Southeast United States Regional Waterbird Conservation Plan
... young) effectively reduced the south Florida population by 1910 to 20 percent of the number estimated in 1870, with some species nearly extirpated. With the birds protected through effective law enforcement, surveys initiated by R. P. Allen (National Audubon Society) documented rebounding wading bir ...
... young) effectively reduced the south Florida population by 1910 to 20 percent of the number estimated in 1870, with some species nearly extirpated. With the birds protected through effective law enforcement, surveys initiated by R. P. Allen (National Audubon Society) documented rebounding wading bir ...
Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary
... et al. (2008) synthesized data from 688 published studies to illustrate that global change (e.g., CO2 enrichment, nitrogen deposition, climate, biotic invasions and land uses) is driving sometimes seemingly minor changes in individual interactions, but that these changes can compound, resulting in m ...
... et al. (2008) synthesized data from 688 published studies to illustrate that global change (e.g., CO2 enrichment, nitrogen deposition, climate, biotic invasions and land uses) is driving sometimes seemingly minor changes in individual interactions, but that these changes can compound, resulting in m ...
Seagrass biodiversity at three marine ecoregions of Indonesia
... soil agro-ecosystem. Biodiversitas 17: 585-591. Seagrass is one of the coastal ecosystems in marine ecoregions of Indonesia that has very important ecological and economical functions. This study aimed to illustrate the diversity of seagrass ecosystems through its distribution, coverage, and density ...
... soil agro-ecosystem. Biodiversitas 17: 585-591. Seagrass is one of the coastal ecosystems in marine ecoregions of Indonesia that has very important ecological and economical functions. This study aimed to illustrate the diversity of seagrass ecosystems through its distribution, coverage, and density ...
Market access, population density, and socioeconomic development
... across the 25 sites (ESM 1). Fish were surveyed, from May to June 2004, using underwater visual census along five 50 m transects at each site, at a depth of 8–10 m on reef slope in locations exposed to prevailing weather conditions (Green et al., 2006b). Four metrics of species diversity were used to ...
... across the 25 sites (ESM 1). Fish were surveyed, from May to June 2004, using underwater visual census along five 50 m transects at each site, at a depth of 8–10 m on reef slope in locations exposed to prevailing weather conditions (Green et al., 2006b). Four metrics of species diversity were used to ...
Longitudinal monitoring of parasites in individual wild primates
... well studied. My aim was to identify which factors affect the parasite community during the lifetime of individual hosts by following longitudinally several individuals from a long-living species. Specifically, I was interested in how the dynamics of infra- and component communities differ from one ...
... well studied. My aim was to identify which factors affect the parasite community during the lifetime of individual hosts by following longitudinally several individuals from a long-living species. Specifically, I was interested in how the dynamics of infra- and component communities differ from one ...
CS 414 - Weed Science
... The effects of allelopathy have been widely established and are known to play an important role in some ecosystems. Practical application of the process has been limited. However, allelopathy potentially can be useful in weed management. Crop plants (or their residues) may release chemicals that are ...
... The effects of allelopathy have been widely established and are known to play an important role in some ecosystems. Practical application of the process has been limited. However, allelopathy potentially can be useful in weed management. Crop plants (or their residues) may release chemicals that are ...
Mine area - Conservation Significant fauna and habitat
... (Braithwaite and Griffiths 1994), so that the species is now restricted to the Pilbara and northern Kimberley in Western Australia, and to a few discrete populations across the Northern Territory and eastern Queensland. Populations of the Northern Quoll have been lost from most of the north-eastern ...
... (Braithwaite and Griffiths 1994), so that the species is now restricted to the Pilbara and northern Kimberley in Western Australia, and to a few discrete populations across the Northern Territory and eastern Queensland. Populations of the Northern Quoll have been lost from most of the north-eastern ...
Consumption of Opuntias
... In xeric habitats where free water is scarce, cladodes become an important source of water, when they are available. Not unexpectedly, vertebrates increase their use of Opuntia cladodes during the dry season, or use them only then. For example, rabbits and black-tailed jackrabbits consume Opuntia cl ...
