ESA 2010 handbook - Ecological Society of Australia
... years’, aims to set the achievements of the past 50 years of ecology in Australia against the biodiversity challenges that still face us. We trust you will take the opportunity to share ideas with colleagues from around the country and around the world, and develop innovative ways of bringing biodiv ...
... years’, aims to set the achievements of the past 50 years of ecology in Australia against the biodiversity challenges that still face us. We trust you will take the opportunity to share ideas with colleagues from around the country and around the world, and develop innovative ways of bringing biodiv ...
Action Plan for the conservation of Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in Europe
... • it would be highly desirable that each country sets up a specific body that is responsible for large carnivore management issues, and who would be charged with the preparation of national management plans (A single body that is responsible for all large carnivore species is desirable); • wherever ...
... • it would be highly desirable that each country sets up a specific body that is responsible for large carnivore management issues, and who would be charged with the preparation of national management plans (A single body that is responsible for all large carnivore species is desirable); • wherever ...
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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 ...
Waitakere City Biodiversity Report 2007
... Although records are not complete, it appears that we have lost 13 native bird species from the Ranges and 17 species from the lowlands. The short-tailed bat was once common in the region but has not been recorded for some time. In contrast to the Waitakere Ranges, the lowlands under urbanisation ha ...
... Although records are not complete, it appears that we have lost 13 native bird species from the Ranges and 17 species from the lowlands. The short-tailed bat was once common in the region but has not been recorded for some time. In contrast to the Waitakere Ranges, the lowlands under urbanisation ha ...
APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY
... Studies people’s mental processes in an effort to understand how humans gain knowledge about the world around them Cognito = Latin for “knowledge” How we learn, form concepts, solve problems, make decisions, use language ...
... Studies people’s mental processes in an effort to understand how humans gain knowledge about the world around them Cognito = Latin for “knowledge” How we learn, form concepts, solve problems, make decisions, use language ...
Maintaining Complex Relations with Large Cats: Maasai
... & Woodroffe, 2007). Understanding local attitudes and perceptions toward wildlife is seen as an important step toward understanding where and why conflicts exist and thus, for designing conservation strategies (Woodroffe, Thirgood, & Rabinowitz, 2005). Yet studies are often framed along Western anal ...
... & Woodroffe, 2007). Understanding local attitudes and perceptions toward wildlife is seen as an important step toward understanding where and why conflicts exist and thus, for designing conservation strategies (Woodroffe, Thirgood, & Rabinowitz, 2005). Yet studies are often framed along Western anal ...
Our Book Reviews
... Name and describe each of the three types of biodiversity. Explain how each of the types of biodiversity differs in influence. Explain how species diversity, species richness, and biodiversity differ. What is phylogeny and what determines it? Define evolution and explain how microevolution and macro ...
... Name and describe each of the three types of biodiversity. Explain how each of the types of biodiversity differs in influence. Explain how species diversity, species richness, and biodiversity differ. What is phylogeny and what determines it? Define evolution and explain how microevolution and macro ...
Silky Sifaka - Parc National de Marojejy
... A number of lemur surveys first documented the presence of silky sifakas within Marojejy National Park (Sterling and McFadden, 2000; Duckworth et al., 1988; Goodman et al., 2003; Humbert, 1955; Guillaumet et al., 1975; Benson et al., 1976, 1977; Nicol and Langrand, 1989), Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Re ...
... A number of lemur surveys first documented the presence of silky sifakas within Marojejy National Park (Sterling and McFadden, 2000; Duckworth et al., 1988; Goodman et al., 2003; Humbert, 1955; Guillaumet et al., 1975; Benson et al., 1976, 1977; Nicol and Langrand, 1989), Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Re ...
Key Role of European Rabbits in the Conservation of the Western
... Because most of the studies we reviewed were conducted in recent decades, after the rabbit decline began on the Iberian Peninsula, we focused primarily on qualitative rather than quantitative aspects of their role in the ecosystem. Nevertheless, it is likely that their effects on the ecosystem were ...
