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... there has been a renewed interest in and understanding of indirect interactions and their importance in the ecology of complex assemblages (reviewed by Menge, 1997). This was, of course, an older tradition dating back to Darwin’s ‘‘web of complex ‘interactions’ ’’ (Darwin, 1859). It generated some a ...
... there has been a renewed interest in and understanding of indirect interactions and their importance in the ecology of complex assemblages (reviewed by Menge, 1997). This was, of course, an older tradition dating back to Darwin’s ‘‘web of complex ‘interactions’ ’’ (Darwin, 1859). It generated some a ...
Sander vitreus
... spring when water temperatures rise above 5°C after a potentially extensive migration to the spawning location. Spawning takes place in relatively shallow water along rocky shorelines of lakes or cobble river beds. The eggs are released in batches of 200-300 at a time as often as every five minutes. ...
... spring when water temperatures rise above 5°C after a potentially extensive migration to the spawning location. Spawning takes place in relatively shallow water along rocky shorelines of lakes or cobble river beds. The eggs are released in batches of 200-300 at a time as often as every five minutes. ...
Root competition can cause a decline in diversity with increased
... separate plots, one for each species. To characterize the community with no competition, each species was grown in monoculture, in a plot in which roots from outside the plot were excluded by trenching and shoots from outside the plot were held back with nets (Fig. 1, left). In the community with on ...
... separate plots, one for each species. To characterize the community with no competition, each species was grown in monoculture, in a plot in which roots from outside the plot were excluded by trenching and shoots from outside the plot were held back with nets (Fig. 1, left). In the community with on ...
doc - ChinCare.com
... see elusive endangered chinchillas up close and personal. So, I sit and wait for nightfall. Tonight seems like all other nights out in the mountains—cold, very dark and peaceful. The first two animals I see are European rabbits, an exotic species that causes many problems in this area. At 9:40, a ru ...
... see elusive endangered chinchillas up close and personal. So, I sit and wait for nightfall. Tonight seems like all other nights out in the mountains—cold, very dark and peaceful. The first two animals I see are European rabbits, an exotic species that causes many problems in this area. At 9:40, a ru ...
Deterministic and stochastic forces in community ecology:
... found that functionally equivalent species were better able to persist when the metacommunity was limited to a small number of functional groups or under extreme propagule limitation. However, with increasing functional diversity in the metacommunity, neutral species were excluded at a rate signific ...
... found that functionally equivalent species were better able to persist when the metacommunity was limited to a small number of functional groups or under extreme propagule limitation. However, with increasing functional diversity in the metacommunity, neutral species were excluded at a rate signific ...
Ocinebrellus inornatus_Duckwall_2009
... Like many other oyster drills Ocinebrellus inornatus does not have a high tolerance for low salinity and are uncommon in areas with high freshwater input. It is believed that oysters may have evolved a tolerance for lower salinity in response to predation by oyster drills. ...
... Like many other oyster drills Ocinebrellus inornatus does not have a high tolerance for low salinity and are uncommon in areas with high freshwater input. It is believed that oysters may have evolved a tolerance for lower salinity in response to predation by oyster drills. ...
science advice from the risk assessment of the invasive bloody red
... Canada, focusing on two geographic areas: the Great Lakes and Ontario inland lakes. H. anomala presents a moderate to high risk to the Great Lakes. Persistence over multiple years at some sites suggests it can survive, is established and has already spread within the Great Lakes to lakes Michigan, E ...
... Canada, focusing on two geographic areas: the Great Lakes and Ontario inland lakes. H. anomala presents a moderate to high risk to the Great Lakes. Persistence over multiple years at some sites suggests it can survive, is established and has already spread within the Great Lakes to lakes Michigan, E ...
Competitive abilities of introduced and native grasses
... petitive effects of Agropyron-dominated vegetation and successional prairie. We also tested whether the outcome of competitive interactions varied with water availability. In each vegetation type. transplants of each species were grown under two levels of competition (presence or absence of neighbor ...
