Democratic Republic of Congo - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... species richness, species endemism, and ecological and evolutionary phenomena. The knowledge base of the workshop attendees was largely related to freshwater fish species and their distributions. Thus, knowledge on fish species was the largest contributor to area selection; however, there ...
... species richness, species endemism, and ecological and evolutionary phenomena. The knowledge base of the workshop attendees was largely related to freshwater fish species and their distributions. Thus, knowledge on fish species was the largest contributor to area selection; however, there ...
Phenology - URPP Global Change and Biodiversity
... The technological and methodological advancements in environmental remote sensing have opened a new avenue for phenological research (White et al., 2009). The field of Land Surface Phenology (LSP) has been defined as the study of seasonal patte ...
... The technological and methodological advancements in environmental remote sensing have opened a new avenue for phenological research (White et al., 2009). The field of Land Surface Phenology (LSP) has been defined as the study of seasonal patte ...
Plant Responses to Multiple Environmental Factors
... usually so small that absorption quickly depletes the soil in immediate contact with the roots. Only through constant and extensive growth can roots mine a sufficient volume of soil to meet the nitrogen needs of a rapidly growing plant. Unusual methods of nitrogen acquisition have additional carbon ...
... usually so small that absorption quickly depletes the soil in immediate contact with the roots. Only through constant and extensive growth can roots mine a sufficient volume of soil to meet the nitrogen needs of a rapidly growing plant. Unusual methods of nitrogen acquisition have additional carbon ...
Ecological Balances, Activity Based Foundation Course on
... Mr. D.K. Malegamwala allowed the Centre both intellectual and economic freedom to select students and to experiment with innovative content and mode of interaction. After him, the project has received continued support from his successor, Dr. Suma Chitnis, Director of the J. N. Tata Endowment Trust. ...
... Mr. D.K. Malegamwala allowed the Centre both intellectual and economic freedom to select students and to experiment with innovative content and mode of interaction. After him, the project has received continued support from his successor, Dr. Suma Chitnis, Director of the J. N. Tata Endowment Trust. ...
Emergence and maintenance of biodiversity in an evolutionary food
... the infrequent immigration of new species from a pre-determined species pool. Such models can adequately describe how smaller food webs, for example on islands, originate through the immigration of species from a mainland, but do not in general provide an adequate description of the origin of food w ...
... the infrequent immigration of new species from a pre-determined species pool. Such models can adequately describe how smaller food webs, for example on islands, originate through the immigration of species from a mainland, but do not in general provide an adequate description of the origin of food w ...
Predator effects on faunal community composition in
... Hovel, 2010). However, the role of predation may be rather different when predator access is constrained temporally, for instance, by water depth variation during a tidal cycle. In The Bahamas, for example, seagrass beds are common in extremely shallow, subtidal, wetlands with water depths as low as ...
... Hovel, 2010). However, the role of predation may be rather different when predator access is constrained temporally, for instance, by water depth variation during a tidal cycle. In The Bahamas, for example, seagrass beds are common in extremely shallow, subtidal, wetlands with water depths as low as ...
Staddon et al 2010
... Gonzalez et al. 2009) asserts that productivity and stability of ecosystem functions are dependent on the rate of dispersal within fragmented landscapes. We tested a prediction from the spatial insurance hypothesis (Loreau et al. 2003), that habitat connectivity mediates the magnitude and timing of ...
... Gonzalez et al. 2009) asserts that productivity and stability of ecosystem functions are dependent on the rate of dispersal within fragmented landscapes. We tested a prediction from the spatial insurance hypothesis (Loreau et al. 2003), that habitat connectivity mediates the magnitude and timing of ...
Evaluation of alternative hypotheses to explain
... limiting as temperature increases because of a less favourable assimilation: metabolism balance. In a factorial laboratory experiment we examine the effects of three rearing temperatures on the growth and reproductive traits of Daphnia raised in water with fish kairomone, Chaoborus kairomone, or in ...
... limiting as temperature increases because of a less favourable assimilation: metabolism balance. In a factorial laboratory experiment we examine the effects of three rearing temperatures on the growth and reproductive traits of Daphnia raised in water with fish kairomone, Chaoborus kairomone, or in ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife Conservation in the Samiria
... resources and their agriculture (Goulding et al. 1996). During high water seasons fishing is more difficult, since fish are dispersed throughout inundated forests. However, during this period hunting becomes easier with the large bushmeat species, such as deer, peccaries and tapir being trapped on l ...
... resources and their agriculture (Goulding et al. 1996). During high water seasons fishing is more difficult, since fish are dispersed throughout inundated forests. However, during this period hunting becomes easier with the large bushmeat species, such as deer, peccaries and tapir being trapped on l ...
The Midas cichlid species complex: incipient sympatric speciation in
... even within crater lakes that clearly do not provide any geographical structure, none the less genetic differential was found based on colouration but not based on trophic/ ecological traits. Because both the colour and trophic polymorphisms are present in several of the crater lakes, and because th ...
... even within crater lakes that clearly do not provide any geographical structure, none the less genetic differential was found based on colouration but not based on trophic/ ecological traits. Because both the colour and trophic polymorphisms are present in several of the crater lakes, and because th ...
Reverse evolution: driving forces behind
... by external factors (i.e. very low KM). Importantly, our initial assumption that mixotrophs are much less efficien t than heterotrophs grazing small bacteria due to their larger size, can be relaxed to a considerable exten t and still the conclusions from the model hold (Text SI , Fig. SI ). W e per ...
