IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE
... Foothold traps are commonly used to trap beaver, muskrat, and nutria; smaller sizes are used to capture small mammals. Body gripping traps are used for beaver, muskrat, nutria, moles and pocket gophers. Snap traps are typically used to control rats and mice. Snares may be used to capture or kill bea ...
... Foothold traps are commonly used to trap beaver, muskrat, and nutria; smaller sizes are used to capture small mammals. Body gripping traps are used for beaver, muskrat, nutria, moles and pocket gophers. Snap traps are typically used to control rats and mice. Snares may be used to capture or kill bea ...
Identifying Conservation and Restoration Priorities for
... Comparatively, in European natural forests, dead-wood amounts vary between 20 and 250 m3 ha-1 (Korpel 1995). Old-growth forests are also rare in Switzerland. Forests in the age class of 180 years and older represent B4% of the forested area with the exception of the Alps, where they reach 13% (Bütl ...
... Comparatively, in European natural forests, dead-wood amounts vary between 20 and 250 m3 ha-1 (Korpel 1995). Old-growth forests are also rare in Switzerland. Forests in the age class of 180 years and older represent B4% of the forested area with the exception of the Alps, where they reach 13% (Bütl ...
Ecological Niches and Diversity Maintenance
... Why do some places have much higher diversity than others? Explaining patterns of species diversity on the earth is a problem of long-standing for ecologists. Numerous diversity patterns have been documented [1], but the mechanisms behind these patterns remain poorly understood. If we knew the mecha ...
... Why do some places have much higher diversity than others? Explaining patterns of species diversity on the earth is a problem of long-standing for ecologists. Numerous diversity patterns have been documented [1], but the mechanisms behind these patterns remain poorly understood. If we knew the mecha ...
C. E. Timothy Paine – Curriculum Vitae
... 1. Most experimental evidence on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning comes from ecosystems with fast-growing plants, such as grasslands. Although forests provide essential ecological services, they have been less well investigated. 2. We used dendrochronology to compare t ...
... 1. Most experimental evidence on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning comes from ecosystems with fast-growing plants, such as grasslands. Although forests provide essential ecological services, they have been less well investigated. 2. We used dendrochronology to compare t ...
Geography 1001: Climate & Vegetation
... • Only mature ecosystems are stable and in dynamic equilibrium • Mature ecosystems have resilience and inertia ...
... • Only mature ecosystems are stable and in dynamic equilibrium • Mature ecosystems have resilience and inertia ...
HABIT-CHANGE Priority matrix impacts per region and habitat
... based on a literature review (see Output 3.1.1). They will give a broader overview on the topic and allow for a comparison of the data from investigation areas with information provided on a more general scale. The information on impacts per investigation area in chapter 4 is based on expert knowled ...
... based on a literature review (see Output 3.1.1). They will give a broader overview on the topic and allow for a comparison of the data from investigation areas with information provided on a more general scale. The information on impacts per investigation area in chapter 4 is based on expert knowled ...
02_06011_ClamShrimp.qxd:CFN 120(2)
... by sweeping a fine-mesh dipnet through the pools. Research, conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity are most often done in wildlands and natural areas. Yet urban, industrial, and other altered landscapes are expanding rapidly in North America. Certain rare or declining native speci ...
... by sweeping a fine-mesh dipnet through the pools. Research, conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity are most often done in wildlands and natural areas. Yet urban, industrial, and other altered landscapes are expanding rapidly in North America. Certain rare or declining native speci ...
Strategies for Managing Early Succession Habitat for Wildlife
... specific objectives. Succession should be set back every 2 to 4 yr, depending on plant response and focal wildlife species. It is important to intersperse disturbance in space and time, so that a variety of cover types are always available, even to those animals with small home ranges. Key words: Di ...
... specific objectives. Succession should be set back every 2 to 4 yr, depending on plant response and focal wildlife species. It is important to intersperse disturbance in space and time, so that a variety of cover types are always available, even to those animals with small home ranges. Key words: Di ...
Ecosystem services and conservation strategy: beware the silver bullet
... as a consequence of changing economic circumstances, which can equally strip ecosystems of their value. Thus, in the bottomland forest example, expansion of potato chip production eventually forced an alternative to wetland wastewater treatment, thereby removing its service value (Plummer 2009). Whi ...
