Türk
... Distribution: Megaselia brevissima has been found in Croatia, France, Italy and the Canary Islands (Disney, 2006; Disney et al, 2010). Biology: There are very few studies (Disney, 2006; Disney et al, 2010) about this species. Megaselia brevissima belongs to a complex that has caused many problems re ...
... Distribution: Megaselia brevissima has been found in Croatia, France, Italy and the Canary Islands (Disney, 2006; Disney et al, 2010). Biology: There are very few studies (Disney, 2006; Disney et al, 2010) about this species. Megaselia brevissima belongs to a complex that has caused many problems re ...
Bern Convention activities in the field of large carnivore conservation
... The Baltic Large Carnivore Initiative (BLCI) is a regional network established in 2000 under the umbrella of the LCIE. The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia apply local knowledge in adapting LCIE methodologies to suit local conditions. Ongoing activities include working to ensure the Ha ...
... The Baltic Large Carnivore Initiative (BLCI) is a regional network established in 2000 under the umbrella of the LCIE. The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia apply local knowledge in adapting LCIE methodologies to suit local conditions. Ongoing activities include working to ensure the Ha ...
Read Gil's paper
... data suggest a relatively wide albeit patchy distribution of Epomis in Israel. Whereas the records suggest that E. dejeani is relatively more abundant than E. circumscriptus in Israel, records for other regions in the Palaearctic Region suggest the opposite. However, at least in Italy, E. circumscri ...
... data suggest a relatively wide albeit patchy distribution of Epomis in Israel. Whereas the records suggest that E. dejeani is relatively more abundant than E. circumscriptus in Israel, records for other regions in the Palaearctic Region suggest the opposite. However, at least in Italy, E. circumscri ...
4.0 Billion Years of Earth Environmental Change
... animals were moving out of areas they had lived in and into new areas. Communities were coming apart and reorganizing. Many scientists think that these climatic and ecosystem changes caused the extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene. The environmental changes might have caused extinction by elimi ...
... animals were moving out of areas they had lived in and into new areas. Communities were coming apart and reorganizing. Many scientists think that these climatic and ecosystem changes caused the extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene. The environmental changes might have caused extinction by elimi ...
climate change and connectivity: are corridors the solution?
... great significance in the analysis of studies about corridor use since the chosen specie’s use of a corridor is a factor of its trophic level. 4. K-selected specialists living in habitat patches are more vulnerable to extinction because they produce fewer offspring that take longer to reach maturity ...
... great significance in the analysis of studies about corridor use since the chosen specie’s use of a corridor is a factor of its trophic level. 4. K-selected specialists living in habitat patches are more vulnerable to extinction because they produce fewer offspring that take longer to reach maturity ...
Strategy shifts in leaf physiology, structure and nutrient
... use is similar, however, due to the lower-humidity air in dry sites. The benefit of the strategy is that dry-site species reduce water loss at a given Aarea, down to levels similar to wet-site species, despite occurring in lower-humidity environments. The cost of high leaf N is reflected in higher d ...
... use is similar, however, due to the lower-humidity air in dry sites. The benefit of the strategy is that dry-site species reduce water loss at a given Aarea, down to levels similar to wet-site species, despite occurring in lower-humidity environments. The cost of high leaf N is reflected in higher d ...
successional mechanism varies along a gradient in hydrothermal
... mixing with ambient seawater (28C) and exhibited temperature anomalies in the range of 308C to ,18C. Because the high-temperature fluids were characterized by low pH and potentially toxic concentrations of both H2S and heavy metals, a gradient in fluid flux represents a gradient in potential thermal ...
... mixing with ambient seawater (28C) and exhibited temperature anomalies in the range of 308C to ,18C. Because the high-temperature fluids were characterized by low pH and potentially toxic concentrations of both H2S and heavy metals, a gradient in fluid flux represents a gradient in potential thermal ...
2016 Joint ICTWS, WCTWS, SNVB, and NW PARC Meeting Abstracts
... lupus). We used noninvasive genetic sampling and 18 microsatellite loci to construct group pedigrees and estimate recruitment for wolves under three different harvest regimes ranging from heavily harvested to fully protected in Alberta, Canada, and Idaho and Yellowstone National Park. We hypothesize ...