... by external factors (i.e. very low KM). Importantly, our initial assumption that mixotrophs are much less efficien t than heterotrophs grazing small bacteria due to their larger size, can be relaxed to a considerable exten t and still the conclusions from the model hold (Text SI , Fig. SI ). W e per ...
Distinguishing between direct and indirect effects of predators in
... species loss for ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. Species at higher trophic levels are at greater risk of human-induced extinction yet remarkably little is known about the effects of consumer species loss across multiple trophic levels in natural complex ecosystems. Previous studi ...
... species loss for ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. Species at higher trophic levels are at greater risk of human-induced extinction yet remarkably little is known about the effects of consumer species loss across multiple trophic levels in natural complex ecosystems. Previous studi ...
Spermatophores and sperm transfer in the water mite Hydrachna
... comparison сап not Ье made . Terrestrial Actinedida (= Trombidiformes) have similar spermatophores with two m embranous plates (LIPOVSKY et al., 1957; SCHUSTER & SCHUSTER, 1966). In Н. conjecta we found а maximum of 558 spermatophores deposited per 24 hours. The observations оп other water mites are ...
... comparison сап not Ье made . Terrestrial Actinedida (= Trombidiformes) have similar spermatophores with two m embranous plates (LIPOVSKY et al., 1957; SCHUSTER & SCHUSTER, 1966). In Н. conjecta we found а maximum of 558 spermatophores deposited per 24 hours. The observations оп other water mites are ...
Top predators in the Barents Sea, dependent on capelin?
... - Stable late summer / autumn distributions - independent of changing capelin abundance - Increasing overlap with capelin due to northern capelin distribution shift Mette Skern-Mauritzen et al (2011) ...
... - Stable late summer / autumn distributions - independent of changing capelin abundance - Increasing overlap with capelin due to northern capelin distribution shift Mette Skern-Mauritzen et al (2011) ...
In situ production of charophyte communities under reduced light
... Chara aspera and C. canescens in a brackish-water ecosystem of Haapsalu Bay in June–July 2009. Plastic shades were used to manipulate light conditions in the experimental plots. Two types of nets were used so that plants received either 25% or 50% of the natural irradiance relative to the control co ...
... Chara aspera and C. canescens in a brackish-water ecosystem of Haapsalu Bay in June–July 2009. Plastic shades were used to manipulate light conditions in the experimental plots. Two types of nets were used so that plants received either 25% or 50% of the natural irradiance relative to the control co ...
Frog Ponds for Gardens - Natural Resources South Australia
... example, a Spotted Grass Frog in Mount Gambier has very different requirements and experiences from a Spotted Grass Frog living in the Flinders Ranges. If a Mount Gambier frog was relocated and interbred with a Flinders Ranges frog, their offspring would be greatly disadvantaged and may not survive ...
... example, a Spotted Grass Frog in Mount Gambier has very different requirements and experiences from a Spotted Grass Frog living in the Flinders Ranges. If a Mount Gambier frog was relocated and interbred with a Flinders Ranges frog, their offspring would be greatly disadvantaged and may not survive ...
Frog Ponds for Gardens
... example, a Spotted Grass Frog in Mount Gambier has very different requirements and experiences from a Spotted Grass Frog living in the Flinders Ranges. If a Mount Gambier frog was relocated and interbred with a Flinders Ranges frog, their offspring would be greatly disadvantaged and may not survive ...
... example, a Spotted Grass Frog in Mount Gambier has very different requirements and experiences from a Spotted Grass Frog living in the Flinders Ranges. If a Mount Gambier frog was relocated and interbred with a Flinders Ranges frog, their offspring would be greatly disadvantaged and may not survive ...
Estimating Predation Mortality with a Three
... Improved assessment of gut data and its integration into model function Improved understanding of relationship between M, P, and cohort dynamics ...
... Improved assessment of gut data and its integration into model function Improved understanding of relationship between M, P, and cohort dynamics ...
The Biochemical Composition and Energy Content of Arctic Marine
... (73.8%) foranother species of planktonic polychaete Mauchline and Fisher (1969), reviewing the available data, tentativelyconcluded that“it is probably truethat (Tornopteris septentrionalis) from the Bering Sea. The latitudes tend to accumulate greater protein content of Sagitta elegans was also hig ...
... (73.8%) foranother species of planktonic polychaete Mauchline and Fisher (1969), reviewing the available data, tentativelyconcluded that“it is probably truethat (Tornopteris septentrionalis) from the Bering Sea. The latitudes tend to accumulate greater protein content of Sagitta elegans was also hig ...
The Future of Fish in Response to Large-Scale Change in P
... of which about 30 (25%) are aliens, mostly in freshwater and brackish water. About 75 species, largely marine, have been recorded from San Francisco Bay in recent years, of which only 5 are alien species (Schroeter and Moyle 2006). In Suisun Marsh and Bay, 53 species are known, a mixture of euryhali ...
... of which about 30 (25%) are aliens, mostly in freshwater and brackish water. About 75 species, largely marine, have been recorded from San Francisco Bay in recent years, of which only 5 are alien species (Schroeter and Moyle 2006). In Suisun Marsh and Bay, 53 species are known, a mixture of euryhali ...