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TFCA Kalimantan
... Economy is represented in Kapuas Hulu district, where honey production and eco-tourism is developed in gaining benefits from National Parks area. According to WWF data, Kapuas Hulu district has 84.4 tons/year of honey production, of which around 19 tons come from Danau Sentarum National Park. In the ...
... Economy is represented in Kapuas Hulu district, where honey production and eco-tourism is developed in gaining benefits from National Parks area. According to WWF data, Kapuas Hulu district has 84.4 tons/year of honey production, of which around 19 tons come from Danau Sentarum National Park. In the ...
Forest fragmentation
... predatory species like Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata L.), American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm), Raccoons (Procyon lotor L.), and Feral Cats (Felis catus L.). It also encourages nest parasitism from Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater Boddaert). These predatory and parasitic species are no ...
... predatory species like Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata L.), American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm), Raccoons (Procyon lotor L.), and Feral Cats (Felis catus L.). It also encourages nest parasitism from Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater Boddaert). These predatory and parasitic species are no ...
Managing Biodiversity - The Nature Conservancy
... Riparian (Streamside) Forests: A riparian area is the area alongside a stream, creek, or other freshwater area. Streamside forests are a unique ecosystem in their own right, and they contribute significantly to both upland and aquatic systems. Because they are so critical to biodiversity, particula ...
... Riparian (Streamside) Forests: A riparian area is the area alongside a stream, creek, or other freshwater area. Streamside forests are a unique ecosystem in their own right, and they contribute significantly to both upland and aquatic systems. Because they are so critical to biodiversity, particula ...
The Great Chaco and Yungas Rainforests
... Over one million square kilometres in size, the Great Chaco forest is the second biggest ecosystem on the American continent, after the Amazon. It stretches across four countries: Argentina (61%), Paraguay (25%), Bolivia (14%) and Brazil (0.1%). It is one of the richest areas of biodiversity on Eart ...
... Over one million square kilometres in size, the Great Chaco forest is the second biggest ecosystem on the American continent, after the Amazon. It stretches across four countries: Argentina (61%), Paraguay (25%), Bolivia (14%) and Brazil (0.1%). It is one of the richest areas of biodiversity on Eart ...
Eco-restoration through institution strengthening, sustainable forest
... resource management and thus bring forest degradation and loss of biodiversity to a halt. This involved strengthening village-level self-governing bodies called Gram Sabhas and forming executive committees elected by these Gram Sabhas. This way, community members can actively take part in the develo ...
... resource management and thus bring forest degradation and loss of biodiversity to a halt. This involved strengthening village-level self-governing bodies called Gram Sabhas and forming executive committees elected by these Gram Sabhas. This way, community members can actively take part in the develo ...
Chapter Two: Forest Ecosystems
... If confined to too-small habitats, animals (wild or domestic) can overgraze tasty trees and plants and limit those plants’ ability to regenerate. Consequently, thorny and less nutritious plants such as the black locust tree and burdock may increase in number. Plants that tend to increase when grazin ...
... If confined to too-small habitats, animals (wild or domestic) can overgraze tasty trees and plants and limit those plants’ ability to regenerate. Consequently, thorny and less nutritious plants such as the black locust tree and burdock may increase in number. Plants that tend to increase when grazin ...
Chapter 6. Ecology, Advanced 6.3. Biomes
... do not change much, which also says that they may change slightly. If a population of 150 individuals were to increase by only 2 (1½ %, a small number) each year for 20 years, at the end of the 20 years it will have increased from 150 to 190 [a 27% increase, which is not small]. If the same populati ...
... do not change much, which also says that they may change slightly. If a population of 150 individuals were to increase by only 2 (1½ %, a small number) each year for 20 years, at the end of the 20 years it will have increased from 150 to 190 [a 27% increase, which is not small]. If the same populati ...
how a rainforest functions
... Stern, S. Brown, & J. Grace. 1998. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from longterm plots. Science 282:439-442. Roggy, J.C., M.F. Prévost, F. Gourbiere, H. Casabianca, J. Garbaye, and A.M. Domenach. 1999. Leaf natural 15N abundance and total N concentration as potential indi ...
