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Physiological Ecology of Rocky Intertidal Organisms: A Synergy of Concepts L T *
... Hofmann, 2001; Tomanek, this volume). These studies have shown that patterns in the temperatures of intertidal organisms are often highly complex, and that often variability over spatial scales of meters can exceed those observed over a latitudinal gradient (Helmuth, this volume). Importantly, becau ...
... Hofmann, 2001; Tomanek, this volume). These studies have shown that patterns in the temperatures of intertidal organisms are often highly complex, and that often variability over spatial scales of meters can exceed those observed over a latitudinal gradient (Helmuth, this volume). Importantly, becau ...
Durham Research Online
... archaeological techniques for investigating diets, this is likely to be a ‘growth area’ in future hominin-cercopithecid comparisons. Discoveries of new fossils to add to the human evolutionary tree have meant that increasing numbers of hominin species are recognized. Since 1994, fossil discoveries h ...
... archaeological techniques for investigating diets, this is likely to be a ‘growth area’ in future hominin-cercopithecid comparisons. Discoveries of new fossils to add to the human evolutionary tree have meant that increasing numbers of hominin species are recognized. Since 1994, fossil discoveries h ...
Parallel ecological networks in ecosystems
... and studied from a network perspective, ‘pushing’ conservation-oriented research often towards a speciescentred approach (in which all such interactions are included for a particular species). However, in such species-centred research, the operation of the key indirect effects among species that cha ...
... and studied from a network perspective, ‘pushing’ conservation-oriented research often towards a speciescentred approach (in which all such interactions are included for a particular species). However, in such species-centred research, the operation of the key indirect effects among species that cha ...
The Biology of Chameleons
... speeds about 10 times slower than those of other lizards. The slow locomotion of chameleons is a result of the contractile capacities of the locomotor muscles, changes in limb posture that allows them to move effectively on narrow substrates, and a lower overall muscle mass. In contrast to the limb ...
... speeds about 10 times slower than those of other lizards. The slow locomotion of chameleons is a result of the contractile capacities of the locomotor muscles, changes in limb posture that allows them to move effectively on narrow substrates, and a lower overall muscle mass. In contrast to the limb ...
Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and
... in old-growth forests (eg large diameter trees, accumulated woody debris; Franklin and Spies 1991) are inapplicable to grasslands. Frequent fires and herbivory are essential to the persistence of most old-growth grasslands, especially where precipitation and soil nutrient availability are sufficient ...
... in old-growth forests (eg large diameter trees, accumulated woody debris; Franklin and Spies 1991) are inapplicable to grasslands. Frequent fires and herbivory are essential to the persistence of most old-growth grasslands, especially where precipitation and soil nutrient availability are sufficient ...
Relationships between soil fungal and woody plant assemblages
... and Tedersoo et al. (2014, 2015) found that diversities of plants were more strongly correlated with those of fungal biotrophs, such as mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi, than with those of saprotrophic fungi in examined ecosystems. Taken together, the lack of resemblance of plant and microbial diver ...
... and Tedersoo et al. (2014, 2015) found that diversities of plants were more strongly correlated with those of fungal biotrophs, such as mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi, than with those of saprotrophic fungi in examined ecosystems. Taken together, the lack of resemblance of plant and microbial diver ...
english contents - The Field Museum
... is to interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Our programs work with citizen scientists, government and nongovernment agencies across North America and beyond. We believe that bird enthusiasts of all ages and skill le ...
... is to interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Our programs work with citizen scientists, government and nongovernment agencies across North America and beyond. We believe that bird enthusiasts of all ages and skill le ...
DRAFT URBAN ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY The
... This is the City of Melbourne’s first Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy and is a companion document to the Urban Forest Strategy. It is the product of a collaborative process, developed with information, ideas and advice provided by a large number of stakeholders including local academics, int ...
... This is the City of Melbourne’s first Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy and is a companion document to the Urban Forest Strategy. It is the product of a collaborative process, developed with information, ideas and advice provided by a large number of stakeholders including local academics, int ...
- Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling
... known about how to classify, organize and quantify these other ecological networks and their mutual interplay. The aim of this paper is to provide new and testable ideas on how to understand and model ecosystems in which many different types of ecological interaction operate simultaneously. We appro ...
... known about how to classify, organize and quantify these other ecological networks and their mutual interplay. The aim of this paper is to provide new and testable ideas on how to understand and model ecosystems in which many different types of ecological interaction operate simultaneously. We appro ...
生態學 - 國立臺南大學
... • Michael Begon is Professor of Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Liverpool. He has authored several books in addition to Ecology and around 150 research articles. His current research interests are focused on the population ecology of pathogens in wildlife population ...
... • Michael Begon is Professor of Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Liverpool. He has authored several books in addition to Ecology and around 150 research articles. His current research interests are focused on the population ecology of pathogens in wildlife population ...
