Phase 1 Framework Glossary 0103121
... CORE definition: “a functional unit consisting of all the living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a given area, and all the non-living physical and chemical factors of their environment, linked together through nutrient cycling and energy flow. An ecosystem can be of any size - a log, pon ...
... CORE definition: “a functional unit consisting of all the living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a given area, and all the non-living physical and chemical factors of their environment, linked together through nutrient cycling and energy flow. An ecosystem can be of any size - a log, pon ...
Top predator control of plant biodiversity and productivity in an old
... food chain [a so-called species cascade (Polis 1999)] can lead to important changes in community-level pattern and process. It illustrates how this community-wide effect can be predicted by knowing how individual level-behaviour scales to community–level interactions and dynamics. Finally, it offers ...
... food chain [a so-called species cascade (Polis 1999)] can lead to important changes in community-level pattern and process. It illustrates how this community-wide effect can be predicted by knowing how individual level-behaviour scales to community–level interactions and dynamics. Finally, it offers ...
Commonwealth Funding to Help Protect Northern Quolls
... The New Zealand Screwshell is a sedentary organism that feeds by filtering particulate matter from the water column, and grows up to 90 mm in length and 25 mm in width. It was probably introduced to Australia through semi-dry ballast in timber vessels from New Zealand, or accidentally transported wi ...
... The New Zealand Screwshell is a sedentary organism that feeds by filtering particulate matter from the water column, and grows up to 90 mm in length and 25 mm in width. It was probably introduced to Australia through semi-dry ballast in timber vessels from New Zealand, or accidentally transported wi ...
Dr. Yasuwo Fukuyo (IOC/WESTPAC)
... >600 unicellular microalgae to be used at capacity building activities such as training courses (distribute free of charge to young participants) ...
... >600 unicellular microalgae to be used at capacity building activities such as training courses (distribute free of charge to young participants) ...
From DarwinPs Origin of Species toward a theory of natural history
... reasoning about population sizes in relation to the resources sustaining them, Darwin used mathematics to search for some evidence about the limits of population growth: “I have taken some pains to estimate the probable minimum rate of elephant’s natural increase …”. The way he describes the exercis ...
... reasoning about population sizes in relation to the resources sustaining them, Darwin used mathematics to search for some evidence about the limits of population growth: “I have taken some pains to estimate the probable minimum rate of elephant’s natural increase …”. The way he describes the exercis ...
Biological and ecological traits of marine species
... marine species. The trait categories and descriptors used in BIOTIC were developed by the MarLIN project, with minor amendments (Hiscock, Jackson & Lear, 1999; Tyler-Walters et al., 2001). They encompass distribution, biology, phenotypic and genetic attributes, and importance to humans. FishBase has ...
... marine species. The trait categories and descriptors used in BIOTIC were developed by the MarLIN project, with minor amendments (Hiscock, Jackson & Lear, 1999; Tyler-Walters et al., 2001). They encompass distribution, biology, phenotypic and genetic attributes, and importance to humans. FishBase has ...
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... A good definition of primary succession is when life begins to grow in an area that previously did not support life. It is also defined as the type of succession that occurs where no ecosystem existed before. Primary succession can occur on rocks, cliffs, and sand dunes. Usually the first species to ...
... A good definition of primary succession is when life begins to grow in an area that previously did not support life. It is also defined as the type of succession that occurs where no ecosystem existed before. Primary succession can occur on rocks, cliffs, and sand dunes. Usually the first species to ...
Directing Research to Reduce the Impacts of
... theory and the practical needs of conservationists, land managers, planners, and public policymakers have resulted in an inability to address critical problems caused by invasive nonindigenous species. For example, although several published studies existed on the ecology of the zebra mussel (Dreiss ...
... theory and the practical needs of conservationists, land managers, planners, and public policymakers have resulted in an inability to address critical problems caused by invasive nonindigenous species. For example, although several published studies existed on the ecology of the zebra mussel (Dreiss ...
