Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
... Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve makes a valuable contribution to Victoria’s Parks and Reserves system, which aims to protect viable, representative samples of the State’s natural environments occurring on public land. Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve has been assigned the International Un ...
... Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve makes a valuable contribution to Victoria’s Parks and Reserves system, which aims to protect viable, representative samples of the State’s natural environments occurring on public land. Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve has been assigned the International Un ...
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... The decline of many coral reef ecosystems in recent decades surprised experienced managers and researchers. It shattered old paradigms that these diverse ecosystems are spatially uniform and temporally stable on the scale of millennia. We now see reefs as heterogeneous, fragile, globally stressed ec ...
... The decline of many coral reef ecosystems in recent decades surprised experienced managers and researchers. It shattered old paradigms that these diverse ecosystems are spatially uniform and temporally stable on the scale of millennia. We now see reefs as heterogeneous, fragile, globally stressed ec ...
Annual Report to the Ocean Reef Club
... impossible to predict what effect various stressors will have on different genotypes and 2) it is conducive to successful sexual reproduction via broadcast spawning events and coral recruitment. Maintaining a large genetic bank in both nursery and restoration efforts provides the greatest chance to ...
... impossible to predict what effect various stressors will have on different genotypes and 2) it is conducive to successful sexual reproduction via broadcast spawning events and coral recruitment. Maintaining a large genetic bank in both nursery and restoration efforts provides the greatest chance to ...
Fish assemblages on sunken vessels and natural reefs in southeast
... 2002 to February 2003). During the same intervals, fish assemblages at neighboring natural reefs were also censused. A total of 114,252 fishes of 177 species was counted on natural and vessel-reefs combined. Mean fish abundance and biomass were significantly greater on vessel-reefs in comparison to ...
... 2002 to February 2003). During the same intervals, fish assemblages at neighboring natural reefs were also censused. A total of 114,252 fishes of 177 species was counted on natural and vessel-reefs combined. Mean fish abundance and biomass were significantly greater on vessel-reefs in comparison to ...
Temporal variability of forest communities: empirical estimates of
... Long-term surveys of entire communities of species are needed to measure fluctuations in natural populations and elucidate the mechanisms driving population dynamics and community assembly. We analysed changes in abundance of over 4000 tree species in 12 forests across the world over periods of 6–28 ...
... Long-term surveys of entire communities of species are needed to measure fluctuations in natural populations and elucidate the mechanisms driving population dynamics and community assembly. We analysed changes in abundance of over 4000 tree species in 12 forests across the world over periods of 6–28 ...
View plan for Kaluaa and Waieli
... prevent monotypic stands from expanding. Vegetation monitoring will provide NRS with spatial distribution and density trends for these species and will be used to assess priority weed control strategy on an MU scale. Another invasive tree which is targeted for control on a WCA scale is Tonna ciliate ...
... prevent monotypic stands from expanding. Vegetation monitoring will provide NRS with spatial distribution and density trends for these species and will be used to assess priority weed control strategy on an MU scale. Another invasive tree which is targeted for control on a WCA scale is Tonna ciliate ...
Kelp Forest
... Multiple kelp species often co-exist within a forest; the term understory canopy refers to the stipitate and prostrate kelps. For example, a Macrocystis canopy may extend many meters above the seafloor towards the ocean surface, while an understory of the kelps Eisenia and Pterygophora reaches upwa ...
... Multiple kelp species often co-exist within a forest; the term understory canopy refers to the stipitate and prostrate kelps. For example, a Macrocystis canopy may extend many meters above the seafloor towards the ocean surface, while an understory of the kelps Eisenia and Pterygophora reaches upwa ...
Comparison between Coral Reef Ecosystem in the Marine Tourism
... Pacific Ocean that is protected due to its high conservation value and rich coastal habitats, including coral reefs [1]. Nusa Penida’s coral reef covers an area of 1,409 Ha. An assessment of coral and fish diversity was carried out in 2008 by a team from the Marine Rapid Assessment Program. They est ...
... Pacific Ocean that is protected due to its high conservation value and rich coastal habitats, including coral reefs [1]. Nusa Penida’s coral reef covers an area of 1,409 Ha. An assessment of coral and fish diversity was carried out in 2008 by a team from the Marine Rapid Assessment Program. They est ...
