Biology News Department News Riparian Ecology Class
... Dr. Donald Lightfoot (EWU), Adrianne Burke & Dr. Kimberlee Kidwell, Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program (WSU), faculty mentors Wheat (Triticum spp.) is the food grain primarily consumed by humans (Briggle and Curtis, 1987). Twenty percent of production occurs in California and the Pacific Nor ...
... Dr. Donald Lightfoot (EWU), Adrianne Burke & Dr. Kimberlee Kidwell, Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program (WSU), faculty mentors Wheat (Triticum spp.) is the food grain primarily consumed by humans (Briggle and Curtis, 1987). Twenty percent of production occurs in California and the Pacific Nor ...
QUESTION: Review
... c) It usually does not include advocacy for the environment d) It involves scientists trying to solve environmental problems ...
... c) It usually does not include advocacy for the environment d) It involves scientists trying to solve environmental problems ...
Robustness of metacommunities with omnivory to habitat destruction
... promote species movement range, with higher connectivity providing more colonization opportunities especially for distance-limited dispersers (Liao et al. 2013a, b). In addition, species at different trophic levels usually display different dispersal abilities, with longer-range dispersal typically ...
... promote species movement range, with higher connectivity providing more colonization opportunities especially for distance-limited dispersers (Liao et al. 2013a, b). In addition, species at different trophic levels usually display different dispersal abilities, with longer-range dispersal typically ...
File - International Census of Marine Microbes
... microbes listed in textbooks might fall short of a true census because the concept of species is problematic. Bill outlined recent studies on soil fungi and salt marsh bacteria in which the taxa-area relationships were used to extrapolate from local to regional scales. The slopes of these relationsh ...
... microbes listed in textbooks might fall short of a true census because the concept of species is problematic. Bill outlined recent studies on soil fungi and salt marsh bacteria in which the taxa-area relationships were used to extrapolate from local to regional scales. The slopes of these relationsh ...
Ground Rules, exams, etc. (no “make up” exams) Text: read
... (interaction strength) 3. Proportion of elements that were non-zero (connectedness) ...
... (interaction strength) 3. Proportion of elements that were non-zero (connectedness) ...
Present State, Problems and Prospects of its Conservation
... will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, ecology and environment. and environment. areas in Vietnam and Indonesia. ...
... will be of interest to students and researchers of conservation biology, ecology and environment. and environment. areas in Vietnam and Indonesia. ...
Convergent evolution
... diverged from continental relatives – Island species usually are more closely related to species on nearby continents ...
... diverged from continental relatives – Island species usually are more closely related to species on nearby continents ...
The Evidence for the Law of Evolution 1
... diverged from continental relatives – Island species usually are more closely related to species on nearby continents ...
... diverged from continental relatives – Island species usually are more closely related to species on nearby continents ...
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... cannot always identify distinctions between harmful, beneficial, or benign introductions, nor intercept all introductions, and are thus more risky policies compared to controlling a known invader. Thus, risk-averse managers often prevent too little (Finnoff et al., 2006, in press). Opportunities for ...
... cannot always identify distinctions between harmful, beneficial, or benign introductions, nor intercept all introductions, and are thus more risky policies compared to controlling a known invader. Thus, risk-averse managers often prevent too little (Finnoff et al., 2006, in press). Opportunities for ...
The importance of having two species instead of one in
... emphasizes on the evolutionary history (at a larger temporal scale) that led to the origin of the new species, which is inferred from phylogenetic relationships between species. The ESC uses ecological characteristics, such as habitat requirements, geographic distributions or demographic characteris ...
... emphasizes on the evolutionary history (at a larger temporal scale) that led to the origin of the new species, which is inferred from phylogenetic relationships between species. The ESC uses ecological characteristics, such as habitat requirements, geographic distributions or demographic characteris ...
Engineering microbial consortia: a new frontier in synthetic biology Katie Brenner ,
... Figure 2. A synthetic predator–prey ecosystem (a) consists of two engineered bacterial populations that control each other’s survival through two different QS signals. Two QS modules, LuxI and LuxR from Vibrio fischeri and LasI and LasR from P. aeruginosa, are used to enable two-way communication. W ...
... Figure 2. A synthetic predator–prey ecosystem (a) consists of two engineered bacterial populations that control each other’s survival through two different QS signals. Two QS modules, LuxI and LuxR from Vibrio fischeri and LasI and LasR from P. aeruginosa, are used to enable two-way communication. W ...
Parathyroid
... divided into two groups of the infraorder Platyrrhini (C. apella, C. jacchus, and S. oedipus) and the infraorder Catarrhini (Macaca fascicularis, Macaca fuscata, Cercopithecus aethiops, Papio hamadryas, Presbytes obscura, Hylobates lar, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, and Pan paniscus). The latter ...
