Human-Wildlife Conflict worldwide
... world. The case studies from countries all over the world demonstrate the severity of the conflict and suggest that greater in depth analysis of the conflict is needed in order to avoid overlooking the problem and undermining the conservation of threatened and potentially endangered species. This re ...
... world. The case studies from countries all over the world demonstrate the severity of the conflict and suggest that greater in depth analysis of the conflict is needed in order to avoid overlooking the problem and undermining the conservation of threatened and potentially endangered species. This re ...
Conserving Threatened Ecological Communities (brochure)
... salinity and diseases. Most TECs are either naturally restricted in distribution, or were once widespread but now occur only as remnants in cleared landscapes. However, a widespread ecological community may be listed as a TEC if information indicates that significant and widespread threats are activ ...
... salinity and diseases. Most TECs are either naturally restricted in distribution, or were once widespread but now occur only as remnants in cleared landscapes. However, a widespread ecological community may be listed as a TEC if information indicates that significant and widespread threats are activ ...
Western Society of Naturalists Tacoma, WA Meeting Program
... Welcome! The registration desk will be open Thurs 1600-2000, Fri-Sat 0730-1800, and Sun 0800-1000. Registration packets will be available at the registration table for those members who have pre-registered. Those who have not pre-registered but wish to attend the meeting can pay for membership and r ...
... Welcome! The registration desk will be open Thurs 1600-2000, Fri-Sat 0730-1800, and Sun 0800-1000. Registration packets will be available at the registration table for those members who have pre-registered. Those who have not pre-registered but wish to attend the meeting can pay for membership and r ...
CORAL BLEACHing
... Program partners conduct Disturbance Response Monitoring surveys to monitor coral bleaching during peak warm water temperatures over a six- to eightweek period each year. The surveys help provide reef managers with the necessary information to develop effective management strategies for Florida’s co ...
... Program partners conduct Disturbance Response Monitoring surveys to monitor coral bleaching during peak warm water temperatures over a six- to eightweek period each year. The surveys help provide reef managers with the necessary information to develop effective management strategies for Florida’s co ...
CAPE MAY WARBLER Dendroica tigrina
... growth management areas, riparian management areas, and protected areas scattered throughout the BWBS may be the best approach to managing habitat for this species. ...
... growth management areas, riparian management areas, and protected areas scattered throughout the BWBS may be the best approach to managing habitat for this species. ...
Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: implications
... Ecologists have long been interested in global patterns of biodiversity because they seek to explain the general increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics. Numerous explanations for this gradient have been proposed (e.g. Willig et al., 2003; Mittelbach et al., 2007), and it has been ...
... Ecologists have long been interested in global patterns of biodiversity because they seek to explain the general increase in species richness from the poles to the tropics. Numerous explanations for this gradient have been proposed (e.g. Willig et al., 2003; Mittelbach et al., 2007), and it has been ...
Conserving the Forest Interior
... Warblers, vireos, and other insect-eating birds consume vast quantities of forest insects. There would be far more devastating outbreaks of gypsy moth, forest tent caterpillar and other pests without these birds in the forest. But even when foliage-eating insects are at lower (non-outbreak) numbers, ...
... Warblers, vireos, and other insect-eating birds consume vast quantities of forest insects. There would be far more devastating outbreaks of gypsy moth, forest tent caterpillar and other pests without these birds in the forest. But even when foliage-eating insects are at lower (non-outbreak) numbers, ...
Red flag forest situations
... at the landscape scale. The central areas of these swamps can be permanently saturated with water, while marginal areas have variable water regimes and may be influenced by river flooding, especially during wet seasons (Rieley, Ahmad-Shah and Brady, 1996). Water is stored in the inert or inactive la ...
... at the landscape scale. The central areas of these swamps can be permanently saturated with water, while marginal areas have variable water regimes and may be influenced by river flooding, especially during wet seasons (Rieley, Ahmad-Shah and Brady, 1996). Water is stored in the inert or inactive la ...
Chapter 3 - Biodiversity
... Environmental weeds are invasive plant species that have adapted well to environments where they are not native and displace native species. They contribute significantly to land degradation, and reduce productivity. They can be toxic or an irritant to human and to animal well being, cause fire haza ...
