Biology
... community is associated with interactions among its organisms. - Investigate how the dynamic equilibrium of an ecological community is associated with interactions among its organisms. - Analyze energy flow through an ecosystem. - Investigate how the dynamic equilibrium of an ecological community is ...
... community is associated with interactions among its organisms. - Investigate how the dynamic equilibrium of an ecological community is associated with interactions among its organisms. - Analyze energy flow through an ecosystem. - Investigate how the dynamic equilibrium of an ecological community is ...
Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology MARK R.T. DALE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
... Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of natural vegetation because it affects future processes, both of the plants themselves and of a range of other organisms with which they interact. The spatial scale at which pattern is seen to affect process goes from the neighborhood of an individual Arabidopsis ...
... Spatial pattern is a crucial aspect of natural vegetation because it affects future processes, both of the plants themselves and of a range of other organisms with which they interact. The spatial scale at which pattern is seen to affect process goes from the neighborhood of an individual Arabidopsis ...
Community dynamics of ephemeral systems: food web
... depression or artificial container, which temporarily fills with water, can be considered an ephemeral waterbody. Despite their ubiquity, ephemeral waterbodies are often as inconsequential habitats because of short, unpredictable hydroperiods. Scientists know relatively little about the ecology of t ...
... depression or artificial container, which temporarily fills with water, can be considered an ephemeral waterbody. Despite their ubiquity, ephemeral waterbodies are often as inconsequential habitats because of short, unpredictable hydroperiods. Scientists know relatively little about the ecology of t ...
Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession (Springer
... a misconception that because restoration is focused on shorter temporal scales and is more goal-oriented, then concepts from succession may not apply. 3. Restoration potentially offers succession practical insights into how communities assemble, but a dearth of scientific protocols in the conduct of ...
... a misconception that because restoration is focused on shorter temporal scales and is more goal-oriented, then concepts from succession may not apply. 3. Restoration potentially offers succession practical insights into how communities assemble, but a dearth of scientific protocols in the conduct of ...
Amargosa Vole
... surveys for the subspecies conducted by McClenaghan and Montgomery in 1997 under a contract with the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), and more focused surveys by Neuwald in 1999 and 2000 in conjunction with a study of California vole genetics (see discussion of genetics study in the Ma ...
... surveys for the subspecies conducted by McClenaghan and Montgomery in 1997 under a contract with the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), and more focused surveys by Neuwald in 1999 and 2000 in conjunction with a study of California vole genetics (see discussion of genetics study in the Ma ...
View PDF - Cramer Fish Sciences
... 3. The longer a locality has been in the same condition, the richer and the more stable is its biotic community. These principles anticipated, in part, several general ecological and evolutionary hypotheses that continue to be debated and tested by ecologists today. The first principle predicts that ...
... 3. The longer a locality has been in the same condition, the richer and the more stable is its biotic community. These principles anticipated, in part, several general ecological and evolutionary hypotheses that continue to be debated and tested by ecologists today. The first principle predicts that ...
The Economic and Social Aspects of Biodiversity Benefits and Costs
... the value of biodiversity could be provided by the increasing amounts that would need to be spent on these inputs to substitute for ecosystem services together with the external costs of pollution or damage to health that arises from excessive use of fertilizers or pesticides. Alternatively, the val ...
... the value of biodiversity could be provided by the increasing amounts that would need to be spent on these inputs to substitute for ecosystem services together with the external costs of pollution or damage to health that arises from excessive use of fertilizers or pesticides. Alternatively, the val ...
Bullfrog (Rana Catesbeiana) - Gt-ibma
... Dead individuals were replaced with tadpoles of similar size held in replacement buckets for that purpose. Replacement was necessary to maintain the same density conditions in all replicates of a treatment. If each replicate is considered as a potential "sink" habitat (sensu Pulliam 1988) with an ar ...
... Dead individuals were replaced with tadpoles of similar size held in replacement buckets for that purpose. Replacement was necessary to maintain the same density conditions in all replicates of a treatment. If each replicate is considered as a potential "sink" habitat (sensu Pulliam 1988) with an ar ...
Influence of nymphal Anax imperator (Odonata
... attention. Schmitz et al. (1997) demonstrated that nonlethal spiders caused an overall decrease in feeding rate (herbivory) and thus an increase in plant biomass. A behavioral trophic cascade is also possible if animals avoid a particular habitat while foraging or do not lay eggs in this habitat in ...
... attention. Schmitz et al. (1997) demonstrated that nonlethal spiders caused an overall decrease in feeding rate (herbivory) and thus an increase in plant biomass. A behavioral trophic cascade is also possible if animals avoid a particular habitat while foraging or do not lay eggs in this habitat in ...
Host selection by the cleaner shrimp Ancylomenes pedersoni: Do
... to constitute an advantage for A. pedersoni, individual shrimp would need to benefit from the aggregation (e.g., if the mean rate of food intake per individual shrimp increased in stations with several A. pedersoni compared with those with only one or two shrimp). Symbiotic decapods associated with s ...
... to constitute an advantage for A. pedersoni, individual shrimp would need to benefit from the aggregation (e.g., if the mean rate of food intake per individual shrimp increased in stations with several A. pedersoni compared with those with only one or two shrimp). Symbiotic decapods associated with s ...
ppt for
... Assis et. al, U Michigan) 1) 43% of all rodent piR clusters arose after rodent-primate divergence. While the highest known expansion rate for olfactory receptors is ...
... Assis et. al, U Michigan) 1) 43% of all rodent piR clusters arose after rodent-primate divergence. While the highest known expansion rate for olfactory receptors is ...
The Hoary Marmot of the North Cascades in Washington
... variations in slope and aspect significantly impact changes in habitat types throughout the alpine zone. These small and drastic changes demonstrate the sensitivity of the alpine environment. Precipitation and temperature are the major factors as these vary the most through the seasons. In the end, ...
