and the Forest Restoration Research Unit, Thailand
... The Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU) began in 1994 as a scientific collaboration between scientists at Chiang Mai University and the national park. Researchers studied over 600 of the park’s tree species developing from first principles techniques to better understand their ecological, hort ...
... The Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU) began in 1994 as a scientific collaboration between scientists at Chiang Mai University and the national park. Researchers studied over 600 of the park’s tree species developing from first principles techniques to better understand their ecological, hort ...
Coniferous Forest - Great Basin Bird Observatory
... states an increase in the frequency of large intense fires, especially in the Sierra Nevada (Miller et al. 2009). This may be in part due to fuel buildup from fire suppression, which also allows shade-tolerant species such as white fir to increase the stand density of otherwise more open pine stands ...
... states an increase in the frequency of large intense fires, especially in the Sierra Nevada (Miller et al. 2009). This may be in part due to fuel buildup from fire suppression, which also allows shade-tolerant species such as white fir to increase the stand density of otherwise more open pine stands ...
Background Information: Biological Communities
... Background Information: Biological Communities Since the retreat of the glaciers, approximately 10,000 years ago, forces of nature have shaped New Brunswick’s landscape. These forces have created a tremendous variety of ecosystems and communities, and have resulted in the native biodiversity that we ...
... Background Information: Biological Communities Since the retreat of the glaciers, approximately 10,000 years ago, forces of nature have shaped New Brunswick’s landscape. These forces have created a tremendous variety of ecosystems and communities, and have resulted in the native biodiversity that we ...
Reindeer Island Ecological Reserve
... include coyote, fox, wolf, lynx, snowshoe hare and re-back vole. The Reindeer Island Ecological Reserve will be maintained for the preservation and protection of the raised peat bogs, variety of ecosystems on an isolated island, and the presence of most northwesterly occurrence of American yew. All ...
... include coyote, fox, wolf, lynx, snowshoe hare and re-back vole. The Reindeer Island Ecological Reserve will be maintained for the preservation and protection of the raised peat bogs, variety of ecosystems on an isolated island, and the presence of most northwesterly occurrence of American yew. All ...
3.4 Ecosystem Changes
... Populations are doomed when the death rate is greater than the birth rate. This is referred to as fatal subtraction. These organisms have fallen below their minimal viable population size. Specialization may make species vulnerable to changing environments. For example, if a food source is destroye ...
... Populations are doomed when the death rate is greater than the birth rate. This is referred to as fatal subtraction. These organisms have fallen below their minimal viable population size. Specialization may make species vulnerable to changing environments. For example, if a food source is destroye ...
Humans in the Biosphere
... – More pounds of menhaden are landed each year than any other fish in the United States – Fishery is considered stable along Atlantic coast, BUT may be causing damage in the Bay • Menhaden play a key ecological role in the Bay as an important prey species for top predators such as striped bass, and ...
... – More pounds of menhaden are landed each year than any other fish in the United States – Fishery is considered stable along Atlantic coast, BUT may be causing damage in the Bay • Menhaden play a key ecological role in the Bay as an important prey species for top predators such as striped bass, and ...
Acoustic Biodiversity of Primary Rainforest Ecosystems
... structured behavior, maximizing efficiency within diversity. I realized that, if properly reproduced, soundscape recordings of these ecosystems could be powerful means for raising awareness of acoustic biodiversity and its heritage [2], now being destroyed by rapid deforestation and climate change. ...
... structured behavior, maximizing efficiency within diversity. I realized that, if properly reproduced, soundscape recordings of these ecosystems could be powerful means for raising awareness of acoustic biodiversity and its heritage [2], now being destroyed by rapid deforestation and climate change. ...
- proposte sonore
... structured behavior, maximizing efficiency within diversity. I realized that, if properly reproduced, soundscape recordings of these ecosystems could be powerful means for raising awareness of acoustic biodiversity and its heritage [2], now being destroyed by rapid deforestation and climate change. ...
... structured behavior, maximizing efficiency within diversity. I realized that, if properly reproduced, soundscape recordings of these ecosystems could be powerful means for raising awareness of acoustic biodiversity and its heritage [2], now being destroyed by rapid deforestation and climate change. ...
Comparing Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Scientific Census
... variety of anthropogenic activities. The urgent need for conservation often requires arduous, long, and expensive fieldwork. Primates are one of the groups most difficult to study due to their mobility, agility, and arboreal lifestyle. They are one of the species most affected by human activities wi ...
... variety of anthropogenic activities. The urgent need for conservation often requires arduous, long, and expensive fieldwork. Primates are one of the groups most difficult to study due to their mobility, agility, and arboreal lifestyle. They are one of the species most affected by human activities wi ...
Man-Made factors of Extinction
... Man-Made factors of Extinction have caused extinctions in more recent (current) times o Cutting down trees of the rainforest regions o Removing natural habitats to build things o Over-harvesting: planting in the ground until it is no longer fertile o Pollution: trash, dirty air, dirty water, etc. ...
