Attitudes of Europeans towards the issue of biodiversity Analytical
... 1.1 Familiarity with the term ―biodiversity‖ ....................................................................................... 9 1.2 Meaning of the term ―biodiversity loss‖ ..................................................................................... 11 1.3 How informed do EU citizens ...
... 1.1 Familiarity with the term ―biodiversity‖ ....................................................................................... 9 1.2 Meaning of the term ―biodiversity loss‖ ..................................................................................... 11 1.3 How informed do EU citizens ...
Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf
... phytoplankton species were made with a 37 km-mesh free-fall plankton net (Heron, 1982). Pigment analysis. Chlorophyll a was determined spectrophotometrically from stored and frozen samples (Jeffrey and Humphrey, 1975), followed by separation of all pigment fractions by thin-layer chromatography (Jef ...
... phytoplankton species were made with a 37 km-mesh free-fall plankton net (Heron, 1982). Pigment analysis. Chlorophyll a was determined spectrophotometrically from stored and frozen samples (Jeffrey and Humphrey, 1975), followed by separation of all pigment fractions by thin-layer chromatography (Jef ...
SIAMANG
... The tropical hill forests are the primary habitat for the Siamang. In addition to the primary lowland and hill forests they can also live in selectively logged primary freshwater swamp forest, hill forests, and primary submontane forests. Siamangs are usually found at higher levels of elevation than ...
... The tropical hill forests are the primary habitat for the Siamang. In addition to the primary lowland and hill forests they can also live in selectively logged primary freshwater swamp forest, hill forests, and primary submontane forests. Siamangs are usually found at higher levels of elevation than ...
CITES AND THE CBD
... to achieve consensus. This was achieved in almost all cases. However, not all participants necessarily agree with all the statements made here and in a very small number of cases a strongly dissenting view is held by a very few. On the basis of these discussions participants have agreed that the fol ...
... to achieve consensus. This was achieved in almost all cases. However, not all participants necessarily agree with all the statements made here and in a very small number of cases a strongly dissenting view is held by a very few. On the basis of these discussions participants have agreed that the fol ...
Effects of Cattle Grazing on the Food Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan
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... copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research, and may only be reproduced and copied as permitted by copyright laws or with express written authorization from the copyright owner. ...
Conservation Biology for All - Society for Conservation Biology
... Box 3.1: The costs of large-mammal extinctions (Robert M. Pringle) Box 3.2: Carnivore conservation (Mark S. Boyce) Box 3.3: Ecosystem services and agroecosystems in a landscape context (Teja Tscharntke) 3.5 Mobile Links Box 3.4: Conservation of plant-animal mutualisms (Priya Davidar) Box 3.5: Conseq ...
... Box 3.1: The costs of large-mammal extinctions (Robert M. Pringle) Box 3.2: Carnivore conservation (Mark S. Boyce) Box 3.3: Ecosystem services and agroecosystems in a landscape context (Teja Tscharntke) 3.5 Mobile Links Box 3.4: Conservation of plant-animal mutualisms (Priya Davidar) Box 3.5: Conseq ...
A Framework to Assist in Making Sensitive Species Habitat
... (BLM) sensitive species. The rate of sagebrush habitat loss has been so great that if conservation measures are not implemented immediately there is a high likelihood that sage grouse and other sagebrush obligate species will warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act within the next 10 years. ...
... (BLM) sensitive species. The rate of sagebrush habitat loss has been so great that if conservation measures are not implemented immediately there is a high likelihood that sage grouse and other sagebrush obligate species will warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act within the next 10 years. ...
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... Insects have played a key role in the development of the science of conservation biology. Their abundance and diversity in most terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and the rapidity of their responses to environmental changes make them attractive model organisms for conservation research and monit ...
... Insects have played a key role in the development of the science of conservation biology. Their abundance and diversity in most terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, and the rapidity of their responses to environmental changes make them attractive model organisms for conservation research and monit ...
A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research
... Instead of asking questions to each person in turn as in other form of group interviews, focus group research encourages participants to talk to each other. The focus group method was developed by Robert K. Merton in the 1950s and has been used especially in market and medical research. The techniqu ...
... Instead of asking questions to each person in turn as in other form of group interviews, focus group research encourages participants to talk to each other. The focus group method was developed by Robert K. Merton in the 1950s and has been used especially in market and medical research. The techniqu ...
effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity
... reason is that when ecologists think of fragmentation, the word invokes more than habitat removal: “fragmentation . . . not only causes loss of the amount of habitat, but by creating small, isolated patches it also changes the properties of the remaining habitat” (van den Berg et al. 2001). Habitat ...
