How Useful Are Species Distribution Models for Managing
... Equilibria: time lags and historic accidents It is often assumed that organisms are found in the environmental space that best suits their requirements, and they are in equilibrium with their environment. This assumption is implicit when observed occurrences are used to model species’ distributions. ...
... Equilibria: time lags and historic accidents It is often assumed that organisms are found in the environmental space that best suits their requirements, and they are in equilibrium with their environment. This assumption is implicit when observed occurrences are used to model species’ distributions. ...
Transcriptome Atlas
... Consistent results for SEED and FAB genes were obtained from both databases (Soybase and Transcriptome Atlas). SEED genes were expressed almost exclusively in developing seeds from medium to late developmental stages. Conversely, FAB genes showed less seedspecificity and higher levels in other org ...
... Consistent results for SEED and FAB genes were obtained from both databases (Soybase and Transcriptome Atlas). SEED genes were expressed almost exclusively in developing seeds from medium to late developmental stages. Conversely, FAB genes showed less seedspecificity and higher levels in other org ...
Interactions between two endangered butterflies and invasive, exotic
... highly fragmented and degraded (Wilson et al. 2003), high quality reproductive habitat outside the currently occupied sites are relatively rare, usually small in area, and are far enough apart that frequent immigration by female butterflies seems unlikely. It will be essential for Taylor’s checkersp ...
... highly fragmented and degraded (Wilson et al. 2003), high quality reproductive habitat outside the currently occupied sites are relatively rare, usually small in area, and are far enough apart that frequent immigration by female butterflies seems unlikely. It will be essential for Taylor’s checkersp ...
Rossberg, A. G. (2012). Food webs. In A. Hastings
... Evolutionarily related species are similar, and similar species tend to have similar resources and consumers. For example, a bird eating a seed is likely to eat other kinds of seeds; and a bird eating an insect is more likely to eat other kinds of insects than to eat seeds because insects are more s ...
... Evolutionarily related species are similar, and similar species tend to have similar resources and consumers. For example, a bird eating a seed is likely to eat other kinds of seeds; and a bird eating an insect is more likely to eat other kinds of insects than to eat seeds because insects are more s ...
Regional and local impact on species diversity – from pattern to
... Keywords Diversity · Dispersal · Body size · Area · Species pool ...
... Keywords Diversity · Dispersal · Body size · Area · Species pool ...
WP Env Aim Sheet
... Aim 2: What factors determine the size of a population? Chapter 1 - Sect 2 School Text Pages - 23-28 ...
... Aim 2: What factors determine the size of a population? Chapter 1 - Sect 2 School Text Pages - 23-28 ...
Wolves–coyotes–foxes: a cascade among carnivores
... forest, strongest in transition, and weak in farmland (Fig. 2B). This is generally consistent with the idea of bottom-up control in the farmland giving way to increasing among-predator control in the transition and the greatest among-predator control in the forest zone, with the exception that we wo ...
... forest, strongest in transition, and weak in farmland (Fig. 2B). This is generally consistent with the idea of bottom-up control in the farmland giving way to increasing among-predator control in the transition and the greatest among-predator control in the forest zone, with the exception that we wo ...
Habitat suitability modelling and niche theory
... generalization (interpolation and extrapolation): environmental, spatial and temporal. Finally, we propose a list of 12 recommendations to strengthen the use of HSMs for wildlife management. 4. Synthesis and applications. This selective review provides conservation biologists with a list of pointers ...
... generalization (interpolation and extrapolation): environmental, spatial and temporal. Finally, we propose a list of 12 recommendations to strengthen the use of HSMs for wildlife management. 4. Synthesis and applications. This selective review provides conservation biologists with a list of pointers ...
Consequences of low mobility in spatially and temporally
... In dynamic landscapes, however, replicated trial runs always showed species frequency stabilizing well before 100 time-steps, demonstrating that 100 steps were a reliable basis for comparison of landscape and dispersal variables. Relative to frequency values at 100 steps, transient effects were mino ...
... In dynamic landscapes, however, replicated trial runs always showed species frequency stabilizing well before 100 time-steps, demonstrating that 100 steps were a reliable basis for comparison of landscape and dispersal variables. Relative to frequency values at 100 steps, transient effects were mino ...
f1c.doc
... the error produced by the equations used to create the models. The computational error covers the accuracy of the data calculated from the set of differential equations. The modeling error covers the accuracy of the set of differential equations in modeling the actual populations of species in the s ...
... the error produced by the equations used to create the models. The computational error covers the accuracy of the data calculated from the set of differential equations. The modeling error covers the accuracy of the set of differential equations in modeling the actual populations of species in the s ...
McPeek, M. A. 2008. Ecological factors limiting the
... 2002). Also, because of the differences in breeding tactics of males and females, females sometimes have higher mortality rates than males (Bennett and Mill 1995b; Anholt 1997; Marden and Rowan 2000; Beukema 2002; Kery and Juillerat 2004; CórdobaAguilar et al. 2006). Females of most species spend co ...
... 2002). Also, because of the differences in breeding tactics of males and females, females sometimes have higher mortality rates than males (Bennett and Mill 1995b; Anholt 1997; Marden and Rowan 2000; Beukema 2002; Kery and Juillerat 2004; CórdobaAguilar et al. 2006). Females of most species spend co ...
When does trophic cascades affect biomass productivity?
