Management plan in Estonia
... With present population size, extinction probability of bear in coming 200 years is less than 5% without hunting, but with annual quota of only 20 speciemen, the probability is as high as 22-40%. The main cost of maintaining a viable large carnivore population is preying on domestic animals, but wit ...
... With present population size, extinction probability of bear in coming 200 years is less than 5% without hunting, but with annual quota of only 20 speciemen, the probability is as high as 22-40%. The main cost of maintaining a viable large carnivore population is preying on domestic animals, but wit ...
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... This paper addresses these topics using an example: “old cultural landscapes” in Scandinavia, i.e., landscapes formed by a long, dynamic and continuously changing history of management. Today, remnant habitats of this management history, such as wooded pastures and meadows, are the focus of conserva ...
... This paper addresses these topics using an example: “old cultural landscapes” in Scandinavia, i.e., landscapes formed by a long, dynamic and continuously changing history of management. Today, remnant habitats of this management history, such as wooded pastures and meadows, are the focus of conserva ...
Consumers Control Diversity and Functioning of a Natural Marine
... below the top layer of the canopy [35]. These shading effects— which are not typically observed in the laboratory due to architectural differences between thallus pieces, whole thalli, and multi-species assemblages [36]—are likely to be even more pronounced in the still-water conditions of tide pool ...
... below the top layer of the canopy [35]. These shading effects— which are not typically observed in the laboratory due to architectural differences between thallus pieces, whole thalli, and multi-species assemblages [36]—are likely to be even more pronounced in the still-water conditions of tide pool ...
Available Benthic Energy Coefficient (ABEC): a - Archimer
... is simple to calculate the annual production of profitable energy for the fish community in a delimited nursery; it only needs information about the biomass of benthic invertebrates via a standard sampling method. This tool appears to be decisive in properly estimating the carrying capacity of such ...
... is simple to calculate the annual production of profitable energy for the fish community in a delimited nursery; it only needs information about the biomass of benthic invertebrates via a standard sampling method. This tool appears to be decisive in properly estimating the carrying capacity of such ...
Monitoring physiological stress in semi-free
... Conservation physiology has most recently been defined as ‘an integrative scientific discipline applying physiological concepts, tools, and knowledge to characterizing biological diversity and its ecological implications; understanding and predicting how organisms, populations, and ecosystems respon ...
... Conservation physiology has most recently been defined as ‘an integrative scientific discipline applying physiological concepts, tools, and knowledge to characterizing biological diversity and its ecological implications; understanding and predicting how organisms, populations, and ecosystems respon ...
Translocation as a Conservation Measure for an
... probably by villagers, indicating that the protection of the conservation zone was not adequate at that time. On 18 November 2000, an adult female accompanied by two infants was predated upon probably by the Madagascar Harrier Hawk Polyboroides radiatus, the largest living bird of prey of Madagascar ...
... probably by villagers, indicating that the protection of the conservation zone was not adequate at that time. On 18 November 2000, an adult female accompanied by two infants was predated upon probably by the Madagascar Harrier Hawk Polyboroides radiatus, the largest living bird of prey of Madagascar ...
Species Action Plan - Butterfly Conservation
... otherwise intensive management by the Forestry Commission. This has successfully maintained the Black Hairstreak in the forest (while many other butterfly species have died out), even though there have been occasional felling of breeding areas in error. However, it is desirable to preserve some tree ...
... otherwise intensive management by the Forestry Commission. This has successfully maintained the Black Hairstreak in the forest (while many other butterfly species have died out), even though there have been occasional felling of breeding areas in error. However, it is desirable to preserve some tree ...
Chapter 10 Notes
... Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystem • Reefs provide millions of people with food, tourism revenue, coastal protection, and sources of new chemicals, but are poorly studied and not as well protected by laws as terrestrial areas are. • Nearly 60 percent of Earth’s coral reefs are threatened by human act ...
... Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystem • Reefs provide millions of people with food, tourism revenue, coastal protection, and sources of new chemicals, but are poorly studied and not as well protected by laws as terrestrial areas are. • Nearly 60 percent of Earth’s coral reefs are threatened by human act ...
Preface 1 PDF
... the process of land abandonment, particularly farmland abandonment. Some projections estimate that between 2000 and 2030 as much as 20 million ha may be released from agricultural use in Europe, an area twice the size of Portugal. Farmland abandonment has been raising much concern in the scientific ...
... the process of land abandonment, particularly farmland abandonment. Some projections estimate that between 2000 and 2030 as much as 20 million ha may be released from agricultural use in Europe, an area twice the size of Portugal. Farmland abandonment has been raising much concern in the scientific ...
The OGCleaner: Detecting False
... Ten different attribute features were selected (Table 1) and calculated for individual MSA of putative homology clusters and for training Hs and NHs as well. To identify randomly aligned positions in MSAs, we utilized ALISCORE [31], software based on the principle of parametric Monte Carlo resamplin ...
... Ten different attribute features were selected (Table 1) and calculated for individual MSA of putative homology clusters and for training Hs and NHs as well. To identify randomly aligned positions in MSAs, we utilized ALISCORE [31], software based on the principle of parametric Monte Carlo resamplin ...
Spider, bee, and bird communities in cities are shaped by
... are regularly disturbed. Species communities in urban areas are far from equilibrium. Our analysis also suggests that urban communities need to be considered as being in constant change to adapt to disturbances and changes imposed by human activities. Key words: Apidae; Aranae; Aves; beta diversity; ...
