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Towards A National Soil Database
... between sample groups were applied in this study. A table including the summary statistics for all of the soil samples taken is included in Appendix 2. Geostatistical analyses and GIS mapping were carried out based on the results of the statistical analyses. An output of the project was a pair of ma ...
... between sample groups were applied in this study. A table including the summary statistics for all of the soil samples taken is included in Appendix 2. Geostatistical analyses and GIS mapping were carried out based on the results of the statistical analyses. An output of the project was a pair of ma ...
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... and stream systems. It is difficult to look at short-term changes and then predict what will happen in the longer term. In every period, the changes that were related to the grazing program were small or there were no differences between grazed and ungrazed study sites. As more time progressed some ...
... and stream systems. It is difficult to look at short-term changes and then predict what will happen in the longer term. In every period, the changes that were related to the grazing program were small or there were no differences between grazed and ungrazed study sites. As more time progressed some ...
The influence of biotic interactions on soil biodiversity
... interactions such as facilitation in structuring ecological communities (Callaway & Walker 1997). Facilitative interactions in soils have most frequently been identified for soil fungi and the fungal-based energy channel. For example, during decomposition of fresh dead plant material, those fungal s ...
... interactions such as facilitation in structuring ecological communities (Callaway & Walker 1997). Facilitative interactions in soils have most frequently been identified for soil fungi and the fungal-based energy channel. For example, during decomposition of fresh dead plant material, those fungal s ...
Chapter 5 Gases
... What Are the Effects of Ozone Depletion and Pollution? • In the mid-1970s, scientists noticed that Earth’s ozone layer (10.5 to 17 miles above sea level) was thinning, particularly over Antarctica (the “ozone hole”) • In 1987, countries worldwide agreed to phase out production of chlorofluorocarbon ...
... What Are the Effects of Ozone Depletion and Pollution? • In the mid-1970s, scientists noticed that Earth’s ozone layer (10.5 to 17 miles above sea level) was thinning, particularly over Antarctica (the “ozone hole”) • In 1987, countries worldwide agreed to phase out production of chlorofluorocarbon ...
Soil nutrient status determines how elephant utilize trees and shape
... 3. We hypothesized that elephant would select nutrient-rich patches, based on the nutrient load per 2500 m2 down to the individual plant scale, and that this selection will depend on the nitrogen and phosphorous contents of plants. 4. We predicted that elephant would cause more adverse impact to tre ...
... 3. We hypothesized that elephant would select nutrient-rich patches, based on the nutrient load per 2500 m2 down to the individual plant scale, and that this selection will depend on the nitrogen and phosphorous contents of plants. 4. We predicted that elephant would cause more adverse impact to tre ...
symbiotic mediators of rhizosphere and ecosystem processes
... delivery of benefits will generate a negative feedback. Positive feedback strengthens the mutualism between individual pairs of plants and fungi, yet decreases community diversity; while negative feedback weakens the mutualism between individual plant-fungus pairs and maintains community diversity. ...
... delivery of benefits will generate a negative feedback. Positive feedback strengthens the mutualism between individual pairs of plants and fungi, yet decreases community diversity; while negative feedback weakens the mutualism between individual plant-fungus pairs and maintains community diversity. ...
Stable isotope methods in biological and ecological studies of
... labelled with 15N fertilizer over a 2-week period. The epilithic algae, a major food source for the mayflies, rapidly assimilated the 15N label. Both nymph and adult populations were sampled up- and downstream from the labelling zone. Knowing where the label was applied and capturing (labelled) indi ...
... labelled with 15N fertilizer over a 2-week period. The epilithic algae, a major food source for the mayflies, rapidly assimilated the 15N label. Both nymph and adult populations were sampled up- and downstream from the labelling zone. Knowing where the label was applied and capturing (labelled) indi ...
Consumer diversity interacts with prey defenses to drive ecosystem
... of biodiversity on ecosystem function may result from the increasing probability of including a particular species with a disproportionately large impact (the selection effect), or the inclusion of multiple species with complementary and additive impacts on ecosystems processes (the complementarity ...
... of biodiversity on ecosystem function may result from the increasing probability of including a particular species with a disproportionately large impact (the selection effect), or the inclusion of multiple species with complementary and additive impacts on ecosystems processes (the complementarity ...
Biodiversity in a Changing World
... The threats facing Ontario’s plant and animal species are constantly increasing. However, there are five main threats that are impacting all species across Ontario, pollution, habitat loss, invasive species, unsustainable use and climate change. Pollution of the natural ecosystems includes contamina ...
