The Effects of Spatial Scale on Trophic Interactions
... of the area that is covered by the consumer when searching for resources (Milne 1992). Logically, the observational grain of a consumer is finer than the extent of its habitat. Hence, the grain and extent define the lower and upper limits of a spatial scale range along which a consumer exploits the ...
... of the area that is covered by the consumer when searching for resources (Milne 1992). Logically, the observational grain of a consumer is finer than the extent of its habitat. Hence, the grain and extent define the lower and upper limits of a spatial scale range along which a consumer exploits the ...
Biological structure of nearshore rocky subtidal habitats in southern
... Descriptions of the distribution and abundance patterns of organisms in subtidal communities play an important role in understanding the organisation of nearshore marine ecosystems. As more hard shore communities are described from different areas of the world, few general patterns of community stru ...
... Descriptions of the distribution and abundance patterns of organisms in subtidal communities play an important role in understanding the organisation of nearshore marine ecosystems. As more hard shore communities are described from different areas of the world, few general patterns of community stru ...
Pyrodiversity vs Biodiversity
... shift from simply creating a diversity of fire ages in landscapes to a strategic focus that seeks to ensure an optimum mix of ageclasses at the regional scale. Researchers from the team are currently working on tools that can help determine this optimal ...
... shift from simply creating a diversity of fire ages in landscapes to a strategic focus that seeks to ensure an optimum mix of ageclasses at the regional scale. Researchers from the team are currently working on tools that can help determine this optimal ...
1. UNDERSTANDING PONDS - Freshwater Habitats Trust
... are pond specialists, and use these small waterbodies as their main breeding habitat. One of our native reptiles, the grass snake, also loves ponds, mainly because frogs and sometimes fish are amongst its favourite foods. Adult amphibians spend most of their time on land, but many individuals remain ...
... are pond specialists, and use these small waterbodies as their main breeding habitat. One of our native reptiles, the grass snake, also loves ponds, mainly because frogs and sometimes fish are amongst its favourite foods. Adult amphibians spend most of their time on land, but many individuals remain ...
what is needed to protect the caloosahatchee?
... While this document is not all inclusive, it does provide information on some key indicators and highlights management needs. This current draft compendium focuses on recommendations in the literature below that spoke about salinity and flow for these indicators. However, there are many other aspect ...
... While this document is not all inclusive, it does provide information on some key indicators and highlights management needs. This current draft compendium focuses on recommendations in the literature below that spoke about salinity and flow for these indicators. However, there are many other aspect ...
American Black Bear Conservation Action Plan
... The American black bear historically occupied most forested regions of North America (Hall 1981) (Figure 8.1). The present distribution of the species is primarily restricted to less settled, forested regions (Pelton 1982) (Figure 8.1). Based on 1993 survey responses from each province in Canada, bl ...
... The American black bear historically occupied most forested regions of North America (Hall 1981) (Figure 8.1). The present distribution of the species is primarily restricted to less settled, forested regions (Pelton 1982) (Figure 8.1). Based on 1993 survey responses from each province in Canada, bl ...
Extinction thresholds: insights from simple models
... different version of Eq. 5 which included territoriality and life history. His model was applied to the case of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). Equation 5 is a very crude description of a real situation, and colonization and extinction rates may be difficult to estimate. But n ...
... different version of Eq. 5 which included territoriality and life history. His model was applied to the case of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). Equation 5 is a very crude description of a real situation, and colonization and extinction rates may be difficult to estimate. But n ...
Ocean waves, nearshore ecology, and natural selection
... Although they are subjected to one of the most stressful physical environments on earth, wave-swept rocky shores support a highly diverse community of plants and animals. The surprising presence of such diversity amidst severe environmental adversity provides a unique opportunity for exploration of ...
... Although they are subjected to one of the most stressful physical environments on earth, wave-swept rocky shores support a highly diverse community of plants and animals. The surprising presence of such diversity amidst severe environmental adversity provides a unique opportunity for exploration of ...
Gas exchange and habitat selection in the aquatic salamanders
... gas exchangers when the water PO2 was critically low was assessed by lowering the PO2 while allowing the animals access to air. One to three salamanders were placed in the respiration chamber and the input PO2 was lowered to <2 mmHg by using Nz as the gas source in the water equilibration system. Th ...
