The Zoogeography of Mammalian Basal Metabolic Rate
... zone, I regarded shared genera as separate data points for each respective zone. The genera involved were Heteromys, Liomys, Peromyscus, Pitymys, and Sigmodon (Nearctic and Neotropical); Arvicola, Clethrionomys, and Microtus (Nearctic and Palearctic); and Gerbillus and Mus (Afrotropical and Palearct ...
... zone, I regarded shared genera as separate data points for each respective zone. The genera involved were Heteromys, Liomys, Peromyscus, Pitymys, and Sigmodon (Nearctic and Neotropical); Arvicola, Clethrionomys, and Microtus (Nearctic and Palearctic); and Gerbillus and Mus (Afrotropical and Palearct ...
Feeding-Induced Changes in Plant Quality Mediate Interspecific
... which previous feeding by one species was followed by a subsequent assessment of that species’ secondgeneration performance. There were also two interspecific treatments, in which previous feeding by one species was succeeded by a subsequent assessment of the other species’ performance. The duration ...
... which previous feeding by one species was followed by a subsequent assessment of that species’ secondgeneration performance. There were also two interspecific treatments, in which previous feeding by one species was succeeded by a subsequent assessment of the other species’ performance. The duration ...
the round goby - McGill University
... invading species can be limited by aggressive behavioral interactions with other invaders (e.g. Zheng et al. 2008; James et al. 2016; Kobak et al. 2016). The round goby and several Orconectes species of crayfish are highly successful invaders owing, in part, to their aggressive behaviour (Dubs and C ...
... invading species can be limited by aggressive behavioral interactions with other invaders (e.g. Zheng et al. 2008; James et al. 2016; Kobak et al. 2016). The round goby and several Orconectes species of crayfish are highly successful invaders owing, in part, to their aggressive behaviour (Dubs and C ...
The Ecology and Population structure of the invasive Yellow Crazy
... suggest that different A. gracilipes supercolonies may already be on the verge of reproductive isolation, which might ultimately lead to the diversification of A. gracilipes into different species. Regarding the ecological consequences of its potential introduction to NE-Borneo, I could show that A. ...
... suggest that different A. gracilipes supercolonies may already be on the verge of reproductive isolation, which might ultimately lead to the diversification of A. gracilipes into different species. Regarding the ecological consequences of its potential introduction to NE-Borneo, I could show that A. ...
Answer Key - Mandarin High School - Mrs. Brand`s Science Classes
... Suppose a national environmental magazine has offered a $1000 scholarship for a winning article on biodiversity, conservation, and environmental stewardship. The article, which will be published in their magazine, is to report on the value of biodiversity and the ecology of an endangered species in ...
... Suppose a national environmental magazine has offered a $1000 scholarship for a winning article on biodiversity, conservation, and environmental stewardship. The article, which will be published in their magazine, is to report on the value of biodiversity and the ecology of an endangered species in ...
Conservation Biology for All
... South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York # Oxford University Press 2010 The moral rights of the author have be ...
... South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York # Oxford University Press 2010 The moral rights of the author have be ...
Freshwater ciliates as ecophysiological model organisms – lessons
... (1937, 1957) on reproduction and inheritance, and the detection of cryptic species. More recently, the unicellular ciliates have been applied as model organisms for the more complex metazoa in cell biology, physiology and other biological disciplines (Hausmann & Bradbury 1996). In aquatic ecology, l ...
... (1937, 1957) on reproduction and inheritance, and the detection of cryptic species. More recently, the unicellular ciliates have been applied as model organisms for the more complex metazoa in cell biology, physiology and other biological disciplines (Hausmann & Bradbury 1996). In aquatic ecology, l ...
Ecological Role of Vertebrate Scavengers
... large, soaring birds in terrestrial ecosystems (Houston 1986~ Shivik 2006). Because of this specialization, Ruxton and Houston (2004) proposed that obligate scavenging differs from other trophic relationships such as predation and herbivory. They conclude that the evolutionary costs of being a p·red ...
... large, soaring birds in terrestrial ecosystems (Houston 1986~ Shivik 2006). Because of this specialization, Ruxton and Houston (2004) proposed that obligate scavenging differs from other trophic relationships such as predation and herbivory. They conclude that the evolutionary costs of being a p·red ...
Australian Government
... et al. 2012a; Johnston et al. 2013). Feral cats are carnivores and can survive with limited access to drinking water because they can consume adequate moisture from their prey: small and medium-sized mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. Feral cats will also consume carrion w ...
