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Thesis - Rufford Small Grants
... studying and monitoring stealthy and rare carnivores. I model and extend two concepts central to foraging theory involving predation risk. I consider how animals should select their habitats under predation risk and once within a selected habitat how foraging animals should partition time between co ...
... studying and monitoring stealthy and rare carnivores. I model and extend two concepts central to foraging theory involving predation risk. I consider how animals should select their habitats under predation risk and once within a selected habitat how foraging animals should partition time between co ...
Unit 10
... age-sex structures among sea turtles might be able to detect such changes before they become irreversible. ...
... age-sex structures among sea turtles might be able to detect such changes before they become irreversible. ...
pico_baae_2009.doc
... There is growing evidence that genetic and ecological factors interact in determining population persistence. The demographic effects of inbreeding depression can largely depend on the ecological milieu. We used demographic data of the perennial herb Succisa pratensis from six populations in grazed ...
... There is growing evidence that genetic and ecological factors interact in determining population persistence. The demographic effects of inbreeding depression can largely depend on the ecological milieu. We used demographic data of the perennial herb Succisa pratensis from six populations in grazed ...
Alberta Ords Kangaroo Rat Recovery Plan 2013 -2018
... Ord’s kangaroo rat is a member of the Heteromyidae family. Kangaroo rats are nocturnal rodents highly adapted for survival in arid environments. There are over 20 species of kangaroo rat in North America, but Ord’s kangaroo rat is the only species found in Canada. Ord’s kangaroo rat (herein, kangaro ...
... Ord’s kangaroo rat is a member of the Heteromyidae family. Kangaroo rats are nocturnal rodents highly adapted for survival in arid environments. There are over 20 species of kangaroo rat in North America, but Ord’s kangaroo rat is the only species found in Canada. Ord’s kangaroo rat (herein, kangaro ...
Daviesia ovata 335.16 KB - Department of Parks and Wildlife
... Daviesia ovata was first collected by James Drummond from an unknown locality sometime prior to 1864. The next known collection was made from Mount Manypeaks by C.A. Gardner in 1935. Despite numerous searches in 1980 the species was not located again until 1982, when one plant was found by D. Davids ...
... Daviesia ovata was first collected by James Drummond from an unknown locality sometime prior to 1864. The next known collection was made from Mount Manypeaks by C.A. Gardner in 1935. Despite numerous searches in 1980 the species was not located again until 1982, when one plant was found by D. Davids ...
population characteristics - Formatted
... population is expressed either as the probability of dying or as death rate. Death rate is the number of deaths during a given time interval divided by the average population. For example, if the population size at the beginning of the period is 500 and the number alive at the end of the period is 4 ...
... population is expressed either as the probability of dying or as death rate. Death rate is the number of deaths during a given time interval divided by the average population. For example, if the population size at the beginning of the period is 500 and the number alive at the end of the period is 4 ...
Small Game Management in Georgia - Georgia DNR
... Quail are a prey species and are near the bottom of the ecological food pyramid. In Georgia, more than 20 different wildlife species have been identified that prey on quail and/or their eggs. Annual mortality rates for quail vary from 60-80 percent depending on habitat quality, weather, predator den ...
... Quail are a prey species and are near the bottom of the ecological food pyramid. In Georgia, more than 20 different wildlife species have been identified that prey on quail and/or their eggs. Annual mortality rates for quail vary from 60-80 percent depending on habitat quality, weather, predator den ...
- Wiley Online Library
... This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
... This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
Habitat Selection by Female Swift Foxes
... mines, quarries and gravel pits, mixed urban/built-up land, sandy-area beaches; sparse vegetation was comprised of only Badlands sparse vegetation complex whereas prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns included only prairie dog town complexes. Row crop agricultural practices occur around BNP, whic ...
... mines, quarries and gravel pits, mixed urban/built-up land, sandy-area beaches; sparse vegetation was comprised of only Badlands sparse vegetation complex whereas prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns included only prairie dog town complexes. Row crop agricultural practices occur around BNP, whic ...