... Environmental weeds are invasive plant species that have adapted well to environments where they are not native and displace native species. They contribute significantly to land degradation, and reduce productivity. They can be toxic or an irritant to human and to animal well being, cause fire haza ...
River Conservation Challenges and Opportunities
... 1.2. An atlas of global change While it is indisputable that the global environment is changing, there are large differences between regions regarding the rate, intensity and the nature of change. The tropics, which harbour some of the most diverse and least-known ecosystems in the world, suffer hig ...
... 1.2. An atlas of global change While it is indisputable that the global environment is changing, there are large differences between regions regarding the rate, intensity and the nature of change. The tropics, which harbour some of the most diverse and least-known ecosystems in the world, suffer hig ...
Forest Openings
... increase habitat diversity for many species of wildlife. However, they can also have negative impacts on other wildlife species. By carefully developing your goals you can determine if the practice will be beneficial on your property and produce your desired results, or if it will be detrimental to ...
... increase habitat diversity for many species of wildlife. However, they can also have negative impacts on other wildlife species. By carefully developing your goals you can determine if the practice will be beneficial on your property and produce your desired results, or if it will be detrimental to ...
Biological diversity, ecosystem stability and economic
... option value of biodiversity in relation to ecosystem function potentially large, it is literally incalculable, not least because the option values of individual species depend on the presence or absence of other species with which they are ecologically associated. The complex, interrelated nature o ...
... option value of biodiversity in relation to ecosystem function potentially large, it is literally incalculable, not least because the option values of individual species depend on the presence or absence of other species with which they are ecologically associated. The complex, interrelated nature o ...
- Wheatbelt NRM
... particular increased temperatures and increasing aridity. It is unavoidable that some ecosystems will be impacted by these multiple and overlapping stressors, potentially resulting in cascading effects and possibly tipping ecosystems into unstable and/or alternate states. At the same time, it is ine ...
... particular increased temperatures and increasing aridity. It is unavoidable that some ecosystems will be impacted by these multiple and overlapping stressors, potentially resulting in cascading effects and possibly tipping ecosystems into unstable and/or alternate states. At the same time, it is ine ...
- Wiley Online Library
... trapping alone (NZ$35,200) or revegetation (infinite cost due to negative results) did not improve population growth rates (Busch & Cullen 2009). Given that successful eradication of invasive predators is limited to closed systems, methods are needed that increase the ability of native prey to co-ex ...
... trapping alone (NZ$35,200) or revegetation (infinite cost due to negative results) did not improve population growth rates (Busch & Cullen 2009). Given that successful eradication of invasive predators is limited to closed systems, methods are needed that increase the ability of native prey to co-ex ...
Document
... Similar floristic changes reported from Swiss and Austrian Alps, the Swedish mountains, north-east Greenland, and Glacier National Park, Montana. Long-term future for high alpines is not good if they continue to decline, even on the highest mountains in the Alps or Scandinavia. If global change and ...
... Similar floristic changes reported from Swiss and Austrian Alps, the Swedish mountains, north-east Greenland, and Glacier National Park, Montana. Long-term future for high alpines is not good if they continue to decline, even on the highest mountains in the Alps or Scandinavia. If global change and ...
Wilderness Opportunities on the Inyo National Forest
... Sierra Addition is characterized by rugged high desert peaks scattered with yucca and Joshua Tree woodland, rare vegetation types on the Inyo National Forest. The area also contains important true Mojave Desert ecosystems which are largely intact and include Joshua trees, cholla cactus, creosote, pl ...
... Sierra Addition is characterized by rugged high desert peaks scattered with yucca and Joshua Tree woodland, rare vegetation types on the Inyo National Forest. The area also contains important true Mojave Desert ecosystems which are largely intact and include Joshua trees, cholla cactus, creosote, pl ...
document - Oyster Restoration Workgroup
... • Transient fish did not appear to be affected by reef type or location. The oyster reef restoration resulted in habitat for fish and shellfish, but a broad enhancement by taller reefs was not observed. This uncertainty is likely a result of the high variability within these communities and further ...
... • Transient fish did not appear to be affected by reef type or location. The oyster reef restoration resulted in habitat for fish and shellfish, but a broad enhancement by taller reefs was not observed. This uncertainty is likely a result of the high variability within these communities and further ...