... divided into two groups of the infraorder Platyrrhini (C. apella, C. jacchus, and S. oedipus) and the infraorder Catarrhini (Macaca fascicularis, Macaca fuscata, Cercopithecus aethiops, Papio hamadryas, Presbytes obscura, Hylobates lar, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan troglodytes, and Pan paniscus). The latter ...
species complex - University of Oklahoma
... loaded in alternate lanes, allowing individuals of each regional ecomorph to be run alongside every other regional ecomorph on several plates. Conformity of genotype frequencies to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was tested for each locus in each population using Genetic Data Analysis (Lewis & Zaykin, 20 ...
... loaded in alternate lanes, allowing individuals of each regional ecomorph to be run alongside every other regional ecomorph on several plates. Conformity of genotype frequencies to Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was tested for each locus in each population using Genetic Data Analysis (Lewis & Zaykin, 20 ...
PROJECT PROPOSAL for applicants for ITC fellowships
... Using the Conditional cDNA Overexpressing system, we have identified several cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana and the halophytic relative, Lepidium crassifolium, which can modulate responses to environmental stresses such as drought and salinity. The research program of the ITC fellow includes the cha ...
... Using the Conditional cDNA Overexpressing system, we have identified several cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana and the halophytic relative, Lepidium crassifolium, which can modulate responses to environmental stresses such as drought and salinity. The research program of the ITC fellow includes the cha ...
UDC 574:502 Biological diversity: a modern state close and distant
... One of the main tasks of diversity science is the answer to the question what exactly is diversity? The world is diverse, it is one of its integral and important properties. But biological systems have their peculiarities of diversity. You can not distinguish between two water molecules, but each sp ...
... One of the main tasks of diversity science is the answer to the question what exactly is diversity? The world is diverse, it is one of its integral and important properties. But biological systems have their peculiarities of diversity. You can not distinguish between two water molecules, but each sp ...
SB 364 and SB 365 Written Testimony Don Noorda
... negative impact to the ranching industry would be the financial loss of calves to predators. According to the United Department of Agriculture, 61.7 calves per 10,000 born were lost to predators on beef cattle operations in 2010. Coyotes were the single largest predator cause of calf loss and they a ...
... negative impact to the ranching industry would be the financial loss of calves to predators. According to the United Department of Agriculture, 61.7 calves per 10,000 born were lost to predators on beef cattle operations in 2010. Coyotes were the single largest predator cause of calf loss and they a ...
polychaete Capitella capitata (Type I): their cause
... ( < % X ) to stable limit cycles at higher values (rT> % X ) . In this model oscillations occur whenever the time delay is longer than the natural response time of the system (l/r). The biological expression of a time lag is the time it takes a density-dependent factor to influence birth and death p ...
... ( < % X ) to stable limit cycles at higher values (rT> % X ) . In this model oscillations occur whenever the time delay is longer than the natural response time of the system (l/r). The biological expression of a time lag is the time it takes a density-dependent factor to influence birth and death p ...
Pasture plant identification using enzyme electrophoresis
... involves detailed observations on spaced plants. However, biochemical methods have recently been applied to the analysis of agricultural plants. Electrophoresis is the separation of charged molecules in an electric field. Proteins are charged molecules (+ve, -ve), thus electrophoresis allows the sep ...
... involves detailed observations on spaced plants. However, biochemical methods have recently been applied to the analysis of agricultural plants. Electrophoresis is the separation of charged molecules in an electric field. Proteins are charged molecules (+ve, -ve), thus electrophoresis allows the sep ...
Intraspecific competition
... Field Experiments: How can we demonstrate competition is occurring? The following slides are sample test questions for you to work on at home as ICA 5. See website to print worksheet to use. It is due on October 16. ...
... Field Experiments: How can we demonstrate competition is occurring? The following slides are sample test questions for you to work on at home as ICA 5. See website to print worksheet to use. It is due on October 16. ...
Analysis of DMR by Dr. Brad Bergstrom
... program of lethal control, nor that the latter would achieve the stated desired goals. In several respects, the deer population on JI represents a special case, which makes it incomparable to most areas on the mainland, or even to many other islands. This is a closed population without any recent hi ...
... program of lethal control, nor that the latter would achieve the stated desired goals. In several respects, the deer population on JI represents a special case, which makes it incomparable to most areas on the mainland, or even to many other islands. This is a closed population without any recent hi ...
Population and Growth Patterns
... Changes in a population’s size are determined by immigration, births, emigration, and deaths. The size of a population is usually changing. If there are plenty of resources such as food and water, a population may grow. If there are few resources, the population may decrease in size. Four factors af ...
... Changes in a population’s size are determined by immigration, births, emigration, and deaths. The size of a population is usually changing. If there are plenty of resources such as food and water, a population may grow. If there are few resources, the population may decrease in size. Four factors af ...
Levin, S.A. (editor). Encyclopedia
... by these birds (Ribic and Sample, 2001; Veech, 2006). These species are sensitive to the fragmentation of their habitats. In response to these population declines, management initiatives at the regional scale have focused on habitats protection and restoration. One such initiative is the US Departme ...
... by these birds (Ribic and Sample, 2001; Veech, 2006). These species are sensitive to the fragmentation of their habitats. In response to these population declines, management initiatives at the regional scale have focused on habitats protection and restoration. One such initiative is the US Departme ...