A conceptual model for conservation planning
... in space and time make them particularly useful for identifying when and where human uses of the landscape may compromise ecological integrity of the overall landscape (Vedder, 2000). Thus, this approach builds on other species based approaches to landscape conservation such as the focal species app ...
... in space and time make them particularly useful for identifying when and where human uses of the landscape may compromise ecological integrity of the overall landscape (Vedder, 2000). Thus, this approach builds on other species based approaches to landscape conservation such as the focal species app ...
Scale-dependent interactions and community
... the cobble beach forbs Suaeda linearis, Salicornia europaea and Limonium nashii in the lower, Spartina-dominated zone. Removal of Spartina canopy at the upper edge of the Spartina zone led to a massive emergence of forb seedlings. Moreover, transplants of Suaeda, Salicornia and Limonium grew better ...
... the cobble beach forbs Suaeda linearis, Salicornia europaea and Limonium nashii in the lower, Spartina-dominated zone. Removal of Spartina canopy at the upper edge of the Spartina zone led to a massive emergence of forb seedlings. Moreover, transplants of Suaeda, Salicornia and Limonium grew better ...
Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches
... Ecology faces challenges not shared by chemistry that complicate attempts to create similar classifications. Organisms and their habitats reveal variation across multiple dimensions and scales, are subject to stochastic influences, and contemporary observations are, to varying degrees, influenced by ...
... Ecology faces challenges not shared by chemistry that complicate attempts to create similar classifications. Organisms and their habitats reveal variation across multiple dimensions and scales, are subject to stochastic influences, and contemporary observations are, to varying degrees, influenced by ...
Adaptive Radiation: The Interaction of Ecological Opportunity
... adapted ancestral lineages. Instead, new molecular phylogenies revealed © 2010 Sinauer Associates, Inc. This material cannot be copied, reproduced, manufactured or disseminated in any form without express written permission from the publisher. ...
... adapted ancestral lineages. Instead, new molecular phylogenies revealed © 2010 Sinauer Associates, Inc. This material cannot be copied, reproduced, manufactured or disseminated in any form without express written permission from the publisher. ...
The Sustainable Biosphere Initiative: An Ecological Research
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... content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. ...
Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2
... magnitude threats, the threats have a greater likelihood of bringing about extinction or are expected to bring about extinction on a shorter timescale (once the threats are imminent) than for species with lower magnitude threats. Because we do not routinely quantify how likely or how soon extinction ...
... magnitude threats, the threats have a greater likelihood of bringing about extinction or are expected to bring about extinction on a shorter timescale (once the threats are imminent) than for species with lower magnitude threats. Because we do not routinely quantify how likely or how soon extinction ...
Representations of the ecological niche
... the structure, manageability, and maintainability of a database or other software application. Last, there is no agreement among ecologists which conditions to include and how niche data has to be obtained. There are four minor differences that may yield divergent results in specification of a parti ...
... the structure, manageability, and maintainability of a database or other software application. Last, there is no agreement among ecologists which conditions to include and how niche data has to be obtained. There are four minor differences that may yield divergent results in specification of a parti ...
ABSTRACT ROCKHILL, AIMEE PAULINE. The Ecology of Bobcats
... any other methods; mink (Mustela vison) and feral hog (Sus scrofa). Each technique produced different indices and species richness values. Our results indicate that, although camera trapping was a cost effective way to detect mammals, land managers should use a variety of monitoring techniques speci ...
... any other methods; mink (Mustela vison) and feral hog (Sus scrofa). Each technique produced different indices and species richness values. Our results indicate that, although camera trapping was a cost effective way to detect mammals, land managers should use a variety of monitoring techniques speci ...
CONSUMERS - Lubchenco/Menge Lab
... mnctional groups of consumers were defined: (I) large fishes, (2) small fishes and crabs, (3) herbivorous molluscs, and (4) predaceous gastropods. (1) and (2) included fast-moving consumers and (3) and (4) included slow-moving consumers. Experimental treatments were: no consumers deleted (all groups ...
... mnctional groups of consumers were defined: (I) large fishes, (2) small fishes and crabs, (3) herbivorous molluscs, and (4) predaceous gastropods. (1) and (2) included fast-moving consumers and (3) and (4) included slow-moving consumers. Experimental treatments were: no consumers deleted (all groups ...
University of Groningen Plasticity in daily timing of behavior van der
... temporal niche in which animals display either nocturnal or diurnal phenotypes. However, the temporal programs under natural conditions, where environmental factors are more variable and the behavioral repertoire of an animal has a wider range, are likely more complex and more plastic. A classic exa ...
... temporal niche in which animals display either nocturnal or diurnal phenotypes. However, the temporal programs under natural conditions, where environmental factors are more variable and the behavioral repertoire of an animal has a wider range, are likely more complex and more plastic. A classic exa ...
QUESTION: Review
... - Its members remain associated over space and time - The community shared similar limiting factors and evolutionary histories • Henry Gleason = maintained that each species responds independently to its own limiting factors - Species can join or leave communities without greatly altering the commun ...
... - Its members remain associated over space and time - The community shared similar limiting factors and evolutionary histories • Henry Gleason = maintained that each species responds independently to its own limiting factors - Species can join or leave communities without greatly altering the commun ...
Community structure and organization of tidepools
... demonstrated the importance of predation in regulating tidepool communities. Fairweather (1987) found that whelks introduced into shallow (1 to 4 cm deep) tidepools in New South Wales reduced the abundance of barnacles, tubeworms and limpets. Lubchenco (1978)suggested that littorinid populations in ...
