lecture4_new_2013 - Faculty Washington
... Stavros, Natasha, and coauthors. In prep. Understanding climate, wildfire, and air quality feedbacks across spatial and temporal scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. Torgersen, C.E., Ebersole, J.L., Keenan, D.M., 2012, Primer for Identifying ColdWater Refuges to Protect and Restore Thermal ...
... Stavros, Natasha, and coauthors. In prep. Understanding climate, wildfire, and air quality feedbacks across spatial and temporal scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. Torgersen, C.E., Ebersole, J.L., Keenan, D.M., 2012, Primer for Identifying ColdWater Refuges to Protect and Restore Thermal ...
Case Study: Tundra (By Suzanne) - geo
... altitude. It is very similar to Arctic Tundra and has many things in common. Here, the high altitude prevent tree growth. In the alpine tundra, aspect is an important factor since south facing slopes get more sun and have higher temperatures and thus more organisms. Also, alpine tundra has (unlike t ...
... altitude. It is very similar to Arctic Tundra and has many things in common. Here, the high altitude prevent tree growth. In the alpine tundra, aspect is an important factor since south facing slopes get more sun and have higher temperatures and thus more organisms. Also, alpine tundra has (unlike t ...
What`s In A Watershed: Condensed Outline
... ii. As for indicator species, there is the older use of indicator species as species that only occur in certain types of habitats/ecosystems iii. there is the emerging field of indicator species as quantifiers of ecosystem change or "health" ("ecosystem health" being the most loaded and ridiculous o ...
... ii. As for indicator species, there is the older use of indicator species as species that only occur in certain types of habitats/ecosystems iii. there is the emerging field of indicator species as quantifiers of ecosystem change or "health" ("ecosystem health" being the most loaded and ridiculous o ...
Murrakool Wildlife
... SUMMARY OF RESULTS These somewhat heartening figures are undermined by the precarious existence that many species displayed. A total of 49 species were found at only one site. For some, this was because of a lack of targeted surveying or their cryptic nature and naturally low densities, but for most ...
... SUMMARY OF RESULTS These somewhat heartening figures are undermined by the precarious existence that many species displayed. A total of 49 species were found at only one site. For some, this was because of a lack of targeted surveying or their cryptic nature and naturally low densities, but for most ...
PENNSYLVANIA CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY
... management by public and private landowners. (long term, high) Expand use of prescribed fire to diminish fuel build-up and promote fire-dependent (oak-pine barrens) and fire-facilitated (oak-hickory forests) ecosystem; and dedicate resources to better monitor ecological response to fire and better ...
... management by public and private landowners. (long term, high) Expand use of prescribed fire to diminish fuel build-up and promote fire-dependent (oak-pine barrens) and fire-facilitated (oak-hickory forests) ecosystem; and dedicate resources to better monitor ecological response to fire and better ...
What is ecosystem stability?
... kelp. In the 1990s, sea otter populations off the coast of Alaska declined because orcas ate large numbers of otters. What effect did this have on the sea otters’ ecosystem? ...
... kelp. In the 1990s, sea otter populations off the coast of Alaska declined because orcas ate large numbers of otters. What effect did this have on the sea otters’ ecosystem? ...
Resource Resilience, Human Niche Construction, and the Long
... In large measure, the sustainable nature of Pre-Columbian economies in the eastern woodlands can be attributed to low human population levels, limited human predation of prey species, and the limited technological capacity of Native Americans to adversely impact plant communities and ecosystems (Smi ...
... In large measure, the sustainable nature of Pre-Columbian economies in the eastern woodlands can be attributed to low human population levels, limited human predation of prey species, and the limited technological capacity of Native Americans to adversely impact plant communities and ecosystems (Smi ...
Conference Programme
... Honeybees are crucial for pollination of crops and their pollination services account for 35% of the human diet and the benefit of pollination is estimated at €153billion. The loss of honeybees would reduce agricultural production by ±8%. The total number of managed colonies worldwide is estimated a ...
