75KB - NZQA
... navigating, the birds will leave an environment where seasonal conditions may mean that their food source is decreasing, and in the nesting sites the parasites are increasing, as well as the temperature, and climate is deteriorating and becoming less favourable. By migrating, the gannet will have to ...
... navigating, the birds will leave an environment where seasonal conditions may mean that their food source is decreasing, and in the nesting sites the parasites are increasing, as well as the temperature, and climate is deteriorating and becoming less favourable. By migrating, the gannet will have to ...
213KB - NZQA
... navigating, the birds will leave an environment where seasonal conditions may mean that their food source is decreasing, and in the nesting sites the parasites are increasing, as well as the temperature, and climate is deteriorating and becoming less favourable. By migrating, the gannet will have to ...
... navigating, the birds will leave an environment where seasonal conditions may mean that their food source is decreasing, and in the nesting sites the parasites are increasing, as well as the temperature, and climate is deteriorating and becoming less favourable. By migrating, the gannet will have to ...
A Review of Endemic Species in the Eastern Arc Afromontane Region
... into biogeographical questions, such as where certain species originated and how distribution patterns have changed over time. The humans and other species in the Eastern Arc also rely on the biodiversity for basic needs and survival, and if biodiversity in the region were to significantly drop, the ...
... into biogeographical questions, such as where certain species originated and how distribution patterns have changed over time. The humans and other species in the Eastern Arc also rely on the biodiversity for basic needs and survival, and if biodiversity in the region were to significantly drop, the ...
Appendix 4 - Georges River Combined Councils Committee
... This open forest is dominated by Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta). The smaller tree layer includes Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) and Paperbarks (Melaleuca linariifolia, Melaleuca styphelioides) and an understorey including Cheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi) and Cabbage Tree Palm (Livistona austra ...
... This open forest is dominated by Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta). The smaller tree layer includes Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) and Paperbarks (Melaleuca linariifolia, Melaleuca styphelioides) and an understorey including Cheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi) and Cabbage Tree Palm (Livistona austra ...
Seed dispersal strategies and the threat of defaunation in a Congo
... Recent studies indicate that seed dispersal plays a prominent role in recruitment limitation, gene flow, metapopulation dynamics, colonisation potential and plant migration in response to past and future climate change, maintenance of biodiversity, and more (Schupp et al. 2010). As predicted by mode ...
... Recent studies indicate that seed dispersal plays a prominent role in recruitment limitation, gene flow, metapopulation dynamics, colonisation potential and plant migration in response to past and future climate change, maintenance of biodiversity, and more (Schupp et al. 2010). As predicted by mode ...
Climate change and conservation of Araucaria angustifoliain Brazil
... dispersion of Araucaria ancestors along with other vegetation. Araucaria fossils are distributed throughout the world, but surviving species today are found only in Australia (seven species) and South America (two species). The region of origin of A. angustifolia in southern Brazil is therefore unce ...
... dispersion of Araucaria ancestors along with other vegetation. Araucaria fossils are distributed throughout the world, but surviving species today are found only in Australia (seven species) and South America (two species). The region of origin of A. angustifolia in southern Brazil is therefore unce ...
Countryside Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals - FMVZ-UNAM
... of conditions represented in reserves. Second, countryside is not uniform, but appears rather to range in conservation value from very low (supporting <10% of the native biota; e.g., extensive monocultures of annual crops) to very high (supporting > 90% of the native biota; e.g., diverse landscapes ...
... of conditions represented in reserves. Second, countryside is not uniform, but appears rather to range in conservation value from very low (supporting <10% of the native biota; e.g., extensive monocultures of annual crops) to very high (supporting > 90% of the native biota; e.g., diverse landscapes ...
news16-8-9
... Mountain forests in Central Asia provide critical provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services (ES). Investigations of the ES benefits of forests in the region include numerical weather modeling to evaluate the services of forested watersheds. Other research is underway in t ...
... Mountain forests in Central Asia provide critical provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services (ES). Investigations of the ES benefits of forests in the region include numerical weather modeling to evaluate the services of forested watersheds. Other research is underway in t ...
