Implicit Bias, Context, and Character
... words, as what theorists of animal learning call an “occasion setter” can count as an element of context. 5 A standard example of an occasion setter is an animal’s cage; a rat may demonstrate a conditioned fear response to a sound when in its cage, but not when in a novel environment. Similarly, a p ...
... words, as what theorists of animal learning call an “occasion setter” can count as an element of context. 5 A standard example of an occasion setter is an animal’s cage; a rat may demonstrate a conditioned fear response to a sound when in its cage, but not when in a novel environment. Similarly, a p ...
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... Why has aggression evolved? The short answer to why aggressive behaviors have evolved is that aggression sometimes pays off; sometimes the benefits of violence are greater than the costs. Survival machines that would be more likely to aggress in those circumstances in which it is likely to yield res ...
... Why has aggression evolved? The short answer to why aggressive behaviors have evolved is that aggression sometimes pays off; sometimes the benefits of violence are greater than the costs. Survival machines that would be more likely to aggress in those circumstances in which it is likely to yield res ...
Dispersal and ranging patterns of the Asian Elephant (Elephas
... The recent extension of the range of these elephants farther west up to Udaipur district of Nepal (ten Velde 1997) from the eastern boundary of the country can be attributed to the elephants’ pursuit of suitable habitat with low disturbance. However, the lack of optimal habitats in the western part ...
... The recent extension of the range of these elephants farther west up to Udaipur district of Nepal (ten Velde 1997) from the eastern boundary of the country can be attributed to the elephants’ pursuit of suitable habitat with low disturbance. However, the lack of optimal habitats in the western part ...
Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest
... ensuing patterns of species richness in any tropical forest region are also nonrandom, but it is usually the product of evolutionary processes, such as speciation, biotic interchange and local patterns of extinction, and environmental variables that still operate today, as rainfall, temperature and ...
... ensuing patterns of species richness in any tropical forest region are also nonrandom, but it is usually the product of evolutionary processes, such as speciation, biotic interchange and local patterns of extinction, and environmental variables that still operate today, as rainfall, temperature and ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Poaching, habitat alterations, and human population increase are probably compressing forest elephants into protected areas and increasing human–elephant conflict, which negatively affects their conservation. We encourage conservationists to look beyond documenting forest elephant population decline ...
... Poaching, habitat alterations, and human population increase are probably compressing forest elephants into protected areas and increasing human–elephant conflict, which negatively affects their conservation. We encourage conservationists to look beyond documenting forest elephant population decline ...
Psychology - We can offer most test bank and solution manual you
... Early in the semester, students are typically overwhelmed by all the opposing views and different schools of psychology. Whereas the difference between the psychoanalytic and behavioral schools seems obvious to us, to beginning students these distinctions are barely more than empty terms that they n ...
... Early in the semester, students are typically overwhelmed by all the opposing views and different schools of psychology. Whereas the difference between the psychoanalytic and behavioral schools seems obvious to us, to beginning students these distinctions are barely more than empty terms that they n ...
Threatened pond endemicity on an oceanic island: the presence of
... Threatened pond endemicity on an oceanic island: the presence of an exotic fish The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) prioritises the importance of freshwater conservation areas in the Macaronesian Islands (Azores, Madeira, Canarias and Cape Verde). However, few studies have investigated these fres ...
... Threatened pond endemicity on an oceanic island: the presence of an exotic fish The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) prioritises the importance of freshwater conservation areas in the Macaronesian Islands (Azores, Madeira, Canarias and Cape Verde). However, few studies have investigated these fres ...
Conservation Action Planning
... and widespread use of the CAP system means that there is a large onus on making sure that it delivers the maximum conservation benefits. At the same time, the twin aims of extending and improving management effectiveness of the world’s protected area system have received an important boost as a resu ...
... and widespread use of the CAP system means that there is a large onus on making sure that it delivers the maximum conservation benefits. At the same time, the twin aims of extending and improving management effectiveness of the world’s protected area system have received an important boost as a resu ...
Ecotones and Ecological Gradients
... have been used to detect and quantify ecotones. These include, among others, simulation modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and statistical tools that enable quantification and analysis of ecotones of different types and over several spatial scales. Diverse approaches for ...
... have been used to detect and quantify ecotones. These include, among others, simulation modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and statistical tools that enable quantification and analysis of ecotones of different types and over several spatial scales. Diverse approaches for ...
Guidance Notes
... 1–5 and 7–8 as well as their corresponding Guidance Notes for additional information. Information on all referenced materials appearing in the text of this Guidance Note can be found in the Bibliography. ...
... 1–5 and 7–8 as well as their corresponding Guidance Notes for additional information. Information on all referenced materials appearing in the text of this Guidance Note can be found in the Bibliography. ...
- White Rose eTheses Online
... approach conservation problems on a case-by-case basis. In each case, if we work through each of the above principles but find that we reach a ‘stalemate’ (a clash of basic interests), then this is the point at which the threshold has been reached. Before concluding this section, I must also set out ...
... approach conservation problems on a case-by-case basis. In each case, if we work through each of the above principles but find that we reach a ‘stalemate’ (a clash of basic interests), then this is the point at which the threshold has been reached. Before concluding this section, I must also set out ...
Bundling Up for Polar Bears!
... Manitoba, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon), including the Inuit, live. ...
... Manitoba, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon), including the Inuit, live. ...
Cranes: Symbols of Survival 2013
... Second, we define the strategies required to achieve these essential conditions. Our Global Strategies for the Future often progress beyond cranes, addressing some of the universal conservation challenges we face as a society—finding sustainable pathways for water security, clean energy, land stewar ...