... 2. Nutrients, limit herbivore number, and thus their effect Nutrients limitation ...
... 2. Nutrients, limit herbivore number, and thus their effect Nutrients limitation ...
Opportunistic exploitation - School of Environmental and Forest
... overlooked phenomenon wherever humans exploit multiple species together, with some ecological parallels in the general field of ‘apparent competition’ where the abundance of two prey species becomes linked through shared predators, affecting predator functional responses [32]. Multispecies models in ...
... overlooked phenomenon wherever humans exploit multiple species together, with some ecological parallels in the general field of ‘apparent competition’ where the abundance of two prey species becomes linked through shared predators, affecting predator functional responses [32]. Multispecies models in ...
NOBANIS - Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet Oncorhynchus mykiss
... to pollution with surplus food as well as to problems with the free passage of native species in the affected rivers (Jensen and Rasmussen 1988). Whirling disease is a condition caused by a protozoan (Myxobolus cerebralis) that causes dysfunction in the nervous system of salmonids, and may result in ...
... to pollution with surplus food as well as to problems with the free passage of native species in the affected rivers (Jensen and Rasmussen 1988). Whirling disease is a condition caused by a protozoan (Myxobolus cerebralis) that causes dysfunction in the nervous system of salmonids, and may result in ...
14. MEGAPODES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: A SUMMARY OF RECENT RESEARCH
... the period between these pre-fertilisation and post-hatching influences on sex ratios, this fundamental process has been deemed to be an unlikely source of variability because the temperature regime of almost all birds - being produced by the brooding bird’s body heat will be identical for all eggs ...
... the period between these pre-fertilisation and post-hatching influences on sex ratios, this fundamental process has been deemed to be an unlikely source of variability because the temperature regime of almost all birds - being produced by the brooding bird’s body heat will be identical for all eggs ...
Fish Population abd Fished Population Dynamics
... 1. Recruitment is density dependant, i.e. is dependant on the stock size. 2. Recruitment is density independant, i.e. is independant of the stock size The latter theory was once very popular due to a lack of correlation in plotted relationships (and previously discussed impacting factors) ...
... 1. Recruitment is density dependant, i.e. is dependant on the stock size. 2. Recruitment is density independant, i.e. is independant of the stock size The latter theory was once very popular due to a lack of correlation in plotted relationships (and previously discussed impacting factors) ...
Network of Conservation Areas (NCA) Report Dictionary
... In order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These potential conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. ...
... In order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These potential conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. ...
DengBioDiversity.pdf
... limit to produce a unifying narrative due to the unavoidable linguistic ambiguities on which descriptive modeling is based. It seems that only mathematics can provide a concise, quantitative, and mechanistic alternative, as it has done for other branches of physical science. However, using ad hoc, p ...
... limit to produce a unifying narrative due to the unavoidable linguistic ambiguities on which descriptive modeling is based. It seems that only mathematics can provide a concise, quantitative, and mechanistic alternative, as it has done for other branches of physical science. However, using ad hoc, p ...
Cadotte2007 Ecology
... regional scales was individually regressed against the log-transformed number of disturbances per week, in both a linear and nonlinear (quadratic) models. The number of disturbances per week was transformed since the increase in the number of disturbances per week between successive treatments incre ...
... regional scales was individually regressed against the log-transformed number of disturbances per week, in both a linear and nonlinear (quadratic) models. The number of disturbances per week was transformed since the increase in the number of disturbances per week between successive treatments incre ...
aspects of habitat of particular concern for fish population dynamics
... designed to inform population assessment. The analysis used a coupled thermal nicheocean model to investigate the potential impacts of habitat dynamics on observations of population size as well as habitat availability on population demography for an important forage species, long fin inshore squid, ...
... designed to inform population assessment. The analysis used a coupled thermal nicheocean model to investigate the potential impacts of habitat dynamics on observations of population size as well as habitat availability on population demography for an important forage species, long fin inshore squid, ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 1. There is an ongoing debate about whether communities are closely integrated and bound together via interactions such as competition or facilitation, or are disintegrated and dominated by chance. We still lack community-wide data on the intensities of interactions and randomness, and measurements ...
... 1. There is an ongoing debate about whether communities are closely integrated and bound together via interactions such as competition or facilitation, or are disintegrated and dominated by chance. We still lack community-wide data on the intensities of interactions and randomness, and measurements ...
A phage library and two cosmid libraries were
... V R gene is presented in the accompanying paper (35). According to the restriction maps of the isolated recombinant cosmids which hybridized with the 1-1 probe about half of the clones in both libraries have more than one copy of the cosmid vector and one or two inserts of placenta DNA. Several inse ...
... V R gene is presented in the accompanying paper (35). According to the restriction maps of the isolated recombinant cosmids which hybridized with the 1-1 probe about half of the clones in both libraries have more than one copy of the cosmid vector and one or two inserts of placenta DNA. Several inse ...
The structure of N eotropical mammal communities: an appraisal of
... the mammalian communities at seven sites drought-deciduous tropical forest forin seven different Neotropical ecosystems. mation located in northeastern Brazil. It is These were chosen because they represent described in Mares et al. ( 1985). Data are areas that have been studied for more than from M ...
... the mammalian communities at seven sites drought-deciduous tropical forest forin seven different Neotropical ecosystems. mation located in northeastern Brazil. It is These were chosen because they represent described in Mares et al. ( 1985). Data are areas that have been studied for more than from M ...