... Stern, S. Brown, & J. Grace. 1998. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from longterm plots. Science 282:439-442. Roggy, J.C., M.F. Prévost, F. Gourbiere, H. Casabianca, J. Garbaye, and A.M. Domenach. 1999. Leaf natural 15N abundance and total N concentration as potential indi ...
Ecosystems
... the rain forests of the world. But what makes them so different? • Rain forests get 80 inches of rain a year! That is a lot compared to the rest of the world. The temperature almost never changes. It is always warm and muggy! • You have probably seen a movie where people are walking through the jung ...
... the rain forests of the world. But what makes them so different? • Rain forests get 80 inches of rain a year! That is a lot compared to the rest of the world. The temperature almost never changes. It is always warm and muggy! • You have probably seen a movie where people are walking through the jung ...
Mount Arailer on the Yegvard lava plateau in Central Armenia Anna
... researchers of the Armenian and Caucasian flora. Species new both for science and for the Caucasus and Armenia were first collected and described from Arailer Mountain. However flora and the vegetation of this mountain have not been closely and purposefully studied. Only recently the full botanical ...
... researchers of the Armenian and Caucasian flora. Species new both for science and for the Caucasus and Armenia were first collected and described from Arailer Mountain. However flora and the vegetation of this mountain have not been closely and purposefully studied. Only recently the full botanical ...
The relationship between biodiversity and forest ecosystem
... • re-forest by using native species and by using natural forests as models • maintain landscape connectivity • manage to maintain genetic diversity (e.g., reduce selective harvest of ‘best’ trees, and re-plant several seed stocks) • protect species at the edges of their ranges • plan to reduce invas ...
... • re-forest by using native species and by using natural forests as models • maintain landscape connectivity • manage to maintain genetic diversity (e.g., reduce selective harvest of ‘best’ trees, and re-plant several seed stocks) • protect species at the edges of their ranges • plan to reduce invas ...
Answers to Concept Review Questions
... Concept 1.1 Review Answers 1. The level of organization studied by an ecologist largely determines the types of questions addressed as well as the design of studies used to answer those questions. 2. Studies aimed at one level of organization often need to assess influences deriving from many other ...
... Concept 1.1 Review Answers 1. The level of organization studied by an ecologist largely determines the types of questions addressed as well as the design of studies used to answer those questions. 2. Studies aimed at one level of organization often need to assess influences deriving from many other ...
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... Forests provide a wide range of goods and ecosystem services that are important for human well-being, food security, poverty alleviation and livelihoods. Climate change, combined with deforestation, forest degradation and population pressure, threatens the continued provision of such forest goods an ...
... Forests provide a wide range of goods and ecosystem services that are important for human well-being, food security, poverty alleviation and livelihoods. Climate change, combined with deforestation, forest degradation and population pressure, threatens the continued provision of such forest goods an ...
Biogeography part two -11
... Common examples are the mosses and liverworts Litchi chinensis Acacia spec. ...
... Common examples are the mosses and liverworts Litchi chinensis Acacia spec. ...
First Workshop on Forest Financing in Small Island Developing
... final phase of the rehabilitation of the mined out phosphate land. The program consist of designing new soil profiles to match the land use, mulching and composting organic waste to mix with existing stock of topsoil (estimated to be around 1 million tonnes) that has been stored in open weather for ...
... final phase of the rehabilitation of the mined out phosphate land. The program consist of designing new soil profiles to match the land use, mulching and composting organic waste to mix with existing stock of topsoil (estimated to be around 1 million tonnes) that has been stored in open weather for ...
Cartoon Guide to Terrestrial Biomes
... 4. Describe how humans have changed temperate deciduous forests. What are the different layers of this biome? Identify some primary consumers and some secondary/tertiary consumers. 5. How is the climate for grassland different from that of a forest or desert? What is the correlation between the avai ...
