Squirrel Glider
... 300 and 500m. Home-ranges have been estimated as between 0.65 and 8.55ha and movements tend to be greater for males than females . The home-range of a family group is likely to vary according to habitat quality and availability of resources (Quin 1995). As an ecological specialist, the species feeds ...
... 300 and 500m. Home-ranges have been estimated as between 0.65 and 8.55ha and movements tend to be greater for males than females . The home-range of a family group is likely to vary according to habitat quality and availability of resources (Quin 1995). As an ecological specialist, the species feeds ...
Notes for From Theory to Practice: Landscape
... SESSION NAME: Challenges of Integrating Climate Change into Forest Planning at Multiple Scales SPEAKER NAME: Dr. Bob Keane, Supervisor Research Ecologist, USFS MAJOR POINTS: ...
... SESSION NAME: Challenges of Integrating Climate Change into Forest Planning at Multiple Scales SPEAKER NAME: Dr. Bob Keane, Supervisor Research Ecologist, USFS MAJOR POINTS: ...
Potential Vegetation and Carbon Redistribution in Northern North
... plant functional types for northern North America for validation. Future climate data were then used as inputs to predict the equilibrium response of vegetation in terms of dominant plant functional type and carbon redistribution. At the domain scale, total forest cover changed by ~2% and total carb ...
... plant functional types for northern North America for validation. Future climate data were then used as inputs to predict the equilibrium response of vegetation in terms of dominant plant functional type and carbon redistribution. At the domain scale, total forest cover changed by ~2% and total carb ...
185 - University of Connecticut
... each plot in each season as the mean number of individuals captured per night within that season. Although this measure underestimates true density, it has advantages over other measures. It does not require marking of snails for subsequent identification, imposes few assumptions, and is not biased ...
... each plot in each season as the mean number of individuals captured per night within that season. Although this measure underestimates true density, it has advantages over other measures. It does not require marking of snails for subsequent identification, imposes few assumptions, and is not biased ...
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... et al., 2011; URT, 2012). Agriculture is the mainstay of the country’s economy contributing to 25 percent of the GDP and employs 80 percent of the workforce. Only 23 percent of the arable land is currently put into use and the majority of the users are the smallholder farmers (85 percent) with an av ...
... et al., 2011; URT, 2012). Agriculture is the mainstay of the country’s economy contributing to 25 percent of the GDP and employs 80 percent of the workforce. Only 23 percent of the arable land is currently put into use and the majority of the users are the smallholder farmers (85 percent) with an av ...
FORESTRY 215 - FOREST ECOLOGY SYLLABUS SPRING 2017
... species to abiotic factors such as aspect, slope, temperature, wind, light, moisture, nutrients, and fire. 3) To explore forest properties and processes at the scales of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes. By the end of the course, students should be able to read the lay of the land in relation ...
... species to abiotic factors such as aspect, slope, temperature, wind, light, moisture, nutrients, and fire. 3) To explore forest properties and processes at the scales of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes. By the end of the course, students should be able to read the lay of the land in relation ...
Grovetown Lagoon kit
... come in many different guises, including streams, swamps, bogs, lakes, lagoons, estuaries, mudflats and flood plains. Wetlands are among the world’s most productive environments. They are cradles of biological diversity, providing the water and primary productivity upon which countless species of pl ...
... come in many different guises, including streams, swamps, bogs, lakes, lagoons, estuaries, mudflats and flood plains. Wetlands are among the world’s most productive environments. They are cradles of biological diversity, providing the water and primary productivity upon which countless species of pl ...
Vegetation limits the impact of a warm climate on boreal wildfires
... pollen analysis. We test the hypothesis that increasing wildfire risks in needleleaf boreal ...
... pollen analysis. We test the hypothesis that increasing wildfire risks in needleleaf boreal ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle
... precipitation events and heat extremes, and regions with stronger or longer-lasting droughts (Fisher & Knutti, 2014, IPCC, 2013). Concerns about increasing variability of temperature and precipitation patterns and climate extremes were first articulated over two decades ago by Katz & Brown (1992), a ...
