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... allows location of many similar sequences (however, not necessarily homologous). These can be identified by taxonomic group, terms in titles or abstracts of papers, authors, key words, accession numbers from the database, gene names, and so on. Then the best matches can be extracted and aligned prio ...
... allows location of many similar sequences (however, not necessarily homologous). These can be identified by taxonomic group, terms in titles or abstracts of papers, authors, key words, accession numbers from the database, gene names, and so on. Then the best matches can be extracted and aligned prio ...
Northern California coast summer steelhead
... No intervention currently being undertaken but it is needed to maintain populations ...
... No intervention currently being undertaken but it is needed to maintain populations ...
Perspectives on the Derivation of Aquatic Life Criteria for Pesticides
... • The 3-year return frequency in the 1985 guidelines was based on observed recovery times of fish populations. • Most aquatic invertebrate species have much shorter recovery times. Populations of crustaceans and many insect species recover from effects of pesticides within days or weeks, as observ ...
... • The 3-year return frequency in the 1985 guidelines was based on observed recovery times of fish populations. • Most aquatic invertebrate species have much shorter recovery times. Populations of crustaceans and many insect species recover from effects of pesticides within days or weeks, as observ ...
Herbivore diet breadth mediates the cascading effects of carnivores
... experimental tests have been limited in several regards. Comparative tests using multiple herbivore species in the same community show reduced attack rates by predators on dietary specialist vs. generalist species (e.g., refs. 20 and 22–24). These studies typically do not account for phylogenetic no ...
... experimental tests have been limited in several regards. Comparative tests using multiple herbivore species in the same community show reduced attack rates by predators on dietary specialist vs. generalist species (e.g., refs. 20 and 22–24). These studies typically do not account for phylogenetic no ...
comparing species diversity and evenness indices
... situations a decrease of H will be accompanied by a decrease in S. Because, when H -+ 0, the lower limit of Sheldon's index is set by l/S, this limit will actually increase when S -+ 1. This is the main reason for its rather small variability in the investigated habitat with its low number of specie ...
... situations a decrease of H will be accompanied by a decrease in S. Because, when H -+ 0, the lower limit of Sheldon's index is set by l/S, this limit will actually increase when S -+ 1. This is the main reason for its rather small variability in the investigated habitat with its low number of specie ...
You and your genes - Delivery guide
... Approaches to teaching the content The topic lends itself to a wide range of practical activities both real and virtual. It is vital that learners are provided with practical opportunities to develop appropriate microscopy skills. Learners should have the opportunity to gain skills that will be used ...
... Approaches to teaching the content The topic lends itself to a wide range of practical activities both real and virtual. It is vital that learners are provided with practical opportunities to develop appropriate microscopy skills. Learners should have the opportunity to gain skills that will be used ...
CV - Northern Arizona University
... occurrence, densities, and reproduction with relation to water sources and vegetation availability. Assessment of the relationships between seed dispersal and fitness across functional gradients of vegetation. Evaluation of Sonoran Desert plant recruitment patterns across gradients of competition, ...
... occurrence, densities, and reproduction with relation to water sources and vegetation availability. Assessment of the relationships between seed dispersal and fitness across functional gradients of vegetation. Evaluation of Sonoran Desert plant recruitment patterns across gradients of competition, ...
Phylogeny of Firmicutes with special reference to Mycoplasma
... Staphylococcus, Listeria and Lactobacillus (clustering within Bacilli II) and the spore-forming genera Geobacillus and Bacillus (Bacilli I) are well-supported as being monophyletic (Fig. 1). The genus Mycoplasma appeared to be paraphyletic (because of Ureaplasma and Spiroplasma) and Clostridium is a ...
... Staphylococcus, Listeria and Lactobacillus (clustering within Bacilli II) and the spore-forming genera Geobacillus and Bacillus (Bacilli I) are well-supported as being monophyletic (Fig. 1). The genus Mycoplasma appeared to be paraphyletic (because of Ureaplasma and Spiroplasma) and Clostridium is a ...
Habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits") is the place where a particular
... possible to describe the habitat of a single black bear, we generally mean not any particular or individual bear, but the grouping of bears that comprise a breeding population and occupy a certain geographical area. Further, this habitat could be somewhat different from the habitat of another group ...
... possible to describe the habitat of a single black bear, we generally mean not any particular or individual bear, but the grouping of bears that comprise a breeding population and occupy a certain geographical area. Further, this habitat could be somewhat different from the habitat of another group ...
`New conservation` or surrender to development?
... and native forests in Puerto Rico have similar species richness and structural features, there are important differences, and forests in New England showed a similar result (Lugo & Helmer, 2004). When discussing novel systems, Marris (2011) referred to studies by Sax et al. (2007), showing that ocea ...
... and native forests in Puerto Rico have similar species richness and structural features, there are important differences, and forests in New England showed a similar result (Lugo & Helmer, 2004). When discussing novel systems, Marris (2011) referred to studies by Sax et al. (2007), showing that ocea ...
A1987K474900001
... specialized paper of mine, was probably established mostly by the Science article, and however, experimental approaches are more fashionable than observational ones, someit has stuck to this day. Although the target date for the paper’s what diminishing comparative resource-parpublication was four m ...
... specialized paper of mine, was probably established mostly by the Science article, and however, experimental approaches are more fashionable than observational ones, someit has stuck to this day. Although the target date for the paper’s what diminishing comparative resource-parpublication was four m ...
New conservation or surrender to development?
... and native forests in Puerto Rico have similar species richness and structural features, there are important differences, and forests in New England showed a similar result (Lugo & Helmer, 2004). When discussing novel systems, Marris (2011) referred to studies by Sax et al. (2007), showing that ocea ...
... and native forests in Puerto Rico have similar species richness and structural features, there are important differences, and forests in New England showed a similar result (Lugo & Helmer, 2004). When discussing novel systems, Marris (2011) referred to studies by Sax et al. (2007), showing that ocea ...
Caribou
... under-fur with a thick layer of guard hairs on top. The guard hairs are hollow (like straws), and the air trapped inside acts as insulation to keep in the caribou's body heat. ...
... under-fur with a thick layer of guard hairs on top. The guard hairs are hollow (like straws), and the air trapped inside acts as insulation to keep in the caribou's body heat. ...
In this Issue The Wildlife Corridor Navy is Enlisted in
... Although not explicitly stated, the reasoning seemed to be that corridors increase immigration rates and decrease extinctionrates (due to greater available area), thereby increasing the equilibrium number of species in a given reserve (Newmark in press). A slight modification of island biogeographic ...
... Although not explicitly stated, the reasoning seemed to be that corridors increase immigration rates and decrease extinctionrates (due to greater available area), thereby increasing the equilibrium number of species in a given reserve (Newmark in press). A slight modification of island biogeographic ...
Full text in pdf format
... a mechanistic understanding of the correlations that underlie the test for pollution, the pattern of response detected may not b e caused by pollution, a n d any subsequent predictions or management based on it may fail. The second area of research (EVALUATION) is one of the main purposes of the wor ...
... a mechanistic understanding of the correlations that underlie the test for pollution, the pattern of response detected may not b e caused by pollution, a n d any subsequent predictions or management based on it may fail. The second area of research (EVALUATION) is one of the main purposes of the wor ...
Angert et al. 2009 PNAS
... score based on the emergent growth rate/low-resource tolerance tradeoff alone. The matrix of species differences along the RGR-⌬ tradeoff (Table S4) is also significantly related to the matrix of species contributions to the species-by-year interaction, but with a lower P value (Mantel test, P ⫽ 0.0 ...
... score based on the emergent growth rate/low-resource tolerance tradeoff alone. The matrix of species differences along the RGR-⌬ tradeoff (Table S4) is also significantly related to the matrix of species contributions to the species-by-year interaction, but with a lower P value (Mantel test, P ⫽ 0.0 ...