... In xeric habitats where free water is scarce, cladodes become an important source of water, when they are available. Not unexpectedly, vertebrates increase their use of Opuntia cladodes during the dry season, or use them only then. For example, rabbits and black-tailed jackrabbits consume Opuntia cl ...
The conservation status of amphibians in the West
... Global Amphibian Assessment found that 84% of West Indian amphibian species are threatened and that 71% are in the two highest threat categories, Endangered and Critically Endangered. The remote areas where many species occur constrain monitoring efforts, but remarkably, 49 species (26% of all nativ ...
... Global Amphibian Assessment found that 84% of West Indian amphibian species are threatened and that 71% are in the two highest threat categories, Endangered and Critically Endangered. The remote areas where many species occur constrain monitoring efforts, but remarkably, 49 species (26% of all nativ ...
The biology of native and invasive Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) and the
... Mediterranean (Pinna et al. 2007). This is a large variety of plants to be eaten by a single species and includes, among others, Mediterranean scrub fruit (Pinna et al. 2007). Not only was vegetation found in the animals’ stomachs, but Wild Boar were also found to have three additional categories of ...
... Mediterranean (Pinna et al. 2007). This is a large variety of plants to be eaten by a single species and includes, among others, Mediterranean scrub fruit (Pinna et al. 2007). Not only was vegetation found in the animals’ stomachs, but Wild Boar were also found to have three additional categories of ...
Quantifying predator dependence in the functional
... How predator feeding rates respond to changes in prey abundance underlies the dynamics of all predator-prey interactions (Murdoch & Oaten, 1975). A longstanding and still vigorous debate in the predator-prey literature concerns whether these functional responses are best described by prey-dependent ...
... How predator feeding rates respond to changes in prey abundance underlies the dynamics of all predator-prey interactions (Murdoch & Oaten, 1975). A longstanding and still vigorous debate in the predator-prey literature concerns whether these functional responses are best described by prey-dependent ...
Ten-year species action plan for the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea
... Once relatively widespread in mainland South-east Asia, the Critically Endangered Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) is now almost entirely restricted to the dry forests of northeastern Cambodia. The key threat to the species is forest loss, driven primarily by clearing of land in order to develop in ...
... Once relatively widespread in mainland South-east Asia, the Critically Endangered Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) is now almost entirely restricted to the dry forests of northeastern Cambodia. The key threat to the species is forest loss, driven primarily by clearing of land in order to develop in ...
occurrence of native and introduced crayfish in northeastern
... detected only in two sites of the Sczcecin area in northwestern Poland and was not present in northeastern Germany. A total of 192 sites (approx. 95 %) in the Sczcecin area contained one of the introduced crayfish species O. limosus or P. leniusculus, while only 2 sites were free of crayfish. In con ...
... detected only in two sites of the Sczcecin area in northwestern Poland and was not present in northeastern Germany. A total of 192 sites (approx. 95 %) in the Sczcecin area contained one of the introduced crayfish species O. limosus or P. leniusculus, while only 2 sites were free of crayfish. In con ...
Lion-tailed macaque interactions with non-primates
... mammals and birds, and usually the non-primates are attracted to the primates than the other way around3. It is stipulated that the chances of such commensal interactions are high in Asia, Africa and the neotropics, as primates in these regions are mainly large/medium-bodied, wasteful feeders with l ...
... mammals and birds, and usually the non-primates are attracted to the primates than the other way around3. It is stipulated that the chances of such commensal interactions are high in Asia, Africa and the neotropics, as primates in these regions are mainly large/medium-bodied, wasteful feeders with l ...
Genetic Diversity
... • Conserving species often requires resolving conflicts between habitat needs of endangered species and human demands • For example, in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, habitat preservation for many species is at odds with timber and mining industries ...
... • Conserving species often requires resolving conflicts between habitat needs of endangered species and human demands • For example, in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, habitat preservation for many species is at odds with timber and mining industries ...
Introduction
... classes [10]；in the subtropical humid monsoon zone of dolomite Karst in Shibing, the plant flora has the characteristics of both temperate, tropical and subtropical flora, and there are 1352 kinds of higher plants; Fauna are mainly characterized by terrestrial vertebrates with a total number of 298 ...