... precipitation events and heat extremes, and regions with stronger or longer-lasting droughts (Fisher & Knutti, 2014, IPCC, 2013). Concerns about increasing variability of temperature and precipitation patterns and climate extremes were first articulated over two decades ago by Katz & Brown (1992), a ...
corridors may not improve the conservation value of small reserves
... clear-cutting on forest songbirds (reviewed in Schmiegelow and Hannon 1999). One component of the ‘‘Calling Lake Fragmentation Project’’ is a large-scale replicated experiment in which forest reserves of different sizes were isolated by clear-cutting. Community composition and species abundances hav ...
... clear-cutting on forest songbirds (reviewed in Schmiegelow and Hannon 1999). One component of the ‘‘Calling Lake Fragmentation Project’’ is a large-scale replicated experiment in which forest reserves of different sizes were isolated by clear-cutting. Community composition and species abundances hav ...
Above and below ground impacts of terrestrial mammals
... Understanding the impact of losing trophic diversity has global significance for managing ecosystems as well as important theoretical implications for community and ecosystem ecology. In several tropical forest ecosystems, habitat fragmentation has resulted in declines and local extinctions of mamma ...
... Understanding the impact of losing trophic diversity has global significance for managing ecosystems as well as important theoretical implications for community and ecosystem ecology. In several tropical forest ecosystems, habitat fragmentation has resulted in declines and local extinctions of mamma ...
pri climate change strategy project
... Fatih Birol most recently spoke to this global carbon budget expiring in 20402. The Carbon Tracker Initiative’s carbon budget analysis finds similar3 and PwC recently estimated that we have approximately 20 years left of annual carbon emissions at present rates before this budget is completely spent ...
... Fatih Birol most recently spoke to this global carbon budget expiring in 20402. The Carbon Tracker Initiative’s carbon budget analysis finds similar3 and PwC recently estimated that we have approximately 20 years left of annual carbon emissions at present rates before this budget is completely spent ...
AIT In The Classroom
... SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE What we see depends on where we are. Movie producers often use the idea of spatial perspective when making movies. One method used is called “POV” – or Point Of View. This means that the camera (and the audience) will see a scene just as one of the actors sees it. If there a ...
... SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE What we see depends on where we are. Movie producers often use the idea of spatial perspective when making movies. One method used is called “POV” – or Point Of View. This means that the camera (and the audience) will see a scene just as one of the actors sees it. If there a ...
Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest
... ensuing patterns of species richness in any tropical forest region are also nonrandom, but it is usually the product of evolutionary processes, such as speciation, biotic interchange and local patterns of extinction, and environmental variables that still operate today, as rainfall, temperature and ...
... ensuing patterns of species richness in any tropical forest region are also nonrandom, but it is usually the product of evolutionary processes, such as speciation, biotic interchange and local patterns of extinction, and environmental variables that still operate today, as rainfall, temperature and ...
For-75: An Ecosystem Approach to natural Resources Management
... values differ by community. It means examining how social beliefs and values have developed from cultural traditions and group experiences and the resulting management and use of resources. Finally, it involves incorporating social science research information that might provide insight into how dif ...
... values differ by community. It means examining how social beliefs and values have developed from cultural traditions and group experiences and the resulting management and use of resources. Finally, it involves incorporating social science research information that might provide insight into how dif ...
Issue Brief: Palm oil`s Assault on Tropical Biodiversity
... mainly because of its value to the biodiesel industry. Encouraged largely by government incentives, palm oil plantations are growing rapidly in Brazil, and at great risk of deforestation is the carbon- and species-rich ecosystem that is the Amazon rainforest, 60 percent of which lies in Brazil. The ...
... mainly because of its value to the biodiesel industry. Encouraged largely by government incentives, palm oil plantations are growing rapidly in Brazil, and at great risk of deforestation is the carbon- and species-rich ecosystem that is the Amazon rainforest, 60 percent of which lies in Brazil. The ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon
... resolutionfor the same two transientscenariosafter they were averaged and transformedinto equilibrium scenarios, and the results were compared to those of MC1. Our objectives were thus to use both the static model MAPSS and the dynamic model MC1 to simulate (a) vegetation distribution(both models), ...