... Second, we define the strategies required to achieve these essential conditions. Our Global Strategies for the Future often progress beyond cranes, addressing some of the universal conservation challenges we face as a society—finding sustainable pathways for water security, clean energy, land stewar ...
Social Psychology and Multiculturalism Verkuyten, Maykel
... process of uniformity but of cultural diversity, coupled with equal opportunity in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance’ (Vertovec, 1998, 29). A state-sponsored ‘race relations’ industry emerged, backed by antidiscrimination legislation, and an emphasis on racial equality. Race was adopted as a categor ...
... process of uniformity but of cultural diversity, coupled with equal opportunity in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance’ (Vertovec, 1998, 29). A state-sponsored ‘race relations’ industry emerged, backed by antidiscrimination legislation, and an emphasis on racial equality. Race was adopted as a categor ...
Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
... global research agenda6. By the mid-1990s, BEF studies had manipulated the species richness of plants in laboratory and field experiments and suggested that ecosystem functions, like biomass production and nutrient cycling, respond strongly to changes in biological diversity7–10. Interpretation of t ...
... global research agenda6. By the mid-1990s, BEF studies had manipulated the species richness of plants in laboratory and field experiments and suggested that ecosystem functions, like biomass production and nutrient cycling, respond strongly to changes in biological diversity7–10. Interpretation of t ...
MS Word Document - 1.3 MB - Department of Environment, Land
... Information in this section is based largely on interviews with Jim Castles on the future of the Broken Boosey CMN fox control program, and an unpublished report prepared by him. The Broken Boosey CMN was established under the Victorian Government’s Box–Ironbark Program in 2002. The Broken Boosey CM ...
... Information in this section is based largely on interviews with Jim Castles on the future of the Broken Boosey CMN fox control program, and an unpublished report prepared by him. The Broken Boosey CMN was established under the Victorian Government’s Box–Ironbark Program in 2002. The Broken Boosey CM ...
Review of fox control measures in Box– Ironbark Conservation
... Information in this section is based largely on interviews with Jim Castles on the future of the Broken Boosey CMN fox control program, and an unpublished report prepared by him. The Broken Boosey CMN was established under the Victorian Government’s Box–Ironbark Program in 2002. The Broken Boosey CM ...
... Information in this section is based largely on interviews with Jim Castles on the future of the Broken Boosey CMN fox control program, and an unpublished report prepared by him. The Broken Boosey CMN was established under the Victorian Government’s Box–Ironbark Program in 2002. The Broken Boosey CM ...
cougars - Raincoast Conservation Foundation
... Our report also provides an evaluation of current provincial management policies. We specifically ask whether these policies are adequately protecting BC cougar populations and habitat and respecting the welfare of individuals within those populations. We provide recommendations for a long-term cons ...
... Our report also provides an evaluation of current provincial management policies. We specifically ask whether these policies are adequately protecting BC cougar populations and habitat and respecting the welfare of individuals within those populations. We provide recommendations for a long-term cons ...
Identifying Conservation and Research Priorities in the Face of
... indirectly confirm the relationship between cause-and-effect. However, while these steps are straightforward, it rarely turns out to be so simple ‘on-the-ground’ in threatened species recovery and management. There are numerous explanations as to why this is so often the case; more often than not th ...
... indirectly confirm the relationship between cause-and-effect. However, while these steps are straightforward, it rarely turns out to be so simple ‘on-the-ground’ in threatened species recovery and management. There are numerous explanations as to why this is so often the case; more often than not th ...
Ecosystems at Risk
... An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. ...
... An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. ...
Ecosystems at Risk
... An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. ...
... An ecosystem is defined as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. ...
Bio-Diversity, Extinction, and Incentives to Save/Exterminate Species
... This may also be used to supplement an introductory Economics Course, with the addition of source materials. The lesson focuses on the role of human economic behavior in the reduction and reestablishment of a keystone species, The American Buffalo (Bison). A brief history of the relationships with N ...
... This may also be used to supplement an introductory Economics Course, with the addition of source materials. The lesson focuses on the role of human economic behavior in the reduction and reestablishment of a keystone species, The American Buffalo (Bison). A brief history of the relationships with N ...
2016 Education and Training Opportunities
... J. Andrew Royle, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD; Chris Sutherland, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMASS-Amherst, Amherst, MA; Richard B. Chandler, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia ...
... J. Andrew Royle, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD; Chris Sutherland, Department of Environmental Conservation, UMASS-Amherst, Amherst, MA; Richard B. Chandler, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia ...
Strategic Aciton Plan - Cat Specialist Group
... The Bengal tiger is distributed in the south of Tibet, China. There has been little research and scientific information on the tiger population found there. The snow leopard is distributed in western China - in the provinces of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Tibet, Yunnan and Sichuan. The ...
... The Bengal tiger is distributed in the south of Tibet, China. There has been little research and scientific information on the tiger population found there. The snow leopard is distributed in western China - in the provinces of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Tibet, Yunnan and Sichuan. The ...
AP Psychology – 2012-2013 UNIT 1: Social Psychology and Stress
... •Explain why intelligence is difficult to define, and differentiate between Cattell’s fluid crystallized intelligence •Describe Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and Sternberg’s triarchic theory of successful intelligence •Explain how an intelligence quotient (IQ) is determined and differen ...
... •Explain why intelligence is difficult to define, and differentiate between Cattell’s fluid crystallized intelligence •Describe Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and Sternberg’s triarchic theory of successful intelligence •Explain how an intelligence quotient (IQ) is determined and differen ...