... gas exchangers when the water PO2 was critically low was assessed by lowering the PO2 while allowing the animals access to air. One to three salamanders were placed in the respiration chamber and the input PO2 was lowered to <2 mmHg by using Nz as the gas source in the water equilibration system. Th ...
why the world is green, the waters are blue and food webs in small
... inhibit herbivores, and render the plant biomass relatively unavailable, and (3) different controls operate in regions of different productivity. Aquatic systems, especially those of plankton, tend to have much less plant biomass than terrestrial systems, and generally a much higher proportion of th ...
... inhibit herbivores, and render the plant biomass relatively unavailable, and (3) different controls operate in regions of different productivity. Aquatic systems, especially those of plankton, tend to have much less plant biomass than terrestrial systems, and generally a much higher proportion of th ...
current research, monitoring, and education
... Investigators at three U.S. east coast sites where ichthyoplankton (larval fish) have been regularly collected for at least 25 years are working together with state and regional fishery management groups to make those long-term data available for use in managing fisheries species stocks. The North I ...
... Investigators at three U.S. east coast sites where ichthyoplankton (larval fish) have been regularly collected for at least 25 years are working together with state and regional fishery management groups to make those long-term data available for use in managing fisheries species stocks. The North I ...
PRESS RELEASE: Fish and Wildlife Service October 9, 2007
... The giant Palouse earthworm may grow up to 3 feet or more in length and a half inch in diameter, is white to light pink in color, and is said to emit a lily-like fragrance when handled. Giant Palouse earthworms inhabit permanent or semi-permanent vertical burrows and emerge at night to feed on relat ...
... The giant Palouse earthworm may grow up to 3 feet or more in length and a half inch in diameter, is white to light pink in color, and is said to emit a lily-like fragrance when handled. Giant Palouse earthworms inhabit permanent or semi-permanent vertical burrows and emerge at night to feed on relat ...
grade 12 life sciences learner notes
... There are two types of pollination: Self-pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to a receptive stigma of the same flower or the receptive stigma of a flower on the same parent plant. Cross-pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one plant to the receptive stigma o ...
... There are two types of pollination: Self-pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to a receptive stigma of the same flower or the receptive stigma of a flower on the same parent plant. Cross-pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one plant to the receptive stigma o ...
Singlespecies metapopulation dynamics
... argument for the pool frog Ram lessonae studied on its northern distribution limit. Another example of the effect of habitat patch isolation on metapopulation persistence is the frequent absence of Daphnia waterfleas from islands with only few and isolated rock pools (Hanski & Ranta, 1983; Bergtsson ...
... argument for the pool frog Ram lessonae studied on its northern distribution limit. Another example of the effect of habitat patch isolation on metapopulation persistence is the frequent absence of Daphnia waterfleas from islands with only few and isolated rock pools (Hanski & Ranta, 1983; Bergtsson ...
Status of the Nemertea as predators in marine ecosystems
... The ecology of nemertean predators in marine ecosystems is reviewed. Nemerteans occur in most marine environments although usually in low abundances. Some species, particularly in intertidal habitats, may reach locally high densities. During specific time periods appropriate for hunting, nemerteans ...
... The ecology of nemertean predators in marine ecosystems is reviewed. Nemerteans occur in most marine environments although usually in low abundances. Some species, particularly in intertidal habitats, may reach locally high densities. During specific time periods appropriate for hunting, nemerteans ...
Passerine Relationships with Habitat Heterogeneity and Grazing at Multiple Scales
... park has resulted in an increasingly homogenized landscape, which may result in exclusion of some grassland bird species due to the loss of appropriate habitat. In 2008, I conducted avian and habitat surveys within nine ungrazed and four conventionally grazed 300-ha pastures, each containing 10 plot ...
... park has resulted in an increasingly homogenized landscape, which may result in exclusion of some grassland bird species due to the loss of appropriate habitat. In 2008, I conducted avian and habitat surveys within nine ungrazed and four conventionally grazed 300-ha pastures, each containing 10 plot ...
Growth Rings in the Roots of Temperate Forbs are Robust Annual
... plant age, such anatomical responses would blur the presence of ring width signals preserved in specific calendar years that were characterized by particularly good or bad growth conditions (Dietz and von Arx, 2005) by shifting the reading frame of the chronologies. Since short-lived forb species ar ...
