Edge Effects on Ranging and Foraging Behaviour of L`hoest`s Monkey
... Impenetrable National Park, Uganda Abstract Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) is characterized by heavily degraded edge microhabitats and a clear forest-farmland interface alongside almost pristine interior forests. This project investigated how an edge-interior gradient in vegetation structu ...
... Impenetrable National Park, Uganda Abstract Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) is characterized by heavily degraded edge microhabitats and a clear forest-farmland interface alongside almost pristine interior forests. This project investigated how an edge-interior gradient in vegetation structu ...
Wet eucalypt forest and woodland
... From Forest to Fjaeldmark Descriptions of Tasmania’s Vegetation ...
... From Forest to Fjaeldmark Descriptions of Tasmania’s Vegetation ...
- Government of Nova Scotia
... Many of the birds, mammals, animals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects we know today also became established at this time. Five thousand years ago, before there were pyramids in Egypt, native North Americans hunted game and used tree species that are still present today. As time passed, Europe ...
... Many of the birds, mammals, animals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects we know today also became established at this time. Five thousand years ago, before there were pyramids in Egypt, native North Americans hunted game and used tree species that are still present today. As time passed, Europe ...
A guide to the Matemateaonga Ecological District
... Zealand-made slow-release fertiliser tablet. Know the fertiliser history of the planting site as some species such as rewarewa and toro can be severely stunted or even killed by soluble phosphates. In very free-draining soils, nutrients placed below the root ball can be lost by soil water movement. ...
... Zealand-made slow-release fertiliser tablet. Know the fertiliser history of the planting site as some species such as rewarewa and toro can be severely stunted or even killed by soluble phosphates. In very free-draining soils, nutrients placed below the root ball can be lost by soil water movement. ...
Landscape size affects the relative importance of habitat amount
... importance may change with the size of the landscape considered because the multiple (and potentially conflicting) ecological processes that are influenced by landscape structure occur at different spatial scales (e.g. dispersal, predation, foraging). We estimated the relative effects of habitat los ...
... importance may change with the size of the landscape considered because the multiple (and potentially conflicting) ecological processes that are influenced by landscape structure occur at different spatial scales (e.g. dispersal, predation, foraging). We estimated the relative effects of habitat los ...
Swift Parrot Habitat and the Forestry Tasmania Three Year Wood
... Swift parrot and other native animals. This paper seeks to address one substantial influence on the future of the swift parrot – the maintenance of habitat in Tasmania’s state forests that is critical for the species’ survival. It should be noted that this is not to diminish the importance of other ...
... Swift parrot and other native animals. This paper seeks to address one substantial influence on the future of the swift parrot – the maintenance of habitat in Tasmania’s state forests that is critical for the species’ survival. It should be noted that this is not to diminish the importance of other ...
Effects on Plant and Animal Communities
... will depend on the surrounding land uses, the vegetation actually present, and species. Landscape setting. In areas of intensive agriculture, forested riparian areas can provide important “islands” of wildlife habitat. Here, species that depend on trees and forests for their survival can live and re ...
... will depend on the surrounding land uses, the vegetation actually present, and species. Landscape setting. In areas of intensive agriculture, forested riparian areas can provide important “islands” of wildlife habitat. Here, species that depend on trees and forests for their survival can live and re ...
Demographic controls of aboveground forest biomass across North
... these processes can be affected by spatial variation in environmental conditions, such as climate and soil, as well as by the species composition of a particular area through interspecific variation in demographic performance. Species turnover across space and time could be particularly important if ...
... these processes can be affected by spatial variation in environmental conditions, such as climate and soil, as well as by the species composition of a particular area through interspecific variation in demographic performance. Species turnover across space and time could be particularly important if ...
Rethinking Swidden Cultivation in Myanmar
... University of East Anglia /Pyoe Pin - 2013 Swidden cultivation, also known as shifting cultivation or Shwe Pyaung Taung-ya, describes a spectrum of rotational agro-forestry practices at varying levels of intensity prevalent in Myanmar’s uplands. Swidden cultivation contributes to the livelihoods o ...
... University of East Anglia /Pyoe Pin - 2013 Swidden cultivation, also known as shifting cultivation or Shwe Pyaung Taung-ya, describes a spectrum of rotational agro-forestry practices at varying levels of intensity prevalent in Myanmar’s uplands. Swidden cultivation contributes to the livelihoods o ...
- Science Publishing Group
... Zelenchuk and Baksan) is connected with human activities. Many historical and literary documents indicate that formerly forest-covered areas rich in fauna are now occupied by settlements, also semi-desert, steppes, shrubs, degraded lands, and at the best - thinned forest area. The trend of decreasin ...
... Zelenchuk and Baksan) is connected with human activities. Many historical and literary documents indicate that formerly forest-covered areas rich in fauna are now occupied by settlements, also semi-desert, steppes, shrubs, degraded lands, and at the best - thinned forest area. The trend of decreasin ...
Name ______ ECOLOGY What makes a world habitable? What are
... Could humans inhabit another world in our solar system? If so, what accommodations would they need to survive? ...
... Could humans inhabit another world in our solar system? If so, what accommodations would they need to survive? ...
Montane Patch Formation: the Influence of Climate
... Great Basin, “Southwest”, and Cordillero-Madrean) have different levels of connectivity due to variable immigration. Island biogeography states that isolation, as in the distance from one patch to another, directly influences immigration. But isolation is directly correlated with the relative amount ...
... Great Basin, “Southwest”, and Cordillero-Madrean) have different levels of connectivity due to variable immigration. Island biogeography states that isolation, as in the distance from one patch to another, directly influences immigration. But isolation is directly correlated with the relative amount ...
univERsity oF copEnhAGEn
... & Bartelink 1995). Beech is flexible in growth, capable of occupying open spaces. However, occupying open spaces can cause less straight stems. In contrast, variation in annual growth ring width does not have a great influence on wood quality (van Goor et al. 1974). ...
... & Bartelink 1995). Beech is flexible in growth, capable of occupying open spaces. However, occupying open spaces can cause less straight stems. In contrast, variation in annual growth ring width does not have a great influence on wood quality (van Goor et al. 1974). ...
Freshwater crabs in Africa - Freshwater Biological Association
... probably increase considerably in due course as taxonomic understanding advances. They occur throughout the non-arid areas of the continent, including the River Nile as far as its delta in Egypt, but the greatest diversity of species occurs in forested areas of equatorial Africa, where most species ...
... probably increase considerably in due course as taxonomic understanding advances. They occur throughout the non-arid areas of the continent, including the River Nile as far as its delta in Egypt, but the greatest diversity of species occurs in forested areas of equatorial Africa, where most species ...
Using the focal species approach for conserving biodiversity in
... Although the goals of the ecosystem management (natural disturbance or coarse filter) approach and the focal species approach are the same (in the forestry context, to identify harvest patterns that minimize the risk of biodiversity loss), the approaches will likely result in very different spatial ...
... Although the goals of the ecosystem management (natural disturbance or coarse filter) approach and the focal species approach are the same (in the forestry context, to identify harvest patterns that minimize the risk of biodiversity loss), the approaches will likely result in very different spatial ...
southern Yunnan, China - Universität Hohenheim
... natural succession leading to secondary forests. Such habitats may represent a matrix separating relatively intact plots of undisturbed old‐growth forest, but the current knowledge of the value of such matrix habitats for biodiversity conservation is still limited. Existing ...
... natural succession leading to secondary forests. Such habitats may represent a matrix separating relatively intact plots of undisturbed old‐growth forest, but the current knowledge of the value of such matrix habitats for biodiversity conservation is still limited. Existing ...
Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in
... Habitat for many northern caribou herds is contaiduring the past century due to the disappearance of ned within existing and proposed parks. There is an caribou from portions of their range (Bergerud, appreciation among Ministry of Parks biologists 1978). Habitat studies of northern caribou are pret ...
... Habitat for many northern caribou herds is contaiduring the past century due to the disappearance of ned within existing and proposed parks. There is an caribou from portions of their range (Bergerud, appreciation among Ministry of Parks biologists 1978). Habitat studies of northern caribou are pret ...
Upper Welland River - Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
... and water levels of the Salina bedrock formation. The other PGMN well (W080) is located on Abingdon Road in West Lincoln and it monitors chemistry and water levels of the Guelph/Lockport bedrock formation. Water quality results for PGMN well W287 only exceeded Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standard ...
... and water levels of the Salina bedrock formation. The other PGMN well (W080) is located on Abingdon Road in West Lincoln and it monitors chemistry and water levels of the Guelph/Lockport bedrock formation. Water quality results for PGMN well W287 only exceeded Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standard ...
A preliminary biological survey of Cerro Piedra Larga, Oaxaca, Mexico
... Mexico, located at the conjunction of two great biogeographic realms, is considered a megadiverse country, one of the storehouses of biodiversity at a global scale (Mittermeier et al. 1998). Although Mexico has seen attention from students of biodiversity over more than two centuries (Ramamoorthy et ...
... Mexico, located at the conjunction of two great biogeographic realms, is considered a megadiverse country, one of the storehouses of biodiversity at a global scale (Mittermeier et al. 1998). Although Mexico has seen attention from students of biodiversity over more than two centuries (Ramamoorthy et ...
PSHE - Sky Rainforest Rescue
... What’s the number? • One in 10 of the world’s species can be found in the Amazon rainforest. • The Amazon rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometres. • 40,000 plant species have been discovered in the rainforest. • 3 million indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest. ...
... What’s the number? • One in 10 of the world’s species can be found in the Amazon rainforest. • The Amazon rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometres. • 40,000 plant species have been discovered in the rainforest. • 3 million indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest. ...
A continent-wide assessment of the form and intensity of large
... might change in response to environmental change, and how closely linked fire regimes and vegetation distributions are. Using the same approach to assess global syndromes of herbivory can inform the understanding of interactions between herbivores and other components of the Earth system. Determinin ...
... might change in response to environmental change, and how closely linked fire regimes and vegetation distributions are. Using the same approach to assess global syndromes of herbivory can inform the understanding of interactions between herbivores and other components of the Earth system. Determinin ...
Regime Shifts in the Anthropocene: drivers, risk
... Urchin barrens are formed where the kelp canopy has been deforested by urchins. Trophic-level cascades are responsible for urchin overabundance. Overfishing of the apex predators can lead to shifts in the dominance of consumers at lower trophic levels6. This has been particularly observed in the cas ...
... Urchin barrens are formed where the kelp canopy has been deforested by urchins. Trophic-level cascades are responsible for urchin overabundance. Overfishing of the apex predators can lead to shifts in the dominance of consumers at lower trophic levels6. This has been particularly observed in the cas ...
Can forest fragmentation disrupt a conditional mutualism? A case
... Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) located 80 km north of Manaus, in central Amazon, Brazil. The forest of the region is upland mature forest, not subjected to flooding (Floresta de Terra Firme) with annual precipitation of approximately 2,600 mm (Bierregaard et al. 2001). Fragments were 20–25 years o ...
... Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) located 80 km north of Manaus, in central Amazon, Brazil. The forest of the region is upland mature forest, not subjected to flooding (Floresta de Terra Firme) with annual precipitation of approximately 2,600 mm (Bierregaard et al. 2001). Fragments were 20–25 years o ...
`sky islands` of eastern Africa
... alpine habitat exists on punctuated volcanic uplifts. It is, therefore, possible that the alpine zone of most of the high Ethiopian mountains became interconnected and formed one continuous habitat, at least on each side of the Rift Valley under colder climates. The possibility for gradual migration ...
... alpine habitat exists on punctuated volcanic uplifts. It is, therefore, possible that the alpine zone of most of the high Ethiopian mountains became interconnected and formed one continuous habitat, at least on each side of the Rift Valley under colder climates. The possibility for gradual migration ...