... as a consequence of changing economic circumstances, which can equally strip ecosystems of their value. Thus, in the bottomland forest example, expansion of potato chip production eventually forced an alternative to wetland wastewater treatment, thereby removing its service value (Plummer 2009). Whi ...
Simulation of potential habitat overlap between red deer (Cervus
... tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which coexist in similar habitats with some common species; however, these approaches are insufficient for regional biodiversity conservation. Therefore, we should consider conservation efforts for multiple species that simult ...
... tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), which coexist in similar habitats with some common species; however, these approaches are insufficient for regional biodiversity conservation. Therefore, we should consider conservation efforts for multiple species that simult ...
Regional Limiting Factors Affecting Salmon Strongholds and
... Unlike basin-specific limiting factors, which often require “on-the-ground” solutions implemented at the watershed or reach scale, threats like those listed above can be more effectively addressed through “programmatic” remedies that can reach across multiple strongholds. Because most federal and st ...
... Unlike basin-specific limiting factors, which often require “on-the-ground” solutions implemented at the watershed or reach scale, threats like those listed above can be more effectively addressed through “programmatic” remedies that can reach across multiple strongholds. Because most federal and st ...
CONSERVATION AREA MANAGEMENT
... Special Conservation Areas (SCAs): areas of state forest land that have had one or more conservation objectives, interests, or elements identified. Conservation objectives listed in the SCA category have been identified through a variety of methods and mechanisms, and it is important to understand h ...
... Special Conservation Areas (SCAs): areas of state forest land that have had one or more conservation objectives, interests, or elements identified. Conservation objectives listed in the SCA category have been identified through a variety of methods and mechanisms, and it is important to understand h ...
Read more. - New Generation Plantations
... Around 85 per cent of land in Uruguay is used for agriculture, most of it for cattle ranching. Intensive grazing and deforestation has destroyed much of the palm savanna that once covered the south of Brazil, Uruguay and north-east Argentina. Today, only isolated fragments remain. Conserving native ...
... Around 85 per cent of land in Uruguay is used for agriculture, most of it for cattle ranching. Intensive grazing and deforestation has destroyed much of the palm savanna that once covered the south of Brazil, Uruguay and north-east Argentina. Today, only isolated fragments remain. Conserving native ...
Patch Disturbance and the Human Niche by John M - Zoe-s-wiki
... carried to it. What species begin to grow will depend upon what seeds arrive. But certain patterns can be predicted. The first plants to arrive will have small, light seeds. They will tend to be short lived, weedy species. These will be followed by grasses. In a few years we will see shrubs and smal ...
... carried to it. What species begin to grow will depend upon what seeds arrive. But certain patterns can be predicted. The first plants to arrive will have small, light seeds. They will tend to be short lived, weedy species. These will be followed by grasses. In a few years we will see shrubs and smal ...
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - annurev-ecolsys
... invasion by exotic species, and lower disease incidence. His ideas were widely accepted but put aside in the 1970s as ecology transitioned toward being a more mechanistic, quantitative, experimental, and theoretical discipline. May (1973), building on the work of Gardner & Ashby (1970), led this tra ...
... invasion by exotic species, and lower disease incidence. His ideas were widely accepted but put aside in the 1970s as ecology transitioned toward being a more mechanistic, quantitative, experimental, and theoretical discipline. May (1973), building on the work of Gardner & Ashby (1970), led this tra ...
Valuing Naturalness in the “Anthropocene” Now More than Ever
... Valuing diminished naturalness “When I think of the times I myself have come closest to experiencing what I might call the sacred in nature, I often find myself remembering wild places much closer to home. I think, for instance, of a small pond near my house where water bubbles up from limestone sp ...
... Valuing diminished naturalness “When I think of the times I myself have come closest to experiencing what I might call the sacred in nature, I often find myself remembering wild places much closer to home. I think, for instance, of a small pond near my house where water bubbles up from limestone sp ...
Sandhill Ecosystems
... surface hardpan or water table result in a xeric environment • Gopher tortoises often dig burrows that are 10 or 15 feet below the surface of the sandhill ...
