The Role of Biodiversity for the Functioning of Rocky Reef
... terrestrial work has been on producers, making it difficult to adequately compare the mechanisms linking diversity and performance in different systems and to come up with a general framework for understanding the consequences of declining diversity (Giller et al. 2004). This discrepancy is unfortun ...
... terrestrial work has been on producers, making it difficult to adequately compare the mechanisms linking diversity and performance in different systems and to come up with a general framework for understanding the consequences of declining diversity (Giller et al. 2004). This discrepancy is unfortun ...
Spectacled Caiman - UWI St. Augustine
... naturally hunt in the night. This particular species rank them on size. The larger hence more dominant of all are socially higher ranked hence they have more preferences to females during mating season. FORAGING BEHAVIOUR. Spectacled caimans have a propensity to feed on other animals found in the wa ...
... naturally hunt in the night. This particular species rank them on size. The larger hence more dominant of all are socially higher ranked hence they have more preferences to females during mating season. FORAGING BEHAVIOUR. Spectacled caimans have a propensity to feed on other animals found in the wa ...
Dietary overlap among native and non
... feeding strategies among the individual predators. Prey with high specific abundance and low occurrence (upper left) have been consumed by a few individuals displaying specialization, whereas prey with a low specific abundance and a high occurrence (lower right) have been eaten occasionally by most in ...
... feeding strategies among the individual predators. Prey with high specific abundance and low occurrence (upper left) have been consumed by a few individuals displaying specialization, whereas prey with a low specific abundance and a high occurrence (lower right) have been eaten occasionally by most in ...
TIDAL AND INSIDE-SEASON EFFECTS ON THE DIVING
... Wanless, 1995). These birds typically alternate relatively short periods of active foraging fairly close to land with long periods of resting ashore or on water (Wanless & Harris, 1991). Like other avian divers, their diving performance is affected by different environmental variables such as water ...
... Wanless, 1995). These birds typically alternate relatively short periods of active foraging fairly close to land with long periods of resting ashore or on water (Wanless & Harris, 1991). Like other avian divers, their diving performance is affected by different environmental variables such as water ...
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... clams, adapted to the environmental severity. Both species richness and densities increased along the depth gradient, and the community became dominated by polychaetes, nematodes and nemerteans. Seawards, within the relict sediments (deeper than 25 m), species richness and abundance decreased again. ...
... clams, adapted to the environmental severity. Both species richness and densities increased along the depth gradient, and the community became dominated by polychaetes, nematodes and nemerteans. Seawards, within the relict sediments (deeper than 25 m), species richness and abundance decreased again. ...
Predicting and Detecting Reciprocity between Indirect Ecological
... studies that have demonstrated how individual organisms can have a profound impact on their ecosystems. While the ecology of such interactions is well understood, their evolutionary consequences have rarely been considered. We argue that each example represents a case in which a single organism can, ...
... studies that have demonstrated how individual organisms can have a profound impact on their ecosystems. While the ecology of such interactions is well understood, their evolutionary consequences have rarely been considered. We argue that each example represents a case in which a single organism can, ...
The Ecological Role of the Mammalian Mesocarnivore
... just two or three packs (McLaren and Peterson 1994). Thus, it is clear that a relatively small number of large carnivores can directly or indirectly influence multiple trophic levels and precipitate community-level cascades that increase the abundance of primary producers, ultimately modifying habit ...
... just two or three packs (McLaren and Peterson 1994). Thus, it is clear that a relatively small number of large carnivores can directly or indirectly influence multiple trophic levels and precipitate community-level cascades that increase the abundance of primary producers, ultimately modifying habit ...
Genetic Biodiversity Recommendations of the European Platform for
... respect to the displacements of an organism, but not so large that all its movements would typically take place within a single patch Cold seep: (np) place where fluids at nearly ambient temperature seep from the deep sea floor Colonize: (v) establish a colony Colony: (n) a community of organisms of ...
... respect to the displacements of an organism, but not so large that all its movements would typically take place within a single patch Cold seep: (np) place where fluids at nearly ambient temperature seep from the deep sea floor Colonize: (v) establish a colony Colony: (n) a community of organisms of ...
From Population to the Biosphere
... fly south for the winter. In the fall, birds fly thousands of miles to the south where is warmer. In the spring, they return to their homes. (Figure 23.8 ). Monarch butterflies also migrate from Mexico to the northern U.S. in the summer and back to Mexico in the winter. These types of migrations mov ...
... fly south for the winter. In the fall, birds fly thousands of miles to the south where is warmer. In the spring, they return to their homes. (Figure 23.8 ). Monarch butterflies also migrate from Mexico to the northern U.S. in the summer and back to Mexico in the winter. These types of migrations mov ...
Body size, trophic level, and the use of fish as transmission routes by parasites.