Roan Antelope Programme
... Roan Antelope Project Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equines) are Africa’s second largest antelope after the eland. Historically they were widely distributed in small herds over a large part of Swaziland. They became locally extinct when Swaziland’s very last freeranging roan antelope was poached at M ...
... Roan Antelope Project Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equines) are Africa’s second largest antelope after the eland. Historically they were widely distributed in small herds over a large part of Swaziland. They became locally extinct when Swaziland’s very last freeranging roan antelope was poached at M ...
Non-optimal animal movement in human
... moving by increasing the chance of an emigrant finding an unexploited site. Therefore, higher rates of environmentally-driven local extinction select for higher movement probabilities. In an experimental microcosm study, Friedenberg (2003) showed that movement probability of a soil nematode increase ...
... moving by increasing the chance of an emigrant finding an unexploited site. Therefore, higher rates of environmentally-driven local extinction select for higher movement probabilities. In an experimental microcosm study, Friedenberg (2003) showed that movement probability of a soil nematode increase ...
Behavior and Ecology
... Headstart and translocation programs, in which young animals are captured in the wild and then raised in captivity or simply introduced into a new area, are also becoming popular (e.g., Alberts et al., Knapp and Hudson, Wilson et al., all in this volume). When iguanas are brought into captivity in a ...
... Headstart and translocation programs, in which young animals are captured in the wild and then raised in captivity or simply introduced into a new area, are also becoming popular (e.g., Alberts et al., Knapp and Hudson, Wilson et al., all in this volume). When iguanas are brought into captivity in a ...
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00005.x Subject Editor: Carlos Melian. Accepted 10 July 2012
... pitcher), as the maximum likelihood estimate of a multinomial distribution based on all species presence across all pitchers. The observed measures of food-web species richness, composition, and network structure from metacommunities at each site were quantified for comparison with food webs generat ...
... pitcher), as the maximum likelihood estimate of a multinomial distribution based on all species presence across all pitchers. The observed measures of food-web species richness, composition, and network structure from metacommunities at each site were quantified for comparison with food webs generat ...
assessment
... Rabida, Santa Fe, Seymor, Sin Nombre and Wolf. Extent of occurrence is estimated at less than 5,000 km² and area of occupancy at less than 500 km². Average generation length is 5 years for females and 12 years for males. ...
... Rabida, Santa Fe, Seymor, Sin Nombre and Wolf. Extent of occurrence is estimated at less than 5,000 km² and area of occupancy at less than 500 km². Average generation length is 5 years for females and 12 years for males. ...
Mutualisms Examples of mutualisms Two degrees of mutualism
... Life is Lif i impossible i ibl without ih mutualisms li But it received much less attention than competition & predation Is this due to the historically larger number of men? men?.... ...
... Life is Lif i impossible i ibl without ih mutualisms li But it received much less attention than competition & predation Is this due to the historically larger number of men? men?.... ...
Scale
... • guild = group of species that exploit the same class of resources in similar way • community guild = no taxonomic restrictions; guild members chosen based on investigator-defined resources • assemblage guild = guild members based on taxonomic relations ...
... • guild = group of species that exploit the same class of resources in similar way • community guild = no taxonomic restrictions; guild members chosen based on investigator-defined resources • assemblage guild = guild members based on taxonomic relations ...
INTERIM RECOVERY PLAN NO - Department of Parks and Wildlife
... 2001) Red List criteria C2a(i); D due to the species being in decline with no subpopulation containing more than 50 mature individuals, and the total population size estimated to number fewer than 50 mature individuals. The species is not currently listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protectio ...
... 2001) Red List criteria C2a(i); D due to the species being in decline with no subpopulation containing more than 50 mature individuals, and the total population size estimated to number fewer than 50 mature individuals. The species is not currently listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protectio ...