Restoration of tropical dry forests in Hawaii: Can
... 16th Int’l Conference, Society for Ecological Restoration, August 24-26, Victoria, Canada ...
... 16th Int’l Conference, Society for Ecological Restoration, August 24-26, Victoria, Canada ...
Birds as marine–terrestrial linkages in sub-polar archipelagic
... To quantify the relevance of each functional group in the assemblages at 0, 150, and 300 m, the percentage of each that contributed to 90% of the abundance was determined via SIMPER (similarity percentage, software Primer 5.0, Clarke 1993) and INDVAL (Indicator Value), which determines the specifici ...
... To quantify the relevance of each functional group in the assemblages at 0, 150, and 300 m, the percentage of each that contributed to 90% of the abundance was determined via SIMPER (similarity percentage, software Primer 5.0, Clarke 1993) and INDVAL (Indicator Value), which determines the specifici ...
Dispersal in Marine Organisms without a Pelagic Larval Phase
... (down to 10 mm in length) than were the two other species of Caulerpa found in Hawaii. A management plan that involved breaking the alga into fragments would be doomed to increase the species abundance and range, instead of controlling it. C. taxifolia has all the characteristics of a good invader, ...
... (down to 10 mm in length) than were the two other species of Caulerpa found in Hawaii. A management plan that involved breaking the alga into fragments would be doomed to increase the species abundance and range, instead of controlling it. C. taxifolia has all the characteristics of a good invader, ...
Restoration of tropical dry forests in Hawaii
... 16th Int’l Conference, Society for Ecological Restoration, August 24-26, Victoria, Canada ...
... 16th Int’l Conference, Society for Ecological Restoration, August 24-26, Victoria, Canada ...
AP® Environmental Science: Sample Syllabus 2 Syllabus 886977v1
... • Lab: What’s in an Owl Pellet? Students gain insight into the habits and adaptations (such as sources and preferences of prey) of an apex predator by examining owl pellets. Test: Chapters 3 and 4 Chapter 5 Topic: Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation A. Micro- and macroevoluti ...
... • Lab: What’s in an Owl Pellet? Students gain insight into the habits and adaptations (such as sources and preferences of prey) of an apex predator by examining owl pellets. Test: Chapters 3 and 4 Chapter 5 Topic: Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation A. Micro- and macroevoluti ...
Modelling macroevolutionary patterns: An
... compared to the fossil record data. Most of the published literature (both in paleontology and physics) present models or analysis that concentrate in one or two basic traits, completely ignoring the whole picture that emerges when all the available data is taken into account. Although there are man ...
... compared to the fossil record data. Most of the published literature (both in paleontology and physics) present models or analysis that concentrate in one or two basic traits, completely ignoring the whole picture that emerges when all the available data is taken into account. Although there are man ...
Niche-Based vs. Neutral Models of Ecological Communities
... is incapable of explaining either consequence of diversity. For one thing, the neutral theory tracks only the number, and not the total biomass, of organisms. For another, it assumes that each community contains a fixed total number of organisms – no matter how many species those organisms represent. ...
... is incapable of explaining either consequence of diversity. For one thing, the neutral theory tracks only the number, and not the total biomass, of organisms. For another, it assumes that each community contains a fixed total number of organisms – no matter how many species those organisms represent. ...
Chapter 1 - Edinburgh Research Archive
... germination and establishment. Early colonising plants, particularly in a primary succession, must be able to acquire ample nutrients and water without mycorrhizal associations (Johnson, 1998) as sterile environments, like oil-shale bings, are depauperate in mycorrhizal propagules. Many of the germi ...
... germination and establishment. Early colonising plants, particularly in a primary succession, must be able to acquire ample nutrients and water without mycorrhizal associations (Johnson, 1998) as sterile environments, like oil-shale bings, are depauperate in mycorrhizal propagules. Many of the germi ...
Squirrel Glider
... following dispersal is high, but established individuals are thought to survive for up to 6 years (Quin 1995). Squirrel Gliders are agile climbers and can glide for more than 50m in one movement. Nightly movements are estimated as between 300 and 500m. Home-ranges have been estimated as between 0.65 ...
... following dispersal is high, but established individuals are thought to survive for up to 6 years (Quin 1995). Squirrel Gliders are agile climbers and can glide for more than 50m in one movement. Nightly movements are estimated as between 300 and 500m. Home-ranges have been estimated as between 0.65 ...
