Bellevue Urban Wildlife Habitat Literature Review
... Urbanization, the increase in human settlement density and associated intensification of land use, has a profound and lasting effect on the natural environment and wildlife habitat (McKinney 2002, Blair 2004, Marzluff 2005, Munns 2006), is a major cause of native species local extinctions (Czech et ...
... Urbanization, the increase in human settlement density and associated intensification of land use, has a profound and lasting effect on the natural environment and wildlife habitat (McKinney 2002, Blair 2004, Marzluff 2005, Munns 2006), is a major cause of native species local extinctions (Czech et ...
Growling Grass Frog Habitat Assessment and Mapping: PSP 1067
... Apart from the formal assessment points, rapid assessments were carried out throughout the study area, which involved rapidly evaluating and recording relative habitat quality and key habitat features or opportunities. Photographs were taken throughout the study area showing landscape and habitat fe ...
... Apart from the formal assessment points, rapid assessments were carried out throughout the study area, which involved rapidly evaluating and recording relative habitat quality and key habitat features or opportunities. Photographs were taken throughout the study area showing landscape and habitat fe ...
Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions
... and their environment. Recently, the resource selection function (RSF) has emerged to replace many of the statistical procedures used to quantify resource selection by animals. 2. A RSF is defined by characteristics measured on resource units such that its value for a unit is proportional to the prob ...
... and their environment. Recently, the resource selection function (RSF) has emerged to replace many of the statistical procedures used to quantify resource selection by animals. 2. A RSF is defined by characteristics measured on resource units such that its value for a unit is proportional to the prob ...
Eastern Foxsnake (Elaphe gloydi) - Registre public des espèces en
... the Eastern Foxsnake’s diet. Both active searching and ambush (sit-and-wait) foraging strategies are employed. Eastern Foxsnakes can adapt to limited anthropogenic disturbance, an example being their use of human-made structures for shelter during the summer despite high levels of human activity. Po ...
... the Eastern Foxsnake’s diet. Both active searching and ambush (sit-and-wait) foraging strategies are employed. Eastern Foxsnakes can adapt to limited anthropogenic disturbance, an example being their use of human-made structures for shelter during the summer despite high levels of human activity. Po ...
Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions
... and their environment. Recently, the resource selection function (RSF) has emerged to replace many of the statistical procedures used to quantify resource selection by animals. 2. A RSF is defined by characteristics measured on resource units such that its value for a unit is proportional to the prob ...
... and their environment. Recently, the resource selection function (RSF) has emerged to replace many of the statistical procedures used to quantify resource selection by animals. 2. A RSF is defined by characteristics measured on resource units such that its value for a unit is proportional to the prob ...
Biodiversity as spatial insurance: the effects of habitat fragmentation
... complete understanding of the spatial processes affecting the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at landscape (e.g. more than one ecosystem), regional, or global scales (Gonzalez and Chaneton 2002, Rantalainen et al. 2005, Srivastava and Velland 2005, Dobson et al. 2006). Th ...
... complete understanding of the spatial processes affecting the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at landscape (e.g. more than one ecosystem), regional, or global scales (Gonzalez and Chaneton 2002, Rantalainen et al. 2005, Srivastava and Velland 2005, Dobson et al. 2006). Th ...
View/Open - Oregon State University
... predictor of magister abundance (multiple linear regression, F3.26=1.30, p=0.296) and there was no interaction between bag presence and H. oregonensis abundance (p=0.232). Shoot density was not a significant predictor of M. magister abundance (data were natural log transformed for normality; linear ...
... predictor of magister abundance (multiple linear regression, F3.26=1.30, p=0.296) and there was no interaction between bag presence and H. oregonensis abundance (p=0.232). Shoot density was not a significant predictor of M. magister abundance (data were natural log transformed for normality; linear ...
Summary of Seahorse Population and Distribution Report on seahorse demographics and habitats
... Island, due south west of the port of Sihanoukville. The chosen site is known locally as the Corral and the surveys were commenced throughout June/July of 2011 and again in November/December of 2011, which were followed in August/September of 2012 and finally in October 2012, all of which is the sub ...
... Island, due south west of the port of Sihanoukville. The chosen site is known locally as the Corral and the surveys were commenced throughout June/July of 2011 and again in November/December of 2011, which were followed in August/September of 2012 and finally in October 2012, all of which is the sub ...
Ecosystem fragmentation drives increased diet variation in an
... We used a Bayesian approach based on multivariate ellipse-based metrics of the stable isotope data as an estimate of diet variation (Jackson et al. 2011). This approach is especially useful when comparing populations with different sample sizes (Layman et al. 2012). The analysis generates standard e ...