... Parasitic worms transmitted by predation from an intermediate host, in which they occur as larval or juvenile stages, to a definitive host in which they will mature into adults, move up the food web in the process of completing their life cycles. Definitive hosts are predators, and thus should occur ...
... Parasitic worms transmitted by predation from an intermediate host, in which they occur as larval or juvenile stages, to a definitive host in which they will mature into adults, move up the food web in the process of completing their life cycles. Definitive hosts are predators, and thus should occur ...
Overfishing of Inland Waters - Winemiller Aquatic Ecology Lab
... Characteristics of inland fisheries Inland fisheries are complex in their multigear and multispecies aspects, in their interannual variability as driven by abiotic factors, and in their social and economic context. Many inland fisheries, particularly those of large tropical river basins, occur withi ...
... Characteristics of inland fisheries Inland fisheries are complex in their multigear and multispecies aspects, in their interannual variability as driven by abiotic factors, and in their social and economic context. Many inland fisheries, particularly those of large tropical river basins, occur withi ...
Modelling the impact of hydrography and lower trophic production
... Up to now diatoms appear to be reasonably well simulated in many models (e.g. Baretta-Bekker et al., 1997, Lewis et al., 2006). They have high growth rates and can outcompete other phytoplankton when silica is not a limiting factor, thus making parameterisation relatively straightforward. Other PFTs ...
... Up to now diatoms appear to be reasonably well simulated in many models (e.g. Baretta-Bekker et al., 1997, Lewis et al., 2006). They have high growth rates and can outcompete other phytoplankton when silica is not a limiting factor, thus making parameterisation relatively straightforward. Other PFTs ...
Review Functional morphology as an aid in determining trophic
... of a tree that is capable of collecting and retaining water for an extended period of time. Shed leaves provide the primary energy source for the tree-hole community, although some nutrients may be added by materials that are dissolved or suspended in rainwater as it runs down the bark into the tree ...
... of a tree that is capable of collecting and retaining water for an extended period of time. Shed leaves provide the primary energy source for the tree-hole community, although some nutrients may be added by materials that are dissolved or suspended in rainwater as it runs down the bark into the tree ...
1 - Napa Valley College
... c) results in fewer employment opportunities in developed countries as compared to rural areas. d) refers to the migration of city people to the country to enjoy country living. e) describes a grouping of 10,000 or more individuals. Chapter 11: Fossil Fuels 42. The energy consumption of each person ...
... c) results in fewer employment opportunities in developed countries as compared to rural areas. d) refers to the migration of city people to the country to enjoy country living. e) describes a grouping of 10,000 or more individuals. Chapter 11: Fossil Fuels 42. The energy consumption of each person ...
Ecology
... an initial threshold. Physiological changes encourage the deposition of fat, particularly beneath the skin (subcutaneous) and inside the abdomen (visceral). Fat is the vital fuel used by migrating birds, which often have to cross long stretches of sea or perhaps desert where feeding opportunities ar ...
... an initial threshold. Physiological changes encourage the deposition of fat, particularly beneath the skin (subcutaneous) and inside the abdomen (visceral). Fat is the vital fuel used by migrating birds, which often have to cross long stretches of sea or perhaps desert where feeding opportunities ar ...
BIOL 112 SM 2014 FNX Q 140724.1
... c) results in fewer employment opportunities in developed countries as compared to rural areas. d) refers to the migration of city people to the country to enjoy country living. e) describes a grouping of 10,000 or more individuals. Chapter 11: Fossil Fuels 42. The energy consumption of each person ...
... c) results in fewer employment opportunities in developed countries as compared to rural areas. d) refers to the migration of city people to the country to enjoy country living. e) describes a grouping of 10,000 or more individuals. Chapter 11: Fossil Fuels 42. The energy consumption of each person ...
intertidal - Long Beach Marine Institute
... The high tide zone is the second of four zones found on the rocky shore and is typified by many of the same species found in the splash zone. However, there is a marked increase in occurrences of the crustaceans and mollusks. That is, there are more crabs and snails here can be found in the splash z ...
... The high tide zone is the second of four zones found on the rocky shore and is typified by many of the same species found in the splash zone. However, there is a marked increase in occurrences of the crustaceans and mollusks. That is, there are more crabs and snails here can be found in the splash z ...
Study Guide for Ecology Test 1
... Be able to explain what a boom and bust population pattern is (graph on page 417) and why this pattern might exist between a predator and it prey. Be able to explain what biomagnafication is and why it occurs in higher trophic levels (higher on the food chain). Be sure that you understand that top c ...
... Be able to explain what a boom and bust population pattern is (graph on page 417) and why this pattern might exist between a predator and it prey. Be able to explain what biomagnafication is and why it occurs in higher trophic levels (higher on the food chain). Be sure that you understand that top c ...