The Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Process
... understanding potential biodiversity impacts, as it can help determine whether biodiversity will be a significant issue for a project, and spotlight what issues to monitor and prioritize for future study. For example, potential red flags that might arise during a screening process might include the ...
... understanding potential biodiversity impacts, as it can help determine whether biodiversity will be a significant issue for a project, and spotlight what issues to monitor and prioritize for future study. For example, potential red flags that might arise during a screening process might include the ...
Community Ecology
... • A niche is an organism’s habitat and its way of making a living. • An organism’s niche is reflected by its place in a food web: i.e, what it eats, what it competes with, what eats it. • Each organism has the potential to create niches for others. ...
... • A niche is an organism’s habitat and its way of making a living. • An organism’s niche is reflected by its place in a food web: i.e, what it eats, what it competes with, what eats it. • Each organism has the potential to create niches for others. ...
How many species are there on Earth and why worry about it?
... human actions (Dykhuizen, 1998), and that the critical processes that prokaryotes provide, such as regulating the composition of the atmosphere, are maintained (Ward, 2002). Advances in molecular biology technology and models of estimation using this data could potentially give us a better idea of p ...
... human actions (Dykhuizen, 1998), and that the critical processes that prokaryotes provide, such as regulating the composition of the atmosphere, are maintained (Ward, 2002). Advances in molecular biology technology and models of estimation using this data could potentially give us a better idea of p ...
Endangered Species Act Basics – with a Focus on Kentucky
... permit. Take is defined as “to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect or attempt to engage in any such conduct.” Through regulation, the term “harm” was later defined as “an act which actually kills or injures wildlife. Such an act may include significant habitat m ...
... permit. Take is defined as “to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect or attempt to engage in any such conduct.” Through regulation, the term “harm” was later defined as “an act which actually kills or injures wildlife. Such an act may include significant habitat m ...
Community Ecology
... • A niche is an organism’s habitat and its way of making a living. • An organism’s niche is reflected by its place in a food web: i.e, what it eats, what it competes with, what eats it. • Each organism has the potential to create niches for others. ...
... • A niche is an organism’s habitat and its way of making a living. • An organism’s niche is reflected by its place in a food web: i.e, what it eats, what it competes with, what eats it. • Each organism has the potential to create niches for others. ...
Coastal Wetlands: Estuaries and Salt
... majority of the time and lack flowering plants. Algae and cyanobacteria are the only photosynthetic organisms growing here. The green alga Enteromorpha can be seen growing on the mudflats in this photograph. ...
... majority of the time and lack flowering plants. Algae and cyanobacteria are the only photosynthetic organisms growing here. The green alga Enteromorpha can be seen growing on the mudflats in this photograph. ...
Presentation Title
... challenges facing biodiversity and human society Demonstrate that value to policy-makers, administrators, others who determine the levels of support for collections Topics will include uses of taxonomic, spatial and temporal data on biodiversity to address questions related to human health, climat ...
... challenges facing biodiversity and human society Demonstrate that value to policy-makers, administrators, others who determine the levels of support for collections Topics will include uses of taxonomic, spatial and temporal data on biodiversity to address questions related to human health, climat ...
KREMEN 2005 Managing Ecosystem Services_What Do We Need
... interactions with macroscopic hetero- and autotrophs (Table 1). Understanding the interactions between microbial and macroscopic components of a given function could prove critical for managing these services. We can characterize an ecosystem service locally by conducting a Ôfunctional inventoryÕ to ...
... interactions with macroscopic hetero- and autotrophs (Table 1). Understanding the interactions between microbial and macroscopic components of a given function could prove critical for managing these services. We can characterize an ecosystem service locally by conducting a Ôfunctional inventoryÕ to ...
Population Dynamics of the Northern Spotted Owl
... NSO Survival of both wascorrelated positively with related old conifer and BO homespecies range size oldto forest NSO avoid younger forest, BO use in prop to availability ...
... NSO Survival of both wascorrelated positively with related old conifer and BO homespecies range size oldto forest NSO avoid younger forest, BO use in prop to availability ...
State of Britain`s Mammals 2008 - People`s Trust for Endangered
... (see page 14). The reintroduction study demonstrated both the importance of mink control and of maintaining large quantities of riparian vegetation for water vole conservation. It is hoped that future restoration projects, combined with the new legislation, will improve the chances of achieving the ...
... (see page 14). The reintroduction study demonstrated both the importance of mink control and of maintaining large quantities of riparian vegetation for water vole conservation. It is hoped that future restoration projects, combined with the new legislation, will improve the chances of achieving the ...
Natural selection lecture 12-12
... Human birth weight is not only a polygenic trait, but it is also controlled by environmental factors. Infants with average birth weight are more likely to survive than a baby that is too small or too large. The bell curve peaks at a birth weight that has the minimum death rate. ...
... Human birth weight is not only a polygenic trait, but it is also controlled by environmental factors. Infants with average birth weight are more likely to survive than a baby that is too small or too large. The bell curve peaks at a birth weight that has the minimum death rate. ...
species a
... Observational studies Manipulation is not always possible J.M. Diamond 1975 Inferred competition resulted in the distributional patterns he observed for dove species ...