... petitive effects of Agropyron-dominated vegetation and successional prairie. We also tested whether the outcome of competitive interactions varied with water availability. In each vegetation type. transplants of each species were grown under two levels of competition (presence or absence of neighbor ...
lesson 1: explore the ecosystem
... components of a geographic area. All biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components of an ecosystem impact every other factor either directly or indirectly. Changing climate will affect the plants that are able to survive in a specific ecosystem, which will in turn affect the animals that depen ...
... components of a geographic area. All biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components of an ecosystem impact every other factor either directly or indirectly. Changing climate will affect the plants that are able to survive in a specific ecosystem, which will in turn affect the animals that depen ...
Camera trap assessment of the mammalian assemblages within the
... CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW GENERAL BACKGROUND 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 m ...
... CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW GENERAL BACKGROUND 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 m ...
Foliar elemental composition of European forest tree species
... (Sardans et al., 2012b). We thus hypothesized that the deposition of atmospheric N has become another factor that can affect foliar elemental composition in European forests due to the flexibility of different species to cope with new environmental conditions. Moreover, different elemental compositi ...
... (Sardans et al., 2012b). We thus hypothesized that the deposition of atmospheric N has become another factor that can affect foliar elemental composition in European forests due to the flexibility of different species to cope with new environmental conditions. Moreover, different elemental compositi ...
Interspecific interaction strength influences population density more
... sampled from a uniform distribution between 5 and 10. The equilibrium abundance of each species was then used to infer the effects of metrics of interaction on population density within a network. Cycling and vanishing populations may occur in our results, but our additional analyses indicated that ...
... sampled from a uniform distribution between 5 and 10. The equilibrium abundance of each species was then used to infer the effects of metrics of interaction on population density within a network. Cycling and vanishing populations may occur in our results, but our additional analyses indicated that ...
Biotic and abiotic factors constraining the distribution and
... axes. Pelliciera rhizophorae is a Neotropical mangrove with a narrow geographical range, specialized habitat, and generally sparse local abundance. I chose to study this species because it is an example of the rarest of the rare, and before I started this work, very little was known about the curren ...
... axes. Pelliciera rhizophorae is a Neotropical mangrove with a narrow geographical range, specialized habitat, and generally sparse local abundance. I chose to study this species because it is an example of the rarest of the rare, and before I started this work, very little was known about the curren ...
Yellow Starthistle Management with Grazing, Mowing, and
... plants is most appropriate. It is best to avoid thinking in "magic bullet" terms, i.e., one species does it all (or even a mixture) and expect that some form of ongoing management will be a necessary part of any program. In choosing plants, be careful to select species that will not spread and becom ...
... plants is most appropriate. It is best to avoid thinking in "magic bullet" terms, i.e., one species does it all (or even a mixture) and expect that some form of ongoing management will be a necessary part of any program. In choosing plants, be careful to select species that will not spread and becom ...
Introduced tree species in European forests: opportunities and
... species growing in open and light habitats, often cultivated and considered as invasive in many countries (Cierjacks et al. 2013). Its native range is the south-eastern part of North America where it occurs in two separate areas: an eastern population centred around the Appalachian Mountains ranging ...
... species growing in open and light habitats, often cultivated and considered as invasive in many countries (Cierjacks et al. 2013). Its native range is the south-eastern part of North America where it occurs in two separate areas: an eastern population centred around the Appalachian Mountains ranging ...
Moment Approximations of Individual-based Models
... some point in time t are given by a function pi (x), and these are collected into a vector of density functions p(x) = ( p1 (x), p2 (x), . . . ) to give what we call the spatial pattern of the community. If individuals are not located at random in the plane (i.e., if their pattern is not described b ...
... some point in time t are given by a function pi (x), and these are collected into a vector of density functions p(x) = ( p1 (x), p2 (x), . . . ) to give what we call the spatial pattern of the community. If individuals are not located at random in the plane (i.e., if their pattern is not described b ...
Phytobenthic communities in the Baltic Sea succession
... biota. Succession in small patches of primary free space in otherwise undisturbed areas is likely highly influenced by the proximity to neighbours. ...
... biota. Succession in small patches of primary free space in otherwise undisturbed areas is likely highly influenced by the proximity to neighbours. ...
