Fundamental Nearshore Ecosystem Processes
... Nearshore Processes Definition1 We define ecosystem processes as any interaction among physiochemical and biological attributes of an ecosystem that involve changes in character or “state” of the ecosystem and its components. These changes involve composition and quantity, as well as reorganization ...
... Nearshore Processes Definition1 We define ecosystem processes as any interaction among physiochemical and biological attributes of an ecosystem that involve changes in character or “state” of the ecosystem and its components. These changes involve composition and quantity, as well as reorganization ...
Young Naturalist Award 2001 Introduction Ever since I was a toddler
... walk through the woods was an adventure for me. I always found it exciting to learn something new about the wonders my backyard held. To this day, I still marvel at my wooded sanctuary, different from the manicured lawns and city lots of my friends. The aura of my backyard captures my senses and sen ...
... walk through the woods was an adventure for me. I always found it exciting to learn something new about the wonders my backyard held. To this day, I still marvel at my wooded sanctuary, different from the manicured lawns and city lots of my friends. The aura of my backyard captures my senses and sen ...
The beta-diversity of species interactions: Untangling the drivers of
... 6. What are the consequences of variability in interaction beta-diversity for ecosystem services? For example, few studies have compared how individual pollinator behavior (i.e., fidelity), plant–pollinator network structure, and pollination services vary across heterogeneous landscapes. Geographica ...
... 6. What are the consequences of variability in interaction beta-diversity for ecosystem services? For example, few studies have compared how individual pollinator behavior (i.e., fidelity), plant–pollinator network structure, and pollination services vary across heterogeneous landscapes. Geographica ...
Introduction
... First, it will assess the current threats to the economic well-being of the people of Ungolu and identify ways to ensure a constant source of revenue. Second, it will assess the current threats to the natural habitat of the rainforest's red-tailed swallow population and identify ways to avoid its de ...
... First, it will assess the current threats to the economic well-being of the people of Ungolu and identify ways to ensure a constant source of revenue. Second, it will assess the current threats to the natural habitat of the rainforest's red-tailed swallow population and identify ways to avoid its de ...
An emerging synthesis between community ecology and
... A synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology is emerging that identifies how genetic variation and evolution within one species can shape the ecological properties of entire communities and, in turn, how community context can govern evolutionary processes and patterns. This synthes ...
... A synthesis between community ecology and evolutionary biology is emerging that identifies how genetic variation and evolution within one species can shape the ecological properties of entire communities and, in turn, how community context can govern evolutionary processes and patterns. This synthes ...
Marine Ecosystem Services Program
... Ecosystem services are produced by healthy, well-functioning environments and provide great benefit to humans worldwide. Such services include provisioning of food and water resources, as well as regulating and supporting functions such as flood control, waste management, water balance, climate regu ...
... Ecosystem services are produced by healthy, well-functioning environments and provide great benefit to humans worldwide. Such services include provisioning of food and water resources, as well as regulating and supporting functions such as flood control, waste management, water balance, climate regu ...
Systematic measurement of effectiveness for conservation of
... the entire population of >130 tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) disappeared (Newman 1986). In response, new methods for systematically eradicating species such as rats (Towns and Broome 2003) have contributed to a growing number of islands from which all mammalian pest species have been removed (Parkes ...
... the entire population of >130 tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) disappeared (Newman 1986). In response, new methods for systematically eradicating species such as rats (Towns and Broome 2003) have contributed to a growing number of islands from which all mammalian pest species have been removed (Parkes ...
Deep-sea ecosystem: a world of positive biodiversity – ecosystem
... significantly altering carbon flux, storage, and recycling nutrients over multiple timescales (Lohrer ...
... significantly altering carbon flux, storage, and recycling nutrients over multiple timescales (Lohrer ...
Why evolutionary biologists should get seriously involved in
... within species and populations Biodiversity continues to decline globally (Butchart et al. 2010; Pereira et al. 2010), with serious consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning (Cardinale et al. 2006; Duffy et al. 2007; Hooper et al. 2012), as well as for the services provided by ecosystems ...
... within species and populations Biodiversity continues to decline globally (Butchart et al. 2010; Pereira et al. 2010), with serious consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning (Cardinale et al. 2006; Duffy et al. 2007; Hooper et al. 2012), as well as for the services provided by ecosystems ...
Insect communities and biotic interactions on
... The destruction and fragmentation of habitats has become one of the major threats to biodiversity (Saunders et al., 1991; Baur and Erhardt, 1995). Habitat fragmentation may change or disrupt mutualistic and antagonistic interactions such as pollination (Rathcke and Jules, 1993; Matthies et al., 1995 ...
... The destruction and fragmentation of habitats has become one of the major threats to biodiversity (Saunders et al., 1991; Baur and Erhardt, 1995). Habitat fragmentation may change or disrupt mutualistic and antagonistic interactions such as pollination (Rathcke and Jules, 1993; Matthies et al., 1995 ...
Relationships Within Ecosystems
... competition demand for resources, such as food, water, and shelter, in short supply in a community ...
... competition demand for resources, such as food, water, and shelter, in short supply in a community ...
Three selected ecological observations interpreted in
... in fact most explanations are inductive generalisations, without any deductive theory behind them. As a consequence, we may find a large number of non-universal tentative generalisations in biology and ecology. Biology and ecology are more complex than physics, and it will, therefore, be much more d ...