... Honeybees are crucial for pollination of crops and their pollination services account for 35% of the human diet and the benefit of pollination is estimated at €153billion. The loss of honeybees would reduce agricultural production by ±8%. The total number of managed colonies worldwide is estimated a ...
Improving EIA for roads at the landscape
... Countries can save a lot of money by addressing the issue of landscape fragmentation now rather than ignoring the need for these measures during road construction and having to deal with the increased costs of adding them later. 2.9 Caring about the quality of the entire landscape is essential, not ...
... Countries can save a lot of money by addressing the issue of landscape fragmentation now rather than ignoring the need for these measures during road construction and having to deal with the increased costs of adding them later. 2.9 Caring about the quality of the entire landscape is essential, not ...
The Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
... instance, the role of bacteria in carbon cycling in unproductive lakes, the role of bacteria in marine food webs, the effect of climate on the water quality in boreal streams, and the effects of nutrient load on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We also investigate the ways in which arctic vegetat ...
... instance, the role of bacteria in carbon cycling in unproductive lakes, the role of bacteria in marine food webs, the effect of climate on the water quality in boreal streams, and the effects of nutrient load on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We also investigate the ways in which arctic vegetat ...
Large mammal survey using camera traps in the Sikre River in the
... Large mammals are elusive, often nocturnal, and therefore difficult to study. In many parks, reserves, agriculture lands, and other human-dominated landscapes, mammalian abundance is unknown despite their importance to ecosystems. The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve of eastern Honduras has been the si ...
... Large mammals are elusive, often nocturnal, and therefore difficult to study. In many parks, reserves, agriculture lands, and other human-dominated landscapes, mammalian abundance is unknown despite their importance to ecosystems. The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve of eastern Honduras has been the si ...
Causes of biodiversity loss in coastal ecosystems
... can be very variable in space and time. Fourth, some species require more than one habitat during development and are threatened by activities in anyone of them (Dugan 1990, Salm & Clark 1984). Marine conservation has only become an issue of global concern within the last 20 years (WRIIIUCN/UNEP 199 ...
... can be very variable in space and time. Fourth, some species require more than one habitat during development and are threatened by activities in anyone of them (Dugan 1990, Salm & Clark 1984). Marine conservation has only become an issue of global concern within the last 20 years (WRIIIUCN/UNEP 199 ...
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... 13. What is permafrost? In which biome does it occur? 14. What biome is also known as the coniferous forest? 15. What biome has four distinct seasons? 16. Which biomes have less than 25 cm of precipitation annually? 17. Which biomes have more than 200 cm of precipitation annually? 1.2 Ecosystems Que ...
... 13. What is permafrost? In which biome does it occur? 14. What biome is also known as the coniferous forest? 15. What biome has four distinct seasons? 16. Which biomes have less than 25 cm of precipitation annually? 17. Which biomes have more than 200 cm of precipitation annually? 1.2 Ecosystems Que ...
SHELLFISH RESTORATION BEST AQUACULTURE PRACTICES
... – Potential for harvest of illegal stock/bootlegging – Requires increased resources for enforcement – Requires surveillance of all planted shellfish • To ensure that only commercially approved shellfish reaches market • To ensure that shellfish grown in unapproved areas is not directly consumed ...
... – Potential for harvest of illegal stock/bootlegging – Requires increased resources for enforcement – Requires surveillance of all planted shellfish • To ensure that only commercially approved shellfish reaches market • To ensure that shellfish grown in unapproved areas is not directly consumed ...
Research: “Habitats as templates for the diversification of
... between habitat types in the pattern and pace of macroevolutionary diversification of their incumbent lineages may have profound consequences on the functioning of the communities. Consequences may be found both at the level of ecosystem processes such as decomposition rates and at the level of micr ...
... between habitat types in the pattern and pace of macroevolutionary diversification of their incumbent lineages may have profound consequences on the functioning of the communities. Consequences may be found both at the level of ecosystem processes such as decomposition rates and at the level of micr ...