CONTENTS - Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
... programme on biodiversity science. The overall aim of the GISP programme is to assemble the best available data on the background of the invasive alien species problem and the components of an effective solution, then produce a set of tools to help all nations meet their alien species challenges. Th ...
... programme on biodiversity science. The overall aim of the GISP programme is to assemble the best available data on the background of the invasive alien species problem and the components of an effective solution, then produce a set of tools to help all nations meet their alien species challenges. Th ...
Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – March 26, 2008
... Therefore, continuous lighting from a bright source will prevent reproduction. Likewise, lighting that eliminates dusk can also interrupt mating. It is also important to note that larvae drop to the ground and use grains of sand and possibly soil debris to form cocoons. If the larvae fall on plastic ...
... Therefore, continuous lighting from a bright source will prevent reproduction. Likewise, lighting that eliminates dusk can also interrupt mating. It is also important to note that larvae drop to the ground and use grains of sand and possibly soil debris to form cocoons. If the larvae fall on plastic ...
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... The relationship between dung pad size and both adult colonisation and larval development was investigated in an assemblage of north temperate dung beetles (Geotrupes, Aphodius and Sphaeridium) using both dung pads and baited pitfall traps. Dung pad samples revealed a positive relationship between p ...
... The relationship between dung pad size and both adult colonisation and larval development was investigated in an assemblage of north temperate dung beetles (Geotrupes, Aphodius and Sphaeridium) using both dung pads and baited pitfall traps. Dung pad samples revealed a positive relationship between p ...
A Toolkit of Best Prevention - Invasive Species Specialist Group
... The toolkit was designed and partially drafted at an international workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, 22-27 March 1999, in conjunction with the GISP Early Warning component. The participants of the workshop are listed in the opening pages. Working from this excellent beginning, Rüdiger Wittenberg and Ma ...
... The toolkit was designed and partially drafted at an international workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, 22-27 March 1999, in conjunction with the GISP Early Warning component. The participants of the workshop are listed in the opening pages. Working from this excellent beginning, Rüdiger Wittenberg and Ma ...
A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices
... The toolkit was designed and partially drafted at an international workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, 22-27 March 1999, in conjunction with the GISP Early Warning component. The participants of the workshop are listed in the opening pages. Working from this excellent beginning, Rüdiger Wittenberg and Ma ...
... The toolkit was designed and partially drafted at an international workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, 22-27 March 1999, in conjunction with the GISP Early Warning component. The participants of the workshop are listed in the opening pages. Working from this excellent beginning, Rüdiger Wittenberg and Ma ...
ELEMENT STEWARDSHIP ABSTRACT for Dioscorea
... management is high. The potential for large-scale restoration of wildlands where D. oppositifolia has become established is probably moderate. Although there is not much conclusive evidence on how best to manage D. oppositifolia in wildlands, control efforts for this species may be similar to those ...
... management is high. The potential for large-scale restoration of wildlands where D. oppositifolia has become established is probably moderate. Although there is not much conclusive evidence on how best to manage D. oppositifolia in wildlands, control efforts for this species may be similar to those ...
From Not So Simple a Beginning
... of February to the beginning of March), and lived only on a ship. There are several species (especially those of birds) that Darwin does not describe that I do. There are two possible reasons for this, either the species were not present (migrating) during Darwin's ...
... of February to the beginning of March), and lived only on a ship. There are several species (especially those of birds) that Darwin does not describe that I do. There are two possible reasons for this, either the species were not present (migrating) during Darwin's ...
Introduced species
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An introduced, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental. Non-native species can have various effects on the local ecosystem. Introduced species that become established and spread beyond the place of introduction are called invasive species. Some have a negative effect on a local ecosystem. Some introduced species may have no negative effect or only minor impact. Some species have been introduced intentionally to combat pests. They are called biocontrols and may be regarded as beneficial as an alternative to pesticides in agriculture for example. In some instances the potential for being beneficial or detrimental in the long run remains unknown. A list of some introduced species is given in a separate article.The effects of introduced species on natural environments have gained much scrutiny from scientists, governments, farmers and others.