TEMG_plan_draft_semifinal_2013_02_15
... NOTE FOR REVIEWERS: The TEMG Team wishes to thank you for your time and contributions to improve the working draft of the Terrestrial Plan. We would be pleased to acknowledge your contributions. Please write your NAME here if you wish to be named; otherwise we will only thank you as ‘Anonymous Revie ...
... NOTE FOR REVIEWERS: The TEMG Team wishes to thank you for your time and contributions to improve the working draft of the Terrestrial Plan. We would be pleased to acknowledge your contributions. Please write your NAME here if you wish to be named; otherwise we will only thank you as ‘Anonymous Revie ...
KATARINA OGANJAN Distribution, feeding and
... Moreover, it is often difficult to distinguish between the above-mentioned types of gradients when the same factor acts via different pathways. For example, water movement can: (a) directly physically detach sessile organisms, (b) indirectly modify sedimentation rates, or (c) alter resource supply ( ...
... Moreover, it is often difficult to distinguish between the above-mentioned types of gradients when the same factor acts via different pathways. For example, water movement can: (a) directly physically detach sessile organisms, (b) indirectly modify sedimentation rates, or (c) alter resource supply ( ...
Scavenging amphipods of the Tonga Trench
... The assemblage of scavenging amphipods in the Tonga Trench was similar to those from past sampling efforts in the same trench. There were also similarities to the assemblages in the adjacent Kermadec Trench, and together these observations support the classification of these two trenches as a singl ...
... The assemblage of scavenging amphipods in the Tonga Trench was similar to those from past sampling efforts in the same trench. There were also similarities to the assemblages in the adjacent Kermadec Trench, and together these observations support the classification of these two trenches as a singl ...
IMPACT OF PREDATORS ON THE ABUNDANCE OF
... not observed in the presence of predators and, conversely, the effects of predators were visible ...
... not observed in the presence of predators and, conversely, the effects of predators were visible ...
Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host
... and community composition to genotypic diversity within S. altissima plots, we visually censused arthropods on each ramet within each plot five times over the course of the growing season. Arthropod surveys were conducted on sunny, relatively wind-free days beginning on 22 May, 15 June, 23 July, 3 S ...
... and community composition to genotypic diversity within S. altissima plots, we visually censused arthropods on each ramet within each plot five times over the course of the growing season. Arthropod surveys were conducted on sunny, relatively wind-free days beginning on 22 May, 15 June, 23 July, 3 S ...
Relative importance of recruitment and other causes of variation in
... squares were used in an effort to mimic the filamentous algae which are preferred settlement sites for mussels (Bayne, 1964; Paine, 1974). Mussel recruitment occurred in a long annual summer pulse from June through at least September. Independent estimates of patterns and densities of Fucus gpp. rec ...
... squares were used in an effort to mimic the filamentous algae which are preferred settlement sites for mussels (Bayne, 1964; Paine, 1974). Mussel recruitment occurred in a long annual summer pulse from June through at least September. Independent estimates of patterns and densities of Fucus gpp. rec ...
Document
... munities were caused by a combination of factors, including economic initiatives as well as oceanographic variations and competition for food. This ultimately favoured benthic cephalopod populations at the cost of most finfish populations. The present-day geographical distribution pattern of the Sep ...
... munities were caused by a combination of factors, including economic initiatives as well as oceanographic variations and competition for food. This ultimately favoured benthic cephalopod populations at the cost of most finfish populations. The present-day geographical distribution pattern of the Sep ...
Acoustic profiling of the landscape
... Africa. Each region provided a diverse and particular landscape to test the value of acoustic surveys for determining local diversity patterns across natural gradients and to assess the value of the technique for assessing the impact human influence across landscapes. In tropical rainforests, an ent ...
... Africa. Each region provided a diverse and particular landscape to test the value of acoustic surveys for determining local diversity patterns across natural gradients and to assess the value of the technique for assessing the impact human influence across landscapes. In tropical rainforests, an ent ...
