ABSTRACT ROCKHILL, AIMEE PAULINE. The Ecology of Bobcats
... Aimee Rockhill (formerly Salstead) grew up in Ticonderoga, a small town in the Adirondack Park of upstate New York. Family vacations were usually spent camping at the Schroon Lake camp ground where there was ample opportunity to play in the river, hike on trails, or explore in the woods with her two ...
... Aimee Rockhill (formerly Salstead) grew up in Ticonderoga, a small town in the Adirondack Park of upstate New York. Family vacations were usually spent camping at the Schroon Lake camp ground where there was ample opportunity to play in the river, hike on trails, or explore in the woods with her two ...
Aurochs and Bison – natural range and habitat selection, de
... - lost from Sweden in C11th, Germany in C14th, Hungary in C16th, Romania, Moldova, E Russia in C18th - protected in Poland from C12th as royal game - unsuccessful attempt to release European bison bred in captivity at Mecklenberg in 1689 - bison brought to Saxony from Prussia and Poland survived in ...
... - lost from Sweden in C11th, Germany in C14th, Hungary in C16th, Romania, Moldova, E Russia in C18th - protected in Poland from C12th as royal game - unsuccessful attempt to release European bison bred in captivity at Mecklenberg in 1689 - bison brought to Saxony from Prussia and Poland survived in ...
Populations and Communities
... population can be applied to any group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular space. This space may vary greatly in size, for example from a single tree to a wide geographical area, depending upon how the population is defined. It is important to define the spatial scale over whic ...
... population can be applied to any group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular space. This space may vary greatly in size, for example from a single tree to a wide geographical area, depending upon how the population is defined. It is important to define the spatial scale over whic ...
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... latter are not resource-limited (bottom-up) and hence must be controlled by mortality factors (top-down) which are largely attributed to selective predation by metazooplankton (Irigoien et al., 2005; Sherr and Sherr, 2009), in particular copepods (Calbet and Saiz, 2005; Sherr and Sherr, 2007). An al ...
... latter are not resource-limited (bottom-up) and hence must be controlled by mortality factors (top-down) which are largely attributed to selective predation by metazooplankton (Irigoien et al., 2005; Sherr and Sherr, 2009), in particular copepods (Calbet and Saiz, 2005; Sherr and Sherr, 2007). An al ...
Vulnerability of Habitats and Priority Species
... ›› Overall, birds had large proportions of medium- and high-vulnerability species because Maine has many species that occur at the southern edge of their range or that use habitats vulnerable to climate change. However, major bird taxonomic groups varied in their assessed vulnerabilities. Seabird s ...
... ›› Overall, birds had large proportions of medium- and high-vulnerability species because Maine has many species that occur at the southern edge of their range or that use habitats vulnerable to climate change. However, major bird taxonomic groups varied in their assessed vulnerabilities. Seabird s ...
Wallum Sedge Frog - Byron Shire Council
... Wallum Sedge Frog habitat with large populations occurring in Broadwater, Bundjalung, and Yuraygir National Parks, Tyagarah Nature Reserve and north of Ballina near Lennox Head. Numerous smaller populations are also known to occur between these locations. The geographic range of Wallum Sedge Frogs d ...
... Wallum Sedge Frog habitat with large populations occurring in Broadwater, Bundjalung, and Yuraygir National Parks, Tyagarah Nature Reserve and north of Ballina near Lennox Head. Numerous smaller populations are also known to occur between these locations. The geographic range of Wallum Sedge Frogs d ...
High intraspecific variability in the functional niche of a predator is
... traits and niche (size, position, and overlap) between age classes. Stable isotope analyses (d13C and d15N) were also used to determine the association between individual trophic ecology and intraspecific functional trait variability. We observed that functional traits were highly variable within th ...
... traits and niche (size, position, and overlap) between age classes. Stable isotope analyses (d13C and d15N) were also used to determine the association between individual trophic ecology and intraspecific functional trait variability. We observed that functional traits were highly variable within th ...
ESA 2010 handbook - Ecological Society of Australia
... Matt Bradford has been a Research Technician at CSIRO, Atherton since 1992. His work centres on tropical forest dynamics and current interests include fruiting phenology, seed dispersal and ...
