The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic biology
... Figure 2 Hypothesized variation in phylogenetic clustering and trait conservatism with phylogenetic scale (a) Phylogenetic conservatism of traits and phylogenetic clustering of species in communities varies as more of the tree of life is encompassed in an analysis. Ecologically relevant traits may b ...
... Figure 2 Hypothesized variation in phylogenetic clustering and trait conservatism with phylogenetic scale (a) Phylogenetic conservatism of traits and phylogenetic clustering of species in communities varies as more of the tree of life is encompassed in an analysis. Ecologically relevant traits may b ...
Significance of Plankton Community Structure and Nutrient
... Materials and Methods Modeling approach The model was based upon previous mathematical approaches related to Amoebophrya-host dynamics [15, 18]. In order to avoid the inclusion of too many trophic links (which would lead to an unnecessary complexity), the modeled community included as few components ...
... Materials and Methods Modeling approach The model was based upon previous mathematical approaches related to Amoebophrya-host dynamics [15, 18]. In order to avoid the inclusion of too many trophic links (which would lead to an unnecessary complexity), the modeled community included as few components ...
Ecological processes responsible for species co
... behavior, under conditions of interspecific competition (Gill 1972, 1974). Therefore, alphaselection may result when the form of competition is interference rather than exploitation (Gill 1974). Interspecific competition can also influence geographic patterns of species distributions (Strong et al. ...
... behavior, under conditions of interspecific competition (Gill 1972, 1974). Therefore, alphaselection may result when the form of competition is interference rather than exploitation (Gill 1974). Interspecific competition can also influence geographic patterns of species distributions (Strong et al. ...
The merging of community ecology and phylogenetic
... Figure 2 Hypothesized variation in phylogenetic clustering and trait conservatism with phylogenetic scale (a) Phylogenetic conservatism of traits and phylogenetic clustering of species in communities varies as more of the tree of life is encompassed in an analysis. Ecologically relevant traits may b ...
... Figure 2 Hypothesized variation in phylogenetic clustering and trait conservatism with phylogenetic scale (a) Phylogenetic conservatism of traits and phylogenetic clustering of species in communities varies as more of the tree of life is encompassed in an analysis. Ecologically relevant traits may b ...
frogs – conservation
... be traced back many millions of years when Australia formed part of a large landmass called Gondwana. Victoria has at least 35 species, all of which belong to one of two frog families; tree frogs (Hylidae) and the ground or marsh frogs (Myobatrachidae). In Victoria, a number of frog species have dec ...
... be traced back many millions of years when Australia formed part of a large landmass called Gondwana. Victoria has at least 35 species, all of which belong to one of two frog families; tree frogs (Hylidae) and the ground or marsh frogs (Myobatrachidae). In Victoria, a number of frog species have dec ...
Impacts of Warming on the Structure and Functioning of Aquatic
... behaviour is notoriously difficult to predict (Woodward et al., 2010a,b). One obvious place to start is to focus on a key component of climate change that we know has profound biological relevance. Environmental warming is the prime candidate here because all biological rates are temperature depende ...
... behaviour is notoriously difficult to predict (Woodward et al., 2010a,b). One obvious place to start is to focus on a key component of climate change that we know has profound biological relevance. Environmental warming is the prime candidate here because all biological rates are temperature depende ...
Harvestmen and Pseudoscorpions - Digital Commons @ Michigan
... An adaptation for living within the bryophyte community might be to have short legs that would enable them to enter the bryophyte domain without getting their legs tangled or caught. In fact, being smaller in all ways could help. For example, Siro carpathicus (Sironidae; see Figure 3) is one of the ...
... An adaptation for living within the bryophyte community might be to have short legs that would enable them to enter the bryophyte domain without getting their legs tangled or caught. In fact, being smaller in all ways could help. For example, Siro carpathicus (Sironidae; see Figure 3) is one of the ...
The roles of productivity and ecosystem size in determining food
... To take up this task, we first measured average FCL across a series of topographically and geologically similar islets of a single tropical atoll. The islets are positioned across large and independent gradients of productivity and size, but yet span only a very small geographic area under the same c ...
... To take up this task, we first measured average FCL across a series of topographically and geologically similar islets of a single tropical atoll. The islets are positioned across large and independent gradients of productivity and size, but yet span only a very small geographic area under the same c ...
CTFS Proceedings 2007 - Center for Tropical Forest Science
... The previous course was held at the Sinharaja World Heritage site in Sri Lanka and the 2008 course will be held at Pasoh Forest Reserve in Malaysia. The aim of these courses is to provide high-level training in the biology of forests in South and Southeast Asia. The courses are aimed at upper-level ...
