UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Direct, indirect and predator
... overseeing the Montane Elk Project that contributed to an incredible amount of valuable research in southwest Alberta, Dr. Mark Hebblewhite for his generosity with his time and significant guidance on many aspects of my work, Carly Sponarski, Isabelle Laporte and Dr. Allan McDevitt for their hard w ...
... overseeing the Montane Elk Project that contributed to an incredible amount of valuable research in southwest Alberta, Dr. Mark Hebblewhite for his generosity with his time and significant guidance on many aspects of my work, Carly Sponarski, Isabelle Laporte and Dr. Allan McDevitt for their hard w ...
Vulpes macrotis kit fox
... Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Kit foxes are important members of native ecosystems, helping to control rodent populations through predation. ("Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis): A Technical Conservation Assessment", 2006) Ways that people benefit from these animals: research and education; contro ...
... Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Kit foxes are important members of native ecosystems, helping to control rodent populations through predation. ("Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis): A Technical Conservation Assessment", 2006) Ways that people benefit from these animals: research and education; contro ...
UNDP AND GEF IN THE SNOW LEOPARD LANDSCAPE
... GSLEP countries identified 23 international landscapes as conservation priorities, each hosting an abundance of plant and animal species. A large part of these landscapes have been occupied and managed by indigenous peoples and local communities for generations, often experiencing poverty as they st ...
... GSLEP countries identified 23 international landscapes as conservation priorities, each hosting an abundance of plant and animal species. A large part of these landscapes have been occupied and managed by indigenous peoples and local communities for generations, often experiencing poverty as they st ...
studies - International Journal of Communication
... evaluate an object. Associations can be activated irrespective of whether a person considers these evaluations as accurate or inaccurate. Most important, specific associations, which get activated when encountering a social stimulus, are the basis on which automatic affective reactions are built. Fo ...
... evaluate an object. Associations can be activated irrespective of whether a person considers these evaluations as accurate or inaccurate. Most important, specific associations, which get activated when encountering a social stimulus, are the basis on which automatic affective reactions are built. Fo ...
Importance of the Allee effect for reintroductions1
... small populations have in surviving and thriving. For many species of animals and plants, populations at low density or of small size suffer from a weak or even a negative growth rate, either of which increases their extinction risk; this is called the Allee effect. As reintroductions are almost inv ...
... small populations have in surviving and thriving. For many species of animals and plants, populations at low density or of small size suffer from a weak or even a negative growth rate, either of which increases their extinction risk; this is called the Allee effect. As reintroductions are almost inv ...
Arkaroola Protection Area Draft Management Plan 2015
... animals and some of the best preserved plant communities in the Flinders Ranges. The naturalness of the area is largely due to a lack of development, the limited extent of past livestock grazing, the permanent destocking of the Arkaroola Pastoral Lease in 1972, and the sound land management practice ...
... animals and some of the best preserved plant communities in the Flinders Ranges. The naturalness of the area is largely due to a lack of development, the limited extent of past livestock grazing, the permanent destocking of the Arkaroola Pastoral Lease in 1972, and the sound land management practice ...
American Marten Conservation Strategy for the Huron
... Before the European settlement of Michigan in the early 1800's, marten (Martes americana) existed throughout the state (Baker 1983). With the rapid increase in human population, and the resulting timber harvest and wildfires, much of the state was deforested by the early 1900's (Brewer 1991). Human ...
... Before the European settlement of Michigan in the early 1800's, marten (Martes americana) existed throughout the state (Baker 1983). With the rapid increase in human population, and the resulting timber harvest and wildfires, much of the state was deforested by the early 1900's (Brewer 1991). Human ...
Natura 2000 and Forests - European Commission
... Natura 2000 is about nature and people, not nature without people. Only by working together we will be able to fully benefit from the multiple functions and services that forests in Natura 2000 can offer society and ensure that we safeguard – and, where necessary, restore Europe’s rich biodiversity ...