... variations in slope and aspect significantly impact changes in habitat types throughout the alpine zone. These small and drastic changes demonstrate the sensitivity of the alpine environment. Precipitation and temperature are the major factors as these vary the most through the seasons. In the end, ...
Conservation Biology for All - Society for Conservation Biology
... Reprinted with corrections 2010 Available online with corrections, January 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as exp ...
... Reprinted with corrections 2010 Available online with corrections, January 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as exp ...
Prey and range use of lions on Tswalu Kalahari Reserve
... gemsbok Oryx gazelle and blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus being i ...
... gemsbok Oryx gazelle and blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus being i ...
Common Quail - European Commission
... Mediterranean areas (e.g. see for Sardinia, Massoli-Novelli 1988 and for Portugal, Tait 1924 and Reis Jr. 1931) have acquired a certain validity through the fact that the species is defined as ‘polytypic’ in reputable publications (Cramp & Simmons 1980). However, they should best be discounted as th ...
... Mediterranean areas (e.g. see for Sardinia, Massoli-Novelli 1988 and for Portugal, Tait 1924 and Reis Jr. 1931) have acquired a certain validity through the fact that the species is defined as ‘polytypic’ in reputable publications (Cramp & Simmons 1980). However, they should best be discounted as th ...
Effects of tree species diversity on insect herbivory
... Goad, Gerlinde Schaeffter, Shaimalli Roy and Paul Rassell who all helped out to varying degrees with field work; to this end thanks also go to, Iiris Kallajoki, Juho Yli-Rosti, and Kai Ruohomäki. ...
... Goad, Gerlinde Schaeffter, Shaimalli Roy and Paul Rassell who all helped out to varying degrees with field work; to this end thanks also go to, Iiris Kallajoki, Juho Yli-Rosti, and Kai Ruohomäki. ...
Characterization of the cDNA and Gene Coding for the Biotin
... Ward (personal communication) and to the partia1 sequence reported in GenBank accession number L34413. The major differences between these three sequences are at the 5' and 3' noncoding ends. At the 5' end, the pBS-1 sequence is 122 nucleotides longer than the sequence shown in GenBank accession num ...
... Ward (personal communication) and to the partia1 sequence reported in GenBank accession number L34413. The major differences between these three sequences are at the 5' and 3' noncoding ends. At the 5' end, the pBS-1 sequence is 122 nucleotides longer than the sequence shown in GenBank accession num ...
TEMG_plan_draft_semifinal_2013_02_15
... biological, chemical, and physical balance of the globe. Dramatic changes in regional climates, and increasing industrial development and other activities, now underway, are threatening Arctic biodiversity, the resilience of species, the potential for human use, and the overall integrity of northern ...
... biological, chemical, and physical balance of the globe. Dramatic changes in regional climates, and increasing industrial development and other activities, now underway, are threatening Arctic biodiversity, the resilience of species, the potential for human use, and the overall integrity of northern ...
Biotic resistance experienced by an invasive crustacean
... C. maenas and C. productus. C. maenas was the dominant crab in the warmer, less saline upper estuary and C. productus, in the cooler, more saline low estuary. A similar pattern was observed in Bodega Bay Harbor, California. C. maenas was restricted to the shallow mudflats inside the harbor while the ...
... C. maenas and C. productus. C. maenas was the dominant crab in the warmer, less saline upper estuary and C. productus, in the cooler, more saline low estuary. A similar pattern was observed in Bodega Bay Harbor, California. C. maenas was restricted to the shallow mudflats inside the harbor while the ...
Letters in Applied Microbiology
... As strains from P. fluorescens and related species colonize the rhizosphere aggressively, competition with root pathogens for nutrients and root surface colonization has been proposed as an important trait for biological control (Fig. 2; Table 1), although in recent years its significance has been d ...
... As strains from P. fluorescens and related species colonize the rhizosphere aggressively, competition with root pathogens for nutrients and root surface colonization has been proposed as an important trait for biological control (Fig. 2; Table 1), although in recent years its significance has been d ...
Moose and snowshoe hare competition and a
... With the carrying capacity equations and twig production estimates for each study site, the number of twigs consumed by each species given no competition (carrying capacity, K) can be estimated. With K and the observed densities of twigs removed by moose, F~, and hare, Fu, non-linear regressions are ...
... With the carrying capacity equations and twig production estimates for each study site, the number of twigs consumed by each species given no competition (carrying capacity, K) can be estimated. With K and the observed densities of twigs removed by moose, F~, and hare, Fu, non-linear regressions are ...
Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host
... the number of corresponding arthropod species (Bangert et al. 2005, Wimp et al. 2005, Crutsinger et al. 2006, Johnson et al. 2006). Such additive effects of genotypic diversity on arthropod communities may occur because patches with more plant genotypes are more likely to contain genotypes that have ...
... the number of corresponding arthropod species (Bangert et al. 2005, Wimp et al. 2005, Crutsinger et al. 2006, Johnson et al. 2006). Such additive effects of genotypic diversity on arthropod communities may occur because patches with more plant genotypes are more likely to contain genotypes that have ...
Landscape-scale eco-evolutionary dynamics: Selection by seed
... isolated ranges that lack red squirrels are uncommon compared to the wide range of lodgepole pine in North America; thus, an unanswered question is whether landscape-scale variability in percentage serotiny within continuous forests can be explained by the interaction of these two factors. If select ...
... isolated ranges that lack red squirrels are uncommon compared to the wide range of lodgepole pine in North America; thus, an unanswered question is whether landscape-scale variability in percentage serotiny within continuous forests can be explained by the interaction of these two factors. If select ...