Bioindicators of Biodiversity and Farming Practice in Rice Paddies
... that differ in their functions [1, 2]. This means that rice paddies support, at least in part, biodiversity in the area or region. Recently, biodiversity in agricultural land has received growing attention because it plays a significant role in agro-ecosystem function [3, 4]. For example, beneficial ...
... that differ in their functions [1, 2]. This means that rice paddies support, at least in part, biodiversity in the area or region. Recently, biodiversity in agricultural land has received growing attention because it plays a significant role in agro-ecosystem function [3, 4]. For example, beneficial ...
The Ecologically Noble Savage Debate
... of biodiversity during the Holocene, covering natural changes (El Niño and volcanism) and anthropogenic changes in terms of hunting, burning, deforestation, and agriculturalassociated changes such as irrigation, terracing, and raised fields (see also Redman 1999). Hayashida (2005) reviews the archae ...
... of biodiversity during the Holocene, covering natural changes (El Niño and volcanism) and anthropogenic changes in terms of hunting, burning, deforestation, and agriculturalassociated changes such as irrigation, terracing, and raised fields (see also Redman 1999). Hayashida (2005) reviews the archae ...
Abiotic Plant Disorders - Oakland County, Michigan
... systems, signs of graft incompatibility may be visible as an uncharacteristic intensity of the fall color. Disruption of translocation leads to a buildup of sugars during leaf senescence that intensifies fall foliage color. This is especially the case on Acer rubrum cultivars with known incompatibil ...
... systems, signs of graft incompatibility may be visible as an uncharacteristic intensity of the fall color. Disruption of translocation leads to a buildup of sugars during leaf senescence that intensifies fall foliage color. This is especially the case on Acer rubrum cultivars with known incompatibil ...
- Vision Landwirtschaft
... produce high quality, nutritious food that contributes to preventive health care and wellbeing. In view of this it should avoid the use of fertilizers, pesticides, animal drugs and food additives that may have adverse health effects. Principle of ecology Organic Agriculture should be based on living ...
... produce high quality, nutritious food that contributes to preventive health care and wellbeing. In view of this it should avoid the use of fertilizers, pesticides, animal drugs and food additives that may have adverse health effects. Principle of ecology Organic Agriculture should be based on living ...
Living apart together Veen, Geertje Franciska
... aboveground and belowground herbivores on plant community diversity were different from the sum of the separate effects. For example, van Ruijven et al. (2005) found that neutral effects of aboveground grasshoppers on plant diversity and positive effects of belowground wireworms became negative when ...
... aboveground and belowground herbivores on plant community diversity were different from the sum of the separate effects. For example, van Ruijven et al. (2005) found that neutral effects of aboveground grasshoppers on plant diversity and positive effects of belowground wireworms became negative when ...
KLEE: a long-term multi-species herbivore
... Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA USA 95616. ...
... Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA USA 95616. ...
DOC. SC37-29 - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... world, resulting not only from unsustainable exploitation, but especially from the loss and degradation of wetland habitats (in particular through both small-scale and larger-scale land claims and other land use changes of intertidal wetlands), and AWARE that anthropogenic impacts on habitats, inclu ...
... world, resulting not only from unsustainable exploitation, but especially from the loss and degradation of wetland habitats (in particular through both small-scale and larger-scale land claims and other land use changes of intertidal wetlands), and AWARE that anthropogenic impacts on habitats, inclu ...
Perennial habitat fragments, parasitoid diversity and
... agricultural landscapes. However, in short-cycle crops, frequent disturbance from insecticides, harvesting and tillage disrupts the establishment of resident communities of natural enemies of pests. Semi-wild perennial vegetation may provide critical habitat for mobile arthropods supporting ecosyste ...
... agricultural landscapes. However, in short-cycle crops, frequent disturbance from insecticides, harvesting and tillage disrupts the establishment of resident communities of natural enemies of pests. Semi-wild perennial vegetation may provide critical habitat for mobile arthropods supporting ecosyste ...
The Need to Rationalize and Prioritize Threatening Processes Used
... The red list prioritizes conservation actions by identifying species of high extinction risk (Collar 1996; Miller et al. 2007; Hoffmann et al. 2008). Conversely, there is still no measure in the red list of the relative importance of the threatening processes that drive species to extinction. Listin ...