... in fact most explanations are inductive generalisations, without any deductive theory behind them. As a consequence, we may find a large number of non-universal tentative generalisations in biology and ecology. Biology and ecology are more complex than physics, and it will, therefore, be much more d ...
1 Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Questions Name: 1 1) 1 Zebra mussels
... Objective: 6.2 Feeding relationships and energy flow ...
... Objective: 6.2 Feeding relationships and energy flow ...
Landscape elements: patches, corridors, boundaries in a
... Gilbert-Norton et al. (2010) conducted a meta-analysis of corridor use and effectiveness in 78 experiments from 35 studies; you should know what their key findings were (from assigned reading). Keep in mind that something that is a corridor to one species may not be perceived or used as such by anot ...
... Gilbert-Norton et al. (2010) conducted a meta-analysis of corridor use and effectiveness in 78 experiments from 35 studies; you should know what their key findings were (from assigned reading). Keep in mind that something that is a corridor to one species may not be perceived or used as such by anot ...
Full Text - Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
... but their relative importance varies greatly among the models. This theory reinforces recent experimental results and shows that effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning are predicted by well-known ecological processes. Recent studies have shown that several community and ecosystem processes ...
... but their relative importance varies greatly among the models. This theory reinforces recent experimental results and shows that effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning are predicted by well-known ecological processes. Recent studies have shown that several community and ecosystem processes ...
Ecological genomics - Kansas State University
... assemblages by harboring distinct tree-dwelling communities of arthropods (Wimp et al., 2005). Furthermore, manipulations of plant intraspecific genotypic diversity in the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) and an oldfield goldenrod (Solidago altissima) demonstrated that effects of increased numbe ...
... assemblages by harboring distinct tree-dwelling communities of arthropods (Wimp et al., 2005). Furthermore, manipulations of plant intraspecific genotypic diversity in the evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) and an oldfield goldenrod (Solidago altissima) demonstrated that effects of increased numbe ...
Management and Restoration of Grasslands on Yellow Island, San
... 1981 to investigate various management activities. All have been monitored using the same 1-m2 quadrats as in Plots 1 and 2. In 1984, a 2 x 5m plot was installed to track natural re-establishment of grassland vegetation following removal of three dense, fast-growing Pseudotsuga menziesii trees. This ...
... 1981 to investigate various management activities. All have been monitored using the same 1-m2 quadrats as in Plots 1 and 2. In 1984, a 2 x 5m plot was installed to track natural re-establishment of grassland vegetation following removal of three dense, fast-growing Pseudotsuga menziesii trees. This ...
Ecosystem services and biodiversity in developing
... Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Conservation International noted that 19 out of 25 biodiversity “hotspots” had population growth rates higher than the global average and 16 of these hotspots account for one quarter of all undernourished people in the developing world (Cincotta and Engelman 20 ...
... Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Conservation International noted that 19 out of 25 biodiversity “hotspots” had population growth rates higher than the global average and 16 of these hotspots account for one quarter of all undernourished people in the developing world (Cincotta and Engelman 20 ...
Evaluating Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes
... threatened by increased local extinctions of individuals and species, due to a decline in habitat area, and a reduced exchange of individuals between increasingly isolated habitat patches. ...
... threatened by increased local extinctions of individuals and species, due to a decline in habitat area, and a reduced exchange of individuals between increasingly isolated habitat patches. ...
Alpine and Arctic Ecosystems
... The Arctic (Chapin et al, 2005) hosts 3% of the global flora and 2% of the global fauna (Chernov 1995; Matveyeva and Chernov 2000). There are about 1800 species of vascular plants, 4000 species of cryptogams, 75 species of terrestrial mammals, 240 species of terrestrial birds, 2500 species of fungi, ...
... The Arctic (Chapin et al, 2005) hosts 3% of the global flora and 2% of the global fauna (Chernov 1995; Matveyeva and Chernov 2000). There are about 1800 species of vascular plants, 4000 species of cryptogams, 75 species of terrestrial mammals, 240 species of terrestrial birds, 2500 species of fungi, ...
Chapter 1 - Edinburgh Research Archive
... 8. Interactions: Inter- and intra-specific interactions are not always competitive (although competition is an interaction). Within many developing plant communities, like those found on the bing site, species and individuals in a mixed population will survive better than those growing in a single s ...
... 8. Interactions: Inter- and intra-specific interactions are not always competitive (although competition is an interaction). Within many developing plant communities, like those found on the bing site, species and individuals in a mixed population will survive better than those growing in a single s ...
Using ecological restoration to constrain biological invasion
... stepwise regression. In this case, the best fitting stepwise model explained the same amount of variation (r2 = 0·67, F3,117 = 90·46, P < 0·0001) and indicated that A. cristatum cover was negatively correlated with planted C3 grass cover, planted C4 grass cover and percentage bare ground (standardiz ...
... stepwise regression. In this case, the best fitting stepwise model explained the same amount of variation (r2 = 0·67, F3,117 = 90·46, P < 0·0001) and indicated that A. cristatum cover was negatively correlated with planted C3 grass cover, planted C4 grass cover and percentage bare ground (standardiz ...
Restoration ecology
Restoration ecology emerged as a separate field in ecology in the 1980s. It is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action. The term ""restoration ecology"" is therefore commonly used for the academic study of the process, whereas the term ""ecological restoration"" is commonly used for the actual project or process by restoration practitioners.