microbial diversity and global environmental issues
... diversity? The easy but shortsighted response is that the existing diversity of microorganisms provides a resource reservoir from which individual species with special traits can be selected to serve biotechnological purposes. This response is inadequate because it ignores the functional gestalt of ...
... diversity? The easy but shortsighted response is that the existing diversity of microorganisms provides a resource reservoir from which individual species with special traits can be selected to serve biotechnological purposes. This response is inadequate because it ignores the functional gestalt of ...
Plant-animal interactions in rainforest
... converted to areas of pasture or cropland, leaving only small, scattered patches of remnant rainforest. Extensive rainforest tracts are confined to steep mountain ranges, where most are now protected within conservation reserves. Many of the scattered remnants are privately owned and some are still ...
... converted to areas of pasture or cropland, leaving only small, scattered patches of remnant rainforest. Extensive rainforest tracts are confined to steep mountain ranges, where most are now protected within conservation reserves. Many of the scattered remnants are privately owned and some are still ...
Are Tropjca] Streams Eco]ogjcally Djfferent from Temperate Streams?
... differences in food-web structure, productivity, organic-matter processing and nutrient dynamics, or responses to disturbance which would indicate that the term 'tropical' has special significance when applied to stream ecology. Instead, ecological processes in tropical streams appear to be driven b ...
... differences in food-web structure, productivity, organic-matter processing and nutrient dynamics, or responses to disturbance which would indicate that the term 'tropical' has special significance when applied to stream ecology. Instead, ecological processes in tropical streams appear to be driven b ...
28/09/03 1 Classification: Biological Sciences: Evolution 1 2
... (17), at Mpi and Tpi were low in both species, and comparable to those in mtDNA datasets (Table 1). This suggests that the effect of recombination is unlikely to strongly affect phylogenetic or demographic analysis. Consistent with this conclusion was the observation that levels of homoplasy were si ...
... (17), at Mpi and Tpi were low in both species, and comparable to those in mtDNA datasets (Table 1). This suggests that the effect of recombination is unlikely to strongly affect phylogenetic or demographic analysis. Consistent with this conclusion was the observation that levels of homoplasy were si ...
Stachowicz Annual Reviews - Virginia Institute of Marine Science
... involves general understanding of how ecosystems work. For example, biodiversityfunction research has spurred experimentalists to compare effects of multiple species together and independently. In the past, such approaches have led to major advances in our understanding of the effects of predators o ...
... involves general understanding of how ecosystems work. For example, biodiversityfunction research has spurred experimentalists to compare effects of multiple species together and independently. In the past, such approaches have led to major advances in our understanding of the effects of predators o ...
A GENERAL HYPOTHESIS OF SPECIES DIVERSITY Many
... much more rapid competitive displacement than a low variance, since the high r species can quickly suppress their slowly growing competitors. Likewise, if all r's are similar, there will be a longer period of coexistence when the variance of K is low than when it is high. It is reasonable to expect ...
... much more rapid competitive displacement than a low variance, since the high r species can quickly suppress their slowly growing competitors. Likewise, if all r's are similar, there will be a longer period of coexistence when the variance of K is low than when it is high. It is reasonable to expect ...
Journal of Arid Environments
... the software criteria in order to include the maximum of diversity. In total 51 different clone types were defined and at least one clone belonging to each of them was sequenced. Sequences derived from the same clone type were found to be almost identical, thus only one sequence per clone type was co ...
... the software criteria in order to include the maximum of diversity. In total 51 different clone types were defined and at least one clone belonging to each of them was sequenced. Sequences derived from the same clone type were found to be almost identical, thus only one sequence per clone type was co ...
Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
... conservation benefits. Evidence suggests larger areas are more likely to result in conservation benefits than smaller ones when other factors (e.g. degree of protection, type of species, habitat, ecosystem, etc.) are comparable. However, smaller ABMMs can still generate biodiversity conservation ben ...
