Intensely managed landscapes must now be incorporated into conservation management objectives due to the extensive conversion of natural habitats to agricultural land. At the local level, there aren't any established procedures for evaluating the conservation worth of managed landscapes. In a primarily agricultural landscape in Canterbury, New Zealand, we assessed the local biodiversity worth using … Continue reading Agricultural landscapes in New Zealand
It is difficult to maintain biodiversity in environments with multiple uses. The form in that organisms react to landscape heterogeneity must be taken into account when planning for the effects of evolution. It is understood that some insect groups react to heterogeneity at the mesoscale, which is here described as hundreds of meters. But these … Continue reading Urban biodiversity
The authors of my paper ‘Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: implications for conservation ecology’ are M. W. Schwartz, C. A. Brigham, J. D. Hoeksema, K. G. Lyons, M. H. Mills & P.J. van Mantgem. All of them are affiliated with the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA. The majority of them work with plants … Continue reading About the Authors of my Birth Year Article
Monique Heijmans is an ecosystems ecologist with a specialty in vegetation and climate interactions which makes sense as the paper that I was able to find her in was related to how CO2 and N change bog vegetation. She has a total of 101 publications and has been cited over a whopping 4500 times. The … Continue reading Further Discovering The Authors
Through my entire educational career I have been hearing that Wikipedia is not a reliable source to use as anyone and everyone can edit the information presented and it is not vetted, coming into my fourth year of university and taking the plant ecology course I have the chance to edit Wikipedia myself. As soon … Continue reading Navigating The Journey To Becoming a Wikipedian
The paper that I have selected is found in the journal of ecology, found in volume 89, 2nd issue from the year 2001. The journal is issued on a bimonthly basis and is considered a peer reviewed scientific journal. The journal was founded in the year 1913 and is run by the British Ecological Society, … Continue reading Journal of Ecology Brief History
I have selected a primary research article. It is easy to identify as such as the paper includes a hypothesis from the writers followed by methodology, results and a discussion section as part of the paper. Essentially a primary article is when the authors of the paper conduct the research experiment themselves whereas a secondary … Continue reading Primary vs Secondary and Tertiary Articles
After taking an ecology course in my 2nd year on university I realized that it's more than just energy pyramids and carbon dioxide and nitrogen cycles and it was actually very interesting, The way an ecosystem works as well as how many different moving parts there are in any given situation even a drop of … Continue reading Getting Into Ecology
Seepage monitoring is an essential performance indicator for dams whether it is dams made up of concrete or embankment dams. The change in the flow of or the composition of the water can occur and in the situation seepage monitoring can be a critical indicator and it is very helpful. Seepage of water though dams … Continue reading Seepage Monitoring
Plant invasion can alter various components of ecosystem C and N cycles, potentially affecting ecosystem functioning and processes. The mechanism of N fixation between invasive N-fixing and nonN-fixing plants is unknown, but syntheses have been conducted to explore the effects of plant invasion on C and N cycles. The meta-analysis approach was used to quantify … Continue reading How the ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles are influenced by plant invasion
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