Submissions tagged with Biodiversity
(8 documents)
Frequency-dependent selection predicts patterns of radiations and biodiversity
Most empirical studies support a decline in speciation rates through time, although evidence for constant speciation rates also exists. Declining rates have been explained by invoking niche-filling…
Received 12 September 2009 05:41 UTC; Posted 14 September 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics, Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
The Trend of Wildlife Habitat Isolation due to the Development on Adjacent Areas of the Jirisan National Park in Korea
Background/Objectives/MethodsJirisan national park (IUCN status 2) is the first national park (1967) and the biggest national park (472km2) in Korea. In the first trial on the species restorati…
Received 08 September 2009 13:14 UTC; Posted 09 September 2009
Posted to: Ecology
The effect of drought and subsequent precipitation pulse on productivity, species composition, and carbon fluxes of the herbaceous understorey in a cork oak woodland
In the Iberian Peninsula, the cork oak woodlands are of great ecological and socio-economic importance. These savanna-type woodlands are characterized by an herbaceous understorey, dominated by C3 …
Received 01 September 2009 13:17 UTC; Posted 02 September 2009
Posted to: Ecology
The significance of ponds in maintaining biodiversity in an intensively farmed landscape
Background/Question/MethodsPonds are amongst the most diverse freshwater habitats and have been recently found to support more species, as well as more uncommon, rare, and threatened species co…
Received 13 August 2009 22:03 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment
Indigenous ecological knowledge as social capital: How citizen science can help us replenish the bank
Background/Question/Methods In our increasingly urban world, indigenous knowledge of local ecology is declining rapidly, because survival in industrialized urban environments does not depend …
Received 14 August 2009 01:45 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology
Urban Ecosystems: Alterations to Peakflow, Microclimate and the Natural Environment
More than half of the world’s population now lives in urbanized ecosystems. Continued human population growth over the next several decades will place unprecedented demand on urban water resources,...
Received 14 August 2009 01:39 UTC; Posted 14 August 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Earth & Environment, Plant Biology
Future Predictions of Cyclamen Distribution in the Mediterranean Region
Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae) occupy the Mediterranean region, with highest diversity in Greece and Turkey, with a few species endemic to islands. Cyclamen species have a phenological preference for d…
Received 14 April 2009 23:01 UTC; Posted 15 April 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Plant Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Biodiversity shapes tree species aggregations in tropical forests
Spatial patterns of conspecific trees are considered as the consequences of biological interactions and environmental influences. They also reflect species interactions in plant communities. Howeve…
Received 10 March 2008 02:13 UTC; Posted 11 March 2008
Posted to: Ecology