... 4. Describe how humans have changed temperate deciduous forests. What are the different layers of this biome? Identify some primary consumers and some secondary/tertiary consumers. 5. How is the climate for grassland different from that of a forest or desert? What is the correlation between the avai ...
Description of the ecological trail "Hennes
... zone. Characteristic features of the boreal zone are coniferous forests, through which it is called a zone of boreal coniferous forest or taiga. The area of the park has an unique flora and fauna. The biodiversity and abundant growth of various species of flora are conditioned by parent rocks that a ...
... zone. Characteristic features of the boreal zone are coniferous forests, through which it is called a zone of boreal coniferous forest or taiga. The area of the park has an unique flora and fauna. The biodiversity and abundant growth of various species of flora are conditioned by parent rocks that a ...
Post disturbance vegetation succession and resilience in
... resilience may counteract changes in the ecosystem. The obtained knowledge could feed into management to foster adaptation of forests to disturbances and maintain ecosystem regimes that are desirable for societies in terms of ecosystem service provisioning. ...
... resilience may counteract changes in the ecosystem. The obtained knowledge could feed into management to foster adaptation of forests to disturbances and maintain ecosystem regimes that are desirable for societies in terms of ecosystem service provisioning. ...
Word File - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... coast are present, as well as three rare, near endemic mammals: Golden-rumped Elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus), Ader's Duiker (Cephalophus adersi) (found only in Sokoke and Zanzibar) and the distinctive Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda omnivora). There is also a population ...
... coast are present, as well as three rare, near endemic mammals: Golden-rumped Elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus), Ader's Duiker (Cephalophus adersi) (found only in Sokoke and Zanzibar) and the distinctive Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda omnivora). There is also a population ...
The Eastern Arc Coastal Forests (Arabuko
... marked by a chain of seasonal ponds. There are two areas of relatively tall Cynometra forest, with a canopy height of up to 20 m, in the north (3,300 ha) and the South (6,000 ha) of this zone. Between these is a lower, scrubbier formation of intermediate Cynometra (11,300 ha) with a canopy height of ...
... marked by a chain of seasonal ponds. There are two areas of relatively tall Cynometra forest, with a canopy height of up to 20 m, in the north (3,300 ha) and the South (6,000 ha) of this zone. Between these is a lower, scrubbier formation of intermediate Cynometra (11,300 ha) with a canopy height of ...
Livelihood, Integrity, Forest and Ecology (LIFE)
... branched stalk that forms the top of the trunk. The palm is monocarpic, flowering only once when it is 30 to 80 year old. A single palm tree produces more than 250 kilograms of seeds and dies after fruiting. Historically, the palm leaves were written upon various South East Asian cultures using an i ...
... branched stalk that forms the top of the trunk. The palm is monocarpic, flowering only once when it is 30 to 80 year old. A single palm tree produces more than 250 kilograms of seeds and dies after fruiting. Historically, the palm leaves were written upon various South East Asian cultures using an i ...
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... Most land biomes are named for their climax community or dominant type of plant life. The major types of biomes are the tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest, and desert. ...
... Most land biomes are named for their climax community or dominant type of plant life. The major types of biomes are the tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest, and desert. ...
Forest
A forest is a large area of land covered with trees or other woody vegetation. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function. According to the widely-used United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization definition, forests covered an area of four billion hectares (15 million square miles) or approximately 30 percent of the world's land area in 2006.Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth's biosphere, and contain 80% of the Earth's plant biomass.Forests at different latitudes form distinctly different ecozones: boreal forests near the poles tend to consist of evergreens, while tropical forests near the equator tend to be distinct from the temperate forests at mid-latitude. The amount of precipitation and the elevation of the forest also affects forest composition.Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. Forests provide ecosystem services to humans and serve as tourist attractions. Forests can also impose costs, affect people's health, and interfere with tourist enjoyment. Human activities, including harvesting forest resources, can negatively affect forest ecosystems.