... reason is that when ecologists think of fragmentation, the word invokes more than habitat removal: “fragmentation . . . not only causes loss of the amount of habitat, but by creating small, isolated patches it also changes the properties of the remaining habitat” (van den Berg et al. 2001). Habitat ...
EFFECTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON
... reason is that when ecologists think of fragmentation, the word invokes more than habitat removal: “fragmentation . . . not only causes loss of the amount of habitat, but by creating small, isolated patches it also changes the properties of the remaining habitat” (van den Berg et al. 2001). Habitat ...
... reason is that when ecologists think of fragmentation, the word invokes more than habitat removal: “fragmentation . . . not only causes loss of the amount of habitat, but by creating small, isolated patches it also changes the properties of the remaining habitat” (van den Berg et al. 2001). Habitat ...
Conservation Biology for All
... Box 3.1: The costs of large-mammal extinctions (Robert M. Pringle) Box 3.2: Carnivore conservation (Mark S. Boyce) Box 3.3: Ecosystem services and agroecosystems in a landscape context (Teja Tscharntke) 3.5 Mobile Links Box 3.4: Conservation of plant-animal mutualisms (Priya Davidar) Box 3.5: Conseq ...
... Box 3.1: The costs of large-mammal extinctions (Robert M. Pringle) Box 3.2: Carnivore conservation (Mark S. Boyce) Box 3.3: Ecosystem services and agroecosystems in a landscape context (Teja Tscharntke) 3.5 Mobile Links Box 3.4: Conservation of plant-animal mutualisms (Priya Davidar) Box 3.5: Conseq ...
Benthic protists: the under-charted majority
... geographic scope, but also in their comparisons to the overlying planktonic protists. Despite our limited knowledge of benthic protists, there is strong agreement among microbial ecologists that marine coastal sediments play a pivotal role for the diversity and dynamics of overlying plankton communi ...
... geographic scope, but also in their comparisons to the overlying planktonic protists. Despite our limited knowledge of benthic protists, there is strong agreement among microbial ecologists that marine coastal sediments play a pivotal role for the diversity and dynamics of overlying plankton communi ...
Benthic protists: the under
... geographic scope, but also in their comparisons to the overlying planktonic protists. Despite our limited knowledge of benthic protists, there is strong agreement among microbial ecologists that marine coastal sediments play a pivotal role for the diversity and dynamics of overlying plankton communi ...
... geographic scope, but also in their comparisons to the overlying planktonic protists. Despite our limited knowledge of benthic protists, there is strong agreement among microbial ecologists that marine coastal sediments play a pivotal role for the diversity and dynamics of overlying plankton communi ...
Scientific Program
... not unlike other territories in the Americas, has received a diverse set of immigrants. The degree of diversity is however very high in Suriname, and highly visible: immigrants for Northern Asia first (the Indigenous or Amerindians), those from Europe and Africa second, then Indians, Indonesians, a ...
... not unlike other territories in the Americas, has received a diverse set of immigrants. The degree of diversity is however very high in Suriname, and highly visible: immigrants for Northern Asia first (the Indigenous or Amerindians), those from Europe and Africa second, then Indians, Indonesians, a ...
Herbivory, seed production and seed predation in forest herbs along
... some ecologists argue that it is also relevant in natural ecosystems because community composition can in part depend on stochastic processes (Hooper et al. 2005). Plant diversity not only affects ecosystem processes, but also communities of higher trophic level organisms, for instance arthropods as ...
... some ecologists argue that it is also relevant in natural ecosystems because community composition can in part depend on stochastic processes (Hooper et al. 2005). Plant diversity not only affects ecosystem processes, but also communities of higher trophic level organisms, for instance arthropods as ...
reproductive success responses to habitat fragmentation in
... 2.2.1 Forestry as a cause of habitat fragmentation in Finland Although over 85% of the surface area of Finland is classified as forestry land by the forest industry, only about 65% of the total surface area is covered by actual forests (Finnish Forest Research Institute 2011). Of the land covered ...
... 2.2.1 Forestry as a cause of habitat fragmentation in Finland Although over 85% of the surface area of Finland is classified as forestry land by the forest industry, only about 65% of the total surface area is covered by actual forests (Finnish Forest Research Institute 2011). Of the land covered ...
abstracts / oral presentations - Association for Tropical Biology and
... We welcome all of you to the first ATBC meeting held in France. We hope you have fruitful interactions with colleagues, old friends, and new collaborators and mentors amidst the beautiful surroundings. Founded in 1963, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) is ...