General Impacts - Invasive Species Specialist Group
... recorded it has been recognised that they pose a threat to the viability of coral reef habitats and the creatures that depend on them. The impact of outbreaks of the coralfeeding starfish on natural coral assemblages can be severe and long-lasting. On some reefs up to 90% of live coral cover has bee ...
... recorded it has been recognised that they pose a threat to the viability of coral reef habitats and the creatures that depend on them. The impact of outbreaks of the coralfeeding starfish on natural coral assemblages can be severe and long-lasting. On some reefs up to 90% of live coral cover has bee ...
Place-Based Ecosystem Management in the Open Ocean
... 6. The seeming scarcity of humans in the vastness of oceanic ecosystems makes the open ocean seem invulnerable to human impacts. 7. Compared with estuaries and enclosed seas, the open ocean shows much less impact from proximity to dense human populations. ...
... 6. The seeming scarcity of humans in the vastness of oceanic ecosystems makes the open ocean seem invulnerable to human impacts. 7. Compared with estuaries and enclosed seas, the open ocean shows much less impact from proximity to dense human populations. ...
Top-down and bottom-up control of large herbivore populations: a
... may vary spatially and temporally [5, 6]. Moreover, human activities can potentially affect both topdown and bottom-up processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Humans are a keystone species that alters terrestrial ecosystem structure and composition through actions such as setting fires and livestock gr ...
... may vary spatially and temporally [5, 6]. Moreover, human activities can potentially affect both topdown and bottom-up processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Humans are a keystone species that alters terrestrial ecosystem structure and composition through actions such as setting fires and livestock gr ...
Senior Thesis Abstracts
... IN THE UNITED STATES There is a large disconnect between the amount Americans spend on healthcare and their relatively poor health outcomes. In this thesis, I explore the reasons for this disconnect and offer potential solutions. After discussing healthcare waste reduction strategies, I outline medi ...
... IN THE UNITED STATES There is a large disconnect between the amount Americans spend on healthcare and their relatively poor health outcomes. In this thesis, I explore the reasons for this disconnect and offer potential solutions. After discussing healthcare waste reduction strategies, I outline medi ...
Camera technology for monitoring marine biodiversity and human
... quality, battery longevity, reduced cost, and data storage (Figure 1) – have driven a technological revolution. The potential for cameras to deliver highly repeatable sampling over broad temporal (hours to years) and spatial (meters to kilometers) scales means they are now regularly employed in appl ...
... quality, battery longevity, reduced cost, and data storage (Figure 1) – have driven a technological revolution. The potential for cameras to deliver highly repeatable sampling over broad temporal (hours to years) and spatial (meters to kilometers) scales means they are now regularly employed in appl ...
Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) John Schoen
... squirrel in the long term. Maintaining adequate oldgrowth reserves across the POW Island complex as well as promoting second-growth restoration (for example, including snags, large woody debris, legacy Page 5 ...
... squirrel in the long term. Maintaining adequate oldgrowth reserves across the POW Island complex as well as promoting second-growth restoration (for example, including snags, large woody debris, legacy Page 5 ...
The Value of Coarse Woody Debris to Vertebrates in the Pacific
... cavity nesters then claim the abandoned cavities for their nesting or roosting. Many of the woodpeckers and secondary cavity nesters use dead wood to forage on forest insects, including bark beetles and defoliators. Characteristics that affect the type and extent of vertebrate use of dead wood inclu ...
... cavity nesters then claim the abandoned cavities for their nesting or roosting. Many of the woodpeckers and secondary cavity nesters use dead wood to forage on forest insects, including bark beetles and defoliators. Characteristics that affect the type and extent of vertebrate use of dead wood inclu ...
test bIodIversIty – why It mAtters
... across the southern Arctic in Nunavik in search for food, shelter and freedom from predators and insects. In the summer, migratory marine mammals, such as beluga whales, narwhal, orca, bowhead whale, walrus, various seals, and polar bears migrate north into the Arctic Archipelago as they follow the ...
... across the southern Arctic in Nunavik in search for food, shelter and freedom from predators and insects. In the summer, migratory marine mammals, such as beluga whales, narwhal, orca, bowhead whale, walrus, various seals, and polar bears migrate north into the Arctic Archipelago as they follow the ...
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).