... Natura 2000 is about nature and people, not nature without people. Only by working together we will be able to fully benefit from the multiple functions and services that forests in Natura 2000 can offer society and ensure that we safeguard – and, where necessary, restore Europe’s rich biodiversity ...
Bison as Keystone Herbivores on the Great Plains
... We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed ...
... We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed ...
Prairie Ecosystem Management - Alberta Prairie Conservation Forum
... the country) aware of themselves as vital to the human community in providing the direct link to Nature our species must maintain. I see them as the preservers of a body of knowledge thousands of years old, as caretakers, stewards of the land, and maybe even, in a much better world than this one as ...
... the country) aware of themselves as vital to the human community in providing the direct link to Nature our species must maintain. I see them as the preservers of a body of knowledge thousands of years old, as caretakers, stewards of the land, and maybe even, in a much better world than this one as ...
Plan of Management - Ministry of Environment and Energy
... These policy frameworks and mandates are managed under the following initiatives : l The National Strategy for Biodiversity, adopted in 2001, addresses protection and conservation of special habitats, ecosystems and species. l The Seventh National Development Plan (NDP7) was the first national de ...
... These policy frameworks and mandates are managed under the following initiatives : l The National Strategy for Biodiversity, adopted in 2001, addresses protection and conservation of special habitats, ecosystems and species. l The Seventh National Development Plan (NDP7) was the first national de ...
Ecosystem services and biodiversity in Europe
... climate. The link between biodiversity and the delivery of a balance of ecosystem services, which we believe we have substantiated in this report, creates a powerful purpose for measures to prevent further deterioration in Europe’s biodiversity. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment gives an overview ...
... climate. The link between biodiversity and the delivery of a balance of ecosystem services, which we believe we have substantiated in this report, creates a powerful purpose for measures to prevent further deterioration in Europe’s biodiversity. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment gives an overview ...
SoE 2016 Biodiversity report (PDF - 10.3 MB)
... has made good progress in increasing the extent of the National Reserve System since 2011, driven by growth in Indigenous Protected Areas. We now have more than 17 per cent of our terrestrial land and 36 per cent of our marine area under some form of protection. Some individual measures to conserve ...
... has made good progress in increasing the extent of the National Reserve System since 2011, driven by growth in Indigenous Protected Areas. We now have more than 17 per cent of our terrestrial land and 36 per cent of our marine area under some form of protection. Some individual measures to conserve ...
Document
... a. the likelihood that a neuron will take action when stimulated. b. an energy impulse released by the dendrites. c. the firing of a nerve, either toward or away from the cell body. d. a neural impulse that carries information along the axon of a neuron. Answer: d Page: 34 Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledg ...
... a. the likelihood that a neuron will take action when stimulated. b. an energy impulse released by the dendrites. c. the firing of a nerve, either toward or away from the cell body. d. a neural impulse that carries information along the axon of a neuron. Answer: d Page: 34 Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledg ...
Saskatchewan Fur Program - Government of Saskatchewan
... Fur Conservation Area Fur Licence - required by Northern Fur Conservation Block trappers and valid only in the area specified on the licence (W-13.1 REG 1 - 34(2)). South Saskatchewan Fur Licence - required to trap in the South Saskatchewan Open Trapping Area. A South Saskatchewan Fur License grants ...
... Fur Conservation Area Fur Licence - required by Northern Fur Conservation Block trappers and valid only in the area specified on the licence (W-13.1 REG 1 - 34(2)). South Saskatchewan Fur Licence - required to trap in the South Saskatchewan Open Trapping Area. A South Saskatchewan Fur License grants ...
Reflex Conditioning
... previously reflexive responses after a short amount of experience. This second level of requisite ontogenetic contingency history is labeled a conditional or conditioned reflex. Even though understanding the correlative relationship controlling the actual behavior of an organism is our focus as well ...
... previously reflexive responses after a short amount of experience. This second level of requisite ontogenetic contingency history is labeled a conditional or conditioned reflex. Even though understanding the correlative relationship controlling the actual behavior of an organism is our focus as well ...