... We welcome all of you to the first ATBC meeting held in France. We hope you have fruitful interactions with colleagues, old friends, and new collaborators and mentors amidst the beautiful surroundings. Founded in 1963, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) is ...
Marine Ecology Progress Series 273:251
... suffer from a publication bias, resulting in data material which mainly contains significant results (Gurevitch & Hedges 1999, Blenckner & Hillebrand 2002, Kotiaho & Tomkins 2002). Moreover, meta-analyses may be influenced by unrepresentative selection of organisms in the primary studies (Hillebrand ...
... suffer from a publication bias, resulting in data material which mainly contains significant results (Gurevitch & Hedges 1999, Blenckner & Hillebrand 2002, Kotiaho & Tomkins 2002). Moreover, meta-analyses may be influenced by unrepresentative selection of organisms in the primary studies (Hillebrand ...
COMPLEXITY AND NEKTON USE OF MARSH EDGE HABITATS IN
... conservation, and enhancement of habitats essential to all life stages of species with fishery management plans (FMPs). The purpose of this ecosystem-based approach is to provide links between specific habitat types and the productivity of fishery stocks. Identification of essential fish habitat (EF ...
... conservation, and enhancement of habitats essential to all life stages of species with fishery management plans (FMPs). The purpose of this ecosystem-based approach is to provide links between specific habitat types and the productivity of fishery stocks. Identification of essential fish habitat (EF ...
Biodiversity, Functioning - School of Natural Resources and
... due to the total availability of resources in the environment, whereas rates of change in community size should not be restricted in this way, it follows that rates should be affected more strongly than stocks. This argument is used by researchers who claim that plant species richness may well incre ...
... due to the total availability of resources in the environment, whereas rates of change in community size should not be restricted in this way, it follows that rates should be affected more strongly than stocks. This argument is used by researchers who claim that plant species richness may well incre ...
The conservation status of amphibians in the West
... Global Amphibian Assessment found that 84% of West Indian amphibian species are threatened and that 71% are in the two highest threat categories, Endangered and Critically Endangered. The remote areas where many species occur constrain monitoring efforts, but remarkably, 49 species (26% of all nativ ...
... Global Amphibian Assessment found that 84% of West Indian amphibian species are threatened and that 71% are in the two highest threat categories, Endangered and Critically Endangered. The remote areas where many species occur constrain monitoring efforts, but remarkably, 49 species (26% of all nativ ...
Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host
... sunny, relatively wind-free days beginning on 22 May, 15 June, 23 July, 3 Sept and 3 Oct of 2005, and surveys lasted from one to four days. Between 09:00 and 16:00 h, we counted all arthropods by scanning the entire plant, which included all new ramets that sprouted from the original ramet during th ...
... sunny, relatively wind-free days beginning on 22 May, 15 June, 23 July, 3 Sept and 3 Oct of 2005, and surveys lasted from one to four days. Between 09:00 and 16:00 h, we counted all arthropods by scanning the entire plant, which included all new ramets that sprouted from the original ramet during th ...
The New Mexico Association of Counties Wildfire Risk Reduction
... require reinitiation of consultation with FWS in potential and/or occupied habitats. Any material removed during the construction of firebreaks would be pushed away from the river channel and never into the channel itself. Additional Conservation Measures for Listed Plant Habitats: The implementatio ...
... require reinitiation of consultation with FWS in potential and/or occupied habitats. Any material removed during the construction of firebreaks would be pushed away from the river channel and never into the channel itself. Additional Conservation Measures for Listed Plant Habitats: The implementatio ...
Moths and Mountains: Diversity, Altitude and Latitude
... (b) Lamington National Park, West Canungra Creek catchment, Qld and (c) Mt Lewis National Park, Wet Tropics WHA, north Qld. ............................................ 129 Figure 4.2 The relative overall contribuitons of the major moth families for two combined seasons at (a) Border Ranges, (b) Lam ...
... (b) Lamington National Park, West Canungra Creek catchment, Qld and (c) Mt Lewis National Park, Wet Tropics WHA, north Qld. ............................................ 129 Figure 4.2 The relative overall contribuitons of the major moth families for two combined seasons at (a) Border Ranges, (b) Lam ...
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.