Environment and Ecology
... • Identify Pennsylvania plants and animals that are on the threatened or endangered list. • Describe state laws passed regarding threatened and endangered species in Pennsylvania. • Explain why one species may be more susceptible to becoming endangered than another species. ...
... • Identify Pennsylvania plants and animals that are on the threatened or endangered list. • Describe state laws passed regarding threatened and endangered species in Pennsylvania. • Explain why one species may be more susceptible to becoming endangered than another species. ...
Niche Construction Theory: A Practical Guide for Ecologists
... Niche construction theory (NCT) explicitly recognizes environmental modification by organisms (“niche construction”) and their legacy over time (“ecological inheritance”) to be evolutionary processes in their own right. Here we illustrate how niche construction theory provides useful conceptual tool ...
... Niche construction theory (NCT) explicitly recognizes environmental modification by organisms (“niche construction”) and their legacy over time (“ecological inheritance”) to be evolutionary processes in their own right. Here we illustrate how niche construction theory provides useful conceptual tool ...
Local adaptation to climate change in a calcareous grassland system
... BCCIL using a common forb, Plantago lanceolata. Plantago lanceolata is a rosetteforming, perennial herb of wide-ranging distribution, and one of the more common forbs in calcareous grasslands, including BCCIL. In the first study I used a common garden approach to test for evidence of selection for d ...
... BCCIL using a common forb, Plantago lanceolata. Plantago lanceolata is a rosetteforming, perennial herb of wide-ranging distribution, and one of the more common forbs in calcareous grasslands, including BCCIL. In the first study I used a common garden approach to test for evidence of selection for d ...
Ontology is just another word for culture. Proposing the motion
... concepts. Secondly, that an ontological approach, more than any other within anthropology, takes things encountered in the field ‘seriously’ without seeking to explain or contextualise. This latter is simultaneously a political and methodological claim. A focus on multiple realities and multiple ont ...
... concepts. Secondly, that an ontological approach, more than any other within anthropology, takes things encountered in the field ‘seriously’ without seeking to explain or contextualise. This latter is simultaneously a political and methodological claim. A focus on multiple realities and multiple ont ...
An experimentalist`s challenge: when artifacts of intervention interact
... The epistemology of experimental ecology currently provides a widely accepted prescription for how to assess the role of artifacts of intervention. Because many experimental artifacts are created by behavioral responses to intervention (see Chapman 1986), the concerns expressed in this paper apply m ...
... The epistemology of experimental ecology currently provides a widely accepted prescription for how to assess the role of artifacts of intervention. Because many experimental artifacts are created by behavioral responses to intervention (see Chapman 1986), the concerns expressed in this paper apply m ...
Restoration Ecology: Interventionist Approaches for - LERF
... hands-on local action by enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers with a conservation focus. Others involve local people working to turn around decades of degradation to alleviate both environmental degradation and serious human deprivation. Others involve a much more mechanized approach with large m ...
... hands-on local action by enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers with a conservation focus. Others involve local people working to turn around decades of degradation to alleviate both environmental degradation and serious human deprivation. Others involve a much more mechanized approach with large m ...
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... Niche construction theory (NCT) explicitly recognizes environmental modification by organisms (“niche construction”) and their legacy over time (“ecological inheritance”) to be evolutionary processes in their own right. Here we illustrate how niche construction theory provides useful conceptual tool ...
... Niche construction theory (NCT) explicitly recognizes environmental modification by organisms (“niche construction”) and their legacy over time (“ecological inheritance”) to be evolutionary processes in their own right. Here we illustrate how niche construction theory provides useful conceptual tool ...
Trophic Ecology: Bottom-Up and Top
... microbial activity in both aquatic (Danger et al., 2013) and terrestrial (Phillips et al., 2011) ecosystems. As a research community, we are far from being able to predict the nature of bottom-up control of decomposition; in particular, whether C quality (i.e., the complexity of C molecules) or nutr ...
... microbial activity in both aquatic (Danger et al., 2013) and terrestrial (Phillips et al., 2011) ecosystems. As a research community, we are far from being able to predict the nature of bottom-up control of decomposition; in particular, whether C quality (i.e., the complexity of C molecules) or nutr ...