... et al. 2012a; Johnston et al. 2013). Feral cats are carnivores and can survive with limited access to drinking water because they can consume adequate moisture from their prey: small and medium-sized mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. Feral cats will also consume carrion w ...
South American Coati Nasua nasua
... They have a long slender body of between 41 – 70 cms and a long ringed tail of 32-70 cms. Adults average shoulder height is 30cms and their limbs measure 8cms long. Body mass is between 2.5kgs and 10kgs, the males are larger than the females and juveniles (Animal files 2014, Bittner et al. 2010, Gom ...
... They have a long slender body of between 41 – 70 cms and a long ringed tail of 32-70 cms. Adults average shoulder height is 30cms and their limbs measure 8cms long. Body mass is between 2.5kgs and 10kgs, the males are larger than the females and juveniles (Animal files 2014, Bittner et al. 2010, Gom ...
12 Camouflage in decorator crabs
... posterior probabilities for that clade; icons mapped to terminal taxa indicate juvenile decoration category groupings (decoration data is not available for species lacking icons). Names in bold indicate clades that map to single families (solid lines) or multiple families (dashed lines). ...
... posterior probabilities for that clade; icons mapped to terminal taxa indicate juvenile decoration category groupings (decoration data is not available for species lacking icons). Names in bold indicate clades that map to single families (solid lines) or multiple families (dashed lines). ...
Mangrove Ecosystems of Latin America and the Caribbean: a
... coast of the country (Hertz, 1991). Considering that this is possibly underestimated by 20% to 30% (Kjerfve and Lacerda, 1993), the final figure is less than half of the 2.5 million ha proposed by Saenger el al. (1983). In Venezuela mangroves occur along nearly 35% of the coastline. Saenger el al. ( ...
... coast of the country (Hertz, 1991). Considering that this is possibly underestimated by 20% to 30% (Kjerfve and Lacerda, 1993), the final figure is less than half of the 2.5 million ha proposed by Saenger el al. (1983). In Venezuela mangroves occur along nearly 35% of the coastline. Saenger el al. ( ...
Caulerpa - Oregon State University
... Indian Ocean, the east African coast, the western Pacific, Indonesia and the southwest Pacific, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The potential for Caulerpa to invade the Gulf, southern Atlantic, and California coasts is high, due to its ability to tolerate a wide range of conditions and effective methods ...
... Indian Ocean, the east African coast, the western Pacific, Indonesia and the southwest Pacific, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The potential for Caulerpa to invade the Gulf, southern Atlantic, and California coasts is high, due to its ability to tolerate a wide range of conditions and effective methods ...
Biodiversity, Functioning - School of Natural Resources and
... 2007). This leaves positive effects of biodiversity for within-trophic level (a large number of studies surveyed in the two meta-analyses) and for symbiont relationships. However, these patterns may differ between green (living plant-based) and brown (detrital-based) food webs. A recent meta-analysi ...
... 2007). This leaves positive effects of biodiversity for within-trophic level (a large number of studies surveyed in the two meta-analyses) and for symbiont relationships. However, these patterns may differ between green (living plant-based) and brown (detrital-based) food webs. A recent meta-analysi ...
KATARINA OGANJAN Distribution, feeding and
... Marine ecosystems provide a broad range of ecological, scientific and socioeconomic services critical for human welfare. Since climate change presents new challenges for marine ecosystems, understanding how environmental factors drive species ecology has created a new sense of urgency. Knowledge of ...
... Marine ecosystems provide a broad range of ecological, scientific and socioeconomic services critical for human welfare. Since climate change presents new challenges for marine ecosystems, understanding how environmental factors drive species ecology has created a new sense of urgency. Knowledge of ...
Threatened Weta recovery plan
... There are over 70 species of weta in New Zealand, all of which are endemic, and 16 of these species are considered threatened. The word weta is abbreviated from the Maori term wetapunga, the name given to the giant weta which were once present in Northland. West Coast Maori described Hemideina b ...
... There are over 70 species of weta in New Zealand, all of which are endemic, and 16 of these species are considered threatened. The word weta is abbreviated from the Maori term wetapunga, the name given to the giant weta which were once present in Northland. West Coast Maori described Hemideina b ...
How do transposable elements work - Zoology, UBC
... sapiens? How long ago did they exist on earth? How exactly does the first RNA-like molecule happen by chance? Does it spontaneously appear or is there a better scientific explanation of the process? What are prions? How DNA is formed How is RNA World hypothesis important? How often does the lesser l ...
... sapiens? How long ago did they exist on earth? How exactly does the first RNA-like molecule happen by chance? Does it spontaneously appear or is there a better scientific explanation of the process? What are prions? How DNA is formed How is RNA World hypothesis important? How often does the lesser l ...