... surface hardpan or water table result in a xeric environment • Gopher tortoises often dig burrows that are 10 or 15 feet below the surface of the sandhill ...
Marron, freshwater crayfish Cherax tenuimanus
... upper and mid reaches of many perennial rivers where temperatures are moderate and dissolved oxygen levels sufficient. However, it is unlikely that they would become a significant invasive threat in all rivers as they are susceptible to predation from otters, water mongoose and cormorants (Coetzee 1 ...
... upper and mid reaches of many perennial rivers where temperatures are moderate and dissolved oxygen levels sufficient. However, it is unlikely that they would become a significant invasive threat in all rivers as they are susceptible to predation from otters, water mongoose and cormorants (Coetzee 1 ...
eports - WSU Entomology - Washington State University
... 2006). This is predicted to occur when different species use dissimilar subsets of the total resource pool, so that species combine to access more resources that any single species could on its own (MacArthur 1958, Hutchinson 1959). That is, species occupy complementary niches. A causal link between ...
... 2006). This is predicted to occur when different species use dissimilar subsets of the total resource pool, so that species combine to access more resources that any single species could on its own (MacArthur 1958, Hutchinson 1959). That is, species occupy complementary niches. A causal link between ...
Ecology of Native and Exotic Anolis lizards in Southern Florida.
... anole, A. equistris, and the brown anole, A. sagrei. The bark anole was introduced to Florida from the Bahamas and was first observed in 1946 (FFWCC, 2006). The Cuban Knight anole was first observed in 1952 on the University of Miami campus, where it was allagedly introduced there by students; it is ...
... anole, A. equistris, and the brown anole, A. sagrei. The bark anole was introduced to Florida from the Bahamas and was first observed in 1946 (FFWCC, 2006). The Cuban Knight anole was first observed in 1952 on the University of Miami campus, where it was allagedly introduced there by students; it is ...
Using golf courses to bolster amphibian communities: University of
... Q: It seems to me that one of the {lrst things that a typical landowner may want to do with a newly constructed pond is to stock it with {Ish. Forthat reason, do you think that golf course water features could be more successful than homeowner ponds in bolstering amphibian populations? A: Building a ...
... Q: It seems to me that one of the {lrst things that a typical landowner may want to do with a newly constructed pond is to stock it with {Ish. Forthat reason, do you think that golf course water features could be more successful than homeowner ponds in bolstering amphibian populations? A: Building a ...
An Ecological Assessment of
... scenarios were developed that ranged from a situation in which no specific management actions are taken and events such as proposed residential / commercial development unfold, to a scenario in which active intervention is to be taken as quickly as possible to restore the area to likely pre-settleme ...
... scenarios were developed that ranged from a situation in which no specific management actions are taken and events such as proposed residential / commercial development unfold, to a scenario in which active intervention is to be taken as quickly as possible to restore the area to likely pre-settleme ...
883) What controls the ability of species to respond (by
... 69) What approaches are available to evaluate the effectiveness of agri-environment schemes in relation to their new resource protection objective? 70) Did the Environmentally Sensitive Area and Countryside Stewardship schemes provide good value for money in terms of conservation gain per £ spent? W ...
... 69) What approaches are available to evaluate the effectiveness of agri-environment schemes in relation to their new resource protection objective? 70) Did the Environmentally Sensitive Area and Countryside Stewardship schemes provide good value for money in terms of conservation gain per £ spent? W ...
Reconciliation ecology
Reconciliation ecology is the branch of ecology which studies ways to encourage biodiversity in human-dominated ecosystems. Michael Rosenzweig first articulated the concept in his book Win-Win Ecology, based on the theory that there is not enough area for all of earth’s biodiversity to be saved within designated nature preserves. Therefore, humans should increase biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. By managing for biodiversity in ways that do not decrease human utility of the system, it is a ""win-win"" situation for both human use and native biodiversity. The science is based in the ecological foundation of human land-use trends and species-area relationships. It has many benefits beyond protection of biodiversity, and there are numerous examples of it around the globe. Aspects of reconciliation ecology can already be found in management legislation, but there are challenges in both public acceptance and ecological success of reconciliation attempts.