... We used a Bayesian approach based on multivariate ellipse-based metrics of the stable isotope data as an estimate of diet variation (Jackson et al. 2011). This approach is especially useful when comparing populations with different sample sizes (Layman et al. 2012). The analysis generates standard e ...
ANIMAL ELEMENT OCCURRENCE EXTERNAL FIELD FORM
... Management Comments: Comments on any management needed to ensure continued existence of the Element Occurrence (EO), as well as the chances and means of fulfilling those needs. Also include a general description of current land management practices (if known). Please ensure your comments are as fact ...
... Management Comments: Comments on any management needed to ensure continued existence of the Element Occurrence (EO), as well as the chances and means of fulfilling those needs. Also include a general description of current land management practices (if known). Please ensure your comments are as fact ...
USE OF SPATIAL FEATURES BY FORAGING INSECTIVOROUS
... areas, have higher bat activity levels, and that fast-flying species benefit most from urbanization. We compared activity of insectivorous species and relative abundance of insects in 5 habitats (large parks, small parks, illuminated open areas, residential areas, and natural forest), Sampling of ba ...
... areas, have higher bat activity levels, and that fast-flying species benefit most from urbanization. We compared activity of insectivorous species and relative abundance of insects in 5 habitats (large parks, small parks, illuminated open areas, residential areas, and natural forest), Sampling of ba ...
D 56. Shachak et al. 2008. Woody sp.as landscape modulators
... (figure 1). Theories on the environmental impacts of organisms, communities, and ecosystems are well developed. Theories on environmental impacts resulting from ecosystem or landscape modulation are less developed. The concept of organisms as ecosystem engineers, which focuses on modulation processe ...
... (figure 1). Theories on the environmental impacts of organisms, communities, and ecosystems are well developed. Theories on environmental impacts resulting from ecosystem or landscape modulation are less developed. The concept of organisms as ecosystem engineers, which focuses on modulation processe ...
The effects of seafloor habitat complexity on survival of juvenile fishes: species-specific interactions with structural refuge.
... 1997; Thrush et al., 1998; Freese et al., 1999; Turner et al., 1999; Thrush et al., 2001; Hermsen et al., 2003). These studies indicate that species composition and diversity changes as habitat complexity is reduced by disturbance from fishing gears. Since habitat recovery times can be longer than d ...
... 1997; Thrush et al., 1998; Freese et al., 1999; Turner et al., 1999; Thrush et al., 2001; Hermsen et al., 2003). These studies indicate that species composition and diversity changes as habitat complexity is reduced by disturbance from fishing gears. Since habitat recovery times can be longer than d ...
The endangered quino checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha
... nominotypical editha in size but differs from that subspecies by greater development of black scaling and greater reduction of the orange/red scaling relative to the cream scaling. There are additional defining larval characteristics, but these have not been systematically described for all subspecie ...
... nominotypical editha in size but differs from that subspecies by greater development of black scaling and greater reduction of the orange/red scaling relative to the cream scaling. There are additional defining larval characteristics, but these have not been systematically described for all subspecie ...
Oh Deer! Do We Have a Problem?
... • 4 science vocabulary terms will be shown at the top of the screen. • One-at-a-time, 4 clues about one of the terms will be shown on the screen. You are to determine the term that all the clues refer to. • Record your work in your science notebook or on a google doc. • Some terms may have similar m ...
... • 4 science vocabulary terms will be shown at the top of the screen. • One-at-a-time, 4 clues about one of the terms will be shown on the screen. You are to determine the term that all the clues refer to. • Record your work in your science notebook or on a google doc. • Some terms may have similar m ...
Habitat Cascades: The Conceptual Context and
... and only touched briefly upon how facilitation cascades relate to other forms of indirect positive effects. Here, we expand the conceptual context of facilitation cascades and describe in detail a common type of facilitation cascade: the ‘‘ ‘habitat cascade’ where indirect positive effects on focal ...
... and only touched briefly upon how facilitation cascades relate to other forms of indirect positive effects. Here, we expand the conceptual context of facilitation cascades and describe in detail a common type of facilitation cascade: the ‘‘ ‘habitat cascade’ where indirect positive effects on focal ...
Ecosystem fragmentation drives increased diet variation in an
... We used a Bayesian approach based on multivariate ellipse-based metrics of the stable isotope data as an estimate of diet variation (Jackson et al. 2011). This approach is especially useful when comparing populations with different sample sizes (Layman et al. 2012). The analysis generates standard e ...