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... Insects have played a key role in the development of the science of conservation biology. Their abundance and diversity in most terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and the rapidity of their responses to environmental changes make them attractive model organisms for conservation research and monit ...
... Insects have played a key role in the development of the science of conservation biology. Their abundance and diversity in most terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and the rapidity of their responses to environmental changes make them attractive model organisms for conservation research and monit ...
Introduction - College of Science
... (Mytilus trossulus, 30-40mm), or thicker-shelled native oysters, (Ostrea lurida, 40- ...
... (Mytilus trossulus, 30-40mm), or thicker-shelled native oysters, (Ostrea lurida, 40- ...
Illinois Biodiversity Basics
... things from the tiniest bacterium to the large whitetailed deer and white oak tree. As of 2002, about 1.7 million species had been identified worldwide. It has been estimated that the number of species on earth is somewhere between 10 million and 300 million. Biodiversity also includes ecosystem div ...
... things from the tiniest bacterium to the large whitetailed deer and white oak tree. As of 2002, about 1.7 million species had been identified worldwide. It has been estimated that the number of species on earth is somewhere between 10 million and 300 million. Biodiversity also includes ecosystem div ...
Marine Ecology Progress Series 273:251
... diversity with latitude was significant even though 66 For all classification variables, meta-analyses were of the 198 original reported gradients were not sigused to calculate group-wise effect sizes (E + ) and their nificant. Thus, there is a clear gradient generalised CIs. An analysis of heteroge ...
... diversity with latitude was significant even though 66 For all classification variables, meta-analyses were of the 198 original reported gradients were not sigused to calculate group-wise effect sizes (E + ) and their nificant. Thus, there is a clear gradient generalised CIs. An analysis of heteroge ...
Ecological interactions of marine sponges1 - FSU Biology
... understanding of interactions of sponges with other organisms, and among sponges of different species, have therefore depended on time-series observations of individuals and communities, controlled experimental manipulations in the field, and combinations of field and laboratory work that elucidate ...
... understanding of interactions of sponges with other organisms, and among sponges of different species, have therefore depended on time-series observations of individuals and communities, controlled experimental manipulations in the field, and combinations of field and laboratory work that elucidate ...
Horned lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... (Phrynosoma literally means "toad-bodied".) The spines on its back and sides are made from modified scales, whereas the horns on the heads are true horns (i.e. they have a bony core). Of 15 species of horned lizards in North America, eight are native to the United States. The largest-bodied and most ...
... (Phrynosoma literally means "toad-bodied".) The spines on its back and sides are made from modified scales, whereas the horns on the heads are true horns (i.e. they have a bony core). Of 15 species of horned lizards in North America, eight are native to the United States. The largest-bodied and most ...
Effects of saltwater intrusion on vegetation dynamics and nutrient pools in low-salinity tidal marshes, Pamunkey River (Virginia, USA)
... Phragmites changed Spartina responses considerably. The results of this experiment suggest that Spartina can succeed in less benign environments in the presence of at least some species. A field manipulation excluding insect herbivory within treatments in three marshes along a salinity gradient foun ...
... Phragmites changed Spartina responses considerably. The results of this experiment suggest that Spartina can succeed in less benign environments in the presence of at least some species. A field manipulation excluding insect herbivory within treatments in three marshes along a salinity gradient foun ...
BIOTIC INTERACTIONS WITHIN SANDY BEACH ECOSYSTEMS
... Marine Biology Research Group Campus Sterre – S8 Krijgslaan 281 B-9000 Gent Belgium ...
... Marine Biology Research Group Campus Sterre – S8 Krijgslaan 281 B-9000 Gent Belgium ...
Bifrenaria
Bifrenaria, abbreviated Bif. in horticultural trade, is a genus of plant in family Orchidaceae. It contains 20 species found in Panama, Trinidad and South America. There are no known uses for them, but their abundant, and at first glance artificial, flowers, make them favorites of orchid growers.The genus can be split in two clearly distinct groups: one of highly robust plants with large flowers, that encompass the first species to be classified under the genus Bifrenaria; other of more delicate plants with smaller flowers occasionally classified as Stenocoryne or Adipe. There are two additional species that are normally classified as Bifrenaria, but which molecular analysis indicate to belong to different orchid groups entirely. One is Bifrenaria grandis which is endemic to Bolívia and which is now placed in Lacaena, and Bifrenaria steyermarkii, an inhabitant of the northern Amazon Forest, which does not have an alternative classification.