... conservation benefits. Evidence suggests larger areas are more likely to result in conservation benefits than smaller ones when other factors (e.g. degree of protection, type of species, habitat, ecosystem, etc.) are comparable. However, smaller ABMMs can still generate biodiversity conservation ben ...
Guidance on Identifying “Other Effective Area
... conservation benefits. Evidence suggests larger areas are more likely to result in conservation benefits than smaller ones when other factors (e.g. degree of protection, type of species, habitat, ecosystem, etc.) are comparable. However, smaller ABMMs can still generate biodiversity conservation ben ...
... conservation benefits. Evidence suggests larger areas are more likely to result in conservation benefits than smaller ones when other factors (e.g. degree of protection, type of species, habitat, ecosystem, etc.) are comparable. However, smaller ABMMs can still generate biodiversity conservation ben ...
diversity, ecosystem function, and stability of parasitoid
... Abstract. Global biodiversity decline has prompted great interest in the effects of habitat modification and diversity on the functioning and stability of ecosystem processes. However, the applicability of previous modeled or mesocosm community studies to real diverse communities in different habitat ...
... Abstract. Global biodiversity decline has prompted great interest in the effects of habitat modification and diversity on the functioning and stability of ecosystem processes. However, the applicability of previous modeled or mesocosm community studies to real diverse communities in different habitat ...
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... in space and time and heterogeneity of the surrounding landscape. (iii) The coexistence of regionally available species at a plot scale is due to reduced competitive exclusion according to Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis, mowing once a year without fertilization being particularly effective. Eco ...
... in space and time and heterogeneity of the surrounding landscape. (iii) The coexistence of regionally available species at a plot scale is due to reduced competitive exclusion according to Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis, mowing once a year without fertilization being particularly effective. Eco ...
Alpine Biodiversity in Europe: An Introduction
... and species abundance on nival mountain summits and in snowbeds in the Alps and the Scandes. As the time-scale of these observations has been coincident with an increase in annual air temperatures, the changes in flora and vegetation have largely been attributed to climatic amelioration. ...
... and species abundance on nival mountain summits and in snowbeds in the Alps and the Scandes. As the time-scale of these observations has been coincident with an increase in annual air temperatures, the changes in flora and vegetation have largely been attributed to climatic amelioration. ...
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... “The extraordinary diversity of the terrestrial fauna, which is much greater than that of the marine fauna, is clearly due largely to the diversity provided by terrestrial plants… on the whole the problem still remains, but in the new form: Why are there so many kinds of plants?” Hutchinson (1959) “ ...
... “The extraordinary diversity of the terrestrial fauna, which is much greater than that of the marine fauna, is clearly due largely to the diversity provided by terrestrial plants… on the whole the problem still remains, but in the new form: Why are there so many kinds of plants?” Hutchinson (1959) “ ...
scale-dependent responses of plant biodiversity to nitrogen
... within localities translate to changes in diversity at larger scales that are relevant to policy and management. Currently, it is unclear how N enrichment affects biodiversity at scales larger than a small plot. We synthesized data from 18 N-enrichment experiments across North America to examine the ...
... within localities translate to changes in diversity at larger scales that are relevant to policy and management. Currently, it is unclear how N enrichment affects biodiversity at scales larger than a small plot. We synthesized data from 18 N-enrichment experiments across North America to examine the ...
... associated within the medical context for the discovery of new cures or treatments, a less diverse gene pool can be said to reduce the probability of finding the cure for a disease. In recent years, biodiversity loss has been attributed mainly to conversions of forests to cultivation lands by defore ...
American Journal of Botany
... Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world’s biological diversity can, as an independent variable, control ecological processes that are both essential for, and fundamental to, the functioni ...
... Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world’s biological diversity can, as an independent variable, control ecological processes that are both essential for, and fundamental to, the functioni ...
American Journal of Botany
... Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world’s biological diversity can, as an independent variable, control ecological processes that are both essential for, and fundamental to, the functioni ...
... Over the past several decades, a rapidly expanding field of research known as biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has begun to quantify how the world’s biological diversity can, as an independent variable, control ecological processes that are both essential for, and fundamental to, the functioni ...