1999 USA -3F Interd 3
... Forest management must change radically to maintain biodiversity. `Biodiversity' has many components, but only one has been measured unambiguously ± species richness ± although there is recently much emphasis on structural, process, and functional diversity. So we must determine exactly what aspects ...
... Forest management must change radically to maintain biodiversity. `Biodiversity' has many components, but only one has been measured unambiguously ± species richness ± although there is recently much emphasis on structural, process, and functional diversity. So we must determine exactly what aspects ...
Linking Nature`s services to ecosystems: some general ecological
... are classified according to certain ecological criteria: (1) are the goods or the object of the service internal to the ecosystem or shared with other systems? (2) are the goods or object of the service of biotic or abiotic origin? and (3) at which level of ecological hierarchy are the goods or serv ...
... are classified according to certain ecological criteria: (1) are the goods or the object of the service internal to the ecosystem or shared with other systems? (2) are the goods or object of the service of biotic or abiotic origin? and (3) at which level of ecological hierarchy are the goods or serv ...
Island Biogeography - University of Windsor
... Lomolino MV 1984 Mammalian island biogeography: effects of area, isolation, and vagility. Oceologia, 61, 376-382 Lomolino MV 1984 Immigrant selection, predation, and the distribution of Microtus pennsylvanicus and Blarina brevicauda on islands. The American Naturalist, 123, 468-483 Gittenberger E 19 ...
... Lomolino MV 1984 Mammalian island biogeography: effects of area, isolation, and vagility. Oceologia, 61, 376-382 Lomolino MV 1984 Immigrant selection, predation, and the distribution of Microtus pennsylvanicus and Blarina brevicauda on islands. The American Naturalist, 123, 468-483 Gittenberger E 19 ...
Conserving Wildlife
... 5 areas of wildlife benefits Aesthetic benefits - those that people place on wildlife for beauty and appeal. Game benefits – fishing and hunting some wildlife animals as game. Economic benefits - derived from people spending money to enjoy wildlife. Scientific benefits - using wildlife in research ...
... 5 areas of wildlife benefits Aesthetic benefits - those that people place on wildlife for beauty and appeal. Game benefits – fishing and hunting some wildlife animals as game. Economic benefits - derived from people spending money to enjoy wildlife. Scientific benefits - using wildlife in research ...
Biotic Globalization: Does Competition from Introduced Species
... To explicitly incorporate global invasions into the neutral local communities and metacommunities would result in a theory, one could redefine v (defined as speciation rate within high degree of endemism at both the local and regional leva metacommunity in Hubbell’s original model) as the species el ...
... To explicitly incorporate global invasions into the neutral local communities and metacommunities would result in a theory, one could redefine v (defined as speciation rate within high degree of endemism at both the local and regional leva metacommunity in Hubbell’s original model) as the species el ...
Why Care About America`s Sagebrush?
... has been a considerable loss of suitable sagebrush habitat to support the bird’s life history, including its needs for food, cover and nesting space. The fragmentation has been exacerbated by invasive weeds, especially cheatgrass, which fuels unchecked wildfires; and, land-management practices that ...
... has been a considerable loss of suitable sagebrush habitat to support the bird’s life history, including its needs for food, cover and nesting space. The fragmentation has been exacerbated by invasive weeds, especially cheatgrass, which fuels unchecked wildfires; and, land-management practices that ...
Are aliens threatening European aquatic coastal ecosystems?
... Approximately 450–600 species (numbers vary in particular because of uncertainty with regard to establishment of introduced non-indigenous species; Streftaris et al. 2005; Gollasch 2006, in press) known to have been added to the European coastal aquatic flora and fauna through shipping, canals, aquac ...
... Approximately 450–600 species (numbers vary in particular because of uncertainty with regard to establishment of introduced non-indigenous species; Streftaris et al. 2005; Gollasch 2006, in press) known to have been added to the European coastal aquatic flora and fauna through shipping, canals, aquac ...
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.