... Man-Made factors of Extinction have caused extinctions in more recent (current) times o Cutting down trees of the rainforest regions o Removing natural habitats to build things o Over-harvesting: planting in the ground until it is no longer fertile o Pollution: trash, dirty air, dirty water, etc. ...
Computational Ecology Intro. to Ecology
... energy in reproductions (cost of offspring, parental care, and time of reproduction) ...
... energy in reproductions (cost of offspring, parental care, and time of reproduction) ...
Species and Communities
... • Temperate – tropical gradients in diversity reflect: – More food – Benign climate – Stable environment (MacArthur 1969) ...
... • Temperate – tropical gradients in diversity reflect: – More food – Benign climate – Stable environment (MacArthur 1969) ...
notes
... Community interactions 3. Symbiosis---two different species live together Mutualism- both species benefit Commensalism- one benefits without harming ...
... Community interactions 3. Symbiosis---two different species live together Mutualism- both species benefit Commensalism- one benefits without harming ...
Practice Qs for Ecology answers
... 2. An ecosystem consists of biotic and abiotic factors. True 3. Clearing a forest would reduce the amount of energy available to the consumers. True 4. While an understanding of the interactions between organisms and their environment was very important to early hunter and gatherer humans, it is eve ...
... 2. An ecosystem consists of biotic and abiotic factors. True 3. Clearing a forest would reduce the amount of energy available to the consumers. True 4. While an understanding of the interactions between organisms and their environment was very important to early hunter and gatherer humans, it is eve ...
Endangered and Extinct Species Rubric
... A description of how scientists and other naturalist are taking steps to prevent the further decline in the organism’s population and extinction of the species. ...
... A description of how scientists and other naturalist are taking steps to prevent the further decline in the organism’s population and extinction of the species. ...
Linda Presentation_12.18.13
... In the last 10-20 years, wildfires are occurring more frequently and increasingly in very large burn patches. ...
... In the last 10-20 years, wildfires are occurring more frequently and increasingly in very large burn patches. ...
Hier titel invoegen
... indirectly with a hemispherical camera and were acquired on plot level. For Eschweilera coriacea, one of the predominant species in the study area, the first results demonstrated that initial seedling densities were related to the distance to the mother trees. This distance-density relation changed ...
... indirectly with a hemispherical camera and were acquired on plot level. For Eschweilera coriacea, one of the predominant species in the study area, the first results demonstrated that initial seedling densities were related to the distance to the mother trees. This distance-density relation changed ...
GLOSSARY Alien species Species introduced deliberately or
... The use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations (Source: Convention on Biological Diversity). ...
... The use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations (Source: Convention on Biological Diversity). ...
Keystone Species
... • Outside the optimum range causes stress • Struggling to maintain homeostasis • For any environmental factor, going beyond the upper or lower limit can lead to death ...
... • Outside the optimum range causes stress • Struggling to maintain homeostasis • For any environmental factor, going beyond the upper or lower limit can lead to death ...
Community Interactions and Ecological Succession
... – 1. What kinds of factors (things) do you think influence an ecosystem? – 2. What kinds of relationships do you think exist between the plants and animals in an ecosystem? – 3. What might cause those relationships to change? ...
... – 1. What kinds of factors (things) do you think influence an ecosystem? – 2. What kinds of relationships do you think exist between the plants and animals in an ecosystem? – 3. What might cause those relationships to change? ...
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... made up of several populations that interact in the same area Ecosystem Ex. Pond ecosystem collection of ALL the living things that live in a particular place together with their physical environment Biome Ex. Tropical rainforest group of ecosystems with the same climate and similar dominant communi ...
... made up of several populations that interact in the same area Ecosystem Ex. Pond ecosystem collection of ALL the living things that live in a particular place together with their physical environment Biome Ex. Tropical rainforest group of ecosystems with the same climate and similar dominant communi ...
Mar 2 - University of Toledo
... •Ecosystem very rare few to 300 m in the Douglas-fir forest of the PNW. ...
... •Ecosystem very rare few to 300 m in the Douglas-fir forest of the PNW. ...
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, originally called the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project is a large-scale ecological experiment looking at the effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical rainforest; it is one of the most expensive biology experiments ever run. The experiment, which was established in 1979 is located near Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon. The project is jointly managed by the Smithsonian Institution and INPA, the Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon.The project was initiated in 1979 by Thomas Lovejoy to investigate the SLOSS debate. Initially named the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project, the project created forest fragments of sizes 1 hectare (2 acres), 10 hectares (25 acres), and 100 hectares (247 acres). Data were collected prior to the creation of the fragments and studies of the effects of fragmentation now exceed 25 years.As of October 2010 562 publications and 143 graduate dissertations and theses had emerged from the project.