July 2010 - Rufford Small Grants
... therefore I decided to use PCQs as a rapid method for assessment of tree density and basal area in the remaining sites. I interviewed at least two key informants to obtain information on hunting pressures on the trail. The key informants in most cases were resident hunters in the villages nearest to ...
... therefore I decided to use PCQs as a rapid method for assessment of tree density and basal area in the remaining sites. I interviewed at least two key informants to obtain information on hunting pressures on the trail. The key informants in most cases were resident hunters in the villages nearest to ...
Bellevue Urban Wildlife Habitat Literature Review
... Evidence that natural areas have more than a simple aesthetic appeal has some physiological and psychological basis (Hartig 1993). Health benefits, including recovery from mental fatigue and stress, may be derived from exposure to a small natural area such as a backyard garden (Kaplan and Kaplan 198 ...
... Evidence that natural areas have more than a simple aesthetic appeal has some physiological and psychological basis (Hartig 1993). Health benefits, including recovery from mental fatigue and stress, may be derived from exposure to a small natural area such as a backyard garden (Kaplan and Kaplan 198 ...
A land manager`s guide to conserving habitat for forest birds in
... They maintain clean air and water, provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals, present recreational opportunities, provide income, and contribute to human health and general well being. In southern Ontario, the amount of forest has been dramatically reduced from what it was before European ...
... They maintain clean air and water, provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals, present recreational opportunities, provide income, and contribute to human health and general well being. In southern Ontario, the amount of forest has been dramatically reduced from what it was before European ...
A land manager`s guide to conserving habitat for forest birds in
... They maintain clean air and water, provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals, present recreational opportunities, provide income, and contribute to human health and general well being. In southern Ontario, the amount of forest has been dramatically reduced from what it was before European ...
... They maintain clean air and water, provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals, present recreational opportunities, provide income, and contribute to human health and general well being. In southern Ontario, the amount of forest has been dramatically reduced from what it was before European ...
Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
... Background: Dung beetles of Coleoptera associated to undisturbed cattle droppings in pastures present great diversity and abundance. Dung beetles also play an important role for transmission of some helminthes to human and cattle. This study was made to survey the biodiversity and abundance of these ...
... Background: Dung beetles of Coleoptera associated to undisturbed cattle droppings in pastures present great diversity and abundance. Dung beetles also play an important role for transmission of some helminthes to human and cattle. This study was made to survey the biodiversity and abundance of these ...
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
... and Schmitt, 1988a, 1988b). Not only has scuba allowed many researchers to spend countless hours over the course of their careers making observations under natural conditions, it has also enabled scientists to experimentally manipulate environmental conditions (both biological and physical) and quan ...
... and Schmitt, 1988a, 1988b). Not only has scuba allowed many researchers to spend countless hours over the course of their careers making observations under natural conditions, it has also enabled scientists to experimentally manipulate environmental conditions (both biological and physical) and quan ...
Chapters 25-27 sample exam
... northeastern Brazil has been further fragmented by deforestation and road-building. Given what you know about the dynamics of this species and metapopulation dynamics in general, predict what will happen to the water hyacinth metapopulation as the lowland forest becomes more encroached upon by human ...
... northeastern Brazil has been further fragmented by deforestation and road-building. Given what you know about the dynamics of this species and metapopulation dynamics in general, predict what will happen to the water hyacinth metapopulation as the lowland forest becomes more encroached upon by human ...
High diversity of skin-associated bacterial communities of marine
... water column, while marine vertebrates are vertically and horizontally very mobile, which induces spatio-temporal variability (i.e. effects of seasonality and geographical location) in the composition of skin microbiota (Le Nguyen et al. 2008; Wilson, Danilowicz and Meijer 2008). To quantify the var ...
... water column, while marine vertebrates are vertically and horizontally very mobile, which induces spatio-temporal variability (i.e. effects of seasonality and geographical location) in the composition of skin microbiota (Le Nguyen et al. 2008; Wilson, Danilowicz and Meijer 2008). To quantify the var ...