... The red list prioritizes conservation actions by identifying species of high extinction risk (Collar 1996; Miller et al. 2007; Hoffmann et al. 2008). Conversely, there is still no measure in the red list of the relative importance of the threatening processes that drive species to extinction. Listin ...
English version
... activity, biodiversity is the essence of all human value systems; economic, spiritual, social, cultural, educational and environmental. One of the strongest arguments for conserving biodiversity, is, however, its utilitarian value to humans. It becomes necessary to try to give an indication of the c ...
... activity, biodiversity is the essence of all human value systems; economic, spiritual, social, cultural, educational and environmental. One of the strongest arguments for conserving biodiversity, is, however, its utilitarian value to humans. It becomes necessary to try to give an indication of the c ...
restoration of mediterranean - type woodlands and shrublands
... Basin is the only MCR in the so-called Old World, where humans have practised agriculture for as long as 13 millennia in some areas (Purugganan & Fuller 2009). The process, initiated in the Near East, is thought to have spread to the entire Mediterranean region over the course of about three millenn ...
... Basin is the only MCR in the so-called Old World, where humans have practised agriculture for as long as 13 millennia in some areas (Purugganan & Fuller 2009). The process, initiated in the Near East, is thought to have spread to the entire Mediterranean region over the course of about three millenn ...
1.8 Arthropod Pest Management
... ground beetles exist at different trophic levels and serve to break down organic matter into its constituent parts. They feed directly on organic matter or prey on those that do. c) Natural or intrinsic levels of pest suppression: The great diversity of insects includes predaceous, parasitic and par ...
... ground beetles exist at different trophic levels and serve to break down organic matter into its constituent parts. They feed directly on organic matter or prey on those that do. c) Natural or intrinsic levels of pest suppression: The great diversity of insects includes predaceous, parasitic and par ...
Peck, Daniel C. 2006. European Crane Fly. Cornell University and
... conditions, the larvae are best sought in a core by both searching from the soil up to the base of the roots and thatch layer, and by searching down from the grass where larvae can be concealed in the upper layer of the thatch. This is the best way to make accurate population counts. Although disclo ...
... conditions, the larvae are best sought in a core by both searching from the soil up to the base of the roots and thatch layer, and by searching down from the grass where larvae can be concealed in the upper layer of the thatch. This is the best way to make accurate population counts. Although disclo ...
Human-Wildlife Conflict worldwide
... regions or climatic conditions, but is common to all areas where wildlife and human population coexist and share limited resources. Dense human populations in close vicinity to nature reserves seem to pose the greatest challenges in many countries. Conflicts become more intense where livestock holdi ...
... regions or climatic conditions, but is common to all areas where wildlife and human population coexist and share limited resources. Dense human populations in close vicinity to nature reserves seem to pose the greatest challenges in many countries. Conflicts become more intense where livestock holdi ...
6-3 Biodiversity
... What is the goal of conservation biology? Conservation efforts focus on protecting entire ecosystems as well as single species. Protecting an ecosystem will ensure that the natural habitats and the interactions of many different species are preserved at the same time. Slide 24 of 35 Copyright Pearso ...
... What is the goal of conservation biology? Conservation efforts focus on protecting entire ecosystems as well as single species. Protecting an ecosystem will ensure that the natural habitats and the interactions of many different species are preserved at the same time. Slide 24 of 35 Copyright Pearso ...
moving towards ecological farming
... to maximise benefits for bees and other wildlife biodiversity. Achieving ecological conservation areas across farming landscapes will require farmers, regulators and other stakeholders to plan and work together. 4. Habitat enhancement with wild flower strips (under agri-environmental schemes, AES). ...
... to maximise benefits for bees and other wildlife biodiversity. Achieving ecological conservation areas across farming landscapes will require farmers, regulators and other stakeholders to plan and work together. 4. Habitat enhancement with wild flower strips (under agri-environmental schemes, AES). ...