... The threats facing Ontario’s plant and animal species are constantly increasing. However, there are five main threats that are impacting all species across Ontario, pollution, habitat loss, invasive species, unsustainable use and climate change. Pollution of the natural ecosystems includes contamina ...
Life cycles - naturebob.com
... hardy or pollution-tolerant—they can indicate water health issues. Insects’ short life cycles also allow their populations to respond fairly quickly to environmental change. Simply collecting and analyzing a water sample doesn’t give the best picture of the health of a stream or pond. Pollutants may ...
... hardy or pollution-tolerant—they can indicate water health issues. Insects’ short life cycles also allow their populations to respond fairly quickly to environmental change. Simply collecting and analyzing a water sample doesn’t give the best picture of the health of a stream or pond. Pollutants may ...
Wetlands 2 Student - Shuswap Watershed Project
... Marshes are the most productive wetlands supporting a wide variety of plants and animals. Typical marshes are characterized by an outer ring of emergent vegetation encircling an area of deeper, open water (usually 2.0 metres deep or less) that supports a community of submergent and floating-leaved v ...
... Marshes are the most productive wetlands supporting a wide variety of plants and animals. Typical marshes are characterized by an outer ring of emergent vegetation encircling an area of deeper, open water (usually 2.0 metres deep or less) that supports a community of submergent and floating-leaved v ...
Fishing Down Aquatic Food Webs
... (upper left) and the northwest Atlantic Ocean (upper right) has declined over the past 50 years. The global mean for freshwater fisheries shows almost continuous decline (lower left), but the general trend for marine fisheries (lower right) is complicated by the rise of the fishery for Peruvian anch ...
... (upper left) and the northwest Atlantic Ocean (upper right) has declined over the past 50 years. The global mean for freshwater fisheries shows almost continuous decline (lower left), but the general trend for marine fisheries (lower right) is complicated by the rise of the fishery for Peruvian anch ...
Biology
... Succession can occur in any ecosystem, even in the permanently dark, deep ocean. In 1987, scientists documented an unusual community of organisms living on the remains of a dead whale. The community illustrates the stages in the succession of a whale-fall community. Slide 30 of 39 End Show ...
... Succession can occur in any ecosystem, even in the permanently dark, deep ocean. In 1987, scientists documented an unusual community of organisms living on the remains of a dead whale. The community illustrates the stages in the succession of a whale-fall community. Slide 30 of 39 End Show ...
Macroalgae Primefacts
... webs; along with indirect human impacts, including the impacts of climate change, can contribute to a widespread loss of macroalgae. Already Sydney Harbour is the site of the world’s first recorded extinction of a seaweed (Millar 2003) due to dredging, trawling, siltation and seabed/habitat destruct ...
... webs; along with indirect human impacts, including the impacts of climate change, can contribute to a widespread loss of macroalgae. Already Sydney Harbour is the site of the world’s first recorded extinction of a seaweed (Millar 2003) due to dredging, trawling, siltation and seabed/habitat destruct ...
The Behavioral Ecology of Nutrient Foraging by Plants
... Cahill 2005). Nutritious cues also influence uptake kinetics (Fransen et al. 1999) and root demography (Gross et al. 1993), although these are not as well studied, and we do not discuss them here. An additional limitation in the available data is our lack of understanding functional and behavioral di ...
... Cahill 2005). Nutritious cues also influence uptake kinetics (Fransen et al. 1999) and root demography (Gross et al. 1993), although these are not as well studied, and we do not discuss them here. An additional limitation in the available data is our lack of understanding functional and behavioral di ...
Fishing down the marine food webs in the Hellenic seas
... Fishing has important effects on marine ecosystems both at the level of the life-history of the individual species (e.g. decreasing mean body size and mean size/age at maturity, changing sex ratios, and decreasing population reproductive potential: e.g. Jennings et al. 1998; Stergiou, 1999) and at t ...
... Fishing has important effects on marine ecosystems both at the level of the life-history of the individual species (e.g. decreasing mean body size and mean size/age at maturity, changing sex ratios, and decreasing population reproductive potential: e.g. Jennings et al. 1998; Stergiou, 1999) and at t ...
Maintenance of leaf N controls the photosynthetic CO of free-air CO
... Differences in access to soil resources between forbs and grasses may distinguish their responses to elevated CO2 and N addition. Forbs had lesser root biomass, a lower distribution of biomass to roots, and lower specific root length than grasses. Maintenance of leaf N, possibly through increased ro ...
