Population dynamics of red-backed voles (Myodes) in North America
... the ability to detect population increases from declines may be limited. To summarize the variation in population abundance over time, we calculated the s index (standard deviation of log-10 abundance) for all studies that had at least 5 years of data collected in a standardized way. Included are bo ...
... the ability to detect population increases from declines may be limited. To summarize the variation in population abundance over time, we calculated the s index (standard deviation of log-10 abundance) for all studies that had at least 5 years of data collected in a standardized way. Included are bo ...
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... was despite logic that showed why these theories may not be applicable, as the same theory could be used to predict that many small fragments of contrasting habitats may conserve more species than do large fragments (Simberloff and Abele 1976). Still, it came as a surprise that results were inconsis ...
... was despite logic that showed why these theories may not be applicable, as the same theory could be used to predict that many small fragments of contrasting habitats may conserve more species than do large fragments (Simberloff and Abele 1976). Still, it came as a surprise that results were inconsis ...
Teacher`s Resource Guide
... that by the time monkeys and apes evolved, Madagascar had drifted too far from the African continent to make crossing probable. Island isolation and the lack of competition and predation allowed lemurs to evolve and diversify into the many species recognized today, and to expand into the large islan ...
... that by the time monkeys and apes evolved, Madagascar had drifted too far from the African continent to make crossing probable. Island isolation and the lack of competition and predation allowed lemurs to evolve and diversify into the many species recognized today, and to expand into the large islan ...
PSG 2012 Hawaii abstracts
... The Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes population on the Hawaiian Islands, which have more than 95% of the total population of the species, is currently stable. However, the population may be at a risk of decline due to fishery bycatch and loss of low-lying breeding colonies associated with ...
... The Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes population on the Hawaiian Islands, which have more than 95% of the total population of the species, is currently stable. However, the population may be at a risk of decline due to fishery bycatch and loss of low-lying breeding colonies associated with ...
shading facilitates sessile invertebrate - Ron Etter
... procedural controls. Tukey’s honestly significant difference (hsd) test was used for all unplanned multiple comparisons. We explored how the species composition of shaded and unshaded plots compared to natural wall communities with canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP), using a permutatio ...
... procedural controls. Tukey’s honestly significant difference (hsd) test was used for all unplanned multiple comparisons. We explored how the species composition of shaded and unshaded plots compared to natural wall communities with canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP), using a permutatio ...
Grey-crowned Babbler
... conservation reserves. Most roadsides in the shires of Benalla, Euroa and Violet Town were surveyed for Grey-crowned Babblers in 1991/92. As a result of these surveys, the number of known groups in the Benalla region has been doubled from 33 to 66, with the number of potential groups exceeding 150 ( ...
... conservation reserves. Most roadsides in the shires of Benalla, Euroa and Violet Town were surveyed for Grey-crowned Babblers in 1991/92. As a result of these surveys, the number of known groups in the Benalla region has been doubled from 33 to 66, with the number of potential groups exceeding 150 ( ...
Reducing the threat of a nationally significant weed to biodiversity
... The implementation of the Bitou TAP has been a combined effort involving many different stakeholders including five CMAs, DECCW (including the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service) and other government agencies, local councils, contractors, local Aboriginal communities and community groups/ volun ...
... The implementation of the Bitou TAP has been a combined effort involving many different stakeholders including five CMAs, DECCW (including the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service) and other government agencies, local councils, contractors, local Aboriginal communities and community groups/ volun ...
1603 059Hamilton.indd - Institute for Applied Ecology
... The implementation of the Bitou TAP has been a combined effort involving many different stakeholders including five CMAs, DECCW (including the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service) and other government agencies, local councils, contractors, local Aboriginal communities and community groups/ volun ...
... The implementation of the Bitou TAP has been a combined effort involving many different stakeholders including five CMAs, DECCW (including the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service) and other government agencies, local councils, contractors, local Aboriginal communities and community groups/ volun ...
Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems
... ABSTRACT: Biodiversity at multiple levels — genotypes within species, species within functional groups, habitats within a landscape — enhances productivity, resource use, and stability of seagrass ecosystems. Several themes emerge from a review of the mostly indirect evidence and the few experiments ...
... ABSTRACT: Biodiversity at multiple levels — genotypes within species, species within functional groups, habitats within a landscape — enhances productivity, resource use, and stability of seagrass ecosystems. Several themes emerge from a review of the mostly indirect evidence and the few experiments ...
THE JAMAICAN IGUANA (CYCLURA COLLEI): A R EPORT ON 25
... 2014). Until the Jamaican government withdrew the application at the end of 2013, local agencies and major government stakeholders had worked for 15 years to declare the PBPA a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Serju 2014). ...