Ranchers as a Keystone Species in a West That Works By Richard L
... bargain), knowing that approximately 85% of federal lands are being grazed at some time of the year (the public half)? I am not sure how much the public values ranching, but, perhaps if they knew that by keeping private ranchlands out of development they are helping keep the West open and out of exu ...
... bargain), knowing that approximately 85% of federal lands are being grazed at some time of the year (the public half)? I am not sure how much the public values ranching, but, perhaps if they knew that by keeping private ranchlands out of development they are helping keep the West open and out of exu ...
biology i honors capacity matrix unit ix
... organisms in each stage may alter the ecosystem in ways that hinder their own survival but make it more favorable for future organisms. In this way, one community replaces another over time. Eventually a mature community (climax community) results where there is little change in the composition of ...
... organisms in each stage may alter the ecosystem in ways that hinder their own survival but make it more favorable for future organisms. In this way, one community replaces another over time. Eventually a mature community (climax community) results where there is little change in the composition of ...
Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in a neotropical rain forest of a
... been observed to be low. Perhaps this lack of consistence is partly owing to the nutrient resorption methods used. The aim of the study was to analyse N and P resorption proficiency from tropical rain forest trees in a nutrientrich soil. It was hypothesised that trees would exhibit low nutrient reso ...
... been observed to be low. Perhaps this lack of consistence is partly owing to the nutrient resorption methods used. The aim of the study was to analyse N and P resorption proficiency from tropical rain forest trees in a nutrientrich soil. It was hypothesised that trees would exhibit low nutrient reso ...
MOVING TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL FARMING
... to maximise benefits for bees and other wildlife biodiversity. Achieving ecological conservation areas across farming landscapes will require farmers, regulators and other stakeholders to plan and work together. 4. Habitat enhancement with wild flower strips (under agri-environmental schemes, AES). ...
... to maximise benefits for bees and other wildlife biodiversity. Achieving ecological conservation areas across farming landscapes will require farmers, regulators and other stakeholders to plan and work together. 4. Habitat enhancement with wild flower strips (under agri-environmental schemes, AES). ...
NEWS
... Over a quarter of the world's population are infected with the human roundworm, and the equivalent in pigs is equally ubiquitous. Both contribute to insidious and chronic nutritional morbidity, and this has been quantified, in humans, as disability adjusted life years appr ...
... Over a quarter of the world's population are infected with the human roundworm, and the equivalent in pigs is equally ubiquitous. Both contribute to insidious and chronic nutritional morbidity, and this has been quantified, in humans, as disability adjusted life years appr ...
Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010
... inform about the progress towards the 2010. Hence large efforts are presently undertaken by many national and international organisations to develop and coordinate work on 2010 relevant biodiversity indicators. The Convention on Biological Diversity is now the overall global organisation in this dev ...
... inform about the progress towards the 2010. Hence large efforts are presently undertaken by many national and international organisations to develop and coordinate work on 2010 relevant biodiversity indicators. The Convention on Biological Diversity is now the overall global organisation in this dev ...
perennial pepperweed Lepidium latifolium L.
... America. Infestations have also been found in Australia (eFloras 2008). Perennial pepperweed has not been recorded in Alaska. Management Once established, perennial pepperweed can be very difficult to remove. Mechanical methods are unlikely to control perennial pepperweed because new plants quickly ...
... America. Infestations have also been found in Australia (eFloras 2008). Perennial pepperweed has not been recorded in Alaska. Management Once established, perennial pepperweed can be very difficult to remove. Mechanical methods are unlikely to control perennial pepperweed because new plants quickly ...
Fungal soil communities in a young transgenic poplar plantation
... little is known about their composition in plant roots and the soil of biomass plantations. The goal of this study was to analyze fungal biodiversity in their belowground habitats and to gain information on the strategies by which ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form colonies. In a 2-year-old plantation ...
... little is known about their composition in plant roots and the soil of biomass plantations. The goal of this study was to analyze fungal biodiversity in their belowground habitats and to gain information on the strategies by which ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi form colonies. In a 2-year-old plantation ...
Network of Conservation Areas (NCA) Report Dictionary
... In order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These potential conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. ...
... In order to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These potential conservation areas focus on capturing the ecological processes that are necessary to support the continued existence of a particular element of natural heritage significance. ...