Diverse habitat use during two life stages of the critically
... Our ability to prevent extinction in declining populations often depends on effective management of habitats that are disturbed through wildfire, logging, agriculture, or development. In these disturbed landscapes, the juxtaposition of multiple habitat types can be especially important to fledglings ...
... Our ability to prevent extinction in declining populations often depends on effective management of habitats that are disturbed through wildfire, logging, agriculture, or development. In these disturbed landscapes, the juxtaposition of multiple habitat types can be especially important to fledglings ...
click here for pdf. - The Rewilding Institute
... viability and conservation. Vucetich et al. (1997) emphasize that wolf conservation efforts should be more concerned with the number of packs rather than the number of individual wolves, because, generally, only one adult pair per pack breeds each year. Wolves need large areas to assure population v ...
... viability and conservation. Vucetich et al. (1997) emphasize that wolf conservation efforts should be more concerned with the number of packs rather than the number of individual wolves, because, generally, only one adult pair per pack breeds each year. Wolves need large areas to assure population v ...
4.10 - City of Chowchilla
... common residents of agricultural habitat. Deer mice, California voles, desert cottontails, and black-tailed jackrabbits may also occur within this habitat, but in lower numbers. Not only do the small mammals inhabiting the site attract predators such as snakes and raptors described above, but larger ...
... common residents of agricultural habitat. Deer mice, California voles, desert cottontails, and black-tailed jackrabbits may also occur within this habitat, but in lower numbers. Not only do the small mammals inhabiting the site attract predators such as snakes and raptors described above, but larger ...
The analysis of stress in natural populations
... or, at least, long-term change in a population). For reasons developed later in this paper, stresses will not be divided into Sutherland’s Types I1 and 111. Finally, there are perturbations that exceed the possibility of measuring a response by a population- -because the population and its habitat a ...
... or, at least, long-term change in a population). For reasons developed later in this paper, stresses will not be divided into Sutherland’s Types I1 and 111. Finally, there are perturbations that exceed the possibility of measuring a response by a population- -because the population and its habitat a ...
Bobtail Skink (Bobtails)
... Bobtails are remarkable for being one of the few reptiles - let alone animals - that are monogamous. A male and female pair-up in early spring for a 6-8 week pairing period before mating in late spring. Following mating, the male and female go their separate ways, reuniting with the same partner the ...
... Bobtails are remarkable for being one of the few reptiles - let alone animals - that are monogamous. A male and female pair-up in early spring for a 6-8 week pairing period before mating in late spring. Following mating, the male and female go their separate ways, reuniting with the same partner the ...
Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches
... Ecology faces challenges not shared by chemistry that complicate attempts to create similar classifications. Organisms and their habitats reveal variation across multiple dimensions and scales, are subject to stochastic influences, and contemporary observations are, to varying degrees, influenced by ...
... Ecology faces challenges not shared by chemistry that complicate attempts to create similar classifications. Organisms and their habitats reveal variation across multiple dimensions and scales, are subject to stochastic influences, and contemporary observations are, to varying degrees, influenced by ...
6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands
... limit of the dense mountain forests) to the tree-species line (the limit of isolated trees), which implies that there can be some overlap between alpine and subalpine zones. For that reason, the term “subalpine” is avoided by many authors. Thus, habitat 6170 includes those calcareous grasslands of t ...
... limit of the dense mountain forests) to the tree-species line (the limit of isolated trees), which implies that there can be some overlap between alpine and subalpine zones. For that reason, the term “subalpine” is avoided by many authors. Thus, habitat 6170 includes those calcareous grasslands of t ...
giant garter snake - Solano County Water Agency
... habitat primarily during the period when they were incubating and giving birth to their young. In addition, there were fewer aquatic predators in rice fields (apparently due to extensive vegetative cover) than in more natural marsh habitats or along canals. Landscape Level Patters. Wylie et al. (199 ...
... habitat primarily during the period when they were incubating and giving birth to their young. In addition, there were fewer aquatic predators in rice fields (apparently due to extensive vegetative cover) than in more natural marsh habitats or along canals. Landscape Level Patters. Wylie et al. (199 ...
