Reproductive Ecology
Reproductive ecology and population dynamics in a scleractinian coral community
... Abstract Patterns of scleractinian distribution and abundance, reproductive ecology, recruitment and mortality were studied over a 2 year period on a patch reef site at Lizard Island, Gr[r] ...
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The influence of stunted body size on the reproductive ecology of bluegill Lepomis macrochiru
... Stunting is a common phenomenon in fish popula- tions, and can be the result of a variety of mechan- isms (e.g., Swingle & Smith 1941; Burrough & Kennedy 1979; Diana 1987). In particular, it has been postulated ...
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Reproductive ecology of the Mountain Dragon, Rankinia (Tympanocryptis) diemensis (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in Tasmania
... T his study presents previously unpublished data collected over three breeding seasons (Welling 1999, Duraj 2002); animals were observed in situ or collected and held for study in individual outdoor enclosures at the ...
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Reproductive ecology of buzz-pollinated Ouratea spectabilis trees (Ochnaceae) in Brazilian Cerrados
... Received: 4 October 2014 – Revised: 26 November 2014 – Accepted: 1 December 2014 – Published: 14 January 2015 Abstract. Ouratea spectabilis is a ubiquitous tree species in the Brazilian savannas, or Cerrados, where it ...
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Reproductive ecology and population dynamics in a scleractinian coral community
... Abstract Patterns of scleractinian distribution and abundance, reproductive ecology, recruitment and mortality were studied over a 2 year period on a patch reef site at Lizard Island, Gr[r] ...
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Reproductive Ecology of Caribbean Amphidromous Fishes.
... Winemiller & Ponwith (1998) and Phillip (1993) found ripe females in the estuary but not in freshwater; however, freshwater sample sizes in both studies were small. It is not clear that Nordlie (1981) sampled ...
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Studies on Vegetative and Reproductive Ecology of Paris polyphylla Smith: A Vulnerable Medicinal Plant
... In Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis it was found that fly was the main pollinating agent [11] which is in agreement with the present study. In addition, in the present study bees were also acting as pollinators. Seed ...
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How reproductive ecology contributes to the spread of a globally invasive fish
... Invasive freshwater fish represent a major threat to biodiversity. Here, we first demonstrate the dramatic, human-mediated range expansion of the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata), an invasive fish with a ...
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Life history and reproductive ecology of a tropical rock wallaby, Petrogale assimilis
... assimilis 54 Variation in monthly and annual rainfall 55 Variation in timing and magnitude of wet season rainfall 56 Monthly rainfall at Lyndhurst, 1985-1990 57 Monthly rainfall at Lyndh[r] ...
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Development and demographic change: The reproductive ecology of a rural Ethiopian Oromo population
... influence reproductive function (Shangold, Freeman et ...if reproductive function responds in the same way then the reduction in women’s water- carrying workload may explain patterns of shorter birth ...
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Reproductive ecology of Vestimentifera (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae) from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps
... duction of eggs. Nevertheless, previous studies of population structure of Riftia pachyptila , Lamellibrachia luymesi and Seepiophila jonesi (Thi´ebaut et al., 2002; Bergquist et al., 2002, 2003a), found a discrete ...
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Reproductive Ecology and Habitat Use of the Robust Redhorse in the Pee Dee River, North Carolina and South Carolina.
... measured in total length to the nearest millimeter. The sex and reproductive condition were determined for each fish by gamete expression and tuberculation. A passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag was implanted ...
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Conservation outcomes arising from research into the population genetics, taxonomy and reproductive ecology of the endangered plant Zieria prostrata
... We suggest that future genetic research on rare plants should proceed on two separate fronts. On one front, we must continue the large scale, integrated ecological and genetic studies of ‘model systems’. These studies ...
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The reproductive ecology of vascular plants on subantarctic Macquarie Island
... As such the subantarctic islands represent the southern limit of many vascular plant families and genera, as well as relatively complex vascular plant dominated plant communities.. Sever[r] ...
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Long-Term Post-Fire Effects on Spatial Ecology and Reproductive Output of Female Agassiz’s Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) at a Wind Energy Facility near Palm Springs, California, USA
... movements, reproductive ecology, nesting ecology, and hatchling behavior at various times during six field seasons from 1997 to 2000 and 2009 to 2010 (Lovich et ...
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The social organisation and mating system fo the brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
... the reproductive period of Brown Kiwi (objective 2), the nesting success and breeding behaviour (objective 3), and the underlying genetic mating system and kinship (objective ...the reproductive ...
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Sicklefin Redhorse Reproductive and Habitat Ecology in the Upper Hiwassee River Basin of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
... redhorse reproductive behavior was typical for the genus Moxostoma; however, fish exhibited atypical roaming and pod-forming courting behavior, and females displayed spawning site fidelity, while males displayed ...
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Intra and inter-specific variation in the reproductive strategies of two Bolboschoenus species from south-eastern Australia
... This thesis examines the reproductive ecology of two commonly occurring wetland sedge species found within the Gippsland Lakes region: Bolboschoenus caldwellii and Bolboschoenus medianus[r] ...
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Human ecology: Science or paradigm?
... For Alvim (2014, p. 27) “because it is a science that requires integral training, its greatest obstacle lies in the scientific disciplinarity in which the researcher is indoctrinated”; in making this statement, the ...
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Corticosterone modulation of reproductive and immune systems trade offs in female tree lizards: long term corticosterone manipulations via injectable gelling material
... and reproductive investment (Wilson and Wingfield, 1992), but did not significantly alter either component in this ...treated reproductive females, for reasons that are yet ...
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