... 2014). Until the Jamaican government withdrew the application at the end of 2013, local agencies and major government stakeholders had worked for 15 years to declare the PBPA a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Serju 2014). ...
View pdf - Gopher Tortoise Council
... roughly is the dividing line. By the beginning of our study, the western striped newt could only be found reliably at a single wetland within the Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area of GA. The eastern variety, although thought to be in decline globally, at least was holding on in its stronghold locatio ...
... roughly is the dividing line. By the beginning of our study, the western striped newt could only be found reliably at a single wetland within the Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area of GA. The eastern variety, although thought to be in decline globally, at least was holding on in its stronghold locatio ...
Ecological monitoring in Cambridge Bay
... Arctic ecosystems are experiencing rapid environmental change and as a result, ecological processes are being altered and overall diversity is being threatened. The establishment of long-term ecological monitoring programs allows governments to track ecosystem changes in order to better adapt future ...
... Arctic ecosystems are experiencing rapid environmental change and as a result, ecological processes are being altered and overall diversity is being threatened. The establishment of long-term ecological monitoring programs allows governments to track ecosystem changes in order to better adapt future ...
Proceedings of THE CEDAR SYMPOSIUM
... standard forest sampling of vegetation, soils, and stand characteristics. In those years, late 1970s and early 1980s, we put sample plots in mature forests all over the Islands from Naden Habour to Kunghit Island. At the same time, Terry Lewis was doing contract work for Western Forest Products in t ...
... standard forest sampling of vegetation, soils, and stand characteristics. In those years, late 1970s and early 1980s, we put sample plots in mature forests all over the Islands from Naden Habour to Kunghit Island. At the same time, Terry Lewis was doing contract work for Western Forest Products in t ...
Herbivory by the Caribbean king crab on coral patch reefs Mark J
... Additionally, surveys to estimate the benthic composition (% cover of various taxa) of patch reefs were carried out during the day at five reef patches. Surveys were completed by two divers using a point intercept method (Paddack et al. 2006) wherein different taxa were identified and recorded every ...
... Additionally, surveys to estimate the benthic composition (% cover of various taxa) of patch reefs were carried out during the day at five reef patches. Surveys were completed by two divers using a point intercept method (Paddack et al. 2006) wherein different taxa were identified and recorded every ...
Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Land Use Plan
... Create fenced areas for Hillside palo verde regeneration so that burros don’t munch all the treelets until such time as the tree canopies are substantially above the reach of the burros. Issue permits for live vegetation harvest may be only after EA‐level (or greater) review and only within ...
... Create fenced areas for Hillside palo verde regeneration so that burros don’t munch all the treelets until such time as the tree canopies are substantially above the reach of the burros. Issue permits for live vegetation harvest may be only after EA‐level (or greater) review and only within ...
View plan for Palikea Management Unit
... Staff has found three locations with immature plants both within the MU fence and in gulches below the campsite LZ. No mature plants have been found at any of the known sites, or during the course of field work elsewhere in the MU. Therefore, it appears that there must be some source population loca ...
... Staff has found three locations with immature plants both within the MU fence and in gulches below the campsite LZ. No mature plants have been found at any of the known sites, or during the course of field work elsewhere in the MU. Therefore, it appears that there must be some source population loca ...
6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands
... classes. Alpine calcareous grasslands are highly diverse, with abundant endemic and rare species, and support alpine birds (e.g., Charadrius morinellus, Lagopus muta) and Lepidoptera (e.g., Erebia, Glacies, Colias, Elophos) that have high conservation value. Many of those grassland communities are s ...
... classes. Alpine calcareous grasslands are highly diverse, with abundant endemic and rare species, and support alpine birds (e.g., Charadrius morinellus, Lagopus muta) and Lepidoptera (e.g., Erebia, Glacies, Colias, Elophos) that have high conservation value. Many of those grassland communities are s ...
Carpet Python-(Morelia spilota metcalfei) accessible
... Protection of Inland Carpet Python habitat in riverine areas will provide incidental protection for the habitat of a wide range of other wildlife. A reversal of the process of habitat simplification (due to such factors as grazing, trampling and timber removal) along the Murray River will enhance th ...
... Protection of Inland Carpet Python habitat in riverine areas will provide incidental protection for the habitat of a wide range of other wildlife. A reversal of the process of habitat simplification (due to such factors as grazing, trampling and timber removal) along the Murray River will enhance th ...
Guidance for Burrowing Owl Conservation
... and to help prevent the need to list this species under the state or federal endangered species acts. A comprehensive strategy for its conservation in California is now in progress, which will provide more detailed guidance on measures to protect this species. Existing legal protection under the Cal ...
