niche dynamics of deer mice in a fragmented, old-growth
... Pacific Northwest support one of the most diverse mammal faunas in the United States (Corn and Bury, 1991; Norse, 1990), with mammals comprising >25% of the vertebrate species in this area (>70 species of mammals on the Olympic Peninsula). Throughout the forested regions of Washington and Oregon the ...
... Pacific Northwest support one of the most diverse mammal faunas in the United States (Corn and Bury, 1991; Norse, 1990), with mammals comprising >25% of the vertebrate species in this area (>70 species of mammals on the Olympic Peninsula). Throughout the forested regions of Washington and Oregon the ...
Restoration and Remediation Guidelines
... managers in the decision-making process from initial assessment through conceptual restoration design, implementation and monitoring, and is an essential resource for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific, legal and socioeconomic background to reef restoration. About one third of chapter ...
... managers in the decision-making process from initial assessment through conceptual restoration design, implementation and monitoring, and is an essential resource for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific, legal and socioeconomic background to reef restoration. About one third of chapter ...
Reef Restoration - Newcastle University
... managers in the decision-making process from initial assessment through conceptual restoration design, implementation and monitoring, and is an essential resource for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific, legal and socioeconomic background to reef restoration. About one third of chapter ...
... managers in the decision-making process from initial assessment through conceptual restoration design, implementation and monitoring, and is an essential resource for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific, legal and socioeconomic background to reef restoration. About one third of chapter ...
Hybridization due to changing species distributions: adding
... subgroups and discussed the topics in more depth. In a final plenary meeting, we brought ideas together, discussed open topics, identified consensus or differences of opinion, and prepared a preliminary report. Results: Our lists of topics were highly similar, suggesting that we missed only a few to ...
... subgroups and discussed the topics in more depth. In a final plenary meeting, we brought ideas together, discussed open topics, identified consensus or differences of opinion, and prepared a preliminary report. Results: Our lists of topics were highly similar, suggesting that we missed only a few to ...
The effect of habitat heterogeneity on species diversity patterns: a
... Major progress has been made recently in our understanding of large-scale ecological processes and patterns. Here, a spatially explicit, multi-species, process-based, object-oriented landscape simulation model (SHALOM) is described that is built upon major lessons from fields such as metapopulation ...
... Major progress has been made recently in our understanding of large-scale ecological processes and patterns. Here, a spatially explicit, multi-species, process-based, object-oriented landscape simulation model (SHALOM) is described that is built upon major lessons from fields such as metapopulation ...
Positive interactions in ecology: filling the fundamental niche
... limitations), or by modifying the physical and chemical conditions of the habitats. However, whether the new range of conditions experienced by the recipient species is greater than that predicted by the fundamental niche is uncertain because, in most cases, we do not even know what is the fundament ...
... limitations), or by modifying the physical and chemical conditions of the habitats. However, whether the new range of conditions experienced by the recipient species is greater than that predicted by the fundamental niche is uncertain because, in most cases, we do not even know what is the fundament ...
Maureen McClung - Biology Department | UNC Chapel Hill
... to be some limits to similarity in coexisting competitors. Second, these limits suggest more than just differences in species, but also the variability within them, the nature of the resource and utilization curves, etc. (Begon et al 2006). Currently, the most common definition of “niche” coincides ...
... to be some limits to similarity in coexisting competitors. Second, these limits suggest more than just differences in species, but also the variability within them, the nature of the resource and utilization curves, etc. (Begon et al 2006). Currently, the most common definition of “niche” coincides ...
Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession (Springer
... potential benefits a closer examination of succession can provide. These benefits address both how to restore ecosystem function and structure as quickly as possible and the longer-term consequences of current restoration activities. Successfully restored ecosystems can be more or less sustainable w ...
... potential benefits a closer examination of succession can provide. These benefits address both how to restore ecosystem function and structure as quickly as possible and the longer-term consequences of current restoration activities. Successfully restored ecosystems can be more or less sustainable w ...
The Ecology of Invasions and The Invasions of Ecology
... from the initial condition and the internal dynamic.”xvii Open technological systems, on the other hand, are unable to account for external factors, and are therefore vulnerable to the influences of those “environmental systems” that cannot be adequately dealt with by any available technological ca ...
... from the initial condition and the internal dynamic.”xvii Open technological systems, on the other hand, are unable to account for external factors, and are therefore vulnerable to the influences of those “environmental systems” that cannot be adequately dealt with by any available technological ca ...
Special Feature
... is a community?’’ They also raise the more recent question, ‘‘Should we expect selection to act often at levels above the individual, including the community?’’ Both papers led me to ask: ‘‘What can these studies in community genetics tell us about how we do ecology?’’ WHY COMMUNITY GENETICS? Neuhau ...
... is a community?’’ They also raise the more recent question, ‘‘Should we expect selection to act often at levels above the individual, including the community?’’ Both papers led me to ask: ‘‘What can these studies in community genetics tell us about how we do ecology?’’ WHY COMMUNITY GENETICS? Neuhau ...