Ecological processes responsible for species co
... Interspecific competition seems to be widespread throughout the genus. Much of the interest in interactions between species within the Plethodon genus began with work by Highton (1962, 1972), who described the distributions of terrestrial salamanders in the eastern United States. These studies show ...
... Interspecific competition seems to be widespread throughout the genus. Much of the interest in interactions between species within the Plethodon genus began with work by Highton (1962, 1972), who described the distributions of terrestrial salamanders in the eastern United States. These studies show ...
Changes of diet and dominant intestinal microbes in farmland frogs
... establish a selective environment to prevent emerging pathogens from building up a necessary population size to cause disease. The native microbes can prevent other similar taxa for colonization by high density blocking, and this effect is like the “founder-takes-all” effect of the field of populati ...
... establish a selective environment to prevent emerging pathogens from building up a necessary population size to cause disease. The native microbes can prevent other similar taxa for colonization by high density blocking, and this effect is like the “founder-takes-all” effect of the field of populati ...
Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions
... the degree to which an ecosystem function can resist or recover rapidly from environmental perturbations, thereby maintaining function above a socially acceptable level. Resistance/recovery: In the context used here these refer to the tendency of ecosystem function provision to remain stable in the ...
... the degree to which an ecosystem function can resist or recover rapidly from environmental perturbations, thereby maintaining function above a socially acceptable level. Resistance/recovery: In the context used here these refer to the tendency of ecosystem function provision to remain stable in the ...
Plant-animal interactions in rainforest
... tropical Australian rainforests - is also an important and wide-ranging seed-disperser. Its local extinction would greatly reduce the dispersal of many large-seeded rainforest plants. However, the cassowary and other fruit-eating birds are also responsible for the spread of many fleshy-fruited weeds ...
... tropical Australian rainforests - is also an important and wide-ranging seed-disperser. Its local extinction would greatly reduce the dispersal of many large-seeded rainforest plants. However, the cassowary and other fruit-eating birds are also responsible for the spread of many fleshy-fruited weeds ...
2.86 MB - Participate Melbourne
... This is the City of Melbourne’s first Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy and is a companion document to the Urban Forest Strategy. It is the product of a collaborative process, developed with information, ideas and advice provided by a large number of stakeholders including local academics, int ...
... This is the City of Melbourne’s first Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy and is a companion document to the Urban Forest Strategy. It is the product of a collaborative process, developed with information, ideas and advice provided by a large number of stakeholders including local academics, int ...
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa - CITA-A
... Oceanic islands have long been used as model systems for research in biogeography, ecology, evolution, and conservation. Islands were crucial for the formulation of Charles Darwin’s and Alfred Russel Wallace’s evolutionary theory, and the dynamic theory of island biogeography developed by MacArthur ...
... Oceanic islands have long been used as model systems for research in biogeography, ecology, evolution, and conservation. Islands were crucial for the formulation of Charles Darwin’s and Alfred Russel Wallace’s evolutionary theory, and the dynamic theory of island biogeography developed by MacArthur ...
When is a trophic cascade a trophic cascade?
... greater in low diversity systems. However, in many cases, researchers did not provide a mechanism for these effects. Recent theoretical work suggests that complex systems are more stable than less diverse systems19,20. One reason might be that high diversity systems have significantly more redundanc ...
... greater in low diversity systems. However, in many cases, researchers did not provide a mechanism for these effects. Recent theoretical work suggests that complex systems are more stable than less diverse systems19,20. One reason might be that high diversity systems have significantly more redundanc ...
Sympatric Speciation in Insects
... show preference for different habitats or resources has been considered the most likely route to sympatric speciation.” This is true from the theoretical point of view. Models derived from Maynard Smith (1966), Seger (1985a), including Kawecki’s own model, and Doebeli (1996a), for example, consider ...
... show preference for different habitats or resources has been considered the most likely route to sympatric speciation.” This is true from the theoretical point of view. Models derived from Maynard Smith (1966), Seger (1985a), including Kawecki’s own model, and Doebeli (1996a), for example, consider ...
pdf document, 1.67 mb - Society for Tropical Ecology
... The overarching theme of our conference is “Tropical organisms and ecosystems in a changing world”. This title emphasizes two challenges our planet is facing. As widely summarized under the heading “Global Change”, life conditions on Earth are being altered at an unprecedented rate, for example with ...
... The overarching theme of our conference is “Tropical organisms and ecosystems in a changing world”. This title emphasizes two challenges our planet is facing. As widely summarized under the heading “Global Change”, life conditions on Earth are being altered at an unprecedented rate, for example with ...
CBD Fourth National Report - Botswana (English version)
... PROGRESS TOWARDS 2010 NATIONAL TARGETS .......................................................................... 80 4.1.1 Indicators to measure progress........................................................................................................... 80 ...
... PROGRESS TOWARDS 2010 NATIONAL TARGETS .......................................................................... 80 4.1.1 Indicators to measure progress........................................................................................................... 80 ...