Ecology, conservation, and restoration of large carnivores in western
... (Kunkel et al. 1999). As stalking predators, cougars are more habitatspecific than coursing wolves. Brown bears (U. arctos) pose the most direct perceived conflict with humans, and wolves the greatest perceived conflict with livestock, so both are less socially acceptable and experience higher human-ca ...
... (Kunkel et al. 1999). As stalking predators, cougars are more habitatspecific than coursing wolves. Brown bears (U. arctos) pose the most direct perceived conflict with humans, and wolves the greatest perceived conflict with livestock, so both are less socially acceptable and experience higher human-ca ...
Mapping the distribution of dholes
... (Karanth and Sunquist 2000). Although prey partitioning may enable coexistence of tigers and dholes, interguild predation, i.e., direct predation of the smaller by the larger carnivore, may lead to greater separation. In our case, this would mean the distribution and abundance of larger, potentially ...
... (Karanth and Sunquist 2000). Although prey partitioning may enable coexistence of tigers and dholes, interguild predation, i.e., direct predation of the smaller by the larger carnivore, may lead to greater separation. In our case, this would mean the distribution and abundance of larger, potentially ...
CroSS-roaDS of Life oN earTh
... Effects up to 2050 are taken into account. According to a business as usual scenario (baseline), and six individual options, it is unlikely that the 2010 target will be met at either global level or regional level. The loss of biodiversity is expected to continue at an unchanged pace in the coming d ...
... Effects up to 2050 are taken into account. According to a business as usual scenario (baseline), and six individual options, it is unlikely that the 2010 target will be met at either global level or regional level. The loss of biodiversity is expected to continue at an unchanged pace in the coming d ...
the publication
... Effects up to 2050 are taken into account. According to a business as usual scenario (baseline), and six individual options, it is unlikely that the 2010 target will be met at either global level or regional level. The loss of biodiversity is expected to continue at an unchanged pace in the coming d ...
... Effects up to 2050 are taken into account. According to a business as usual scenario (baseline), and six individual options, it is unlikely that the 2010 target will be met at either global level or regional level. The loss of biodiversity is expected to continue at an unchanged pace in the coming d ...
Projected condition - The Department of State Development
... of the region, particularly the GBR and Wet Tropics WHAs. Despite the economic importance of industry, it relies on MNES values and is therefore careful to avoid or minimise its environmental impacts. As a result, these impacts are neglibile. ...
... of the region, particularly the GBR and Wet Tropics WHAs. Despite the economic importance of industry, it relies on MNES values and is therefore careful to avoid or minimise its environmental impacts. As a result, these impacts are neglibile. ...
Reading Biodiversity Action Plan
... experience considerable pressure for development of land within urban uses, in line with government policy to protect the wider countryside. Existing habitats, which have evolved on remnants of land that have not been developed, have become further fragmented and the population of many species has b ...
... experience considerable pressure for development of land within urban uses, in line with government policy to protect the wider countryside. Existing habitats, which have evolved on remnants of land that have not been developed, have become further fragmented and the population of many species has b ...
Predators drive community structure in coral reef fish assemblages
... communities of coral reef fishes, by using a network of marine reserves (the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park) as a natural experiment. We hypothesized that reefs with high densities of piscivores (marine reserves) would have distinct fish communities from those where piscivores have been depleted thr ...
... communities of coral reef fishes, by using a network of marine reserves (the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park) as a natural experiment. We hypothesized that reefs with high densities of piscivores (marine reserves) would have distinct fish communities from those where piscivores have been depleted thr ...
Southern Yorke Peninsula CAP Summary
... The project area encompasses the main population centres of Minlaton, Stansbury, Edithburgh, Yorketown and Warooka and a number of smaller settlements such as Marion Bay, Corny Point and Coobowie. Minlaton is the largest town in terms of population with 774 people registered in the 2006 census, foll ...
... The project area encompasses the main population centres of Minlaton, Stansbury, Edithburgh, Yorketown and Warooka and a number of smaller settlements such as Marion Bay, Corny Point and Coobowie. Minlaton is the largest town in terms of population with 774 people registered in the 2006 census, foll ...