The Identification and Conservation of Important Plant Areas:
... 1.1. The global biodiversity crisis and conservation priorities The continuing loss of global biodiversity has major implications for all of life on earth. Estimates suggest that extinction rates are between 100 and 1000 times that of the natural background rate (Pimm et al 1995). This loss of biodi ...
... 1.1. The global biodiversity crisis and conservation priorities The continuing loss of global biodiversity has major implications for all of life on earth. Estimates suggest that extinction rates are between 100 and 1000 times that of the natural background rate (Pimm et al 1995). This loss of biodi ...
Planning for Connectivity
... The structure or pattern of an ecosystem or landscape can be defined as the arrangement, connectivity, composition, size and relative abundance of patches that occur within an area of land at a given time. Patches are surface areas that differ from their surroundings in nature or appearance (Turner ...
... The structure or pattern of an ecosystem or landscape can be defined as the arrangement, connectivity, composition, size and relative abundance of patches that occur within an area of land at a given time. Patches are surface areas that differ from their surroundings in nature or appearance (Turner ...
NSDNR Forest Disturbance Report
... Kay et al (2000) suggest that it is not about maintaining the ecosystem in a specific state or even configuration - rather it is about maintaining the process of self-organization. Frelich (2002) continues this point by saying that if the forest experiences a series of unique disturbances over time, ...
... Kay et al (2000) suggest that it is not about maintaining the ecosystem in a specific state or even configuration - rather it is about maintaining the process of self-organization. Frelich (2002) continues this point by saying that if the forest experiences a series of unique disturbances over time, ...
Deep-sea ecosystem: a world of positive biodiversity – ecosystem
... However, not all studies report the same general trend, and conflicting results have been described ...
... However, not all studies report the same general trend, and conflicting results have been described ...
4.20 MA 20 Benzie Outwash Management Area
... Outwash plains landform which accounts for 96% of the management area. Current cover types which are dominated by aspen, upland (northern) hardwoods and red pine. Due to the proximity of this management area to Traverse City and other population areas, the forest resources contribute social and econ ...
... Outwash plains landform which accounts for 96% of the management area. Current cover types which are dominated by aspen, upland (northern) hardwoods and red pine. Due to the proximity of this management area to Traverse City and other population areas, the forest resources contribute social and econ ...
Enhancing management effectiveness of invasive
... Caribbean. Management currently relies solely on removal, however, there is little understanding of spatial ecology of lionfish to inform management strategies and thus, increase their effectiveness. 2. The use of detection probability and population density estimates from distance sampling as a meth ...
... Caribbean. Management currently relies solely on removal, however, there is little understanding of spatial ecology of lionfish to inform management strategies and thus, increase their effectiveness. 2. The use of detection probability and population density estimates from distance sampling as a meth ...
Chap.19 Extinction, conservation and restoration
... and within islands suggest that extinction may result from a decrease in competitive ability. • 19.5 When conservation is no longer possible, restoration is sometimes an option. • 19.6 The metapopulation concept is central to conservation biology. ...
... and within islands suggest that extinction may result from a decrease in competitive ability. • 19.5 When conservation is no longer possible, restoration is sometimes an option. • 19.6 The metapopulation concept is central to conservation biology. ...
Pleistocene Rewilding - UNM Biology
... al. 1997; Heckenberger et al. 2003; Mason 2004; Burney and Flannery 2005). Human economics, politics, demographics, and chemicals pervade every ecosystem; even the largest parks require management to prevent extinction (Newmark 1995; Berger 2003). Human-induced environmental impacts are now unpreced ...
... al. 1997; Heckenberger et al. 2003; Mason 2004; Burney and Flannery 2005). Human economics, politics, demographics, and chemicals pervade every ecosystem; even the largest parks require management to prevent extinction (Newmark 1995; Berger 2003). Human-induced environmental impacts are now unpreced ...
CHANGES IN BENTHIC COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ... DZADEMA W. 271
... The long-term effect of the urchin mortality and subsequent increase in algal numbers is uncertain and will depend largely upon the urchin’s ability to re-establish itself upon the reefs and its future resistance to the disease. Although scattered remnant populations of the urchin do exist in the Di ...