... The previous course was held at the Sinharaja World Heritage site in Sri Lanka and the 2008 course will be held at Pasoh Forest Reserve in Malaysia. The aim of these courses is to provide high-level training in the biology of forests in South and Southeast Asia. The courses are aimed at upper-level ...
Development and distribution of predators and parasitoids during
... namely ‘Vivian/Wiebke’ in 1990 and ‘Lothar’ in 1999. ‘Vivian’ felled more than 110 million m3 (Switzerland: 4.9 million) of timber, while ‘Lothar’ uprooted or broke trees of an estimated volume of 180 million m3 (Switzerland: 12.7 million). Since in Switzerland the majority of the fallen trees were ...
... namely ‘Vivian/Wiebke’ in 1990 and ‘Lothar’ in 1999. ‘Vivian’ felled more than 110 million m3 (Switzerland: 4.9 million) of timber, while ‘Lothar’ uprooted or broke trees of an estimated volume of 180 million m3 (Switzerland: 12.7 million). Since in Switzerland the majority of the fallen trees were ...
Applying the Reference Site Model to Riparian Restoration Sites in
... project. The first of those attributes states that a restored ecosystem should show “similar diversity and community structure in comparison with reference sites” (SER 2004). In a review of 68 articles in the journal Restoration Ecology, diversity and community structure were the most commonly asses ...
... project. The first of those attributes states that a restored ecosystem should show “similar diversity and community structure in comparison with reference sites” (SER 2004). In a review of 68 articles in the journal Restoration Ecology, diversity and community structure were the most commonly asses ...
Marsh Bird Breeding Habitat
... summer and early fall from summer breeding habitats throughout Ontario to southern wintering areas. Their annual fall migrations concentrate these species of bats at stopover areas. The location and characteristics of stopover habitats are generally unknown. Information Sources OMNR for possible l ...
... summer and early fall from summer breeding habitats throughout Ontario to southern wintering areas. Their annual fall migrations concentrate these species of bats at stopover areas. The location and characteristics of stopover habitats are generally unknown. Information Sources OMNR for possible l ...
EU NON-NATIVE SPECIES RISK ANALYSIS – RISK ASSESSMENT
... this species is introduced as breeding in many countries, especially in Mediterranean countries (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain; GENIEZ & Cheylan, 1987; Araujo, 1996; LUISELLI et al., 1997; Filella et al., 1999), which it is kept in all types of water bodies due to its great adaptability ...
... this species is introduced as breeding in many countries, especially in Mediterranean countries (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain; GENIEZ & Cheylan, 1987; Araujo, 1996; LUISELLI et al., 1997; Filella et al., 1999), which it is kept in all types of water bodies due to its great adaptability ...
The effect of intra- and interspecific competition on coexistence in
... results can typically be obtained only in cases where either the number of species is low, or the general structure of interactions especially simple (Justus 2006). The reason is that loop analysis is a “graphical translation” of the Routh-Hurwitz stability criteria (Edelstein-Keshet 1988): as the n ...
... results can typically be obtained only in cases where either the number of species is low, or the general structure of interactions especially simple (Justus 2006). The reason is that loop analysis is a “graphical translation” of the Routh-Hurwitz stability criteria (Edelstein-Keshet 1988): as the n ...
Interspecific Interactions in Phytophagous Insects: Competition
... We limit our treatment of phytophagous insects to those feeding on the living tissues of vascular plants. Thus, insects feeding on rotting fruits or dead wood are not considered. From the remaining literature, we extracted 193 pair-wise interspecific interactions that provided infonnation on competi ...
... We limit our treatment of phytophagous insects to those feeding on the living tissues of vascular plants. Thus, insects feeding on rotting fruits or dead wood are not considered. From the remaining literature, we extracted 193 pair-wise interspecific interactions that provided infonnation on competi ...
Literature review on the American bullfrog
... Human alterations to the landscape influence the habitat of many species. One far reaching human impact is the introduction of non-native species and this threat affects virtually all ecosystems (Vitousek et al., 1997) and is even suggested to be a leading cause of animal extinctions world-wide (Cla ...
... Human alterations to the landscape influence the habitat of many species. One far reaching human impact is the introduction of non-native species and this threat affects virtually all ecosystems (Vitousek et al., 1997) and is even suggested to be a leading cause of animal extinctions world-wide (Cla ...