Slide - Woodland Park Zoo
... skin covered in scales (no feathers or hair and few skin glands), ectothermic body temperature regulation (like amphibians), and amniotic eggs with leathery or hard shells. The amniotic eggs of reptiles, with their hard or leathery shells that prevent the embryos from drying out, permitted reptiles ...
... skin covered in scales (no feathers or hair and few skin glands), ectothermic body temperature regulation (like amphibians), and amniotic eggs with leathery or hard shells. The amniotic eggs of reptiles, with their hard or leathery shells that prevent the embryos from drying out, permitted reptiles ...
Chapter 18 Success factors in the establishment of human
... those associated with passage through another, and a characteristic that assists passage through one filter may even retard passage through another. For example, Crawley (1986) found that among insects released to control weeds, egg dispersal and a long lifespan generally correlated with the likelih ...
... those associated with passage through another, and a characteristic that assists passage through one filter may even retard passage through another. For example, Crawley (1986) found that among insects released to control weeds, egg dispersal and a long lifespan generally correlated with the likelih ...
Pigmy Bluetongue Lizard Factsheet
... The Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard was first identified in 1863. However, the cryptic nature of the species meant that less than 20 specimens were collected between 1863 and 1959. Builders found live specimens in 1959, while taking apart an old shed at Marion. At the time, it was thought that Pygmy Blueton ...
... The Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard was first identified in 1863. However, the cryptic nature of the species meant that less than 20 specimens were collected between 1863 and 1959. Builders found live specimens in 1959, while taking apart an old shed at Marion. At the time, it was thought that Pygmy Blueton ...
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... This list limits private ownership of these snakes. Other regulatory actions have also been taken or proposed to combat this issue of invasive snakes. In 2006 the Florida Wildlife Commission proposed that private ownership be regulated. This could be done by tagging pet snakes to facilitate tracking ...
... This list limits private ownership of these snakes. Other regulatory actions have also been taken or proposed to combat this issue of invasive snakes. In 2006 the Florida Wildlife Commission proposed that private ownership be regulated. This could be done by tagging pet snakes to facilitate tracking ...
disturbance moderates biodiversity–ecosystem
... of ecology for much of the past decade. Growing interest in the ecosystem-level consequences of biodiversity has been driven, in part, by our need to understand how species loss and homogenization of the world’s biota might alter ecological processes thought to sustain the Earth’s ecosystems. Resear ...
... of ecology for much of the past decade. Growing interest in the ecosystem-level consequences of biodiversity has been driven, in part, by our need to understand how species loss and homogenization of the world’s biota might alter ecological processes thought to sustain the Earth’s ecosystems. Resear ...
Hydrobiologia
... The pairs of species which showed the highest affinity index (0.40 or more) were: Branchinecta belkiB. sp. A, Streptocephalus mackini-Thamnocephalus platyurus, T. platyurus-Triops sp., T. platyurusLeptestheria compleximanus, Triops sp.-L. compleximanus, and L. compleximanus-Lynceus brevifrons (Table ...
... The pairs of species which showed the highest affinity index (0.40 or more) were: Branchinecta belkiB. sp. A, Streptocephalus mackini-Thamnocephalus platyurus, T. platyurus-Triops sp., T. platyurusLeptestheria compleximanus, Triops sp.-L. compleximanus, and L. compleximanus-Lynceus brevifrons (Table ...
Chaos in Multi-Trophic Food Webs
... response of the form: (Hastings and Powell, 1991). Here, i is representative of either 1 or 2 in accordance with which predator-prey relationship is being referenced, either that between X and Y or Y and Z. Variable a is a control on the rate of saturation and b is the prey population at which the p ...
... response of the form: (Hastings and Powell, 1991). Here, i is representative of either 1 or 2 in accordance with which predator-prey relationship is being referenced, either that between X and Y or Y and Z. Variable a is a control on the rate of saturation and b is the prey population at which the p ...
- CITA-A - Universidade dos Açores
... with a maximum of seven specimens in Terceira island. Ugland and Gray [32] developed a community model assuming that a community is composed of three groups of species each differently adapted to a habitat: i) first a group containing many species which are constantly rare; ii) then an intermediate ...