Global diffusion of interactive networks: The impact of culture
... discussion when it helps to imagine specific independent and dependent variables, the hypothetical dependent variable will be ‘access to an interactive network.’ As a dependent variable, access provides basic answers about where use of a network can occur. Access does not, however, provide informati ...
... discussion when it helps to imagine specific independent and dependent variables, the hypothetical dependent variable will be ‘access to an interactive network.’ As a dependent variable, access provides basic answers about where use of a network can occur. Access does not, however, provide informati ...
Heterogeneity
... • This variation makes studies complicated – some processes depend on patchiness, but not all. • General, organismal responses are a good measure by which to assess relevant scale. (neighbourhood scale) • Neighbourhood for vagile species is obviously their territory or resource area • For sessile sp ...
... • This variation makes studies complicated – some processes depend on patchiness, but not all. • General, organismal responses are a good measure by which to assess relevant scale. (neighbourhood scale) • Neighbourhood for vagile species is obviously their territory or resource area • For sessile sp ...
2008
... anthropogenic influences of synanthropic predators (avian predators, domestic dog and cat presence risk), and four models quantified bottom-up anthropogenic influences on habitat (invasion of exotic plants, human-caused fires, energy extraction, and anthropogenic wildland fragmentation). Using independe ...
... anthropogenic influences of synanthropic predators (avian predators, domestic dog and cat presence risk), and four models quantified bottom-up anthropogenic influences on habitat (invasion of exotic plants, human-caused fires, energy extraction, and anthropogenic wildland fragmentation). Using independe ...
PDF - McGill University
... Grether 2000; Brooks & Endler 2001a; Pilastro et al. 2004). With respect to natural selection, colourful males may be more susceptible to predatory fishes, perhaps because they are more conspicuous (Endler 1978, 1983; Godin & McDonough 2003). Spatial variation in male guppy colour should therefore re ...
... Grether 2000; Brooks & Endler 2001a; Pilastro et al. 2004). With respect to natural selection, colourful males may be more susceptible to predatory fishes, perhaps because they are more conspicuous (Endler 1978, 1983; Godin & McDonough 2003). Spatial variation in male guppy colour should therefore re ...
Resolving the value of the dingo in ecological restoration
... negative impacts of these predators using lethal control are costly and, if not sustained at a high intensity, they often fail (Moseby et al. 2011a; Newsome et al. 2014). One suggested solution is to restore populations of dingoes (Canis dingo) in areas where their abundance has declined due to leth ...
... negative impacts of these predators using lethal control are costly and, if not sustained at a high intensity, they often fail (Moseby et al. 2011a; Newsome et al. 2014). One suggested solution is to restore populations of dingoes (Canis dingo) in areas where their abundance has declined due to leth ...
Insect population dynamics meets ecosystem ecology: effects of
... in¯uence root exudates or interactions between roots and their symbionts (Bardgett et al., 1998; Hunter, 2001), both of which are known to in¯uence nutrient dynamics. Finally, herbivores can in¯uence the structure of plant canopies and the cover that they provide, with concomitant changes in light a ...
... in¯uence root exudates or interactions between roots and their symbionts (Bardgett et al., 1998; Hunter, 2001), both of which are known to in¯uence nutrient dynamics. Finally, herbivores can in¯uence the structure of plant canopies and the cover that they provide, with concomitant changes in light a ...
WL Standards Learning Progressions
... 7.1 World Languages All students will be able to use a world language in addition to English to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken and written language, and to present information, concepts, and ideas, while also gaining an understanding of the perspectives of othe ...
... 7.1 World Languages All students will be able to use a world language in addition to English to engage in meaningful conversation, to understand and interpret spoken and written language, and to present information, concepts, and ideas, while also gaining an understanding of the perspectives of othe ...
Fungal Community Ecology: A Hybrid Beast with a Molecular Master
... (Gardes and Bruns 1996), and in the past decade, an explosion of easy, cheap, high-throughput molecular methods has made these techniques more available to ecologists with little background in molecular biology. Although applying such techniques without understanding their inherent limitations can l ...
... (Gardes and Bruns 1996), and in the past decade, an explosion of easy, cheap, high-throughput molecular methods has made these techniques more available to ecologists with little background in molecular biology. Although applying such techniques without understanding their inherent limitations can l ...
Peay et al 2008 - North American Mycoflora Project
... (Gardes and Bruns 1996), and in the past decade, an explosion of easy, cheap, high-throughput molecular methods has made these techniques more available to ecologists with little background in molecular biology. Although applying such techniques without understanding their inherent limitations can l ...