Limiting Similarity Revisited
... Szabo, P. and Meszena, G. (2005) Limiting Similarity Revisited. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, IR-05050 Copyright © 2005 by the author(s). http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/7788/ Interim Reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis receive only limited review. ...
... Szabo, P. and Meszena, G. (2005) Limiting Similarity Revisited. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, IR-05050 Copyright © 2005 by the author(s). http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/7788/ Interim Reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis receive only limited review. ...
Bounceback 20 year report - Natural Resources South Australia
... local extinctions and continues to influence the abundance of native species in South Australia’s semiarid ranges. Introduced herbivores, like goats and rabbits, have established wild populations in the ranges and compete with native animals for resources. Unnaturally high numbers of native grazers ...
... local extinctions and continues to influence the abundance of native species in South Australia’s semiarid ranges. Introduced herbivores, like goats and rabbits, have established wild populations in the ranges and compete with native animals for resources. Unnaturally high numbers of native grazers ...
Disturbance, Scale, and Boundary in Wilderness
... with management plans that prescribe actions that are fixed in time. This contradicts an important historic quality of natural areas which experienced considerable stochastic dynamics and directional changes in the past. In addition, nature had a certain resilience at large spatial scales. This resi ...
... with management plans that prescribe actions that are fixed in time. This contradicts an important historic quality of natural areas which experienced considerable stochastic dynamics and directional changes in the past. In addition, nature had a certain resilience at large spatial scales. This resi ...
Specific Hypotheses on the Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution
... we are learning that testing questions on the real scale of ecological processes requires approaches and collaborations beyond the resources of single individuals—as is the case for most of the large-scale questions now being addressed across many fields of science, ranging from molecular biology to ...
... we are learning that testing questions on the real scale of ecological processes requires approaches and collaborations beyond the resources of single individuals—as is the case for most of the large-scale questions now being addressed across many fields of science, ranging from molecular biology to ...
Limiting resources and the regulation of diversity in phytoplankton
... attached to a Hydrolab sonde (Hydrolab, Austin, Texas) with a depth sensor was lowered to the sample depth and the water was pumped into 4-L carboys on the boat. Samples for individual phytoplankton counts were taken every 5 m from the surface down to 25 m in Lewis Lake, 30 m in Jackson Lake and 50 ...
... attached to a Hydrolab sonde (Hydrolab, Austin, Texas) with a depth sensor was lowered to the sample depth and the water was pumped into 4-L carboys on the boat. Samples for individual phytoplankton counts were taken every 5 m from the surface down to 25 m in Lewis Lake, 30 m in Jackson Lake and 50 ...
File
... the frog density in the small and large pond. We also wondered about abiotic factors such as air temperature ranges that influence frogs to be out of the water or in the water affecting frog density. If we were to perform this study again, we would do some things differently. We would count frogs we ...
... the frog density in the small and large pond. We also wondered about abiotic factors such as air temperature ranges that influence frogs to be out of the water or in the water affecting frog density. If we were to perform this study again, we would do some things differently. We would count frogs we ...
Interrelations between sea urchins and spiny lobsters
... abundance of lobsters are thought to be primarily mediated through loss of habitat and consequent reductions in regional productivity (Chapman 1981, Wharton & Mann 1981), or through competition for shelter (Garnick 1989). Explanation of the relations between sea urchins and lobsters has not been gre ...
... abundance of lobsters are thought to be primarily mediated through loss of habitat and consequent reductions in regional productivity (Chapman 1981, Wharton & Mann 1981), or through competition for shelter (Garnick 1989). Explanation of the relations between sea urchins and lobsters has not been gre ...
The Importance of Long-Distance Dispersal in Biodiversity
... Table 1 Importance of long-distance dispersal by problem type, conservation issue and species characteristics; + stands for important; ++ for very important; blank: not relevant Nonthreatened species ...
... Table 1 Importance of long-distance dispersal by problem type, conservation issue and species characteristics; + stands for important; ++ for very important; blank: not relevant Nonthreatened species ...
Patterns of Genetic Differentiation in Appalachian Desmognathine
... complex to be very different from those in populations. Values of F^ were calculated be evident at the smallest geographic disother related desmognathines, such as D. using BIOSYS-1 version 1.7 (Swofford and tances, and the relationship between gemonticola and D. fuscus, that inhabit larger Selander ...
... complex to be very different from those in populations. Values of F^ were calculated be evident at the smallest geographic disother related desmognathines, such as D. using BIOSYS-1 version 1.7 (Swofford and tances, and the relationship between gemonticola and D. fuscus, that inhabit larger Selander ...