... We used a Bayesian approach based on multivariate ellipse-based metrics of the stable isotope data as an estimate of diet variation (Jackson et al. 2011). This approach is especially useful when comparing populations with different sample sizes (Layman et al. 2012). The analysis generates standard e ...
Utah Envirothon Study Guide
... When these habitat factors are in good supply, they contribute to the well-being of wildlife. If any of the habitat factors are missing or significantly altered, it limits suitability, number and distribution of wildlife and is called a limiting factor. So, for all animal populations, habitat must c ...
... When these habitat factors are in good supply, they contribute to the well-being of wildlife. If any of the habitat factors are missing or significantly altered, it limits suitability, number and distribution of wildlife and is called a limiting factor. So, for all animal populations, habitat must c ...
Managing Scrub for Nightingales
... Scrub is a dynamic habitat, constantly changing as it evolves into woodland. Nightingales seem to be particularly sensitive to this gradual change and will only use scrub for the few years when it is most vigorous and dense. To maintain suitable scrub structure, regular maintenance is needed. The ea ...
... Scrub is a dynamic habitat, constantly changing as it evolves into woodland. Nightingales seem to be particularly sensitive to this gradual change and will only use scrub for the few years when it is most vigorous and dense. To maintain suitable scrub structure, regular maintenance is needed. The ea ...
Picture - Emanuel A. Fronhofer
... deterministic successional patterns, intra-specific competition, Allee effects or predation, for example – colonizations are uniquely the consequence of dispersal, at least if we use this term in a broader sense. Of course, survival during the transition phase of dispersal and establishment success ...
... deterministic successional patterns, intra-specific competition, Allee effects or predation, for example – colonizations are uniquely the consequence of dispersal, at least if we use this term in a broader sense. Of course, survival during the transition phase of dispersal and establishment success ...
Submission - Friends of Felton
... Queensland. However, the short term (0-10 years) desired outcomes within the National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy 2009-2014 (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2009), states a need for: “Increased consideration of koala habitat demonstrated in development plan ...
... Queensland. However, the short term (0-10 years) desired outcomes within the National Koala Conservation and Management Strategy 2009-2014 (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 2009), states a need for: “Increased consideration of koala habitat demonstrated in development plan ...
Long-Term Demographic Trends, Limiting Factors, and the Strength
... mechanisms. These mediate local interactions among individuals, their natural enemies, and food supply to cause demographic rates (e.g., fecundity, survival) to decline when population density increases, and vice versa (Begon et al. 1996). Regulation, which requires density dependence, implies that ...
... mechanisms. These mediate local interactions among individuals, their natural enemies, and food supply to cause demographic rates (e.g., fecundity, survival) to decline when population density increases, and vice versa (Begon et al. 1996). Regulation, which requires density dependence, implies that ...
Quino Checkerspot Butterfly - Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera
... Castilleja exserta (A.A. Heller) Chaung & Heckard [=Orthocarpus purpurascens Benth.]. Among E. editha subspecies, this foodplant utilization pattern is shared with nominotypical editha and insularis. In a study that did not include insularis, Baughman et al. (1990) presented genetic evidence that qu ...
... Castilleja exserta (A.A. Heller) Chaung & Heckard [=Orthocarpus purpurascens Benth.]. Among E. editha subspecies, this foodplant utilization pattern is shared with nominotypical editha and insularis. In a study that did not include insularis, Baughman et al. (1990) presented genetic evidence that qu ...
Habitat Selection by Two Competing Species in a Two
... even situations where spatial strategies, as well as the relative abundances of coexisting species, exhibit only local stability. Hence, distributions of competing species may be determined not solely by their respective densities but also by the order of colonization. This happens, however, only fo ...
... even situations where spatial strategies, as well as the relative abundances of coexisting species, exhibit only local stability. Hence, distributions of competing species may be determined not solely by their respective densities but also by the order of colonization. This happens, however, only fo ...
Journal of Animal - Centre d`études biologiques de Chizé
... 1. The functional responses of roe deer were examined using 11 plant species. A technique to discriminate between encounter-and handling-limited processes was used, and it can be concluded that the functional response applicable to patch browsing by roe deer is governed not by the rate of encounter ...
... 1. The functional responses of roe deer were examined using 11 plant species. A technique to discriminate between encounter-and handling-limited processes was used, and it can be concluded that the functional response applicable to patch browsing by roe deer is governed not by the rate of encounter ...