... (Gardes and Bruns 1996), and in the past decade, an explosion of easy, cheap, high-throughput molecular methods has made these techniques more available to ecologists with little background in molecular biology. Although applying such techniques without understanding their inherent limitations can l ...
Grade 6 - School District of New London
... patterns, arrangements, and associations (e.g., why some areas are more densely settled than others, relationships and patterns in the kind and number of links between settlements) • understands why some areas are more densely settled than others. • understands how geography affects the culture ...
... patterns, arrangements, and associations (e.g., why some areas are more densely settled than others, relationships and patterns in the kind and number of links between settlements) • understands why some areas are more densely settled than others. • understands how geography affects the culture ...
Food Web Theory and Ecological Restoration
... (Dobson et al. 2009; Hobbs et al. 2011). Ecological restoration is undertaken to hasten the recovery of damaged ecosystems, restore ecosystem function, and slow the declines of biodiversity. Ecological restoration in North America is historically rooted in plant community ecology: a perusal of the l ...
... (Dobson et al. 2009; Hobbs et al. 2011). Ecological restoration is undertaken to hasten the recovery of damaged ecosystems, restore ecosystem function, and slow the declines of biodiversity. Ecological restoration in North America is historically rooted in plant community ecology: a perusal of the l ...
Visions of Culture : an Introduction to Anthropological Theories and
... most important addition to the social sciences, and our translations of other cultures’ experiences are anthropology’s most lasting contribution to intellectual life. Obviously, I could not write about every major anthropological figure, so my selections require justification. First, I have consider ...
... most important addition to the social sciences, and our translations of other cultures’ experiences are anthropology’s most lasting contribution to intellectual life. Obviously, I could not write about every major anthropological figure, so my selections require justification. First, I have consider ...
Hybridity, or the Cultural Logic of Globalization
... the next chapter, conveys a synthetic notion of culture and a dynamic understanding of relations between cultures. As I conceive it, critical transculturalism is at once an engagement with hybridity as a discursive formation, a framework for international communication theory, and an agenda for rese ...
... the next chapter, conveys a synthetic notion of culture and a dynamic understanding of relations between cultures. As I conceive it, critical transculturalism is at once an engagement with hybridity as a discursive formation, a framework for international communication theory, and an agenda for rese ...
Sustainable Futures - Ympäristö ja kehitys ry
... Combined Outcome: Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka .................................................................. 31 4. From Growth Imperative to Sustainable Economy ................................................................................... 33 GDP as a Fraction of the Complete E ...
... Combined Outcome: Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka .................................................................. 31 4. From Growth Imperative to Sustainable Economy ................................................................................... 33 GDP as a Fraction of the Complete E ...
FRANZ BOAS AND BRONISLAW MALINOWSKY: A CONTRAST
... Jewish descent), but on more than one occasion he claimed them to be from polar bear clawing (Bohannon and Glazer 1973:81). Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was born to an aristocratic and cultured family in Krakow, Poland. This environment provided him with a multilingual background and taught him ...
... Jewish descent), but on more than one occasion he claimed them to be from polar bear clawing (Bohannon and Glazer 1973:81). Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was born to an aristocratic and cultured family in Krakow, Poland. This environment provided him with a multilingual background and taught him ...
Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals That Agricultural Habitat Provides
... been directly quantified. We quantified the proportional use that Calidris alpina pacifica (Dunlin) made of estuarine vs. terrestrial farmland resources on the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, using stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N) of blood from 268 Dunlin over four winters, 1997 through 20 ...
... been directly quantified. We quantified the proportional use that Calidris alpina pacifica (Dunlin) made of estuarine vs. terrestrial farmland resources on the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, using stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N) of blood from 268 Dunlin over four winters, 1997 through 20 ...
CHAPTER 3 SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT DESIGNATIONS AND
... environment. At the same time, the City will place reasonable standards and restrictions on development so that such development does not disrupt or destroy the character of the environment. The basic intent of this system is to utilize performance standards which regulate use activities in accordan ...
... environment. At the same time, the City will place reasonable standards and restrictions on development so that such development does not disrupt or destroy the character of the environment. The basic intent of this system is to utilize performance standards which regulate use activities in accordan ...