... demonstrated the importance of predation in regulating tidepool communities. Fairweather (1987) found that whelks introduced into shallow (1 to 4 cm deep) tidepools in New South Wales reduced the abundance of barnacles, tubeworms and limpets. Lubchenco (1978)suggested that littorinid populations in ...
Report on identification of keystone species
... 4.3.4. Context dependency and generality of keystones identification ......................................................... 62 4.3.5. Parallel functional roles and scales: a coralligenous example. ............................................................. 63 4.3.6. Are some species keystone in ...
... 4.3.4. Context dependency and generality of keystones identification ......................................................... 62 4.3.5. Parallel functional roles and scales: a coralligenous example. ............................................................. 63 4.3.6. Are some species keystone in ...
RESEARCH REPORT DNR Fish as Indicators of Lake Habitat Quality
... 2. Eutrophication causes a variety of habitat changes due to an increase in overall biological productivity. In a chain reaction, increased phosphorus or nitrogen loading cause increases in algae and macrophyte production, decreases in dissolved oxygen content of deeper water during summer and winte ...
... 2. Eutrophication causes a variety of habitat changes due to an increase in overall biological productivity. In a chain reaction, increased phosphorus or nitrogen loading cause increases in algae and macrophyte production, decreases in dissolved oxygen content of deeper water during summer and winte ...
Impacts of Warming on the Structure and Functioning of Aquatic
... with it in its simplest forms by exploring one component at a time before attempting to consider its full range of possible effects and potential synergies with other drivers. Considerable progress has been made recently by tackling climate change in this piecemeal fashion (Ledger et al., 2012; Mint ...
... with it in its simplest forms by exploring one component at a time before attempting to consider its full range of possible effects and potential synergies with other drivers. Considerable progress has been made recently by tackling climate change in this piecemeal fashion (Ledger et al., 2012; Mint ...
14. Diversity of Life in the Coastal Bays
... habitats come together, such as water and land, or grassland and forest. The mix of these habitats is called an ecotone and typically, ecotones are home to plants and animals that are specially adapted to this mixing zone, in addition to organisms that live in each separate habitat. The rich biologi ...
... habitats come together, such as water and land, or grassland and forest. The mix of these habitats is called an ecotone and typically, ecotones are home to plants and animals that are specially adapted to this mixing zone, in addition to organisms that live in each separate habitat. The rich biologi ...
By Krystle White A Thesis
... Grassland songbird populations in North America are declining rapidly. The descending population trends have paralleled the loss of grassland habitat, which is in part due to habitat degradation from altered ecological processes such as fire suppression. On the remaining tracts of native grassland, ...
... Grassland songbird populations in North America are declining rapidly. The descending population trends have paralleled the loss of grassland habitat, which is in part due to habitat degradation from altered ecological processes such as fire suppression. On the remaining tracts of native grassland, ...
A Basis for Relative Growth Rate Differences Between Native and
... documented. However, the mechanisms allowing invasives to achieve higher RGR are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine the basis for RGR differences between native and invasive forbs that have widely invaded nutrient-poor soils of the Intermountain West. Six native and 6 in ...
... documented. However, the mechanisms allowing invasives to achieve higher RGR are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine the basis for RGR differences between native and invasive forbs that have widely invaded nutrient-poor soils of the Intermountain West. Six native and 6 in ...
Wetland paradise lost: Miocene community dynamics in large
... document this ancient biome. Its community structure dynamics and seeming stability might be explained by an extremely diversified spatio-temporal habitat structure, controlled by external factors (e.g. climate and tectonics) (Heissig, 1989; Böhme, 2003), but this has never been substantiated. Here, ...
... document this ancient biome. Its community structure dynamics and seeming stability might be explained by an extremely diversified spatio-temporal habitat structure, controlled by external factors (e.g. climate and tectonics) (Heissig, 1989; Böhme, 2003), but this has never been substantiated. Here, ...
Poster Presentations (, ~1 MB in size)
... The size and shape of vertebrae within the axial vertebral column are influenced by ecology and phylogeny, in addition to body size. Parameters such as total vertebral number, and dimensions and angles of vertebral processes have been correlated with locomotor type, performance, and axial mobility. ...
... The size and shape of vertebrae within the axial vertebral column are influenced by ecology and phylogeny, in addition to body size. Parameters such as total vertebral number, and dimensions and angles of vertebral processes have been correlated with locomotor type, performance, and axial mobility. ...
Programme and Abstracts - ta
... We will spend the whole day walking and collecting spiders in the Pavlovské vrchy Hills protected area and nearby areas. The walk will be about 6 km long. Lunch will be provided as a package. The Pavlovské vrchy Hills are located approximately 40 km south of Brno. We will go to the top of the hill, ...
... We will spend the whole day walking and collecting spiders in the Pavlovské vrchy Hills protected area and nearby areas. The walk will be about 6 km long. Lunch will be provided as a package. The Pavlovské vrchy Hills are located approximately 40 km south of Brno. We will go to the top of the hill, ...
Slide 1
... although a more in-depth analysis of groundcover composition is warranted. A virtually significant inverse relationship was found between soil nitrogen levels and buckthorn density, although it is unclear whether this relationship reflects a change effected by buckthorn or simply that buckthorn recr ...
... although a more in-depth analysis of groundcover composition is warranted. A virtually significant inverse relationship was found between soil nitrogen levels and buckthorn density, although it is unclear whether this relationship reflects a change effected by buckthorn or simply that buckthorn recr ...