Habitat diversity and structure
Habitat diversity and structure regulate British bird richness: implications of non-linear relationships for conservation
... predictors were then used to model (and map) bird richness changes under different ash loss. 226 [r] ...
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Habitat characteristics as determinants of the local diversity and structure of coral reef fish communities
... of habitat features and local fish diversity, abundance and community structure were investigated by sampling over sixty 2m² quadrats at three sites in the Lizard Island ...community structure ...
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Habitat characteristics as determinants of the local diversity and structure of coral reef fish communities
... depth, habitat topographic complexity, habitat diversity, coral diversity, coral species richness, percent hard coral cover, branching coral cover and corymbose coral ...fish- habitat ...
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Relative importance of coral cover, habitat complexity and diversity in determining the structure of reef fish communities
... The structure of coral reef habitat has a pronounced influence on the diversity, composition and abundance of reef- associated ...the habitat that are most critical are not always ...coral ...
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Trophic niche in a raptor species: The relationship between diet diversity, habitat diversity and territory quality
... higher diversity of food for kestrels (see below), selecting more heterogeneous territories may be advantageous for kestrels in regions with drastic spatio- temporal changes in food availability, such as the ...
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Joint effects of habitat, zooplankton, host stage structure and diversity on amphibian chytrid
... (D) lower zooplankton density, (E) lower host diversity, and (F) higher frequency of focal hosts. Linking habitat, host stage structure, and disease (Pathway 2)[r] ...
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Spatial scale, species diversity, and habitat structure: small mammals in Australian tropical rain forest
... semblage structure and habitat structure while minimizing the confounding effects of dis- tance, climate, and biogeographic ...The structure of the mammal assemblages was closely related to ...
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Effects of habitat conditions and disturbance on lichen diversity
... Crustose, shade preferring, and rare lichens seemed especially vulnerable to the fire. Grassland lichens were surveyed before and after prescribed burning of two old, abandoned fields in central Minnesota. After a low ...
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Does Landscape Complexity and Semi-Natural Habitat Structure Affect Diversity of Flower-Visiting Insects in Cucumber Fields?
... agricultural habitat is affected by the surrounding circumstances such as the complexity and structure of ...Landscape structure is often formed as a consequence of the fragmentation of semi-natural ...
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Habitat structure and neighbor linear features influence more carabid functional diversity in olive groves than the farming system
... 5. Conclusions Our findings support the notion that other environmental factors besides management practices play a key role on in fluencing commu- nity structure in agroecosystems such as the olive groves. E ffects ...
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Cold-water coral communities in the Azores : diversity, habitat and conservation
... 2 to explore the diversity and map the extent of CWC ecosystems in this vast region that were to date largely undescribed. In this chapter I present a review of the published information relevant to this thesis, ...
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Restored saltmarshes lack the topographic diversity found in natural habitat
... 4.3. Developing topographic heterogeneity on restored saltmarshes There are a number of potential explanations for variation in to- pographic diversity between saltmarsh landscape types. We found no difference in ...
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Physical habitat structure in lowland streams and effects of disturbance
... richness, diversity and patch complexity of macrophytes were markedly higher in undisturbed than in disturbed streams, which indicates a significant long-term effect of disturb- ...community structure was a ...
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Dynamic Event Structure and Habitat Theory
... a habitat. Informally, a habitat is representation of an object situated within a partial minimal model; it is a directed enhancement of the qualia ...qualia structure for an artifact such as table ...
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Tardigrada in Svalbard lichens : diversity, densities and habitat heterogeneity
... species diversity and distribution with respect to environmental variables in Svalbard lichen samples, thus increasing our knowledge about this poorly studied tardi- grade ...
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Variation in bird diversity with habitat quality in Hobart, Tasmania
... including urban streets, urban parks, and remnant native vegetation reserves and habitat.. data on vegetation, invertebrates and degree of human disturbance will be considered in.[r] ...
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Effects of habitat differences on the genetic diversity of Persicaria thunbergii
... of habitat characteristics on the genetic diversity of Persicaria thunbergii, three sites of different environmental conditions in a water system were ...genetic diversity and genetic distance among ...
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Butterfly diversity in a tropical urban habitat (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
... Keywords: Biodiversity, Bangladesh, Conservation, Entomology, Seasonal Distribution, Species Richness, Urban Ecosystems... The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s):.[r] ...
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The role of habitat structure in a freshwater food web
... structure in trophic interactions and community structure in the macrophyte beds of a.. lowland river.[r] ...
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The role of habitat structure in a freshwater food web
... Seven indices of habitat structure were measured for each plant: the surface area and plant volume described physical attributes ofmacrophyte structure; the fish-free volume, intersti[r] ...
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