... Because most of the studies we reviewed were conducted in recent decades, after the rabbit decline began on the Iberian Peninsula, we focused primarily on qualitative rather than quantitative aspects of their role in the ecosystem. Nevertheless, it is likely that their effects on the ecosystem were ...
picture_as_pdf Student-based Performance
... The Biology 30 Student-based Performance Standards document is designed to be a tool for the classroom teacher. This document is not the program of studies. Rather, it is a document intended to provide teachers with examples of some behaviours exhibited by students at the acceptable standard and at ...
... The Biology 30 Student-based Performance Standards document is designed to be a tool for the classroom teacher. This document is not the program of studies. Rather, it is a document intended to provide teachers with examples of some behaviours exhibited by students at the acceptable standard and at ...
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... for weed control. However, great care should be taken when handling herbicides to prevent contaminations of the sprayer. This is achieved by wearing protective clothing when spraying and destroying the empty containers after use to avoid contamination of water bodies. The exponential growth of CA in ...
... for weed control. However, great care should be taken when handling herbicides to prevent contaminations of the sprayer. This is achieved by wearing protective clothing when spraying and destroying the empty containers after use to avoid contamination of water bodies. The exponential growth of CA in ...
Conservation Biology for All - Society for Conservation Biology
... Box 1.1: Traditional ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation (Fikret Berkes) 1.2 Establishing a new interdisciplinary field 1.3 Consolidation: conservation biology secures its niche 1.4 Years of growth and evolution Box 1.2: Conservation in the Philippines (Mary Rose C. Posa) 1.5 Conservat ...
... Box 1.1: Traditional ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation (Fikret Berkes) 1.2 Establishing a new interdisciplinary field 1.3 Consolidation: conservation biology secures its niche 1.4 Years of growth and evolution Box 1.2: Conservation in the Philippines (Mary Rose C. Posa) 1.5 Conservat ...
Special Feature - Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
... Ecosystems are, of course, more than just embodiments of organic–inorganic matter cycling and energy flow. All told, anywhere from 1 3 107 to 1 3 108 species are found among the earth’s ecosystems, but it is largely unknown whether such phenomenal diversity is essential to ecosystem processes. For e ...
... Ecosystems are, of course, more than just embodiments of organic–inorganic matter cycling and energy flow. All told, anywhere from 1 3 107 to 1 3 108 species are found among the earth’s ecosystems, but it is largely unknown whether such phenomenal diversity is essential to ecosystem processes. For e ...
doc - Northeast Blanding`s Turtle Working Group
... nesting areas are disturbed by trails. And if this is not possible, managers should consider the possibility of closing trails between 16:00 h and sundown between 25 May and 4 July to protect nest-searching female Blanding’s turtles. (2) Minimize disturbance of adults, particularly nesting females. ...
... nesting areas are disturbed by trails. And if this is not possible, managers should consider the possibility of closing trails between 16:00 h and sundown between 25 May and 4 July to protect nest-searching female Blanding’s turtles. (2) Minimize disturbance of adults, particularly nesting females. ...
Aalborg Universitet Practices, The Built Environment and Sustainability
... which decisions about the scope and design of interventions are made.2 We acknowledge that the consequences of policy are always unpredictable, but it is hard to believe that interventions designed around such imagined ‘ideal types’ have no effect at all. What role do these ‘ideal types’, which form ...
... which decisions about the scope and design of interventions are made.2 We acknowledge that the consequences of policy are always unpredictable, but it is hard to believe that interventions designed around such imagined ‘ideal types’ have no effect at all. What role do these ‘ideal types’, which form ...
4 What is a Marine Protected Area?
... It is important to note that the IUCN categories are applicable to all types of protected areas, whether terrestrial or marine. To date, however, there has been considerably more experience and guidance on implementing the categories in terrestrial protected areas due both to the lack of advice on u ...
... It is important to note that the IUCN categories are applicable to all types of protected areas, whether terrestrial or marine. To date, however, there has been considerably more experience and guidance on implementing the categories in terrestrial protected areas due both to the lack of advice on u ...
Proceedings of the WWF-Australia Quoll Workshop
... poisonous cane toads (assumed but not proven) that are 1km away from the TransFly population, feral cats which have recently established in the savannas and increased habitat disturbance, particularly altered fire regimes and weeds (by inference of the impact of these on other quoll species). There ...
... poisonous cane toads (assumed but not proven) that are 1km away from the TransFly population, feral cats which have recently established in the savannas and increased habitat disturbance, particularly altered fire regimes and weeds (by inference of the impact of these on other quoll species). There ...