... resolutionfor the same two transientscenariosafter they were averaged and transformedinto equilibrium scenarios, and the results were compared to those of MC1. Our objectives were thus to use both the static model MAPSS and the dynamic model MC1 to simulate (a) vegetation distribution(both models), ...
Vegetation in the Australian Alps
... Communities are described by the most common life form of the plants in that community; either trees (woody, one main stem, tall), shrubs (woody, multiple stems, short) or herbs (non-woody, small and short-lived). The structure of the various vegetation communities is generally the same throughout t ...
... Communities are described by the most common life form of the plants in that community; either trees (woody, one main stem, tall), shrubs (woody, multiple stems, short) or herbs (non-woody, small and short-lived). The structure of the various vegetation communities is generally the same throughout t ...
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... budgets. The increase of 100 ppm translates in roughly 200 additional GtCO2 of budget for each of the four analyzed regions. Although the budgets convey important information about regional climate policy, they lack the temporal dynamics which is more relevant for policy. Figure 2 provides the addit ...
... budgets. The increase of 100 ppm translates in roughly 200 additional GtCO2 of budget for each of the four analyzed regions. Although the budgets convey important information about regional climate policy, they lack the temporal dynamics which is more relevant for policy. Figure 2 provides the addit ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Patterns of Succession
... • Non-seasonal, directional change in plant species living in a particular place through time. • Involves: – Colonization – Establishment – Ultimate local extinction ...
... • Non-seasonal, directional change in plant species living in a particular place through time. • Involves: – Colonization – Establishment – Ultimate local extinction ...
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... 63). Two types of flowers may be distinguished: tubular flowers with narrow corolla tubes terminated by four to six corolla lobes, and brush type of flowers with reduced corolla and many exerted stamens (63). Although sphinx moth-pollinated plants may be found to flower at all times of the year, Fra ...
... 63). Two types of flowers may be distinguished: tubular flowers with narrow corolla tubes terminated by four to six corolla lobes, and brush type of flowers with reduced corolla and many exerted stamens (63). Although sphinx moth-pollinated plants may be found to flower at all times of the year, Fra ...
Changes in woody plant composition of three vegetation types
... caused by elephants and fire use (Buechner and Dawkins, 1961; Hatton and Smart, 1984; Laws, 1970). Several short-term studies carried out on the effect of the disturbances on vegetation in the 1960s and early 1970s showed that with elimination of fire and/or elephants, there was higher vegetation re ...
... caused by elephants and fire use (Buechner and Dawkins, 1961; Hatton and Smart, 1984; Laws, 1970). Several short-term studies carried out on the effect of the disturbances on vegetation in the 1960s and early 1970s showed that with elimination of fire and/or elephants, there was higher vegetation re ...
Absorption Capability of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
... greenhouse gases (GHG) which consist of CO2, CH4, NOX, SOX, and other gases in the atmosphere (Akorede et al., 2012). These gases are emitted into the atmosphere mainly as a result of human activity. Increase in global temperature, or global warming, causes climate change on the surface of the earth ...
... greenhouse gases (GHG) which consist of CO2, CH4, NOX, SOX, and other gases in the atmosphere (Akorede et al., 2012). These gases are emitted into the atmosphere mainly as a result of human activity. Increase in global temperature, or global warming, causes climate change on the surface of the earth ...
Eucalypt woodlands Regrowth Benefits
... Wardell-Johnson et al. 1997). Seedlings with lignotubers may survive in a suppressed state for many years, with little increase in height, if their growth is slowed by fire, herbivores or competition with other plants (Fensham and Bowman 1992; Bell and Williams 1997). In this way a ‘bank’ of small b ...
... Wardell-Johnson et al. 1997). Seedlings with lignotubers may survive in a suppressed state for many years, with little increase in height, if their growth is slowed by fire, herbivores or competition with other plants (Fensham and Bowman 1992; Bell and Williams 1997). In this way a ‘bank’ of small b ...
Reforestation
Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation.Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past. Sometimes the term re-afforestation is used to distinguish between the original forest cover and the later re-growth of forest to an area. Special tools, e.g. tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster.