Addendum To General Technical Report SE
... the coexistence of three common, co-occurring tree species. We measured survival and height growth of 1080 seedlings of Acer rubrum (red maple), Liriodendron tulipifera (yellow poplar), and Quercus rubra (red oak) that were planted in one of five understory treatments: removal of understory vegetati ...
... the coexistence of three common, co-occurring tree species. We measured survival and height growth of 1080 seedlings of Acer rubrum (red maple), Liriodendron tulipifera (yellow poplar), and Quercus rubra (red oak) that were planted in one of five understory treatments: removal of understory vegetati ...
The biology of native and invasive Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) and the
... sources are not as stable and therefore reproduction is not stable in those latitudes; however, when there is a sufficient amount of food, litter sizes are large, resulting in an overall larger litter size (Bywater et al. 2010). In lower latitudes, reproduction is stable at a lower litter size becau ...
... sources are not as stable and therefore reproduction is not stable in those latitudes; however, when there is a sufficient amount of food, litter sizes are large, resulting in an overall larger litter size (Bywater et al. 2010). In lower latitudes, reproduction is stable at a lower litter size becau ...
Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions
... the latter has received much less attention than the former in driving development of the RSF. This is a problem because it is ecological dynamics in a RSF that, if not understood and explicitly modelled, may most compromise its intended purpose: predicting the proportional probability of use of res ...
... the latter has received much less attention than the former in driving development of the RSF. This is a problem because it is ecological dynamics in a RSF that, if not understood and explicitly modelled, may most compromise its intended purpose: predicting the proportional probability of use of res ...
Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions
... the latter has received much less attention than the former in driving development of the RSF. This is a problem because it is ecological dynamics in a RSF that, if not understood and explicitly modelled, may most compromise its intended purpose: predicting the proportional probability of use of res ...
... the latter has received much less attention than the former in driving development of the RSF. This is a problem because it is ecological dynamics in a RSF that, if not understood and explicitly modelled, may most compromise its intended purpose: predicting the proportional probability of use of res ...
Teaching Guide - BioMEDIA Associates
... Regulation and Behavior Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determine ...
... Regulation and Behavior Behavior is one kind of response an organism can make to an internal or environmental stimulus. A behavioral response requires coordination and communication at many levels, including cells, organ systems, and whole organisms. Behavioral response is a set of actions determine ...
Carrion cycling in food webs: comparisons among terrestrial and
... thus scavenging ecology in the deep-sea remains an area of much needed research. Similarly, vertebrate scavenging likely plays an important role in nutrient cycling in other marine environments, yet little is known regarding scavenging behavior in these ecosystems. For example, although carrion ofte ...
... thus scavenging ecology in the deep-sea remains an area of much needed research. Similarly, vertebrate scavenging likely plays an important role in nutrient cycling in other marine environments, yet little is known regarding scavenging behavior in these ecosystems. For example, although carrion ofte ...
Top predators, mesopredators and their prey: interference
... during the study period and the fixed effect for time showed the average rate of change. 50 · 50 km square was modelled as a random effect. The RECs consequently described to what extent the populations in each of the 82 squares deviated from the average. For example, a high positive REC-intercept im ...
... during the study period and the fixed effect for time showed the average rate of change. 50 · 50 km square was modelled as a random effect. The RECs consequently described to what extent the populations in each of the 82 squares deviated from the average. For example, a high positive REC-intercept im ...
Task 2.1 – Germination and early survival and growth experiments
... DxTxS LxTxS DxLxTxS Residuals Total ...
... DxTxS LxTxS DxLxTxS Residuals Total ...
Understanding Rangeland Biodiversity
... hunter-gatherers and increasingly subsistence farmers depending on uncertain rainfed crops or irrigating semi-arid land from non-rechargeable water sources. Historically, when demographic pressure was substantially lower, these groups could interact with only limited conflict. Now, throughout the wo ...
... hunter-gatherers and increasingly subsistence farmers depending on uncertain rainfed crops or irrigating semi-arid land from non-rechargeable water sources. Historically, when demographic pressure was substantially lower, these groups could interact with only limited conflict. Now, throughout the wo ...
Semester Exam Review Questions - H
... d. the decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurred when the germ theory of disease was discovered. e. All of these answers. Clear-cutting on a large scale leads to a. erosion and water pollution. b. flooding. c. habitat fragmentation. d. loss of biodiversity. e. All of ...
... d. the decline in death rates followed by a decline in birth rates that occurred when the germ theory of disease was discovered. e. All of these answers. Clear-cutting on a large scale leads to a. erosion and water pollution. b. flooding. c. habitat fragmentation. d. loss of biodiversity. e. All of ...
Ward et al. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
... includes explicit complexation with an organic ligand, scavenging by particles, and representation of aeolian and sedimentary sources (Dutkiewicz et al. 2012). Complex ecosystem models often require a large number of uncertain empirical parameters to describe the interactions between state variables ...
... includes explicit complexation with an organic ligand, scavenging by particles, and representation of aeolian and sedimentary sources (Dutkiewicz et al. 2012). Complex ecosystem models often require a large number of uncertain empirical parameters to describe the interactions between state variables ...
The role of diversity in savannas: modelling plant functional diversity
... Semi-arid savanna ecosystems are in their functioning and vegetation composition direct outcomes of long-term environmental framing conditions. A main factor determining the fate of those savannas is rainfall. Besides setting the overall boundaries for semi-arid savannas (see chapter 0.1), the overa ...
... Semi-arid savanna ecosystems are in their functioning and vegetation composition direct outcomes of long-term environmental framing conditions. A main factor determining the fate of those savannas is rainfall. Besides setting the overall boundaries for semi-arid savannas (see chapter 0.1), the overa ...