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
... • THE SMALLEST SCALE OF BIODIVERSITY • THE VARIATION IN GENETIC MAKEUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES W/N A POPULATION OR GROUP OF POPULATIONS IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHIC AREA ...
... • THE SMALLEST SCALE OF BIODIVERSITY • THE VARIATION IN GENETIC MAKEUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES W/N A POPULATION OR GROUP OF POPULATIONS IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHIC AREA ...
Phylogenetic diversity stabilizes community
... to share more similar niches (Wiens et al. 2010; Wiens and Graham 2005; see Yang et al. 2014 in this special issue for an example), a phenomenon termed phylogenetic niche conservatism. Under phylogenetic niche conservatism, phylogenetic diversity, which accounts for species evolutionary relationship ...
... to share more similar niches (Wiens et al. 2010; Wiens and Graham 2005; see Yang et al. 2014 in this special issue for an example), a phenomenon termed phylogenetic niche conservatism. Under phylogenetic niche conservatism, phylogenetic diversity, which accounts for species evolutionary relationship ...
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... home consumption, but there is a strong tendency that fruits are exported to the neighboring countries, mainly Singapore and Malaysia. Industrial plants are also well established. Most of these are introduced ones, such as coffee, tea, rubber, oil palm, quinine, and cocoa. Products of these commodit ...
... home consumption, but there is a strong tendency that fruits are exported to the neighboring countries, mainly Singapore and Malaysia. Industrial plants are also well established. Most of these are introduced ones, such as coffee, tea, rubber, oil palm, quinine, and cocoa. Products of these commodit ...
Biodiversity in tropical agroforests and the ecological role of ants
... ant biodiversity declines with coffee and cacao intensification yet the literature lacks a summary of the known mechanisms for ant declines and how this diversity loss may affect the role of ants as predators. 3. Here, how shaded coffee and cacao agroforestry systems protect biodiversity and may pre ...
... ant biodiversity declines with coffee and cacao intensification yet the literature lacks a summary of the known mechanisms for ant declines and how this diversity loss may affect the role of ants as predators. 3. Here, how shaded coffee and cacao agroforestry systems protect biodiversity and may pre ...
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... p. 4: “The same principles apply, and will apply to an accelerating extent in the future, to formerly continuous natural habitats now being broken up by the encroachment of civilization, a process graphically illustrated by Curtis’ maps of the changing woodland of Wisconsin”. Figure 1 in their monog ...
... p. 4: “The same principles apply, and will apply to an accelerating extent in the future, to formerly continuous natural habitats now being broken up by the encroachment of civilization, a process graphically illustrated by Curtis’ maps of the changing woodland of Wisconsin”. Figure 1 in their monog ...
Bioeconomics and biodiversity in harvested metacommunities: a
... these patches is described by its state, as defined by the identities of the species present. Patches can change state either because they are colonized by individuals of a new species dispersing from other patches or by losing species via local extinction. The dynamics of community assembly are det ...
... these patches is described by its state, as defined by the identities of the species present. Patches can change state either because they are colonized by individuals of a new species dispersing from other patches or by losing species via local extinction. The dynamics of community assembly are det ...
Biodiversity Communication
... developments (CAP, CFP, Cohesion, etc.) • builds on wide-ranging expert and public consultation ...
... developments (CAP, CFP, Cohesion, etc.) • builds on wide-ranging expert and public consultation ...
enhancing biodiversity hotspots along western
... Threats to biodiversity were documented at all sites. However, site inspections took into account other activities in the area of concern, e.g. soil erosion. Some threats are still not well known such as fire regime for different species, and the advancement of cane toads. Drought was still dominant ...
... Threats to biodiversity were documented at all sites. However, site inspections took into account other activities in the area of concern, e.g. soil erosion. Some threats are still not well known such as fire regime for different species, and the advancement of cane toads. Drought was still dominant ...
Tropical Andes
The Tropical Andes is a subregion of the Andes spanning all of the Andes except the southern mediterranean and temperate zones. The Tropical Andes area spans 1,542,644 km2.