... are regularly disturbed. Species communities in urban areas are far from equilibrium. Our analysis also suggests that urban communities need to be considered as being in constant change to adapt to disturbances and changes imposed by human activities. Key words: Apidae; Aranae; Aves; beta diversity; ...
sample
... from more than 20 different locations. Toads were collected from areas close to agriculture; both large-scale and small-scale farms as well as from suburbs. At collection sites where 50-97% of the adjacent land was farmed, males showed high levels of feminization. Feminized male toads were similar i ...
... from more than 20 different locations. Toads were collected from areas close to agriculture; both large-scale and small-scale farms as well as from suburbs. At collection sites where 50-97% of the adjacent land was farmed, males showed high levels of feminization. Feminized male toads were similar i ...
tive structures) or than characters whose pattern is impressed on
... influences. This is only an extension of the arguments of Haldane (1946) who pointed out that genotype/environment interactions are ultimately entirely specific. In more general investigations where single characters have been examined in relation to over-all, often random, environmental influences, ...
... influences. This is only an extension of the arguments of Haldane (1946) who pointed out that genotype/environment interactions are ultimately entirely specific. In more general investigations where single characters have been examined in relation to over-all, often random, environmental influences, ...
Ecology Practice Questions - Miami Beach Senior High School
... 50. Base your answer on the accompanying passage which describes an ecosystem in New York State and on your knowledge of biology. The Pine Bush ecosystem near Albany, New York, is one of the last known habitats of the nearly extinct Karner Blue butterfly. The butterfly's larvae feed on the wild gree ...
... 50. Base your answer on the accompanying passage which describes an ecosystem in New York State and on your knowledge of biology. The Pine Bush ecosystem near Albany, New York, is one of the last known habitats of the nearly extinct Karner Blue butterfly. The butterfly's larvae feed on the wild gree ...
attached - BobWongLab
... underlie the remarkable diversity that exists both within and between species. One of the most striking examples of this diversity is seen in polymorphic species that exhibit consistent genetic variation in coloration within populations [1–3]. Indeed, studies of such species have provided evolutiona ...
... underlie the remarkable diversity that exists both within and between species. One of the most striking examples of this diversity is seen in polymorphic species that exhibit consistent genetic variation in coloration within populations [1–3]. Indeed, studies of such species have provided evolutiona ...
More than a meal integrating nonfeeding interactions into food webs
... parameters simultaneously. For example, mussel beds provide habitat for other species (e.g. crabs); this Ôhabitat provisioningÕ can increase establishment success and reduce physiological stress (decrease metabolism and ⁄ or increase survival) of crabs. In addition, crabs may benefit from reduced co ...
... parameters simultaneously. For example, mussel beds provide habitat for other species (e.g. crabs); this Ôhabitat provisioningÕ can increase establishment success and reduce physiological stress (decrease metabolism and ⁄ or increase survival) of crabs. In addition, crabs may benefit from reduced co ...
Diversity of Interactions: A Metric for Studies of Biodiversity
... The quantitative investigation of food webs therefore requires the development of sampling schemes designed to infer the properties of the complete community food web from samples that in practice represent only a portion of the community. Current quantitative food-web investigations solve this prob ...
... The quantitative investigation of food webs therefore requires the development of sampling schemes designed to infer the properties of the complete community food web from samples that in practice represent only a portion of the community. Current quantitative food-web investigations solve this prob ...
Limiting Factors in Caribou Population Ecology
... wild Rangifer populations worldwide discloses that factors that have regulated those populations are highly variable between populations, apparently as a reflection of the differences in environmental variables unique to each population. Examples exist of populations where major regulating factors h ...
... wild Rangifer populations worldwide discloses that factors that have regulated those populations are highly variable between populations, apparently as a reflection of the differences in environmental variables unique to each population. Examples exist of populations where major regulating factors h ...
DEVELOPING THE COST OF LARGE CARNIVORE CONFLICT
... yet, possibly counter intuitively at the same time, a recent study found that protected areas encompass less than 5% of the wild cheetah population there, (Lindsey et al, 2013). These animals are living on the privately help farmland. Leopards are well known to be the most widely distributed of the ...
... yet, possibly counter intuitively at the same time, a recent study found that protected areas encompass less than 5% of the wild cheetah population there, (Lindsey et al, 2013). These animals are living on the privately help farmland. Leopards are well known to be the most widely distributed of the ...
Camden 2002 - Australasian Wildlife Management Society
... Other priorities include the development of: a national database and reporting system for wildlife health surveillance; a website and list server; and a communication and marketing strategy. The network is interested in understanding, and managing, the relationship between wildlife, pest species, di ...
... Other priorities include the development of: a national database and reporting system for wildlife health surveillance; a website and list server; and a communication and marketing strategy. The network is interested in understanding, and managing, the relationship between wildlife, pest species, di ...
Chapter Objective Essays These must be in complete sentences. BE
... 36.6 Define boom-and-bust cycles, explain why they occur, and provide examples. (4 pts) 36.7 Explain how life-history traits vary with environmental conditions and with population density. Compare r-selection and K-selection and indicate examples of each. (6pts) 36.8 Describe the major challenges in ...
... 36.6 Define boom-and-bust cycles, explain why they occur, and provide examples. (4 pts) 36.7 Explain how life-history traits vary with environmental conditions and with population density. Compare r-selection and K-selection and indicate examples of each. (6pts) 36.8 Describe the major challenges in ...
Program - Florida Wildlife Society
... Abstract: In southern Florida, the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus, hereafter deer) is an important game species and the primary prey of the endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). Harvest and aerial monitoring data suggest deer have experienced population declines in portions of ...
... Abstract: In southern Florida, the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus, hereafter deer) is an important game species and the primary prey of the endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). Harvest and aerial monitoring data suggest deer have experienced population declines in portions of ...