Growth Rate of Acropora formosa and Montipora
... is very diverse. Two types are commonly found such as Acropora formosa and Montipora digitata. Both of them are from same family that is Acroporidae, life form colonies is branching and relatively fastgrowing coral species, but highly susceptible to environmental influences (Suharsono, 1996). This s ...
... is very diverse. Two types are commonly found such as Acropora formosa and Montipora digitata. Both of them are from same family that is Acroporidae, life form colonies is branching and relatively fastgrowing coral species, but highly susceptible to environmental influences (Suharsono, 1996). This s ...
Ecological Implications of Reptile Mesopredator Release in Arid
... Downs in northern South Australia (30829 0 S, 136853 0 E), includes an 86-km2 fenced section from which all rabbits, cats, and foxes were removed between 1997 and 1999 (Moseby et al., 2011). The climate is arid (mean annual rainfall 166 mm), and the landscape is dominated by parallel orange sand dun ...
... Downs in northern South Australia (30829 0 S, 136853 0 E), includes an 86-km2 fenced section from which all rabbits, cats, and foxes were removed between 1997 and 1999 (Moseby et al., 2011). The climate is arid (mean annual rainfall 166 mm), and the landscape is dominated by parallel orange sand dun ...
current research, monitoring, and education
... graduate and undergraduate students assist scientists throughout the year to obtain hands-on training in field methods and to conduct research. A wide variety of basic and applied research is represented. The projects are listed randomly and each project summary includes the title, investigators, af ...
... graduate and undergraduate students assist scientists throughout the year to obtain hands-on training in field methods and to conduct research. A wide variety of basic and applied research is represented. The projects are listed randomly and each project summary includes the title, investigators, af ...
RED-LEGGED FROG Rana aurora aurora
... The introduction of exotic species has been suggested as one reason for the decline of ranid frogs in western North America, including Red-legged Frogs. Bullfrogs (Rana catesbieana) in particular have been implicated in these declines (Nussbaum et al. 1983; Hayes and Jennings 1986; Kiesecker and Bla ...
... The introduction of exotic species has been suggested as one reason for the decline of ranid frogs in western North America, including Red-legged Frogs. Bullfrogs (Rana catesbieana) in particular have been implicated in these declines (Nussbaum et al. 1983; Hayes and Jennings 1986; Kiesecker and Bla ...
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... roles of biological diversity in this context. The evidence reveals that the likelihood of regime shifts may increase when humans reduce resilience by such actions as removing response diversity, removing whole functional groups of species, or removing whole trophic levels; impacting on ecosystems v ...
... roles of biological diversity in this context. The evidence reveals that the likelihood of regime shifts may increase when humans reduce resilience by such actions as removing response diversity, removing whole functional groups of species, or removing whole trophic levels; impacting on ecosystems v ...
The concept of potential natural vegetation: an epitaph?
... phytosociological approach. However, this cannot be defined as part of an inferential process because of (at least) three main problems. The first problem is that most phytosociological data consist of subjective samples of vegetation and, as such, do not allow for generalization about repeatable vege ...
... phytosociological approach. However, this cannot be defined as part of an inferential process because of (at least) three main problems. The first problem is that most phytosociological data consist of subjective samples of vegetation and, as such, do not allow for generalization about repeatable vege ...
Nichols, M.C. 2003. Conservation strategy for robust redhorse
... specimens collected in the Yadkin River, North Carolina. The species was essentially lost to science until 1991 when five specimens were collected by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resource Division (WRD) biologists downstream of Sinclair Dam on the Oconee River near Tombsboro, Ge ...
... specimens collected in the Yadkin River, North Carolina. The species was essentially lost to science until 1991 when five specimens were collected by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resource Division (WRD) biologists downstream of Sinclair Dam on the Oconee River near Tombsboro, Ge ...
Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England BCR Plan
... Many bird species within the BCR depend heavily on remaining expanses and patches of forested upland communities in the BCR to support them; these communities have also undergone great changes as a result of urbanization, forestry, and agriculture. Historically, the coastal communities of the Atlant ...
... Many bird species within the BCR depend heavily on remaining expanses and patches of forested upland communities in the BCR to support them; these communities have also undergone great changes as a result of urbanization, forestry, and agriculture. Historically, the coastal communities of the Atlant ...
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).