Wolverine - Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre
... mammals are also scavenged. Wolverines will also eat plant material such as berries and roots. Studies in subboreal and interior wet-belt montane environments in British Columbia have shown that caribou and marmots (Marmota spp.) are important foods for denning females (Lofroth et al. 2007). Depende ...
... mammals are also scavenged. Wolverines will also eat plant material such as berries and roots. Studies in subboreal and interior wet-belt montane environments in British Columbia have shown that caribou and marmots (Marmota spp.) are important foods for denning females (Lofroth et al. 2007). Depende ...
climate change and connectivity: are corridors the solution?
... gallery forests and riparian corridors. Their effectiveness in increasing connectivity has been both supported and contested. While some studies show that corridors do in fact facilitate dispersal by increasing immigration and emigration rates and effectively improve gene flow from one habitat patch ...
... gallery forests and riparian corridors. Their effectiveness in increasing connectivity has been both supported and contested. While some studies show that corridors do in fact facilitate dispersal by increasing immigration and emigration rates and effectively improve gene flow from one habitat patch ...
draft species conservation plan
... boundary of the reserve to mitigate the impact of these animals and maintain landowner support for conservation. Follow-up spotlight surveys and discussions with landowners demonstrated that other Macropod species (Western Grey Kangaroo, (Macropus fuliginosus), and Euro, (Macropus robustus rubescens ...
... boundary of the reserve to mitigate the impact of these animals and maintain landowner support for conservation. Follow-up spotlight surveys and discussions with landowners demonstrated that other Macropod species (Western Grey Kangaroo, (Macropus fuliginosus), and Euro, (Macropus robustus rubescens ...
Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services.
... (Tilman et al. 2006). Invasive species add complexity to these Figure 2. A schematic view of the benefits of biodiversity. Diversity (red ring) issues. Although they nominally add to enhances a variety of ecological processes (blue ring). These enhanced processes biodiversity by increasing the numbe ...
... (Tilman et al. 2006). Invasive species add complexity to these Figure 2. A schematic view of the benefits of biodiversity. Diversity (red ring) issues. Although they nominally add to enhances a variety of ecological processes (blue ring). These enhanced processes biodiversity by increasing the numbe ...
Managing Natural Biodiversity in the Western Australian Wheatbelt
... challenge and improve management ideas and practice. An effective framework will also help managers understand the value of their work to society, and help inform the State community both as to the personal importance of biodiversity and the complexity of its management. This document begins to redr ...
... challenge and improve management ideas and practice. An effective framework will also help managers understand the value of their work to society, and help inform the State community both as to the personal importance of biodiversity and the complexity of its management. This document begins to redr ...
CBD Fourth National Report
... humid winters, followed by long, hot and dry summers. The mean annual rainfall is roughly 480 mm, and varies from 300 mm in the central plain to 1100 mm at the top of Troodos (Olympus). The highest precipitation is between November and March. The rainfall during summer is very low, and falls mainly ...
... humid winters, followed by long, hot and dry summers. The mean annual rainfall is roughly 480 mm, and varies from 300 mm in the central plain to 1100 mm at the top of Troodos (Olympus). The highest precipitation is between November and March. The rainfall during summer is very low, and falls mainly ...
Grazing, overgrazing and conservation
... impacts in the Negev. At the same time, recent international comparisons have indicated that there is a qualitative difference between the Old and the New World in resilience to grazing [14]. According to this view, systems with millennia of grazing history (such as the Negev) are more robust when s ...
... impacts in the Negev. At the same time, recent international comparisons have indicated that there is a qualitative difference between the Old and the New World in resilience to grazing [14]. According to this view, systems with millennia of grazing history (such as the Negev) are more robust when s ...
Niche construction, co-evolution and biodiversity
... (Wang et al., 2006), and this perspective is supported by some well-established cases of gene-culture co-evolution. The most famous example of culturally induced genetic responses to human agriculture is the co-evolution of dairy farming and the gene for lactose absorption (Durham, 1991). Theoretica ...
... (Wang et al., 2006), and this perspective is supported by some well-established cases of gene-culture co-evolution. The most famous example of culturally induced genetic responses to human agriculture is the co-evolution of dairy farming and the gene for lactose absorption (Durham, 1991). Theoretica ...
Therapy - Forensic Consultation
... were more likely to: • Research their problem before seeking help. • Interview with more than one professional. • Ask therapists if they had experience treating their problem. • Bring a friend or family member along to an office visit. • Keep a written record of their treatment and emotional state. ...
... were more likely to: • Research their problem before seeking help. • Interview with more than one professional. • Ask therapists if they had experience treating their problem. • Bring a friend or family member along to an office visit. • Keep a written record of their treatment and emotional state. ...
Chances and challenges in the conservation of
... public visibility, accessibility and, in many parts of the world, stark evidence of their vulnerability to human impact. On the other hand, programmes to protect and conserve groundwaters, and the ecosystems that rely wholly or partially on access to groundwater, are far less common. Contaminated gr ...
... public visibility, accessibility and, in many parts of the world, stark evidence of their vulnerability to human impact. On the other hand, programmes to protect and conserve groundwaters, and the ecosystems that rely wholly or partially on access to groundwater, are far less common. Contaminated gr ...
Skinner`s Theory - BDoughertyAmSchool
... himself whether he could get more complex sorts of behaviors using this. He responded with the idea of shaping, or “the method of successive approximations.” Basically, it involved first reinforcing a behavior only vaguely similar to the one desired. Once that was established, you look out for varia ...
... himself whether he could get more complex sorts of behaviors using this. He responded with the idea of shaping, or “the method of successive approximations.” Basically, it involved first reinforcing a behavior only vaguely similar to the one desired. Once that was established, you look out for varia ...