Reid`s Paradox Revisited: The Evolution of Dispersal Kernels during
... the population front (shaded areas). Given that these individuals are all in the same place at the same time, they will tend to breed with each other (assortative mating by dispersal ability). So if there is anything heritable about dispersal distance, the offspring of the individuals on the expandi ...
... the population front (shaded areas). Given that these individuals are all in the same place at the same time, they will tend to breed with each other (assortative mating by dispersal ability). So if there is anything heritable about dispersal distance, the offspring of the individuals on the expandi ...
The Economic and Social Aspects of Biodiversity Benefits and Costs
... Heritage and Local Government to identify the nature and scale of benefits that we, as a society, derive from biodiversity. It is important that public goods, including those supplied by nature, are reflected in decision making. It is also important to ensure that the benefits of policies which prot ...
... Heritage and Local Government to identify the nature and scale of benefits that we, as a society, derive from biodiversity. It is important that public goods, including those supplied by nature, are reflected in decision making. It is also important to ensure that the benefits of policies which prot ...
distribution and ecology of the broad
... high risk to decline and extinction through predation by introduced predators such as foxes and cats. The species has a patchy distribution across its range. While large habitat patches are likely to support larger populations, there is no evidence that patch size influences population persistence. ...
... high risk to decline and extinction through predation by introduced predators such as foxes and cats. The species has a patchy distribution across its range. While large habitat patches are likely to support larger populations, there is no evidence that patch size influences population persistence. ...
A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research
... group research encourages participants to talk to each other. The focus group method was developed by Robert K. Merton in the 1950s and has been used especially in market and medical research. The technique is not meant to produce generic results; but rather to help identify issues that are perceive ...
... group research encourages participants to talk to each other. The focus group method was developed by Robert K. Merton in the 1950s and has been used especially in market and medical research. The technique is not meant to produce generic results; but rather to help identify issues that are perceive ...
Effects of tree species diversity on insect herbivory
... Goad, Gerlinde Schaeffter, Shaimalli Roy and Paul Rassell who all helped out to varying degrees with field work; to this end thanks also go to, Iiris Kallajoki, Juho Yli-Rosti, and Kai Ruohomäki. ...
... Goad, Gerlinde Schaeffter, Shaimalli Roy and Paul Rassell who all helped out to varying degrees with field work; to this end thanks also go to, Iiris Kallajoki, Juho Yli-Rosti, and Kai Ruohomäki. ...
PACE, MICHAEL L., AND DOLORS VAQUÉ. The importance of
... cladocerans kill and consume rotifers and are at night. The larger species, Daphnia pulex, occurs deeper in the metalimnion during the capable of limiting rotifer populations (Gilbert 1988a, b). The susceptibility of rotifers to cla- day and does not migrate into surface waters doceran-induced morta ...
... cladocerans kill and consume rotifers and are at night. The larger species, Daphnia pulex, occurs deeper in the metalimnion during the capable of limiting rotifer populations (Gilbert 1988a, b). The susceptibility of rotifers to cla- day and does not migrate into surface waters doceran-induced morta ...
3337 CBD Synthesis.indd - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
... A full assessment of the interactions between people and biodiversity requires a multiscale approach, as this better reflects the multiscale nature of decision-making, allows the examination of driving forces from outside particular regions, and provides a means of examining the differential impact o ...
... A full assessment of the interactions between people and biodiversity requires a multiscale approach, as this better reflects the multiscale nature of decision-making, allows the examination of driving forces from outside particular regions, and provides a means of examining the differential impact o ...
Communities - UNAM Sisal
... The second edition of Community Ecology represents an effort to update information that has been published since the first edition appeared in 1999, as well as to fill in some gaps present in the first edition. As before, the limits of space demand that the book cannot be encyclopedic. The examples ...
... The second edition of Community Ecology represents an effort to update information that has been published since the first edition appeared in 1999, as well as to fill in some gaps present in the first edition. As before, the limits of space demand that the book cannot be encyclopedic. The examples ...