... The long-term effect of the urchin mortality and subsequent increase in algal numbers is uncertain and will depend largely upon the urchin’s ability to re-establish itself upon the reefs and its future resistance to the disease. Although scattered remnant populations of the urchin do exist in the Di ...
The Role of Consumers in Community Diversity
... 1. Decomposers and producers are locked in an “antagonistic mutualistic” relationship. Environmental changes lead to inseparable responses by both; 2. Consumers affect rates of movement of materials among different pools; 3. Consumers can determine the distribution of biomass among trophic groups; 4 ...
... 1. Decomposers and producers are locked in an “antagonistic mutualistic” relationship. Environmental changes lead to inseparable responses by both; 2. Consumers affect rates of movement of materials among different pools; 3. Consumers can determine the distribution of biomass among trophic groups; 4 ...
central african hunter-gatherer research traditions
... religion with two famous Indian saints and eventually received an MA in Indian Religion and Philosophy. From India he traveled to Kenya where he started on a motorcycle journey across Africa with a friend. They were interested in African music and ended up in the Ituri forest in what was then the B ...
... religion with two famous Indian saints and eventually received an MA in Indian Religion and Philosophy. From India he traveled to Kenya where he started on a motorcycle journey across Africa with a friend. They were interested in African music and ended up in the Ituri forest in what was then the B ...
3 inland biodiversity
... frogs including; the endangered (assumed extinct locally) northern gastric brooder (Rheobatrachus vitellinus); Eungella day frog, Taudactylus eungellensis; and the rare tinker frog (Taudactylus liemi). It also provides important habitat for the vulnerable tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) and the rare w ...
... frogs including; the endangered (assumed extinct locally) northern gastric brooder (Rheobatrachus vitellinus); Eungella day frog, Taudactylus eungellensis; and the rare tinker frog (Taudactylus liemi). It also provides important habitat for the vulnerable tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) and the rare w ...
Uganda-Plant and Forest Ecology
... An investigation into the spatial distribution of male and female plants in the dioecious fig Ficus asperifolia, in Kibale Forest Abstract The genera Ficus is extremely diverse in terms of habit, growth and morphology, and these plants play an important role in forest ecosystems. The aim of this pro ...
... An investigation into the spatial distribution of male and female plants in the dioecious fig Ficus asperifolia, in Kibale Forest Abstract The genera Ficus is extremely diverse in terms of habit, growth and morphology, and these plants play an important role in forest ecosystems. The aim of this pro ...
Project Update and Methods Employed
... these systems are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world, performing a range of vital ecosystem functions, and sustaining the livelihoods of local communities (Done et al. 1996, Moberg & Folke 1999). It is becoming increasingly clear that, given the scale and pace of global cl ...
... these systems are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world, performing a range of vital ecosystem functions, and sustaining the livelihoods of local communities (Done et al. 1996, Moberg & Folke 1999). It is becoming increasingly clear that, given the scale and pace of global cl ...
ecosystem - UNL Entomology
... involved. Predation and parasitism are both positive-negative relationships, where either one individual or one population of individuals benefits at the detriment of the other individual or population. Predation is an effective mechanism for controlling population growth, resource depletion, and ma ...
... involved. Predation and parasitism are both positive-negative relationships, where either one individual or one population of individuals benefits at the detriment of the other individual or population. Predation is an effective mechanism for controlling population growth, resource depletion, and ma ...
... Study Organisms: We will focus on the ants of eastern North America. Ants are an abundant (up to 40% of animal biomass), ecologically important (~35% of all herbaceous species have their seeds dispersed by ants, and ants modify ecosystem properties) and diverse taxon whose distribution, diversity an ...
Staghorn CoralS and Climate Change
... tolerance, and climate change is expected to cause seawater temperature to rise above this limit with greater frequency. Large-scale or ‘mass’ coral bleaching is a new phenomenon dating back to the 1980s; and is now the main cause of coral mortality and reef deterioration globally. When water temper ...
... tolerance, and climate change is expected to cause seawater temperature to rise above this limit with greater frequency. Large-scale or ‘mass’ coral bleaching is a new phenomenon dating back to the 1980s; and is now the main cause of coral mortality and reef deterioration globally. When water temper ...
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).