Marine Science Training Handbook
... The Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRRS), a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), forms the core of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS). The area was originally nominated because of its great biodiversity, which provides habitat to a number of species of conservation concern. However, growing thre ...
... The Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRRS), a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), forms the core of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS). The area was originally nominated because of its great biodiversity, which provides habitat to a number of species of conservation concern. However, growing thre ...
Reciprocal facilitation and nonlinearity maintain habitat engineering
... habitat engineering may result in non-intuitive cascading interactions, potentially including feedbacks to the engineer. Such feedback mechanisms, either positive or negative, may be especially important for the maintenance of biogenic habitats and their community-wide facilitation. Here, we describ ...
... habitat engineering may result in non-intuitive cascading interactions, potentially including feedbacks to the engineer. Such feedback mechanisms, either positive or negative, may be especially important for the maintenance of biogenic habitats and their community-wide facilitation. Here, we describ ...
Perennial Herbaceous Biomass Production and Harvest in the
... fly-ash (from biomass combustion of gasification) to strengthen and reduce cost of cement, corn oil as a by-product of corn grain to ethanol conversion, dried distiller grains with solubles (DDGS) for livestock feed, and others. Although many parts of the United States are viewed as having significa ...
... fly-ash (from biomass combustion of gasification) to strengthen and reduce cost of cement, corn oil as a by-product of corn grain to ethanol conversion, dried distiller grains with solubles (DDGS) for livestock feed, and others. Although many parts of the United States are viewed as having significa ...
Managing arboreal mammals during road
... cause negative environmental effects on the local wildlife. To mitigate these effects the translocation of wildlife has often been adopted. This consists of removing the animals and placing them within continuous undisturbed vegetation unaffected by the negative impacts of the road. The outcomes of ...
... cause negative environmental effects on the local wildlife. To mitigate these effects the translocation of wildlife has often been adopted. This consists of removing the animals and placing them within continuous undisturbed vegetation unaffected by the negative impacts of the road. The outcomes of ...
The white clawed crayfish
... The white clawed crayfish (also known as the Atlantic stream crayfish) is the only freshwater crayfish native to the British Isles. The species is widely distributed nationally, although naturally absent from western Wales, Scotland, and parts of western England and Ireland. It was once widespread a ...
... The white clawed crayfish (also known as the Atlantic stream crayfish) is the only freshwater crayfish native to the British Isles. The species is widely distributed nationally, although naturally absent from western Wales, Scotland, and parts of western England and Ireland. It was once widespread a ...
student resources - Santa Ana Unified School District
... Have you ever heard the term high tide and low tide? Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean to bulge out in the direction of the moon. In other words, the moon pulls the water of the earth towards itself causing high tide. Thi ...
... Have you ever heard the term high tide and low tide? Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean to bulge out in the direction of the moon. In other words, the moon pulls the water of the earth towards itself causing high tide. Thi ...
seagrasses
... Seagrasses can reproduce through sexual or asexual methods. Seagrasses, which spend most, if not all, of their time submerged, have developed methods of underwater flowering and pollination for sexual reproduction. In sexual reproduction, the plants produce flowers, and water carries pollen from the ...
... Seagrasses can reproduce through sexual or asexual methods. Seagrasses, which spend most, if not all, of their time submerged, have developed methods of underwater flowering and pollination for sexual reproduction. In sexual reproduction, the plants produce flowers, and water carries pollen from the ...
Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
... fundamental in managing Earth’s resources because it addresses the interactions that link biotic systems, of which humans are an integral part, with the physical systems on which they depend. This applies at the scale of Earth as a whole, a continent, or a farmer’s field. An ecosystem approach is cr ...
... fundamental in managing Earth’s resources because it addresses the interactions that link biotic systems, of which humans are an integral part, with the physical systems on which they depend. This applies at the scale of Earth as a whole, a continent, or a farmer’s field. An ecosystem approach is cr ...
BIOLOGICAL SYNOPSIS OF Garra rufa
... To understand the ecology of a species, it is necessary to develop a biological synopsis for the species. This document summarizes information on Garra rufa, a small member of the carp and minnow family (Cyprinidae) native to the Middle East. This synopsis includes G. rufa’s description, distributio ...