... with a maximum of seven specimens in Terceira island. Ugland and Gray [32] developed a community model assuming that a community is composed of three groups of species each differently adapted to a habitat: i) first a group containing many species which are constantly rare; ii) then an intermediate ...
Succession - The Keep - Eastern Illinois University
... organic matter during succession. All of the site and disturbance variables function within the constraints of local climatic conditions. Succession in relatively moist areas tends to generate forests relatively quickly, while succession in dry habitats slowly produces more open communities compose ...
... organic matter during succession. All of the site and disturbance variables function within the constraints of local climatic conditions. Succession in relatively moist areas tends to generate forests relatively quickly, while succession in dry habitats slowly produces more open communities compose ...
April 2015 Yellowthroat - Oconee Rivers Audubon Society
... But gardens are ecosystems too. Your garden is a different ecosystem than your lawn, which is different from the woods, which is different from your living room. Gardens have the same things going on in them as a bigger ecosystem just on a smaller scale. Beneficial predatory insects (and others!) ar ...
... But gardens are ecosystems too. Your garden is a different ecosystem than your lawn, which is different from the woods, which is different from your living room. Gardens have the same things going on in them as a bigger ecosystem just on a smaller scale. Beneficial predatory insects (and others!) ar ...
Food Web Diameter: Two Degrees of Separation
... Feeding relationships can cause invasions, extirpations, and population fluctuations of a species to dramatically affect other species within a variety of natural habitats.1-11 Such strong effects rarely propagate through food webs more than three links away from the initial perturbation.1-4 However ...
... Feeding relationships can cause invasions, extirpations, and population fluctuations of a species to dramatically affect other species within a variety of natural habitats.1-11 Such strong effects rarely propagate through food webs more than three links away from the initial perturbation.1-4 However ...
IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE
... of the wildlife profession because of expanding human populations, intensified land-use practices, increasing prominence of wildlife vectoring disease, and other reasons. ...
... of the wildlife profession because of expanding human populations, intensified land-use practices, increasing prominence of wildlife vectoring disease, and other reasons. ...
FUNGI - LIFE SUPPORT FOR ECOSYSTEMS
... Fungi are perhaps the most unappreciated, under valued and unexplained organisms on earth. When you ask someone to describe a fungus, you will get a variety of descriptions ranging from, mouldy bread and mildew on the bathroom wall, to magic mushrooms and poisonous toadstools. Some enlightened indiv ...
... Fungi are perhaps the most unappreciated, under valued and unexplained organisms on earth. When you ask someone to describe a fungus, you will get a variety of descriptions ranging from, mouldy bread and mildew on the bathroom wall, to magic mushrooms and poisonous toadstools. Some enlightened indiv ...
Why behavioural responses may not reflect the
... quality of the site currently being occupied, the distance to and quality of other suitable sites, the relative risk of predation or density of competitors in dierent sites and the investment that an individual has made in a site (for example, in establishing a territory, gaining dominance status o ...
... quality of the site currently being occupied, the distance to and quality of other suitable sites, the relative risk of predation or density of competitors in dierent sites and the investment that an individual has made in a site (for example, in establishing a territory, gaining dominance status o ...
Australian seabirds
... Why are we concerned about seabirds? During the past, seabirds have been killed for their meat, eggs and feathers. Today, changes to breeding habitats, coastal development, oil spills, introduced feral animals and bycatch in fisheries are among the threats that impact on seabird populations. In Aust ...
... Why are we concerned about seabirds? During the past, seabirds have been killed for their meat, eggs and feathers. Today, changes to breeding habitats, coastal development, oil spills, introduced feral animals and bycatch in fisheries are among the threats that impact on seabird populations. In Aust ...
Biodiversity action plan
This article is about a conservation biology topic. For other uses of BAP, see BAP (disambiguation).A biodiversity action plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats and is designed to protect and restore biological systems. The original impetus for these plans derives from the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As of 2009, 191 countries have ratified the CBD, but only a fraction of these have developed substantive BAP documents.The principal elements of a BAP typically include: (a) preparing inventories of biological information for selected species or habitats; (b) assessing the conservation status of species within specified ecosystems; (c) creation of targets for conservation and restoration; and (d) establishing budgets, timelines and institutional partnerships for implementing the BAP.