Marbled Murrelet - Endangered Species Coalition
... While the Northwest Forest Plan has been effective at restoring murrelet habitat, this is a very slow process given the condition of the landscape. Here are some details from the monitoring report: …it can take more than 100 years for Class 2 habitat to become Class 3 and more than 200 years to beco ...
... While the Northwest Forest Plan has been effective at restoring murrelet habitat, this is a very slow process given the condition of the landscape. Here are some details from the monitoring report: …it can take more than 100 years for Class 2 habitat to become Class 3 and more than 200 years to beco ...
Forest-Rangeland Ecotones in the Highlands of Balochistan, Pakistan
... The major factors that have led to ecotone shifts in Balochistan are overgrazing by domestic livestock, vegetation removal, conversion of rangeland into agricultural land, and drought (Islam et al. 2004). Woody species and unpalatable grasses have encroached the central part of the upper and lower e ...
... The major factors that have led to ecotone shifts in Balochistan are overgrazing by domestic livestock, vegetation removal, conversion of rangeland into agricultural land, and drought (Islam et al. 2004). Woody species and unpalatable grasses have encroached the central part of the upper and lower e ...
Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Chile
... The Mapuche, which are people of indigenous ancestry, make up about 10 percent of the total population in Chile and currently number over one million (Herrman 2005). Mapuche translates to “people of the land”, which is ironic considering the long history of the Mapuche being driven off their own lan ...
... The Mapuche, which are people of indigenous ancestry, make up about 10 percent of the total population in Chile and currently number over one million (Herrman 2005). Mapuche translates to “people of the land”, which is ironic considering the long history of the Mapuche being driven off their own lan ...
Sycamore Floodplain Forest - Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
... Alteration to the frequency and duration of flood events and conversion of the river floodplains for human development are the two greatest threats to this community statewide and can lead to outright habitat loss and/or shifts in community function and dynamics. Invasion of non-native invasive plan ...
... Alteration to the frequency and duration of flood events and conversion of the river floodplains for human development are the two greatest threats to this community statewide and can lead to outright habitat loss and/or shifts in community function and dynamics. Invasion of non-native invasive plan ...
Silvicultural Treatments - WV Division of Forestry
... ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES - The actions or events that link organisms (including humans) and their environment, such as disturbance, successional development, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, productivity, and decay. ECOREGION - A continuous geographic area over which the macroclimate is sufficien ...
... ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES - The actions or events that link organisms (including humans) and their environment, such as disturbance, successional development, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, productivity, and decay. ECOREGION - A continuous geographic area over which the macroclimate is sufficien ...
Gringos en el bosque: introduced tree invasion in a
... We studied invasion into native Nothofagus/Austrocedrus forest by many introduced tree species planted between 1910 and 1940 in plantations near the center of Isla Victoria, in northern Patagonia. We located virtually all individuals of these species in 30 ha of forest in two series of transects at ...
... We studied invasion into native Nothofagus/Austrocedrus forest by many introduced tree species planted between 1910 and 1940 in plantations near the center of Isla Victoria, in northern Patagonia. We located virtually all individuals of these species in 30 ha of forest in two series of transects at ...
as a PDF
... Plant-pollinator interactions in tropical lowland rain forests (TLRF) offer unique opportunities to address several problems of current evolutionary and ecological interest. First, conspecifics of many tree species are spatially isolated and self-incompatible or dioecious (1 1, 16, 24, 36, 61). Thus ...
... Plant-pollinator interactions in tropical lowland rain forests (TLRF) offer unique opportunities to address several problems of current evolutionary and ecological interest. First, conspecifics of many tree species are spatially isolated and self-incompatible or dioecious (1 1, 16, 24, 36, 61). Thus ...
Conserving
... used, workers often unaware of dangers and didn’t wear protective gear; unsafe pesticide storage and handling were the norm. ...
... used, workers often unaware of dangers and didn’t wear protective gear; unsafe pesticide storage and handling were the norm. ...
Life–history and ecological distribution of chameleons
... and many populations have recently disappeared from many sites (OJONUGWA, 1973; AKANI et al., 1999). In a recent study (AKANI & LUISELLI, 2001) it was found that over 80% of adult local people interviewed about these species reported never to have seen a chameleon. Information about chameleons in ot ...