Severity of the Effects of Invasive Rats on Seabirds: A Global Review
... following rat introductions. Stable isotopic analysis studies used rat gut contents to infer rat diet composition. Experimental manipulations usually documented seabird recovery following rat control or eradication measures. In the case of multiple papers citing the same rat–seabird interaction(s) o ...
... following rat introductions. Stable isotopic analysis studies used rat gut contents to infer rat diet composition. Experimental manipulations usually documented seabird recovery following rat control or eradication measures. In the case of multiple papers citing the same rat–seabird interaction(s) o ...
Amphibians as Models for Studying Environmental Change
... trade, scientific collection). However, studies on amphibians have revealed that it is the interaction among some of these factors that may be the ultimate cause of declines (Blaustein and Kiesecker 2002; Collins and Storfer 2003; Stuart et al. 2004). In the text below, the importance of the first f ...
... trade, scientific collection). However, studies on amphibians have revealed that it is the interaction among some of these factors that may be the ultimate cause of declines (Blaustein and Kiesecker 2002; Collins and Storfer 2003; Stuart et al. 2004). In the text below, the importance of the first f ...
Book of Abstracts - Tapir Specialist Group
... 17:30 - 18:00 Hormonal and Ultrasonography Studies During the Pregnancy of Lowland Tapir Viviana B. Quse TEMAIKEN Foundation, Department of Animal Health, Argentina ...
... 17:30 - 18:00 Hormonal and Ultrasonography Studies During the Pregnancy of Lowland Tapir Viviana B. Quse TEMAIKEN Foundation, Department of Animal Health, Argentina ...
Human-carnivore coexistence in Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Nature
... also collected census data on human population and livestock holding of all townships in 2013 from the county governments. We coded predation incidents by year, month, township, number and type of livestock killed, and predator species. Because the livestock census data that we used did not distingu ...
... also collected census data on human population and livestock holding of all townships in 2013 from the county governments. We coded predation incidents by year, month, township, number and type of livestock killed, and predator species. Because the livestock census data that we used did not distingu ...
The Great Western Woodlands
... woodcutters and farmers in the late 1800s. Since that time, the pattern has been for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to become concentrated in population centres. There are approximately 40 000 people currently living in the shires that include the Great Western Woodlands, with the great m ...
... woodcutters and farmers in the late 1800s. Since that time, the pattern has been for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to become concentrated in population centres. There are approximately 40 000 people currently living in the shires that include the Great Western Woodlands, with the great m ...
report on the elephant management strategy
... detriment of biodiversity conservation. It needs to be accepted as legitimate to apply population management as a precautionary measure to avert risks to biodiversity and/or community livelihoods. It would also be unjustified to apply the Precautionary Principle without mechanisms for learning from ...
... detriment of biodiversity conservation. It needs to be accepted as legitimate to apply population management as a precautionary measure to avert risks to biodiversity and/or community livelihoods. It would also be unjustified to apply the Precautionary Principle without mechanisms for learning from ...
jane lubchenco - Oregon State University
... National Academy of Sciences, elected to Council 1999-2002, Executive Committee 2000-2002; American Association for the Advancement of Science, President-Elect, President, Chair of Board of Directors 1995-98; ICSU’s Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE, Executive Committee, 199 ...
... National Academy of Sciences, elected to Council 1999-2002, Executive Committee 2000-2002; American Association for the Advancement of Science, President-Elect, President, Chair of Board of Directors 1995-98; ICSU’s Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, SCOPE, Executive Committee, 199 ...
ecology - Excell Career Online
... The early Greek philosophers too were well aware of the importance of environment studies. One of the papers entitled Airs, waters and places of Hippocrates stressed on the need of ecological background for medical students. According to him- whoever wished to investigate medicine properly, should p ...
... The early Greek philosophers too were well aware of the importance of environment studies. One of the papers entitled Airs, waters and places of Hippocrates stressed on the need of ecological background for medical students. According to him- whoever wished to investigate medicine properly, should p ...