... To understand the ecology of a species, it is necessary to develop a biological synopsis for the species. This document summarizes information on Garra rufa, a small member of the carp and minnow family (Cyprinidae) native to the Middle East. This synopsis includes G. rufa’s description, distributio ...
Toward an integration of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science
... These ecosystem-effect traits can also be classified following Violle et al. (2007), as: Response Traits (RT), Functional Traits (FT), Performance Traits (PT) and Effect Traits (ET). In some cases, it is unknown which trait, from a mixture of traits (Mix), is responsible for the contrasting ecosyste ...
... These ecosystem-effect traits can also be classified following Violle et al. (2007), as: Response Traits (RT), Functional Traits (FT), Performance Traits (PT) and Effect Traits (ET). In some cases, it is unknown which trait, from a mixture of traits (Mix), is responsible for the contrasting ecosyste ...
barn owl (tyto alba) diet composition on intensively used agricultural
... consumption of genus Sorex during the period when the Common Vole’s population was declining. There are many other factors that can influence selective and opportunistic hunting behaviour of Barn Owls, such as prey size, time of the year and the antipredator strategies of the potential prey (Marti e ...
... consumption of genus Sorex during the period when the Common Vole’s population was declining. There are many other factors that can influence selective and opportunistic hunting behaviour of Barn Owls, such as prey size, time of the year and the antipredator strategies of the potential prey (Marti e ...
Marine Ecology Progress Series 341:303
... phytoplankton blooms; this is inaccurate (cf. NRC 2004). The potential benefits of filtration by oysters as stated in the popular press1 ignore the realities of the scale of restoration required to achieve such benefits, and we concur with Pomeroy et al. (2006) that using this position to support th ...
... phytoplankton blooms; this is inaccurate (cf. NRC 2004). The potential benefits of filtration by oysters as stated in the popular press1 ignore the realities of the scale of restoration required to achieve such benefits, and we concur with Pomeroy et al. (2006) that using this position to support th ...
(1999) Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and
... individuals failing to occupy all of the available range23. ...
... individuals failing to occupy all of the available range23. ...
Distribution patterns of five zoanthid species in Okinawa Island, Japan
... such as favorable habitats based on quantitative surveys is still lacking. Accordingly, we investigated the distribution patterns of 5 common zooxanthellate zoanthid species in shallow reef waters (< 10 m) of Okinawa I.: Palythoa tuberculosa, P. mutuki, Zoanthus sansibaricus, Z. kuroshio, and Z. gig ...
... such as favorable habitats based on quantitative surveys is still lacking. Accordingly, we investigated the distribution patterns of 5 common zooxanthellate zoanthid species in shallow reef waters (< 10 m) of Okinawa I.: Palythoa tuberculosa, P. mutuki, Zoanthus sansibaricus, Z. kuroshio, and Z. gig ...
Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition
... of predation risk (e.g. anti-predator behaviour as an individual foraging cost, behaviour-mediated trophic cascades, BMTC) and, commensurately, growing recognition of the capacity of predators to influence their surroundings solely as agents of intimidation (Lima 1998). This has recently matured int ...
... of predation risk (e.g. anti-predator behaviour as an individual foraging cost, behaviour-mediated trophic cascades, BMTC) and, commensurately, growing recognition of the capacity of predators to influence their surroundings solely as agents of intimidation (Lima 1998). This has recently matured int ...
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... students, the general public, and to policy makers is unrivaled. His concern for both environmental quality and environmental justice has rarely been matched. He has made fundamental contributions to the study of population biology utilizing butterflies as a model system. These studies have had a la ...
... students, the general public, and to policy makers is unrivaled. His concern for both environmental quality and environmental justice has rarely been matched. He has made fundamental contributions to the study of population biology utilizing butterflies as a model system. These studies have had a la ...