... Differences in access to soil resources between forbs and grasses may distinguish their responses to elevated CO2 and N addition. Forbs had lesser root biomass, a lower distribution of biomass to roots, and lower specific root length than grasses. Maintenance of leaf N, possibly through increased ro ...
Similar biotic factors affect early establishment and abundance of an
... increases in a given resource, reducing the availability of other resources (e.g., light, soil moisture), thus creating a barrier for successful colonization by exotics. This discrepancy among studies suggests that more experimental studies, coupled with observational studies across landscapes, are ...
... increases in a given resource, reducing the availability of other resources (e.g., light, soil moisture), thus creating a barrier for successful colonization by exotics. This discrepancy among studies suggests that more experimental studies, coupled with observational studies across landscapes, are ...
Similar biotic factors affect early establishment and abundance of an
... We tested for the effects of soil N treatment on Lespedeza seedling emergence (i.e., establishment) and persistence (re-emergence of previous year’s seedlings) of Lespedeza using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), with N treatment as the main factor in the model. We also used date as the repeat ...
... We tested for the effects of soil N treatment on Lespedeza seedling emergence (i.e., establishment) and persistence (re-emergence of previous year’s seedlings) of Lespedeza using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), with N treatment as the main factor in the model. We also used date as the repeat ...
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... threatened in terms of changed water regimes, pollution and conflicts over resource use. Similarly, signs of environmental degradation and decline in coastal and marine biodiversity are becoming more obvious with the country losing about 44,000 ha of mangroves over the last 30 years (1980-2010). The ...
... threatened in terms of changed water regimes, pollution and conflicts over resource use. Similarly, signs of environmental degradation and decline in coastal and marine biodiversity are becoming more obvious with the country losing about 44,000 ha of mangroves over the last 30 years (1980-2010). The ...
Biosphere 4-2 & 3-3 - local.brookings.k12.sd.us
... predict how life systems respond to changes in the environment; explain how H20, N, C, and O cycle between living and non-living systems; describe how various factors may affect global climate; ...
... predict how life systems respond to changes in the environment; explain how H20, N, C, and O cycle between living and non-living systems; describe how various factors may affect global climate; ...
Relationships between body size and abundance in ecology
... consistent across ecosystems, and they are well modeled using predator:prey size ratios, constraints on trophic efficiency, and allometric relationships for physiological processes [3,45]. In general, less is known about the ISD in terrestrial systems [3]. The one exception is size distributions in ...
... consistent across ecosystems, and they are well modeled using predator:prey size ratios, constraints on trophic efficiency, and allometric relationships for physiological processes [3,45]. In general, less is known about the ISD in terrestrial systems [3]. The one exception is size distributions in ...
Farming in the 21st Century - NRCS
... sustainability. When we add chemical inputs to the soil, we need to understand and respect existing soil and plant relationships, or we might actually be setting the system up to be inefficient, or worse, to fail altogether. If crop nutrients are applied to the soil in excess, plants will not devel ...
... sustainability. When we add chemical inputs to the soil, we need to understand and respect existing soil and plant relationships, or we might actually be setting the system up to be inefficient, or worse, to fail altogether. If crop nutrients are applied to the soil in excess, plants will not devel ...
Biodiversity of Agricultural Lands in Russia: Current State and Trends
... For the survival of wild animals and plants the distribution of fields within agri* cultural lands is of particular importance. In the main agricultural regions of Russia one can identify four predominant types of such distribution which are dictated by natural and historic reasons rather than moder ...
... For the survival of wild animals and plants the distribution of fields within agri* cultural lands is of particular importance. In the main agricultural regions of Russia one can identify four predominant types of such distribution which are dictated by natural and historic reasons rather than moder ...
Soil Compaction on Vegetable Farms
... as a tillage pan or plow pan. As with vehicle compaction, the potential to create a tillage pan is greater when the soil is moist than when it’s dry. ...
... as a tillage pan or plow pan. As with vehicle compaction, the potential to create a tillage pan is greater when the soil is moist than when it’s dry. ...
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle is diverse. Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation. As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over the past century. Global atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) mole fractions have increased from a pre-industrial value of ~270 nmol/mol to ~319 nmol/mol in 2005. Human activities account for over one-third of N2O emissions, most of which are due to the agricultural sector. This article is intended to give a brief review of the history of anthropogenic N inputs, and reported impacts of nitrogen inputs on selected terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.