... and many populations have recently disappeared from many sites (OJONUGWA, 1973; AKANI et al., 1999). In a recent study (AKANI & LUISELLI, 2001) it was found that over 80% of adult local people interviewed about these species reported never to have seen a chameleon. Information about chameleons in ot ...
A comparison of alpha and beta diversity patterns of ferns
... species richness per plot and their patterns of alpha diversity were similar in different habitat types. In both forest types, the epiphytic habitat was significantly richer in ferns, liverworts and lichens. Mosses were the only primarily terrestrial group. Mostly, species richness declined from slo ...
... species richness per plot and their patterns of alpha diversity were similar in different habitat types. In both forest types, the epiphytic habitat was significantly richer in ferns, liverworts and lichens. Mosses were the only primarily terrestrial group. Mostly, species richness declined from slo ...
Indicators of Biodiversity for Ecologically Sustainable Forest
... some essential chemical elements and overabundant in others (Lyons et al. 1974). For these “almost endemic” species, the major portion of their distribution is on serpentine soil, and they are found elsewhere only rarely. The presence of one of these plants almost certainly indicate that the soil is ...
... some essential chemical elements and overabundant in others (Lyons et al. 1974). For these “almost endemic” species, the major portion of their distribution is on serpentine soil, and they are found elsewhere only rarely. The presence of one of these plants almost certainly indicate that the soil is ...
species diversity and community structure in forest fragments
... composition and community structure and provide information for efficient conservation of these fragments, we collected data from 138 forest fragments (referred to as fengshui woods by local people) in southern China and compared them with those collected from a well protected large natural reserve, ...
... composition and community structure and provide information for efficient conservation of these fragments, we collected data from 138 forest fragments (referred to as fengshui woods by local people) in southern China and compared them with those collected from a well protected large natural reserve, ...
The Biogeography of Life - U.W.
... • each species inhabits only a part of the earth’s surface, is specifically adapted to thi habitat, and varies in abundance over its geographic range • each species tracks its “species niche” as climate changes – or goes extinct • close relatives diverge (form, physiology, etc.) into adjacent, bu ...
... • each species inhabits only a part of the earth’s surface, is specifically adapted to thi habitat, and varies in abundance over its geographic range • each species tracks its “species niche” as climate changes – or goes extinct • close relatives diverge (form, physiology, etc.) into adjacent, bu ...
Print this article - Journal IPB
... (2001) with some modification. The Pitfall trap trapped which is a plastic glasses half filled with 70% alcohol was immersed as deep as 1.5-2 cm into the soil with the lips of the glasses were parallel to the soil surface, and left for a week after which specimens were collected and brought back to ...
... (2001) with some modification. The Pitfall trap trapped which is a plastic glasses half filled with 70% alcohol was immersed as deep as 1.5-2 cm into the soil with the lips of the glasses were parallel to the soil surface, and left for a week after which specimens were collected and brought back to ...
Palms at Inotawa
... The niche width of a species refers to the area which a species could physically inhabit; the niche width often differs from the area that a species actually inhabits, or its realized niche width. The niche concept has rarely been used in plant ecology due to the difficulty in defining a species’ ni ...
... The niche width of a species refers to the area which a species could physically inhabit; the niche width often differs from the area that a species actually inhabits, or its realized niche width. The niche concept has rarely been used in plant ecology due to the difficulty in defining a species’ ni ...
3.3c Biomes - Glow Blogs
... • Describe how temperature and rainfall affect the distribution of world biomes. • Explain why temperature and rainfall affect the distribution of world biomes. • Present detailed information about one world biome. ...
... • Describe how temperature and rainfall affect the distribution of world biomes. • Explain why temperature and rainfall affect the distribution of world biomes. • Present detailed information about one world biome. ...
Lowland subtropical rainforest
... Once one of Australia’s most extensive rainforests, much of lowland subtropical rainforest has been cleared or degraded. Now only fragmented patches remain, commonly alongside creeks. Know your forest Officially known as Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia, this is a nationally listed criti ...
... Once one of Australia’s most extensive rainforests, much of lowland subtropical rainforest has been cleared or degraded. Now only fragmented patches remain, commonly alongside creeks. Know your forest Officially known as Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia, this is a nationally listed criti ...