoclines of species 1 is larger than the slope (|dN2 /dN1 |) of species 2. There are no stable equilibriums for the other situations, and one of the species will be excluded under each of the situations (Fig. 1a, c, and d). ...
... two isoclines intersect, and the absolute value of slope (|dN2 /dN1 |) of isoclines of species 1 is larger than the slope (|dN2 /dN1 |) of species 2. There are no stable equilibriums for the other situations, and one of the species will be excluded under each of the situations (Fig. 1a, c, and d). ...
Chapter 14: Conserving Biodiversity
... express harmful mutant alleles. 2. On population level, loss of genetic variability can lead to extinction due to the low fitness of individuals. ...
... express harmful mutant alleles. 2. On population level, loss of genetic variability can lead to extinction due to the low fitness of individuals. ...
Exotic Plant Species as Problems and Solutions in Ecological
... 1996). However, even within fire-tolerant vegetation fire can promote exotic species. For example, on Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California controlled burning of maritime chaparral was conducted to encourage regeneration of declining endemic shrub species. One site with a listed rare plant ...
... 1996). However, even within fire-tolerant vegetation fire can promote exotic species. For example, on Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California controlled burning of maritime chaparral was conducted to encourage regeneration of declining endemic shrub species. One site with a listed rare plant ...
Plant Use in Desert Climates - Looking Forward to Sustainable
... agricultural, settlement and wilderness areas, which are treated as gardens but which if treated differently would be of benefit to the environment and some principles of sustainable development. They would be low cost, use local materials, be ecologically sound, and wildlife friendly etc. They wou ...
... agricultural, settlement and wilderness areas, which are treated as gardens but which if treated differently would be of benefit to the environment and some principles of sustainable development. They would be low cost, use local materials, be ecologically sound, and wildlife friendly etc. They wou ...
Reprint (1.8MB PDF) - Litchman-Klausmeier Lab
... between species with distinct trait values may be particularly sensitive to rapid evolution. If individual species are capable of shifting their trait values in response to changing environments they may closely track the temporally varying optimum, preempting any newly opened niches. For example, A ...
... between species with distinct trait values may be particularly sensitive to rapid evolution. If individual species are capable of shifting their trait values in response to changing environments they may closely track the temporally varying optimum, preempting any newly opened niches. For example, A ...
Free-feeding insect herbivores along environmental gradients in
... The distribution of free-feeding insect herbivores in Brazilian savanna was studied in the National Park of Serra do Cipó. Insect samples were obtained with sweep nets across cerrado (savanna), rupestrian field and altitudinal grassland vegetation from 800 to 1500 m above sea level. We found a low ...
... The distribution of free-feeding insect herbivores in Brazilian savanna was studied in the National Park of Serra do Cipó. Insect samples were obtained with sweep nets across cerrado (savanna), rupestrian field and altitudinal grassland vegetation from 800 to 1500 m above sea level. We found a low ...
The impact of fox and feral cat predation
... have adapted to, terrestrial predators for at least a few decades, but there are no data on whether these predators were responsible for declines in the species. Predation by meso-predators such as foxes and cats may result in higher mortality rates, with the potential of long-term population collap ...
... have adapted to, terrestrial predators for at least a few decades, but there are no data on whether these predators were responsible for declines in the species. Predation by meso-predators such as foxes and cats may result in higher mortality rates, with the potential of long-term population collap ...
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... research which has given biogeographygeneral laws of both didactic and predictive power. It has been both a partial cause and a major result of two contiauing trends: an increasing emphasis on extinction as a common,local, ecologically important event, rather than a rare, global, evolutionary one, a ...
... research which has given biogeographygeneral laws of both didactic and predictive power. It has been both a partial cause and a major result of two contiauing trends: an increasing emphasis on extinction as a common,local, ecologically important event, rather than a rare, global, evolutionary one, a ...
Niche differentiation, rarity, and commonness in the Australian White
... for U. hadrourus due to a lack of juvenile captures and what appears to be an extended period of parental care. The following criteria have been used in this study: ...
... for U. hadrourus due to a lack of juvenile captures and what appears to be an extended period of parental care. The following criteria have been used in this study: ...
hierarchical analysis of forest bird species
... than of fine variations in vegetation composition (Cody 1985). In contrast, the percentage of a plot covered by mapped cover classes should be least related to bird community structure, because combining structural and floristic characteristics into categories eliminates variability that is related ...
... than of fine variations in vegetation composition (Cody 1985). In contrast, the percentage of a plot covered by mapped cover classes should be least related to bird community structure, because combining structural and floristic characteristics into categories eliminates variability that is related ...