FAUNA SURVEY OF BALNARRING PRIMARY SCHOOL
... Prior to European settlement the study area fell within the Aboriginal territory of the Boonwurrong people. At times they probably would have travelled through-out the area, hunting and gathering. Nearby midden sites are found along the Westernport Bay coastline. In the late 1700‟s and early 1800‟s ...
... Prior to European settlement the study area fell within the Aboriginal territory of the Boonwurrong people. At times they probably would have travelled through-out the area, hunting and gathering. Nearby midden sites are found along the Westernport Bay coastline. In the late 1700‟s and early 1800‟s ...
Plant responses to livestock grazing frequency in an Australian
... livestock grazing regime (minimal, infrequent and frequent). We also examined whether species with similar responses to grazing share certain traits and consider whether these traits might provide a useful method of assessing grazing impact. At the scale measured (0.25 m2), an infrequent grazing reg ...
... livestock grazing regime (minimal, infrequent and frequent). We also examined whether species with similar responses to grazing share certain traits and consider whether these traits might provide a useful method of assessing grazing impact. At the scale measured (0.25 m2), an infrequent grazing reg ...
View plan for Pahole Management Unit
... weed management code: 0 = not reported from MU, 1 = incipient (goal: eradicate), 2 = control locally. While the list is by no means exhaustive, it provides a good starting point for discussing which taxa should be targeted for eradication in an MU. OARNP supplemented and updated Appendix 3.1 with ad ...
... weed management code: 0 = not reported from MU, 1 = incipient (goal: eradicate), 2 = control locally. While the list is by no means exhaustive, it provides a good starting point for discussing which taxa should be targeted for eradication in an MU. OARNP supplemented and updated Appendix 3.1 with ad ...
1 Chapter 2.3. Natural Capital, Services and Human Wellbeing by
... we value. The global atmosphere, climate, land, ocean, and geologic systems – all components of the global Earth system, and the ecological systems on land and in the oceans that function within – are the natural capital upon which humanity depends. The flows of goods and services obtained from natu ...
... we value. The global atmosphere, climate, land, ocean, and geologic systems – all components of the global Earth system, and the ecological systems on land and in the oceans that function within – are the natural capital upon which humanity depends. The flows of goods and services obtained from natu ...
Extinction thresholds: insights from simple models
... model, and we have learned the existence of an extinction threshold despite some habitat is still available. We have also learned that this extinction threshold can be predicted as the long-term regional abundance when all habitat is available. That is, we do not need any demographic information. Ho ...
... model, and we have learned the existence of an extinction threshold despite some habitat is still available. We have also learned that this extinction threshold can be predicted as the long-term regional abundance when all habitat is available. That is, we do not need any demographic information. Ho ...
Does plant trait plasticity explain the relative competitive ability of
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Structure and Function of Chihuahuan Desert
... dealt with animal species that were thought to reduce the amount of primary production that was available to support livestock. With the establishment of the International Biological Programme (IBP) in the late 1960s and its premise that ecosystems could be modeled based on energy flow, animal studi ...
... dealt with animal species that were thought to reduce the amount of primary production that was available to support livestock. With the establishment of the International Biological Programme (IBP) in the late 1960s and its premise that ecosystems could be modeled based on energy flow, animal studi ...
Empirical Evidence for the Scale Dependence of Biotic Interactions
... other intraspecific occurrence sites, across scales. Location. Conterminous United States. Methods. We combined species occurrence data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) with a large pair-wise interaction matrix describing known interactions among woodpeckers and other bird species. ...
... other intraspecific occurrence sites, across scales. Location. Conterminous United States. Methods. We combined species occurrence data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) with a large pair-wise interaction matrix describing known interactions among woodpeckers and other bird species. ...
PDF - South Coast Wildlands
... Habitat loss and fragmentation are the leading threats to biodiversity, both globally and in southern California. Efforts to combat these threats must focus on conserving well-connected networks of large wildland areas where natural ecological and evolutionary processes can continue operating over l ...
... Habitat loss and fragmentation are the leading threats to biodiversity, both globally and in southern California. Efforts to combat these threats must focus on conserving well-connected networks of large wildland areas where natural ecological and evolutionary processes can continue operating over l ...
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.