Therapy - Forensic Consultation
... were more likely to: • Research their problem before seeking help. • Interview with more than one professional. • Ask therapists if they had experience treating their problem. • Bring a friend or family member along to an office visit. • Keep a written record of their treatment and emotional state. ...
... were more likely to: • Research their problem before seeking help. • Interview with more than one professional. • Ask therapists if they had experience treating their problem. • Bring a friend or family member along to an office visit. • Keep a written record of their treatment and emotional state. ...
Today`s activities
... • 1. Give an example of organisms who engage in mutualism. • 2. Give an example of organisms who engage in commensalism. • 3. Give an example of organisms who engage in parasitism. • 4. Give an example of organisms who engage in competition. • 5. Give an example of organisms who engage in predation. ...
... • 1. Give an example of organisms who engage in mutualism. • 2. Give an example of organisms who engage in commensalism. • 3. Give an example of organisms who engage in parasitism. • 4. Give an example of organisms who engage in competition. • 5. Give an example of organisms who engage in predation. ...
Gamebird hunting and biodiversity conservation: synthesis
... the UK the release of farm-reared pheasants is often associated with habitat management, which benefit other wildlife, and would be absent if it were not for the shooting interest provided by the releasing. However, in many other cases this technique is only used to increase in the short term the n ...
... the UK the release of farm-reared pheasants is often associated with habitat management, which benefit other wildlife, and would be absent if it were not for the shooting interest provided by the releasing. However, in many other cases this technique is only used to increase in the short term the n ...
Fauna Conservation Enclosure report
... Brush Tailed Phascogale, Western Ring tailed Possum and Brush tailed Possum (with Woylie, Black Gloved Wallaby and other fauna species also assessed but of much less likely suitability for the BFCE). The current project proposal is based on the technical advisory committee‟s advice that it would be ...
... Brush Tailed Phascogale, Western Ring tailed Possum and Brush tailed Possum (with Woylie, Black Gloved Wallaby and other fauna species also assessed but of much less likely suitability for the BFCE). The current project proposal is based on the technical advisory committee‟s advice that it would be ...
Bern Convention activities in the field of large carnivore conservation
... encouraging opportunities for large carnivore management and conservation on a wider, panEuropean scale. In response to this challenge, WWF International, together with partner organizations and experts in 17 European countries launched the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) in June 1995. ...
... encouraging opportunities for large carnivore management and conservation on a wider, panEuropean scale. In response to this challenge, WWF International, together with partner organizations and experts in 17 European countries launched the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) in June 1995. ...
Place-Based Ecosystem Management in the Open Ocean
... 5. Large pelagic animals are uncommon in the open ocean and often move quickly, so are seldom seen alive and are far less known by scientists, decision makers, and the public than nearshore species. 6. The seeming scarcity of humans in the vastness of oceanic ecosystems makes the open ocean seem inv ...
... 5. Large pelagic animals are uncommon in the open ocean and often move quickly, so are seldom seen alive and are far less known by scientists, decision makers, and the public than nearshore species. 6. The seeming scarcity of humans in the vastness of oceanic ecosystems makes the open ocean seem inv ...
12 September 2016 PIRSA Fisheries and
... The Conservation Council of South Australia (Conservation SA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Draft Management Plan for the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery. Conservation SA welcomes the transition to more flexible management arrangements that can promote adjustment of the fishery to ...
... The Conservation Council of South Australia (Conservation SA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Draft Management Plan for the Gulf St Vincent Prawn Fishery. Conservation SA welcomes the transition to more flexible management arrangements that can promote adjustment of the fishery to ...
assessment
... Verify the causes of the decline and suppression of recovery and implement remedial action to address these. · Minimise predation by introduced foxes and cats at priority sites. · Maintain or improve the health, genetic diversity, relative value and viability of wild populations. · Maintain genetic ...
... Verify the causes of the decline and suppression of recovery and implement remedial action to address these. · Minimise predation by introduced foxes and cats at priority sites. · Maintain or improve the health, genetic diversity, relative value and viability of wild populations. · Maintain genetic ...
Bolt ModEP7e LG19.65-68
... to control their actions. Skinner countered: People’s behavior is already controlled by external reinforcers, so why not administer those consequences for human betterment? Operant principles have been applied in a variety of settings. For example, in schools, on-line testing systems and interactive ...
... to control their actions. Skinner countered: People’s behavior is already controlled by external reinforcers, so why not administer those consequences for human betterment? Operant principles have been applied in a variety of settings. For example, in schools, on-line testing systems and interactive ...
A weed risk assessment system for new conservation weeds in New
... At least 2000 exotic plant species have become naturalised in New Zealand, resulting in an equal proportion of exotic to native species in the wild flora (Wilton & Breitwieser 2000). A naturalised species is one that forms a minimum of one self-sustaining population in the wild ‘away’ from, or not m ...
... At least 2000 exotic plant species have become naturalised in New Zealand, resulting in an equal proportion of exotic to native species in the wild flora (Wilton & Breitwieser 2000). A naturalised species is one that forms a minimum of one self-sustaining population in the wild ‘away’ from, or not m ...
Ecosystem services
... attempt at giving support to political negotiations, in a similar way as the IPCC. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet www.slu.se ...
... attempt at giving support to political negotiations, in a similar way as the IPCC. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet www.slu.se ...
Elements of Ecology (8th Edition)
... obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pears ...
... obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pears ...
13_1 _Autosaved_
... that ecologists study AND will be able to describe research methods ecologists use to study the environment ...
... that ecologists study AND will be able to describe research methods ecologists use to study the environment ...