The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants Revisited: A Re
... The mineral nutrition of plants is a central topic of plant ecology. For decades, ecologists have investigated the various adaptations of plant species to different levels of nutrient availability in their natural habitat (e.g. Grime, 1979; Chapin, 1980; Grime et al., 1997). The adaptations to low l ...
... The mineral nutrition of plants is a central topic of plant ecology. For decades, ecologists have investigated the various adaptations of plant species to different levels of nutrient availability in their natural habitat (e.g. Grime, 1979; Chapin, 1980; Grime et al., 1997). The adaptations to low l ...
... species that is not dominant in its native range becoming aggressive in its new geographical area. One ecological hypothesis states that introduced species take advantage of a partially or completely vacant niche in the new range (e.g., Cizek et al., 2004). This empty niche often results from human ...
SECOND REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN
... well as local people need be involved. It is important to work with stakeholders in all stages of policy development for the program and related projects. Public awareness activities surrounding desertification and land degradation are being issued through mass media. Activities to combat desertific ...
... well as local people need be involved. It is important to work with stakeholders in all stages of policy development for the program and related projects. Public awareness activities surrounding desertification and land degradation are being issued through mass media. Activities to combat desertific ...
Food choice by the introduced crayfish Procambarus clarkii
... assess resource availability, which is the “Achilles heal” of in situ feeding studies. Information on resource availability can be estimated by the determination of the relative abundance of prey items in the environment. Some criticism has arisen to the application of this technique, because habita ...
... assess resource availability, which is the “Achilles heal” of in situ feeding studies. Information on resource availability can be estimated by the determination of the relative abundance of prey items in the environment. Some criticism has arisen to the application of this technique, because habita ...
Hominid-Carnivore Coevolution and Invasion
... with a range of new selective pressures including competition with a number of large-bodied predators. This study explores resource partitioning between hominids and other Plio-Pleistocene large-bodied predators through analyses of predator food transport strategies. The anatomical content (head/lim ...
... with a range of new selective pressures including competition with a number of large-bodied predators. This study explores resource partitioning between hominids and other Plio-Pleistocene large-bodied predators through analyses of predator food transport strategies. The anatomical content (head/lim ...
Conserving biodiversity and combating desertification: Achieving
... `Can conceptual links be established between these two issues? `Do these links correspond to the relevant policies developed in these fields? ...
... `Can conceptual links be established between these two issues? `Do these links correspond to the relevant policies developed in these fields? ...
Effects of Toxic Cyanobacteria (Microcystis Aeruginosa)
... distribution, and habitat quality/quantity (Wrona et al., 2006). Although the effects of global warming on the chemical and physical properties of lakes have been documented, biotic and ecosystem-scale responses to climate change have been only estimated or predicted by manipulations and models (O’R ...
... distribution, and habitat quality/quantity (Wrona et al., 2006). Although the effects of global warming on the chemical and physical properties of lakes have been documented, biotic and ecosystem-scale responses to climate change have been only estimated or predicted by manipulations and models (O’R ...
Pollination by Hymenopterans and Ec Hymenopterans and
... get nectar from the deep spur. The development of various flower traits in relation to different pollinators is known as pollination syndromes. Pollination is important in agriculture to increase productivity of crops. According to Sharma H. D. et al.8, nearly 70% of the cultivated agricultural crop ...
... get nectar from the deep spur. The development of various flower traits in relation to different pollinators is known as pollination syndromes. Pollination is important in agriculture to increase productivity of crops. According to Sharma H. D. et al.8, nearly 70% of the cultivated agricultural crop ...
- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling
... parameter in this theory. Determining this parameter for the various resources and species involved allows one to predict which species will persist under given resource supplies and which species will replace others along a resource gradient (Tilman 1980). Microbial decomposers share with plants th ...
... parameter in this theory. Determining this parameter for the various resources and species involved allows one to predict which species will persist under given resource supplies and which species will replace others along a resource gradient (Tilman 1980). Microbial decomposers share with plants th ...
Biology Objective 3
... Global warming, also called the Greenhouse Effect is caused by excess burning of fossil fuels and destruction of our oxygen-producing Protista in the oceans and deforestation on land. Fewer plants means less oxygen and more CO2. TAKS Review, Objective 3 ...
... Global warming, also called the Greenhouse Effect is caused by excess burning of fossil fuels and destruction of our oxygen-producing Protista in the oceans and deforestation on land. Fewer plants means less oxygen and more CO2. TAKS Review, Objective 3 ...
Plant-mediated interactions between below- and
... enchytraeids, with a body width between 0.1 and 2.0 mm; and (4) the macrofauna, with body widths greater than 2 mm, which is composed of earthworms, termites, millipedes and other arthropods that live in and above the soil (Lavelle and Spain 2001). The soil biota can also be divided into two main gr ...
... enchytraeids, with a body width between 0.1 and 2.0 mm; and (4) the macrofauna, with body widths greater than 2 mm, which is composed of earthworms, termites, millipedes and other arthropods that live in and above the soil (Lavelle and Spain 2001). The soil biota can also be divided into two main gr ...
symbiotic mediators of rhizosphere and ecosystem processes
... agricultural soils (Olsson et al. 1999). These fungi are members of the Glomeromycota, a monophyletic phylum containing 150 to 160 described species (Table 1). Arbuscular mycorrhizas are sometimes called “endomycorrhizas” because the fungal partner forms intraradical structures (i.e. inside plant ro ...
... agricultural soils (Olsson et al. 1999). These fungi are members of the Glomeromycota, a monophyletic phylum containing 150 to 160 described species (Table 1). Arbuscular mycorrhizas are sometimes called “endomycorrhizas” because the fungal partner forms intraradical structures (i.e. inside plant ro ...