... Observational studies Manipulation is not always possible J.M. Diamond 1975 Inferred competition resulted in the distributional patterns he observed for dove species ...
One is the Loneliest Number
... Essential Question: How does the human introduction of monocultures affect succession in natural communities? Introduction/Background Natural communities are characterized by their diversity. “Biodiversity,” the ratio of species to organisms, is a recognized quantitative measure of ecosystem quality ...
... Essential Question: How does the human introduction of monocultures affect succession in natural communities? Introduction/Background Natural communities are characterized by their diversity. “Biodiversity,” the ratio of species to organisms, is a recognized quantitative measure of ecosystem quality ...
Interpretive - Maryland Zoo
... farmers in these areas by eating insects which may otherwise feed on crops. Conservation Status and Threats: Listed on the IUCN Red List as least concern Conservation efforts: Blue-bellied rollers are well-established across a wide range in Africa and are in no current danger of extinction. Alth ...
... farmers in these areas by eating insects which may otherwise feed on crops. Conservation Status and Threats: Listed on the IUCN Red List as least concern Conservation efforts: Blue-bellied rollers are well-established across a wide range in Africa and are in no current danger of extinction. Alth ...
Mobile marine species conservation: Current
... Conservation of these ocean giants is desperately needed, not least in the light of increasing pressures..... ...
... Conservation of these ocean giants is desperately needed, not least in the light of increasing pressures..... ...
Prof Nico Smit Presentation
... - Breeding of scarce and endangered species for trophy purposes by people without the necessary knowledge, and ...
... - Breeding of scarce and endangered species for trophy purposes by people without the necessary knowledge, and ...
L: (1) Big Question—consistent patterns of spp distribution in space
... 2007). This pattern may be due to a variety of factors including decreasing similarity among habitat features (niche processes or species sorting, Soinenen et al 2007; Nekola and White 1999; Tuomisto et al. 2003, Gilbert and Lechowicz 2004), the dispersal limitations dictated by the spatial configur ...
... 2007). This pattern may be due to a variety of factors including decreasing similarity among habitat features (niche processes or species sorting, Soinenen et al 2007; Nekola and White 1999; Tuomisto et al. 2003, Gilbert and Lechowicz 2004), the dispersal limitations dictated by the spatial configur ...
Tiny ecosystem engineers: diversity and evolution of gall
... tissues as part of their life cycle. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths in vegetal tissues that may serve as both habitat and food source to the insect. Despite their great diversity of over 6000 species, knowledge on the diversity and biology of cecidomyiids is still lacking, especially in the Afr ...
... tissues as part of their life cycle. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths in vegetal tissues that may serve as both habitat and food source to the insect. Despite their great diversity of over 6000 species, knowledge on the diversity and biology of cecidomyiids is still lacking, especially in the Afr ...
Speciation in Pollenpeepers
... carefully and then select the best answers below. Habitat: If the habitat changes or an organism is dropped into a new environment, you can expect evolutionary change. New habitats are ripe with opportunity because they are unoccupied and free for the taking to any species able to use them. Food ...
... carefully and then select the best answers below. Habitat: If the habitat changes or an organism is dropped into a new environment, you can expect evolutionary change. New habitats are ripe with opportunity because they are unoccupied and free for the taking to any species able to use them. Food ...
Scientist
... increasing organism size. – Damuth found the population density of herbivorous mammals decreased with increased body size. – Peters and Wassenberg found aquatic invertebrates tend to have higher population densities than terrestrial invertebrates of similar size. • Mammals tend to have higher popula ...
... increasing organism size. – Damuth found the population density of herbivorous mammals decreased with increased body size. – Peters and Wassenberg found aquatic invertebrates tend to have higher population densities than terrestrial invertebrates of similar size. • Mammals tend to have higher popula ...
Challenges and Opportunities
... 3. Forestry operations have mostly included biodiversity conservation as an explicit objective, in recognition of the multiple services that forests provide. However, overall Bank support to forestry is limited, accounting for less than 0.5% of Bank lending. 4. Bank fisheries operations often includ ...
... 3. Forestry operations have mostly included biodiversity conservation as an explicit objective, in recognition of the multiple services that forests provide. However, overall Bank support to forestry is limited, accounting for less than 0.5% of Bank lending. 4. Bank fisheries operations often includ ...
Going for the kill: observation of a wolf
... Inter-specific competition among carnivores has important implications for the structure and function of carnivore communities (Caro and Stoner 2003). The mechanisms of carnivore interactions are however, far from understood, yet key to enabling or hindering their coexistence, and hence are highly r ...
... Inter-specific competition among carnivores has important implications for the structure and function of carnivore communities (Caro and Stoner 2003). The mechanisms of carnivore interactions are however, far from understood, yet key to enabling or hindering their coexistence, and hence are highly r ...
Selection criteria for suites of landscape species as a basis for site
... 7.1 and 7.3). This value was scored from zero to one as the estimated proportion of the landscape in which the species occurs. Finally, selection teams considered the area required by a population of each species and whether management units and/or habitat patches within the target landscape must be ...
... 7.1 and 7.3). This value was scored from zero to one as the estimated proportion of the landscape in which the species occurs. Finally, selection teams considered the area required by a population of each species and whether management units and/or habitat patches within the target landscape must be ...
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.