... plant age, such anatomical responses would blur the presence of ring width signals preserved in specific calendar years that were characterized by particularly good or bad growth conditions (Dietz and von Arx, 2005) by shifting the reading frame of the chronologies. Since short-lived forb species ar ...
Homogenization, Differentiation, and the Widespread Alteration of
... been examined at a variety of spatial scales across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia (Table 1). Overall, homogenization is a more common phenomenon than differentiation (Figure 2). A high degree of homogenization was reported among six zoogeographic provinces in California where the ...
... been examined at a variety of spatial scales across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia (Table 1). Overall, homogenization is a more common phenomenon than differentiation (Figure 2). A high degree of homogenization was reported among six zoogeographic provinces in California where the ...
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... further evaluation would involve little more than a costbenefit analysis of all the methods that actually succeeded in detecting some measurable biological response (i.e. that rejected the first null hypothesis). Evaluation of a technique should, however, also depend on the remaining 2 areas - INTER ...
... further evaluation would involve little more than a costbenefit analysis of all the methods that actually succeeded in detecting some measurable biological response (i.e. that rejected the first null hypothesis). Evaluation of a technique should, however, also depend on the remaining 2 areas - INTER ...
Camera trap assessment of the mammalian assemblages within the
... Understanding a species’ ecology and life history is now more important than ever before. As human population increases, destruction and conversion of habitat for human use increases all over the world, and understanding how animals move through and occupy their environment is extremely important. T ...
... Understanding a species’ ecology and life history is now more important than ever before. As human population increases, destruction and conversion of habitat for human use increases all over the world, and understanding how animals move through and occupy their environment is extremely important. T ...
Factors affecting food preference in a widespread intertidal isopod
... An additional interesting aspect appears in species with a broad distribution both in time and space. Species that can be collected from several species of macroalgae and over a range of tidal heights are common among intertidal grazers inhabiting macroalgae (hereafter, mesoherbivores) (see Arrontes ...
... An additional interesting aspect appears in species with a broad distribution both in time and space. Species that can be collected from several species of macroalgae and over a range of tidal heights are common among intertidal grazers inhabiting macroalgae (hereafter, mesoherbivores) (see Arrontes ...
The short-term effect of sheep grazing on invertebrates
... summer, with some 2.2 million sheep grazing freely on outlying pastures (Drabløs 1997). Most of them are grazing in the alpine zone, but apart from some studies grazing effects on plants (Wielgolaski 1975a, Wielgolaski 1975b, Wielgolaski 1976, review in Austrheim and Eriksson 2001), we have limited ...
... summer, with some 2.2 million sheep grazing freely on outlying pastures (Drabløs 1997). Most of them are grazing in the alpine zone, but apart from some studies grazing effects on plants (Wielgolaski 1975a, Wielgolaski 1975b, Wielgolaski 1976, review in Austrheim and Eriksson 2001), we have limited ...
The Riparian Buffer as a Stormwater Best Management Practice
... (feeding habitat distance from water) Buffer widths serve a variety of functions, “including streambank stabilization; erosion control; providing organic matter critical for aquatic organisms; serving as nutrient sinks for the surrounding watershed; water temperature control through shading; reducin ...
... (feeding habitat distance from water) Buffer widths serve a variety of functions, “including streambank stabilization; erosion control; providing organic matter critical for aquatic organisms; serving as nutrient sinks for the surrounding watershed; water temperature control through shading; reducin ...
Time course of plant diversity effects on
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CALIFORNIA`S DESERTS, PART 1: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
... of California that comprise the state’s arid transmontane deserts, a region often overshadowed (if not also rainshadowed) by the California Floristic Province, yet of equal significance and appeal to botanists. The California desert, as defined by The Jepson Desert Manual (Baldwin et al. 2002), comp ...
... of California that comprise the state’s arid transmontane deserts, a region often overshadowed (if not also rainshadowed) by the California Floristic Province, yet of equal significance and appeal to botanists. The California desert, as defined by The Jepson Desert Manual (Baldwin et al. 2002), comp ...
Habitat
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A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by human, a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism.A place where a living thing lives is its habitat. It is a place where it can find food, shelter, protection and mates for reproduction. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic area—for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host, part of the host's body such as the digestive tract, or a cell within the host's body.