Mitchell`s rainforest snail - Office of Environment and Heritage
... EPA Act. Consent and determining authorities must consider the conservation strategy outlined in this plan when considering a proposed development or activity that may affect the species. ...
... EPA Act. Consent and determining authorities must consider the conservation strategy outlined in this plan when considering a proposed development or activity that may affect the species. ...
PDF - South Coast Wildlands
... Habitat loss and fragmentation are the leading threats to biodiversity, both globally and in southern California. Efforts to combat these threats must focus on conserving well-connected networks of large wildland areas where natural ecological and evolutionary processes can continue operating over l ...
... Habitat loss and fragmentation are the leading threats to biodiversity, both globally and in southern California. Efforts to combat these threats must focus on conserving well-connected networks of large wildland areas where natural ecological and evolutionary processes can continue operating over l ...
carrying capacity - Issaquah Connect
... and light penetration influences primary productivity through the photic zone. More than light, a ____________ ___________ (2 words) is an element that must be added in order for production to increase. What is a limiting nutrient (usually N and P) ...
... and light penetration influences primary productivity through the photic zone. More than light, a ____________ ___________ (2 words) is an element that must be added in order for production to increase. What is a limiting nutrient (usually N and P) ...
Chapter 50-55 Biojeopardy
... and light penetration influences primary productivity through the photic zone. More than light, a ____________ ___________ (2 words) is an element that must be added in order for production to increase. What is a limiting nutrient (usually N and P) ...
... and light penetration influences primary productivity through the photic zone. More than light, a ____________ ___________ (2 words) is an element that must be added in order for production to increase. What is a limiting nutrient (usually N and P) ...
Population dynamics of large herbivores: variable recruitment with
... negative effects of increasing denered unsuitable for the study of sity on population growth would population ecology because their occur in a specific order. Among Jean-Michel Gaillard, Marco Festa-Bianchet and long generation time meant that vital rates, juvenile survival (usuNigel Gilles Yoccoz a ...
... negative effects of increasing denered unsuitable for the study of sity on population growth would population ecology because their occur in a specific order. Among Jean-Michel Gaillard, Marco Festa-Bianchet and long generation time meant that vital rates, juvenile survival (usuNigel Gilles Yoccoz a ...
Wirsing et al. 2010 - Predator Ecology Lab
... perch, which are slow swimmers and escape predation by hiding, shifted away from cover-rich (artificially vegetated) habitat occupied by adult perch and into predator-free open habitat. In contrast, roach, which are fast swimmers that escape predators by fleeing and leaping out of the water, moved i ...
... perch, which are slow swimmers and escape predation by hiding, shifted away from cover-rich (artificially vegetated) habitat occupied by adult perch and into predator-free open habitat. In contrast, roach, which are fast swimmers that escape predators by fleeing and leaping out of the water, moved i ...
Ecology project Name Period ______ Instructions: Part 1: What is t
... Habitat is where a population lives. Describe the habitat of your population. Niche is the relational position of population in its ecosystem to each other. A niche describes how a population responds to different resources or competitors. For example, two groups of dolphins may be in two different ...
... Habitat is where a population lives. Describe the habitat of your population. Niche is the relational position of population in its ecosystem to each other. A niche describes how a population responds to different resources or competitors. For example, two groups of dolphins may be in two different ...
Quantifying Terrestrial Habitat Loss and Fragmentation: A Protocol
... Many scientists believe that the earth is facing a mass extinction (Lawton and May 1995, Vitousek et al. 1997, Wilson 1999, Myers and Knoll 2001, Balmford et al. 2003). Current global extinction rates for animals and plants are as much as 1,000 times higher than the background rate in the fossil rec ...
... Many scientists believe that the earth is facing a mass extinction (Lawton and May 1995, Vitousek et al. 1997, Wilson 1999, Myers and Knoll 2001, Balmford et al. 2003). Current global extinction rates for animals and plants are as much as 1,000 times higher than the background rate in the fossil rec ...