... lupus). We used noninvasive genetic sampling and 18 microsatellite loci to construct group pedigrees and estimate recruitment for wolves under three different harvest regimes ranging from heavily harvested to fully protected in Alberta, Canada, and Idaho and Yellowstone National Park. We hypothesize ...
Predator control allows critically endangered lizards to recover on
... Abstract: Two conservation tools have been developed over the last 10–15 years for species on the New Zealand mainland that are vulnerable to introduced mammalian predators: landscape-scale predator trapping networks, and eradication of predators within mammal-proof exclosures. We tested whether the ...
... Abstract: Two conservation tools have been developed over the last 10–15 years for species on the New Zealand mainland that are vulnerable to introduced mammalian predators: landscape-scale predator trapping networks, and eradication of predators within mammal-proof exclosures. We tested whether the ...
Biomass and Habitat Partitioning of Desmognathus on Wet Rock
... assemblage, Peterman et al. (2008) estimated a total assemblage biomass of 143.8 kg ha-1. While the assemblage and population densities of salamanders can vary from site to site (Organ, 1961; Hairston, 1987), our wet rock face study site is not unusual for the southern Appalachian region in terms of ...
... assemblage, Peterman et al. (2008) estimated a total assemblage biomass of 143.8 kg ha-1. While the assemblage and population densities of salamanders can vary from site to site (Organ, 1961; Hairston, 1987), our wet rock face study site is not unusual for the southern Appalachian region in terms of ...
Predation‐Competition Interactions for Seasonally Recruiting Species.
... Our study of fluctuation-independent coexistence reproduces the classic requirement of a predation-competition trade-off, but it is exhibited here in a particularly precise and intuitive form. This trade-off is not necessary for fluctuation-dependent coexistence. Instead, life-history trade-offs suf ...
... Our study of fluctuation-independent coexistence reproduces the classic requirement of a predation-competition trade-off, but it is exhibited here in a particularly precise and intuitive form. This trade-off is not necessary for fluctuation-dependent coexistence. Instead, life-history trade-offs suf ...
Hierarchical organization of a Sardinian sand dune plant
... & Bertness, 2007; Angelini et al., 2011). While this model of community organization appears to be widespread (Bruno & Bertness, 2001), most evidence for hierarchical organization is anecdotal or correlative with few explicit experimental tests (for exceptions see Altieri, Silliman & Bertness (2007) ...
... & Bertness, 2007; Angelini et al., 2011). While this model of community organization appears to be widespread (Bruno & Bertness, 2001), most evidence for hierarchical organization is anecdotal or correlative with few explicit experimental tests (for exceptions see Altieri, Silliman & Bertness (2007) ...
PAI EO - Cornell College
... taxonomic scale should also be carefully considered. It is extremely unlikely that any two fossil assemblages, like any two modern communities, will ever be exactly the same, hence we must decide how much paleoecologic variability to include under the aegis of coordinated stasis. Based on the Appala ...
... taxonomic scale should also be carefully considered. It is extremely unlikely that any two fossil assemblages, like any two modern communities, will ever be exactly the same, hence we must decide how much paleoecologic variability to include under the aegis of coordinated stasis. Based on the Appala ...
Succession
... destroys an area and the plants and animals begin to reestablish themselves in the area that was burned. ____________________________________ occurs when farmland is abandoned. When the field is no longer cultivated, _____________________ and ____________ grow rapidly and produce many seeds to cov ...
... destroys an area and the plants and animals begin to reestablish themselves in the area that was burned. ____________________________________ occurs when farmland is abandoned. When the field is no longer cultivated, _____________________ and ____________ grow rapidly and produce many seeds to cov ...
What Do We Mean When We Talk About Ecological Restoration?
... examining the opposites to different definitions of natural (Vogel 2002). If the opposite of natural is “supernatural,” then we see natural as something produced by, or existing in, a condition that developed by way of physical and biological processes that typically operate in our universe—processe ...
... examining the opposites to different definitions of natural (Vogel 2002). If the opposite of natural is “supernatural,” then we see natural as something produced by, or existing in, a condition that developed by way of physical and biological processes that typically operate in our universe—processe ...
fact sheet - Zoos Victoria
... Eastern Barred Bandicoots are amazing mothers. They are pregnant for just 12.5 days, and give birth to joeys which climb into their mother’s backwards facing pouch. The pouch faces backwards to make sure the joeys are protected from dirt while their mothers forage and dig in the grasslands looking f ...
... Eastern Barred Bandicoots are amazing mothers. They are pregnant for just 12.5 days, and give birth to joeys which climb into their mother’s backwards facing pouch. The pouch faces backwards to make sure the joeys are protected from dirt while their mothers forage and dig in the grasslands looking f ...
Protocol on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological and
... biological and landscape diversity of the Carpathians into sectoral policies 1. The Parties shall take into consideration the objectives of this Protocol in their other policies, in particular on spatial planning and land resources management, water and river basin management, agriculture and forest ...
... biological and landscape diversity of the Carpathians into sectoral policies 1. The Parties shall take into consideration the objectives of this Protocol in their other policies, in particular on spatial planning and land resources management, water and river basin management, agriculture and forest ...
Plant responses to livestock grazing frequency in an Australian
... response of plant species is necessary. We explored the response of plant species and plant functional groups to grazing in temperate grassland of the Monaro Tablelands of south-east Australia by comparing species abundance in adjacent areas that differed in livestock grazing regime (minimal, infreq ...
... response of plant species is necessary. We explored the response of plant species and plant functional groups to grazing in temperate grassland of the Monaro Tablelands of south-east Australia by comparing species abundance in adjacent areas that differed in livestock grazing regime (minimal, infreq ...
Ondatra zibethicus
... In 1987 the International Organisation for Standardization ISO through its Technical Committee TC 191 (where FACE has an observer status) started working to agree acceptable trapping standards from a point of view of animal welfare. Although good progress was made, the process did not manage to esta ...
... In 1987 the International Organisation for Standardization ISO through its Technical Committee TC 191 (where FACE has an observer status) started working to agree acceptable trapping standards from a point of view of animal welfare. Although good progress was made, the process did not manage to esta ...
Network ecology: topological constraints on ecosystem dynamics
... are still interested in a single or two abiotic factors affecting an organism, in one or two species, in a couple of functional groups or in a single ecosystem. Only global ecologists do not have to be blamed for this, since the number of known blue planets is exactly one. The new hope for populariz ...
... are still interested in a single or two abiotic factors affecting an organism, in one or two species, in a couple of functional groups or in a single ecosystem. Only global ecologists do not have to be blamed for this, since the number of known blue planets is exactly one. The new hope for populariz ...
REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF GREAT EGRETS (Ardea
... data regarding such basic breeding information as date of nest initiation, clutch size, nest success and turnover, number of hatchlings and fledglings per nest (Pratt 1970), particularly so for GREGs. Measurements of breeding productivity allow assessment of population stability and comparisons with ...
... data regarding such basic breeding information as date of nest initiation, clutch size, nest success and turnover, number of hatchlings and fledglings per nest (Pratt 1970), particularly so for GREGs. Measurements of breeding productivity allow assessment of population stability and comparisons with ...
Advancing the science of microbial symbiosis to
... The endophytic habit is described as the internal colonization of a plant by a microbe. There are several variations to this endophytic life style. For example, endophytic microbes are often restricted to particular organs, usually roots, stems, or leaves. Some endophytes occupy only above-ground pl ...
... The endophytic habit is described as the internal colonization of a plant by a microbe. There are several variations to this endophytic life style. For example, endophytic microbes are often restricted to particular organs, usually roots, stems, or leaves. Some endophytes occupy only above-ground pl ...
Demographic controls of aboveground forest biomass across North
... Variation in community-level growth or mortality can arise through different combinations of species and spatial effects on demographic performance. We distinguish four cases, depicted conceptually in Fig. 2. In the first case, we expect that species performance does not change across clusters, and ...
... Variation in community-level growth or mortality can arise through different combinations of species and spatial effects on demographic performance. We distinguish four cases, depicted conceptually in Fig. 2. In the first case, we expect that species performance does not change across clusters, and ...
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.