... Matt Bradford has been a Research Technician at CSIRO, Atherton since 1992. His work centres on tropical forest dynamics and current interests include fruiting phenology, seed dispersal and ...
ELEMENT STEWARDSHIP ABSTRACT for Dioscorea
... high degree of asexual reproductive vigor, and is difficult to manage once firmly established. If controlled during the early stages of invasion, the potential for successful ...
... high degree of asexual reproductive vigor, and is difficult to manage once firmly established. If controlled during the early stages of invasion, the potential for successful ...
Differential fitness in field and forest explains density
... Knight et al. 2008), and invertebrates (e.g., Krasnov et al. 2003, 2004; Lerner et al. 2011) and has also been used to examine optimal foraging behavior (see Kennedy and Gray 1993 for a review). Despite the unrealistic ‘free’ and ‘ideal’ assumptions of the IFD (see review in Kennedy and Gray 1993; b ...
... Knight et al. 2008), and invertebrates (e.g., Krasnov et al. 2003, 2004; Lerner et al. 2011) and has also been used to examine optimal foraging behavior (see Kennedy and Gray 1993 for a review). Despite the unrealistic ‘free’ and ‘ideal’ assumptions of the IFD (see review in Kennedy and Gray 1993; b ...
Review of nekton patterns and ecological processes
... The application of landscape ideas in seagrass systems depends on our ability to differentiate ‘patches’ of seagrass from surrounding aquatic habitats. As for other faunal groups (Boström et al., 2006), the decision about what constitutes a patch is an important one for studies of nekton in seagras ...
... The application of landscape ideas in seagrass systems depends on our ability to differentiate ‘patches’ of seagrass from surrounding aquatic habitats. As for other faunal groups (Boström et al., 2006), the decision about what constitutes a patch is an important one for studies of nekton in seagras ...
Building the bridge between animal movement and population
... While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a prerequisite for understanding and predicting population dynamics. GPS and other technologies enable detailed tracking of animal location ...
... While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a prerequisite for understanding and predicting population dynamics. GPS and other technologies enable detailed tracking of animal location ...
Mexico - Seafood Watch
... The common and red octopuses live in similar benthic habitats, typically consisting of rocky bottoms, seagrass, or coral reefs (Vaz-Pires et al. 2004) (Sweeting et al. 2006). The red octopus looks very similar to the common octopus and wasn’t recognized as a separate species until the late 1960s. Th ...
... The common and red octopuses live in similar benthic habitats, typically consisting of rocky bottoms, seagrass, or coral reefs (Vaz-Pires et al. 2004) (Sweeting et al. 2006). The red octopus looks very similar to the common octopus and wasn’t recognized as a separate species until the late 1960s. Th ...
1 BAP Intro 2 AW.fh11
... contribute to local distinctiveness and character. Some of these habitats are recognised as being of national and even international ...
... contribute to local distinctiveness and character. Some of these habitats are recognised as being of national and even international ...
Habitat structure, trophic structure and ecosystem
... complexity and size) on detrital processing in a bromeliad–insect ecosystem. ‘Habitat complexity’ is a term used in many diVerent ways in the literature; here I deWne it as the spatial subdivision of habitat at a scale smaller than the mobility of individuals. Habitat structure could directly aVect ...
... complexity and size) on detrital processing in a bromeliad–insect ecosystem. ‘Habitat complexity’ is a term used in many diVerent ways in the literature; here I deWne it as the spatial subdivision of habitat at a scale smaller than the mobility of individuals. Habitat structure could directly aVect ...
Landscapes and species-analyzing the ecological Gaps
... National Program on Biodiversity in 1996 and National Program on Protected Areas in 1998 with approval of the State Great Khural (Parliament of Mongolia). The optimal way of protecting the biodiversity, the special protected areas, were expanded from time to time currently reaching 14% of the entire ...
... National Program on Biodiversity in 1996 and National Program on Protected Areas in 1998 with approval of the State Great Khural (Parliament of Mongolia). The optimal way of protecting the biodiversity, the special protected areas, were expanded from time to time currently reaching 14% of the entire ...
The place of the steppe marmot in steppe ecosystems of Ukraine: an
... the territories around the horse farms. This fact was known but ignored for a long time. We suppose that the dramatic increase of the occupied area and population numbers of the steppe marmot in the late 1950s was caused by the change in economic use of the area; specifically, by the increase of gra ...
... the territories around the horse farms. This fact was known but ignored for a long time. We suppose that the dramatic increase of the occupied area and population numbers of the steppe marmot in the late 1950s was caused by the change in economic use of the area; specifically, by the increase of gra ...
Why Beech - SUNY-ESF
... since the last glaciation from refugia in the deep south. The Southeast beech maximum faded between 11,000 to 8,000 ybp, but was accompanied by continued northward expansion at about 85 miles/year. By about 1800 beech was abundant and common in the forests of the Northeast, but less common in the dr ...
... since the last glaciation from refugia in the deep south. The Southeast beech maximum faded between 11,000 to 8,000 ybp, but was accompanied by continued northward expansion at about 85 miles/year. By about 1800 beech was abundant and common in the forests of the Northeast, but less common in the dr ...
invasion of smooth brome into north american tall
... habitats consisting of a low (<50%) or high (>50%) percentage of brome. Separate bars are used for each time period…………………………………………………………………...…………16 Figure 3.1 Depiction of experimental design. Part A represents subplots within a plot where each plot contains one of all possible planting combinatio ...
... habitats consisting of a low (<50%) or high (>50%) percentage of brome. Separate bars are used for each time period…………………………………………………………………...…………16 Figure 3.1 Depiction of experimental design. Part A represents subplots within a plot where each plot contains one of all possible planting combinatio ...
Part 3 Designing and Implementing Ecosystem Connectivity in the
... Section 1 begins with a definition of ecosystem connectivity and its necessity, including a general discussion of what connectivity areas provide both to the landscape and to human settlement areas. Section 2 outlines the necessary components of functional connectivity corridors and patches, includi ...
... Section 1 begins with a definition of ecosystem connectivity and its necessity, including a general discussion of what connectivity areas provide both to the landscape and to human settlement areas. Section 2 outlines the necessary components of functional connectivity corridors and patches, includi ...
Dinger EC, Hendrickson DA, Winsborough BM, Marks JC (2006)
... Independent one-tailed t-tests were used to test for differences in invertebrate densities and algal biomass between fish exclosures and their respective controls (e.g. large fish exclosure and 3-sided control). One-tailed tests were based on the a priori hypothesis that invertebrate densities would in ...
... Independent one-tailed t-tests were used to test for differences in invertebrate densities and algal biomass between fish exclosures and their respective controls (e.g. large fish exclosure and 3-sided control). One-tailed tests were based on the a priori hypothesis that invertebrate densities would in ...
ppt檔案
... The dotted lines represent the expected result based on pure intra-specific competition. The solid lines and data points represent the actual performance in competition. Ecology 2001 Chap. 9 ...
... The dotted lines represent the expected result based on pure intra-specific competition. The solid lines and data points represent the actual performance in competition. Ecology 2001 Chap. 9 ...
OIKOS Finland conference for Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists
... effectiveness of protected areas has been studied and it has been shown that confounding factors, such as remoteness and accessibility, correlated with both presence of protection and extractive behaviors, affect the outcomes. We investigated the effectiveness of Madagascar's PA network in decreasin ...
... effectiveness of protected areas has been studied and it has been shown that confounding factors, such as remoteness and accessibility, correlated with both presence of protection and extractive behaviors, affect the outcomes. We investigated the effectiveness of Madagascar's PA network in decreasin ...
Alfalfa Trap Cropping Increases Abundance Of Key Arachnids In An
... abundance, and pest control potential of arachnid communities in an organic strawberry field in California. The study found that by integrating alfalfa trap crops into organic strawberries, arachnid populations were substantially increased. Results reflected substantial increases in both male and fe ...
... abundance, and pest control potential of arachnid communities in an organic strawberry field in California. The study found that by integrating alfalfa trap crops into organic strawberries, arachnid populations were substantially increased. Results reflected substantial increases in both male and fe ...