Mammals on mountainsides: elevational patterns of diversity
... explain the major features of the distributions of organisms with respect to the major patterns of physical geography. Conceptual advances and syntheses are often stimulated by data from model empirical systems. This is certainly true in biogeography. Patterns of distribution of organisms on islands ...
... explain the major features of the distributions of organisms with respect to the major patterns of physical geography. Conceptual advances and syntheses are often stimulated by data from model empirical systems. This is certainly true in biogeography. Patterns of distribution of organisms on islands ...
The role of dispersal in shaping plant community Kathryn M. Flinn
... 1. Dispersal ability can influence the importance of dispersal relative to other processes organizing metacommunities, such as species sorting among habitats along environmental gradients. 2. We compare plants with different dispersal modes and habitat affinities, evaluating the roles of environment ...
... 1. Dispersal ability can influence the importance of dispersal relative to other processes organizing metacommunities, such as species sorting among habitats along environmental gradients. 2. We compare plants with different dispersal modes and habitat affinities, evaluating the roles of environment ...
Ruesink.pps
... • Introduction = movement of species from one country/ region to another where it was not previously present • Sources = UN FAO, several earlier reviews (Eldredge 1994, NRC 2004), published papers, personal communications • Number of introductions = _____ • Number of recipient locations = ____ • Num ...
... • Introduction = movement of species from one country/ region to another where it was not previously present • Sources = UN FAO, several earlier reviews (Eldredge 1994, NRC 2004), published papers, personal communications • Number of introductions = _____ • Number of recipient locations = ____ • Num ...
A View of Life
... populations interacting with one another within the same environment. – Composition is a listing of various species in the community. – Diversity includes both species richness and species diversity. ...
... populations interacting with one another within the same environment. – Composition is a listing of various species in the community. – Diversity includes both species richness and species diversity. ...
Cattle Grazing and the Loss of Biodiversity in the East Bay
... The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) has provided extensive documentation and scientific research papers to EBRPD as part of a review of their grazing management. These included a reference list of over 150 scientific, peer-reviewed research papers and articles detailing the detrimental envir ...
... The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) has provided extensive documentation and scientific research papers to EBRPD as part of a review of their grazing management. These included a reference list of over 150 scientific, peer-reviewed research papers and articles detailing the detrimental envir ...
Wildlife Resources Division - Georgia Public Broadcasting
... curtailed in the U.S. with law changes that regulated the interstate commerce of wildlife—The Lacey Act of 1900. (neotropical migrants, wood duck, wild turkey) marsh: a more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an ...
... curtailed in the U.S. with law changes that regulated the interstate commerce of wildlife—The Lacey Act of 1900. (neotropical migrants, wood duck, wild turkey) marsh: a more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an ...
Sweden
... number of organisms is much greater and access to the natural environment is not restricted; which are all factors which increase the risk for establishment. Another use of biological control agents outside of greenhouses is a parasitic Hymenoptera used for controlling flies in stables and barns. Al ...
... number of organisms is much greater and access to the natural environment is not restricted; which are all factors which increase the risk for establishment. Another use of biological control agents outside of greenhouses is a parasitic Hymenoptera used for controlling flies in stables and barns. Al ...
The importance of coarse woody debris for bryophyte vegetation of
... on this substrate (Paper V). On 200 beech logs in two old-growth beech-fir forests in Slovenia, 102 log inhabiting species were found (Ódor and van Dort, unpublished data). Because the availability and continuity of this substrate dramatically decreased in managed landscape (Söderström and Jonsson 1 ...
... on this substrate (Paper V). On 200 beech logs in two old-growth beech-fir forests in Slovenia, 102 log inhabiting species were found (Ódor and van Dort, unpublished data). Because the availability and continuity of this substrate dramatically decreased in managed landscape (Söderström and Jonsson 1 ...