... and to help prevent the need to list this species under the state or federal endangered species acts. A comprehensive strategy for its conservation in California is now in progress, which will provide more detailed guidance on measures to protect this species. Existing legal protection under the Cal ...
Abundance and diversity of corals inside and outside the territories
... amount in the territory. The corals that are favored in territories are more important as the fraction of relative importance approaches 1. The corals that are favored in controls are more important as the fraction of relative importance approaches infinity. All coral types show differences that are ...
... amount in the territory. The corals that are favored in territories are more important as the fraction of relative importance approaches 1. The corals that are favored in controls are more important as the fraction of relative importance approaches infinity. All coral types show differences that are ...
The Status, Threats, and Resilience of Reef
... that was mostly dead. Porites lutea was the single most abundant coral throughout SARS, and the dominant species on leeward reef crests and slopes, while reef slopes and deeper coral carpets were predominantly Porites columnaris and P. rus. Faviids (Goniastrea and Echinopora) were the next most abun ...
... that was mostly dead. Porites lutea was the single most abundant coral throughout SARS, and the dominant species on leeward reef crests and slopes, while reef slopes and deeper coral carpets were predominantly Porites columnaris and P. rus. Faviids (Goniastrea and Echinopora) were the next most abun ...
Avon Wheatbelt 1 (AW1 - Ancient Drainage
... Edward 1997); recent surveys in the wheatbelt have identified at least 230 species of aquatic invertebrates from granite pools, they contribute significantly to endemism of aquatic fauna of the inland south-west and have particular conservation value for about 50 species restricted to them (Pinder e ...
... Edward 1997); recent surveys in the wheatbelt have identified at least 230 species of aquatic invertebrates from granite pools, they contribute significantly to endemism of aquatic fauna of the inland south-west and have particular conservation value for about 50 species restricted to them (Pinder e ...
Oral Presentations - Alaska Bird Conference
... climate-change impacts to Tree Swallows using artificial nest box colonies throughout Alaska. Although the network is centered around ecological research, an integral component of the network integrates a citizen science-based approach at most sites, with data being collected, interpreted, and share ...
... climate-change impacts to Tree Swallows using artificial nest box colonies throughout Alaska. Although the network is centered around ecological research, an integral component of the network integrates a citizen science-based approach at most sites, with data being collected, interpreted, and share ...
Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Foliar Fungal Distribution
... European forest ecosystems span many different ecological zones and are rich in tree species. The environment in which the trees grow similarly affects fungal communities that interact with these trees. Fungal pathogens can cause severe damage to trees and potentially impair forest stability. In par ...
... European forest ecosystems span many different ecological zones and are rich in tree species. The environment in which the trees grow similarly affects fungal communities that interact with these trees. Fungal pathogens can cause severe damage to trees and potentially impair forest stability. In par ...
Operation Wallacea
Operation Wallacea (known as Opwall) is an organisation funded by tuition fees that runs a series of biological and conservation management research programmes operating in remote locations across the world. These expeditions are designed with specific wildlife conservation aims in mind - from identifying areas needing protection, through to implementing and assessing conservation management programmes. What is different about Operation Wallacea is that large teams of university academics, who are specialists in various aspects of biodiversity or social and economic studies, are concentrated at the target study sites giving volunteers the opportunity to work on a range of projects. The surveys result in a large number of publications in peer-reviewed journals each year, have resulted in 30 vertebrate species new to science being discovered, 4 'extinct' species being re-discovered and $2 million levered from funding agencies to set up best practice management examples at the study sites.These large survey teams of academics and volunteers that are funded independently of normal academic sources have enabled large temporal and spatial biodiversity and socio-economic data sets to be produced and provide information to help with organising effective conservation management programmes. Depending on the country, Opwall normally operates both marine and terrestrially based research expeditions, with a variety of research themes, whether they be biological, geological, geographic or social science projects.In 2012/13, the expeditions are operating in 11 countries: Indonesia, Honduras, Cuba, South Africa, Peru, Madagascar, Guyana, Mexico and Romania. In each country, a long-term agreement is signed with a partner organisation (e.g. ICF in Honduras, Fund Amazonia in Peru, Wildlife Ecological Investments in South Africa, Fundatia ADEPT in Romania) and, over the course of this agreement, it is hoped to achieve a survey and management development programme at each of the sites. Occasionally, a competent local partner organisation is not available. In these cases, Operation Wallacea mentors the formation of a new NGO comprising local staff who have provided successful input to the expedition surveys (e.g. Lawane Ecotone for the Indonesian forest, Lembaga Alam for the Indonesian marine sites and Expediciones y Servicios Ambientales de Cusuco for the Honduran cloud forests).