... classes [10]；in the subtropical humid monsoon zone of dolomite Karst in Shibing, the plant flora has the characteristics of both temperate, tropical and subtropical flora, and there are 1352 kinds of higher plants; Fauna are mainly characterized by terrestrial vertebrates with a total number of 298 ...
Diversity of Interactions: A Metric for Studies of Biodiversity
... properties of the complete community food web from samples that in practice represent only a portion of the community. Current quantitative food-web investigations solve this problem by intensively sampling a restricted food web, focused on guilds or subsets of interacting species (Memmott & Godfray ...
... properties of the complete community food web from samples that in practice represent only a portion of the community. Current quantitative food-web investigations solve this problem by intensively sampling a restricted food web, focused on guilds or subsets of interacting species (Memmott & Godfray ...
Species coexistence and the superior ability of an invasive species
... to the cordgrass–mussel beds, despite experimental findings that the dominant mud crabs can kill and displace Asian shore crabs and thereby limit their successful recruitment to their shared habitat. A difference between the native and invasive species in their utilization of the facilitation cascad ...
... to the cordgrass–mussel beds, despite experimental findings that the dominant mud crabs can kill and displace Asian shore crabs and thereby limit their successful recruitment to their shared habitat. A difference between the native and invasive species in their utilization of the facilitation cascad ...
Climate and Species Richness Predict the Phylogenetic Structure of
... protected areas, rather than extracting assumed presence/absence data from species range maps, which often overestimate presences [31, 32]. For each site, we recorded species presenceabsence data (i.e. species lists for each mammal community) from a variety of sources, including: 1) existing species ...
... protected areas, rather than extracting assumed presence/absence data from species range maps, which often overestimate presences [31, 32]. For each site, we recorded species presenceabsence data (i.e. species lists for each mammal community) from a variety of sources, including: 1) existing species ...
Entomology in Ecuador - Horizon documentation-IRD
... Abstract. We review and analyze the recent development and future challenges facing entomology as a science in Ecuador, a country with limited financial and human resources and numerous environmental problems. Taxonomic studies of the Ecuadorian insect fauna have been well developed for only a few g ...
... Abstract. We review and analyze the recent development and future challenges facing entomology as a science in Ecuador, a country with limited financial and human resources and numerous environmental problems. Taxonomic studies of the Ecuadorian insect fauna have been well developed for only a few g ...
Artificial structures as tools for fish habitat rehabilitation in a
... reservoir was filled between 1905 and 1908 mainly for hydroelectric purposes, damming streams and diverting small rivers of the East Hydrographic Basin (Araújo and Santos, 2001). Lajes Reservoir has low concentrations of nitrogen (510 mg L1), phosphate (5120 mg L1) and chlorophyll a (52.5 mg L1) ...
... reservoir was filled between 1905 and 1908 mainly for hydroelectric purposes, damming streams and diverting small rivers of the East Hydrographic Basin (Araújo and Santos, 2001). Lajes Reservoir has low concentrations of nitrogen (510 mg L1), phosphate (5120 mg L1) and chlorophyll a (52.5 mg L1) ...
Patterns of invertebrate distribution and abundance on Cordyline
... about the ecological processes driving patterns in community structure (species richness and composition) of host-specialised herbivores in modified habitats. I examined patterns in community structure of 9 specialist and 19 generalist invertebrate herbivores of cabbage trees (Cordyline australis La ...
... about the ecological processes driving patterns in community structure (species richness and composition) of host-specialised herbivores in modified habitats. I examined patterns in community structure of 9 specialist and 19 generalist invertebrate herbivores of cabbage trees (Cordyline australis La ...
Island restoration
The ecological restoration of islands, or island restoration, is the application of the principles of ecological restoration to islands and island groups. Islands, due to their isolation, are home to many of the world's endemic species, as well as important breeding grounds for seabirds and some marine mammals. Their ecosystems are also very vulnerable to human disturbance and particularly to introduced species, due to their small size. Island groups such as New Zealand and Hawaii have undergone substantial extinctions and losses of habitat. Since the 1950s several organisations and government agencies around the world have worked to restore islands to their original states; New Zealand has used them to hold natural populations of species that would otherwise be unable to survive in the wild. The principal components of island restoration are the removal of introduced species and the reintroduction of native species.