1 - SANParks
... islands are not “sub-divided” by development or transformation. The maintenance of fire as a diverse process will depend on islands remaining as contiguous as possible to allow the natural spread of fires, and it will also depend on the areas being large enough to allow fire patterns to develop. Res ...
... islands are not “sub-divided” by development or transformation. The maintenance of fire as a diverse process will depend on islands remaining as contiguous as possible to allow the natural spread of fires, and it will also depend on the areas being large enough to allow fire patterns to develop. Res ...
Biodiversity and Species Extinctions in Model Food Webs Charlotte Borrvall
... Many of the earth’s ecosystems are experiencing large species losses due to human impacts such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, species invasions, pollution, and overfishing (Jackson et al. 2001; Myers & Worm 2003; Thomas et al. 2004a; Thomas et al. 2004b). An important ques ...
... Many of the earth’s ecosystems are experiencing large species losses due to human impacts such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, species invasions, pollution, and overfishing (Jackson et al. 2001; Myers & Worm 2003; Thomas et al. 2004a; Thomas et al. 2004b). An important ques ...
Sustainable Ecosystems Sustainable Ecosystems
... High above the planet, the International Space Station offers a breathtaking view of Earth (Figure 1.1). Canadian astronaut Dave Williams has been privileged to see that view first-hand. After returning to Earth, he had this to say about his experience: “I am truly in awe of the beauty of the planet ...
... High above the planet, the International Space Station offers a breathtaking view of Earth (Figure 1.1). Canadian astronaut Dave Williams has been privileged to see that view first-hand. After returning to Earth, he had this to say about his experience: “I am truly in awe of the beauty of the planet ...
Iluka Chair Fact Sheet
... Winthrop Professor Ladislav Mucina, who has been appointed Iluka Chair, will focus on descriptive vegetation science, ecological and evolutionary assembly in plant communities, as well as the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in speciesrich shrub-lands around the world. No similar researc ...
... Winthrop Professor Ladislav Mucina, who has been appointed Iluka Chair, will focus on descriptive vegetation science, ecological and evolutionary assembly in plant communities, as well as the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in speciesrich shrub-lands around the world. No similar researc ...
When Good Animals Love Bad Habitats: Ecological Traps and the
... traps. It is unclear whether this is because ecological traps are rare or because researchers simply have not been looking for them. It is not uncommon for authors to report findings that are consistent with the presence of a trap but to ignore the ecological trap concept when discussing the implica ...
... traps. It is unclear whether this is because ecological traps are rare or because researchers simply have not been looking for them. It is not uncommon for authors to report findings that are consistent with the presence of a trap but to ignore the ecological trap concept when discussing the implica ...
Networking Agroecology: Integrating the Diversity of Agroecosystem
... the best practices for reversing declines in species richness in agricultural landscapes, let alone how networks of interacting species might be restored (but see Pocock et al., 2012). Simply reversing some of the processes of intensification, by reducing inputs, increasing landscape diversity and i ...
... the best practices for reversing declines in species richness in agricultural landscapes, let alone how networks of interacting species might be restored (but see Pocock et al., 2012). Simply reversing some of the processes of intensification, by reducing inputs, increasing landscape diversity and i ...
Distribution, extent of inter-annual variability and diet of the
... and 10 in R. octopus, but up to 16 have been recorded. A possible third species, R. luteum, has also been described (Russell, 1970) but no records were found during our investigations and the recognition of three species was questioned by Holst et al. (2007). Misidentification, renaming of species an ...
... and 10 in R. octopus, but up to 16 have been recorded. A possible third species, R. luteum, has also been described (Russell, 1970) but no records were found during our investigations and the recognition of three species was questioned by Holst et al. (2007). Misidentification, renaming of species an ...
Is Taxonomic Diversity Enough? The Role of Phylogenetic
... grasslands and montane forests (Gerhold et al. 2003 and Kunstler et al. 2012). Similarly, more productive habitats often allow for a greater number of functionally-similar organisms than resource limited habitats. Therefore, productive habitats often have a lower ratio of functional ...
... grasslands and montane forests (Gerhold et al. 2003 and Kunstler et al. 2012). Similarly, more productive habitats often allow for a greater number of functionally-similar organisms than resource limited habitats. Therefore, productive habitats often have a lower ratio of functional ...
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of communities and Ecosystems
... have confirmed that character displacement can occur under a wide range of conditions, but suggest that it may not occur when the stabilizing selection due to a strongly unimodal distribution of resource abundances along some ecological axis overwhelms any advantage from divergence. There are still ...
... have confirmed that character displacement can occur under a wide range of conditions, but suggest that it may not occur when the stabilizing selection due to a strongly unimodal distribution of resource abundances along some ecological axis overwhelms any advantage from divergence. There are still ...
56_Lecture_Presentation
... Species Diversity • Species diversity is the variety of species in an ecosystem or throughout the biosphere • According to the U.S. Endangered Species Act – An endangered species is “in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range” – A threatened species is likely ...
... Species Diversity • Species diversity is the variety of species in an ecosystem or throughout the biosphere • According to the U.S. Endangered Species Act – An endangered species is “in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range” – A threatened species is likely ...
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.