Environment Plan 2012–2017 - Phillip Island Nature Parks
... The Nature Parks is a not-for-profit organisation created by the State Government of Victoria in 1996. Located 120 kilometres south east of central Melbourne, it comprises over 1,805 hectares of Crown Land set aside under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 “for the conservation of areas of natural i ...
... The Nature Parks is a not-for-profit organisation created by the State Government of Victoria in 1996. Located 120 kilometres south east of central Melbourne, it comprises over 1,805 hectares of Crown Land set aside under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 “for the conservation of areas of natural i ...
Chapter 7 - Ecology, Social Behavior, and Conservation in Zebras
... change could be pathological, lowering survival and fecundity. However, if species experiencing changes are equipped with sufficient genetic and epigenetic variation, behavioral adjustments are likely. If these behaviors maintain positive net benefits, they will be favored by selection and will prov ...
... change could be pathological, lowering survival and fecundity. However, if species experiencing changes are equipped with sufficient genetic and epigenetic variation, behavioral adjustments are likely. If these behaviors maintain positive net benefits, they will be favored by selection and will prov ...
Twenty-two years chairgroup
... Netherlands (work of Lennart Suselbeek). A hot topic in future will be competition but also facilitation (published in Nature). We have started this type of work already (see Heuermann and Dekker, referred to above; but also Dries Kuijper 2004). The research in exclusion experiments by Joris Cromsig ...
... Netherlands (work of Lennart Suselbeek). A hot topic in future will be competition but also facilitation (published in Nature). We have started this type of work already (see Heuermann and Dekker, referred to above; but also Dries Kuijper 2004). The research in exclusion experiments by Joris Cromsig ...
best policy guidance for the integration of biodiversity and
... of biodiversity and ecosystem services to sustainable development, whereby unsustainable activities that cause a loss of biodiversity and degradation of natural ecosystems and the services that they provide are expected to have severe consequences for human well-being and economic development. In re ...
... of biodiversity and ecosystem services to sustainable development, whereby unsustainable activities that cause a loss of biodiversity and degradation of natural ecosystems and the services that they provide are expected to have severe consequences for human well-being and economic development. In re ...
11: Impacts on GBR WHA
... On many of the cays there are spectacular and globally important breeding colonies of seabirds and marine turtles, and Raine Island is the world’s largest green turtle breeding area. and Other superlative natural phenomena include the annual coral spawning, migrating whales, nesting turtles, and si ...
... On many of the cays there are spectacular and globally important breeding colonies of seabirds and marine turtles, and Raine Island is the world’s largest green turtle breeding area. and Other superlative natural phenomena include the annual coral spawning, migrating whales, nesting turtles, and si ...
California Partners in Flight - Point Blue Conservation Science
... other species (Lambeck 1997). Because coniferous forests are so varied - in both habitat type and age of stand - it is necessary to look at bird species with specialized needs for specific habitat parameters as well as those which are generalists across forest types. The presence of birds with speci ...
... other species (Lambeck 1997). Because coniferous forests are so varied - in both habitat type and age of stand - it is necessary to look at bird species with specialized needs for specific habitat parameters as well as those which are generalists across forest types. The presence of birds with speci ...
Sustainability: Virtuous or Vulgar?
... concepts that define sustainability. Ultimately, 7 of the 11 words (excluding articles) in our definition of sustainability are tied to fundamentally normative concepts. Indeed, society will never come to an eternal consensus about the meanings of normative terms that comprise sustainability. This c ...
... concepts that define sustainability. Ultimately, 7 of the 11 words (excluding articles) in our definition of sustainability are tied to fundamentally normative concepts. Indeed, society will never come to an eternal consensus about the meanings of normative terms that comprise sustainability. This c ...
SECOND REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN
... Environment Monitoring Agencies are organizing research on desertification. Research has been undertaken on flora, ecosystem characteristics, climate and the water supply of the Gobi and desert zones. More specifically these include climate change within the different ecological zones, biomass fluct ...
... Environment Monitoring Agencies are organizing research on desertification. Research has been undertaken on flora, ecosystem characteristics, climate and the water supply of the Gobi and desert zones. More specifically these include climate change within the different ecological zones, biomass fluct ...