La biodiversité, c`est la vie - doc-developpement
... • Through their role in the water cycle, wetlands have a capacity of natural treatment, if they are preserved! • The quality of water is essential to our health. ...
... • Through their role in the water cycle, wetlands have a capacity of natural treatment, if they are preserved! • The quality of water is essential to our health. ...
Journal of Arid Environments
... In total 30 AMF species could be distinguished from the field samples across all sites and both years of survey. They belong to all three current classes, to all five current orders, to nine families and thirteen genera currently known in the Glomeromycota (Table 1). The majority of the isolated speci ...
... In total 30 AMF species could be distinguished from the field samples across all sites and both years of survey. They belong to all three current classes, to all five current orders, to nine families and thirteen genera currently known in the Glomeromycota (Table 1). The majority of the isolated speci ...
assessment
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... Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale, reposting or other commercial purposes is prohibited with ...
MODELING CARNIVORE HABITAT IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
... Management and jurisdictional boundaries have fragmented habitat analysis. A spatially-explicit analysis of habitat capability at the biologically-appropriate scale has never been completed. These problems affect management of all of the region’s carnivore species, but their effect is most dramatic ...
... Management and jurisdictional boundaries have fragmented habitat analysis. A spatially-explicit analysis of habitat capability at the biologically-appropriate scale has never been completed. These problems affect management of all of the region’s carnivore species, but their effect is most dramatic ...
Conservation and restoration of plant
... pivotal role with regards to conservation and restoration on islands. Furthermore, these interactions are ideally suited for inter-island comparisons due to ecological and evolutionary similarities across geographical and taxonomical boundaries. The similarities include highly generalised mutualisti ...
... pivotal role with regards to conservation and restoration on islands. Furthermore, these interactions are ideally suited for inter-island comparisons due to ecological and evolutionary similarities across geographical and taxonomical boundaries. The similarities include highly generalised mutualisti ...
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... parrots in Europe. Those topics were presented and discussed during the first day and the following day was dedicated for taking decisions on the framework that will be adopted in this systematic review. The concept of systematic review (Zoe Davis) One of ParrotNet's objectives is estimating what in ...
... parrots in Europe. Those topics were presented and discussed during the first day and the following day was dedicated for taking decisions on the framework that will be adopted in this systematic review. The concept of systematic review (Zoe Davis) One of ParrotNet's objectives is estimating what in ...
Pine Rockland Species - Miami Pine Rocklands Coalition
... • B. Energy and nutrients move within and between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems via physical, chemical and biological processes. • C. Human activities and natural events can have profound effects on populations, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. • Content Complexity Rating: Level 2 ...
... • B. Energy and nutrients move within and between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems via physical, chemical and biological processes. • C. Human activities and natural events can have profound effects on populations, biodiversity and ecosystem processes. • Content Complexity Rating: Level 2 ...
Night-time conductance in C3 and C4 species: do plants lose water
... (Fig. 1C). For a given total conductance, the actual transpiration at night depends on the driving gradient between the leaf and the atmosphere. Again for species where night-time E was signi®cantly greater than empty chamber measurements (solid bars in Fig. 1B), night-time E as a percentage of dayt ...
... (Fig. 1C). For a given total conductance, the actual transpiration at night depends on the driving gradient between the leaf and the atmosphere. Again for species where night-time E was signi®cantly greater than empty chamber measurements (solid bars in Fig. 1B), night-time E as a percentage of dayt ...
- Catalyst
... Keystone species is one option. Keystone species is a species whose ecosystem role is disproportionate to its number. Sea otters are a keystone species because they are relatively small in number but have a profound effect on the ecosystem: when sea otters were killed sea urchin populations exploded ...
... Keystone species is one option. Keystone species is a species whose ecosystem role is disproportionate to its number. Sea otters are a keystone species because they are relatively small in number but have a profound effect on the ecosystem: when sea otters were killed sea urchin populations exploded ...
Habitat conservation
Habitat conservation is a land management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range. It is a priority of many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology.