Management plan for the lynx population in Finland
... should give sufficient weight to views representing the general public as well as business and industry, without endangering the favourable conservation status of populations of the species concerned. At the first stage of the project “Criteria for the management of Finland’s lynx population”, the t ...
... should give sufficient weight to views representing the general public as well as business and industry, without endangering the favourable conservation status of populations of the species concerned. At the first stage of the project “Criteria for the management of Finland’s lynx population”, the t ...
namibian cheetah conservation strategy
... 4. International. There is no international law mandating protection - that is, prohibiting hunting or fencing off habitat - for endangered species. It is up to each individual nation to determine how it wants to protect any endangered species occurring within its borders. The only aspect of endange ...
... 4. International. There is no international law mandating protection - that is, prohibiting hunting or fencing off habitat - for endangered species. It is up to each individual nation to determine how it wants to protect any endangered species occurring within its borders. The only aspect of endange ...
Review of Seabird Demographic Rates and Density Dependence
... rates of sea ducks were largely lacking, with the exception of common eider. An estimate for age of recruitment was available for all of the seabird and sea duck species considered. There was considerably less information identified for the incidence of missed breeding and the rate of breeding dispe ...
... rates of sea ducks were largely lacking, with the exception of common eider. An estimate for age of recruitment was available for all of the seabird and sea duck species considered. There was considerably less information identified for the incidence of missed breeding and the rate of breeding dispe ...
Status, management and distribution of large carnivores
... enterprises as attraction animals, possibly to attract more clients in their premises. This phenomenon seems to be quite widespread and relatively new for the country, having its beginnings only after the 1990s and, as evidence suggests, is spreading at an alarming rate in many restaurants and cafés ...
... enterprises as attraction animals, possibly to attract more clients in their premises. This phenomenon seems to be quite widespread and relatively new for the country, having its beginnings only after the 1990s and, as evidence suggests, is spreading at an alarming rate in many restaurants and cafés ...
recruitment and the local dynamics of open marine
... recruits rather than an intrinsic birth rate. More recent modeling studies have used the same approach for coral-reef fishes (166), bryozoans (74), and kelp (4, 108). These models demonstrate that local populations may be regulated, not just limited, by recruitment. A form of regulation occurs becau ...
... recruits rather than an intrinsic birth rate. More recent modeling studies have used the same approach for coral-reef fishes (166), bryozoans (74), and kelp (4, 108). These models demonstrate that local populations may be regulated, not just limited, by recruitment. A form of regulation occurs becau ...
Inertia: the discrepancy between individual and common good in
... which a population can no longer persist (evolutionary suicide). Dispersal and prospecting are prime examples of traits that have a strong influence on population persistence under environmental and demographic stochasticity. Theory predicts that an ‘optimal’ dispersal strategy from a population poi ...
... which a population can no longer persist (evolutionary suicide). Dispersal and prospecting are prime examples of traits that have a strong influence on population persistence under environmental and demographic stochasticity. Theory predicts that an ‘optimal’ dispersal strategy from a population poi ...
Conservation of Wildlife Populations
... relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in wildlife and conservation biology. It will build on your training in basic ecology and genetics, then move deeper into areas where ecological and genetic concepts and theory are applied. Because this is an applied book on ...
... relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in wildlife and conservation biology. It will build on your training in basic ecology and genetics, then move deeper into areas where ecological and genetic concepts and theory are applied. Because this is an applied book on ...
Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
... The Strategic Development Zone lands, of approx. 360 hectares which are located in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, are the largest undeveloped land bank in the County and one of the most sizable undeveloped areas within the Dublin Metropolitan Area. The lands are located approxima ...
... The Strategic Development Zone lands, of approx. 360 hectares which are located in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, are the largest undeveloped land bank in the County and one of the most sizable undeveloped areas within the Dublin Metropolitan Area. The lands are located approxima ...
Population dynamic theory of size
... Gurtin & Levine 1982; Diekmann et al. 2003). The literature on population dynamic models of cannibalism (table 1) contains a range of interesting implications of cannibalism for population dynamics. However, a comprehensive overview of the emerged ecological theory is lacking. Our aim is to identify ...
... Gurtin & Levine 1982; Diekmann et al. 2003). The literature on population dynamic models of cannibalism (table 1) contains a range of interesting implications of cannibalism for population dynamics. However, a comprehensive overview of the emerged ecological theory is lacking. Our aim is to identify ...
Trophic Interactions during Primary Succession
... alone is unlikely to explain the decreased lupine spread rates. However, weak dispersal ability coupled with decreased production of seeds could contribute to slower spread rates. The above mechanisms appear inadequate as explanations of the pronounced decrease in lupine population growth rates unde ...
... alone is unlikely to explain the decreased lupine spread rates. However, weak dispersal ability coupled with decreased production of seeds could contribute to slower spread rates. The above mechanisms appear inadequate as explanations of the pronounced decrease in lupine population growth rates unde ...
Density dependence in mule deer
... (Garrott and White 1982, Bishop et al. 2005, Bergman et al. 2011). Ultimately, this can be viewed as evidence that K is different for adults and fawns. Much of the research on mule deer population dynamics has also investigated the principals of additive and compensatory mortality (Bartmann et al. 1 ...
... (Garrott and White 1982, Bishop et al. 2005, Bergman et al. 2011). Ultimately, this can be viewed as evidence that K is different for adults and fawns. Much of the research on mule deer population dynamics has also investigated the principals of additive and compensatory mortality (Bartmann et al. 1 ...
population
... reflecting very high death rates early in life, but flattens out as death rates decline for the few individuals that survive to a critical age. – Type III survivorship curves are associated with organisms that produce large numbers of offspring but provide little or no parental care. – Examples are ...
... reflecting very high death rates early in life, but flattens out as death rates decline for the few individuals that survive to a critical age. – Type III survivorship curves are associated with organisms that produce large numbers of offspring but provide little or no parental care. – Examples are ...
Building the bridge between animal movement and population
... Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a ...
... Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK While the mechanistic links between animal movement and population dynamics are ecologically obvious, it is much less clear when knowledge of animal movement is a ...
Population Ecology
... Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings ...
... Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings ...
Do delayed effects of overgrazing explain population cycles in voles?
... were autopsied one month later in the laboratory. We sexed, measured and weighed voles (body mass to the nearest 0.1 g and wet masses of the pancreas and liver to the nearest 0.1 mg), and their reproductive status at trapping time was determined. Males were considered mature if their testes were scr ...
... were autopsied one month later in the laboratory. We sexed, measured and weighed voles (body mass to the nearest 0.1 g and wet masses of the pancreas and liver to the nearest 0.1 mg), and their reproductive status at trapping time was determined. Males were considered mature if their testes were scr ...
Vancouver Island Marmot Population and Habitat Viability
... are born in the burrows in early June, with pups emerging from the burrows for the first time in early July. Adults lose approximately one-third of their body weight during hibernation. In 2002 Bryant et al. estimated that more than half of the population of Vancouver Island marmots lived in forest ...
... are born in the burrows in early June, with pups emerging from the burrows for the first time in early July. Adults lose approximately one-third of their body weight during hibernation. In 2002 Bryant et al. estimated that more than half of the population of Vancouver Island marmots lived in forest ...
Population dynamics in a cyclic environment: consequences of
... breeders is that such a classification is possible in a non-arbitrary way for any individual in a population, whereas ageing all individuals is not always possible. For example, age classes in tawny owls older than 2 years cannot be distinguished (Ahola & Niiranen 1986), such that the exact ages of o ...
... breeders is that such a classification is possible in a non-arbitrary way for any individual in a population, whereas ageing all individuals is not always possible. For example, age classes in tawny owls older than 2 years cannot be distinguished (Ahola & Niiranen 1986), such that the exact ages of o ...
Management plan in Estonia
... The main cost of maintaining a viable large carnivore population is preying on domestic animals, but with current practice of livestock breeding in Estonia the risk is rather small. Among game ungulates, wolfs negative influence to wild boar population is evident, but it is not effective when wolf p ...
... The main cost of maintaining a viable large carnivore population is preying on domestic animals, but with current practice of livestock breeding in Estonia the risk is rather small. Among game ungulates, wolfs negative influence to wild boar population is evident, but it is not effective when wolf p ...
Newell's shearwater population modeling for Habitat Conservation
... When considered independently, fallout and powerline minimization have the potential to increase growth rate by up to 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively, but would prove more effective in areas where concurrent colony management is planned. The Save Our Shearwater pr ...
... When considered independently, fallout and powerline minimization have the potential to increase growth rate by up to 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively, but would prove more effective in areas where concurrent colony management is planned. The Save Our Shearwater pr ...
What limits the Serengeti zebra population?
... (Spinage 1972), while the Serengeti population may have declined slightly between 1961 (n=179,000, Sinclair and Norton-Griffiths 1979) and 1996 (n=150,834, Moehlman 2002). For Serengeti plains zebra, no individually based estimates of foal and yearling survival are available. As these vary widely bo ...
... (Spinage 1972), while the Serengeti population may have declined slightly between 1961 (n=179,000, Sinclair and Norton-Griffiths 1979) and 1996 (n=150,834, Moehlman 2002). For Serengeti plains zebra, no individually based estimates of foal and yearling survival are available. As these vary widely bo ...
Allee Effects
... concinna concinna attract pollinating insects in fewer numbers than do large patches. As a result, small patches are more prone to extinction (Groom 1998). In general, persistence of species subject to strong Allee effects requires that a minimum population size — specific to each population — be di ...
... concinna concinna attract pollinating insects in fewer numbers than do large patches. As a result, small patches are more prone to extinction (Groom 1998). In general, persistence of species subject to strong Allee effects requires that a minimum population size — specific to each population — be di ...
Population dynamics of large herbivores: variable recruitment with
... sidered only prime-aged adults (typically those aged 2–7 years14,15, but including some older age classes in larger species like red deer16), because the survival of older individuals appears to be lower14,15 and therefore estimates of ‘adult’ survival that include all age classes would be affected ...
... sidered only prime-aged adults (typically those aged 2–7 years14,15, but including some older age classes in larger species like red deer16), because the survival of older individuals appears to be lower14,15 and therefore estimates of ‘adult’ survival that include all age classes would be affected ...
Exploring the Status of Population Genetics: The Role of Ecology
... have suggested, consideration of the importance of phenomena such as adaptation and speciation, let alone development, are sufficient to show that there is more to evolution than changes in gene frequencies over time. The critics, however, go too far. As I shall argue in this article, the successes ...
... have suggested, consideration of the importance of phenomena such as adaptation and speciation, let alone development, are sufficient to show that there is more to evolution than changes in gene frequencies over time. The critics, however, go too far. As I shall argue in this article, the successes ...
Problem: American Elk - The International Mathematical Modeling
... such as the American Bison (Bison bison), Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis canadiensis), Eastern Cougar (Puma concolor couguar), and Wolf (Canis lupus) were commonly seen across the North American continent. However, with the colonization from the old world came old world prejudices and practices. Wit ...
... such as the American Bison (Bison bison), Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis canadiensis), Eastern Cougar (Puma concolor couguar), and Wolf (Canis lupus) were commonly seen across the North American continent. However, with the colonization from the old world came old world prejudices and practices. Wit ...