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Genetic Considerations in Plant Ecological Restoration
Danny J. Gustafson, Alexis Gibson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Genetic Considerations in Plant Ecological RestorationIntroductionEcological restoration is most commonly described as the process of aiding in the re...
Genomics, Ecological
Patrick Abbot
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Ecological Genomics Introduction Ecological genomics seeks to understand genomic responses to environmental variation and in turn how genomic ...
Geoecology
Nishanta Rajakaruna, Robert S. Boyd
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
Geoecology Introduction Geology plays a fundamental role in shaping the biotic world around us. Geologic history (plate tectonics and orogenic...
Geographic Range
K. A. S. Mislan
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Geographic RangeIntroductionGeographic range describes the spatial area where a species is found. Studies on the processes determining geographic rang...
Gleason, Henry
Malcolm Nicolson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
Henry Allan GleasonIntroductionUp until the 1940s, plant ecology in Europe and North America was dominated by the community-unit theory—the concept th...
Grazer Ecology
Anthony Joern, Edward J. Raynor
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Grazer EcologyIntroductionGrazing systems, grass-like vegetation interacting with their large mammal grazers, are important globally, where estimates ...
Greig-Smith, Peter
Exequiel Ezcurra
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Peter Greig-SmithIntroductionThe postwar period, and especially the 1950s, saw a rising quest for a truly quantitative approach to community ecology. ...
Gymnosperm Ecology
Christopher Earle
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Gymnosperm Ecology Introduction The gymnosperms are a group of plants that includes the conifers, cycads, gnetophytes, and ginkgo. The term “g...
Habitat Selection
Douglas Morris
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Habitat SelectionIntroductionAll organisms use habitat that varies across numerous scales of space and time. Consequently, the use of some habitats ov...
Harper, John L.
Roy Turkington
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
John L. HarperIntroductionProfessor John Lander Harper CBE, FRS (b. May 27, 1925–d. March 22, 2009) revolutionized plant ecology and had perhaps a gre...
Harvesting Alternative Water Resources (US West)
Sayd Randle
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Harvesting Alternative Water Resources (US West)IntroductionSince the mid-20th century, the western half of the United States has been known worldwide...
Heavy Metal Tolerance
Robert S. Boyd, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Heavy Metal Tolerance Introduction The operation of biological systems is challenged by various environmental factors that interfere with or i...
Heterogeneity
David Abson
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
HeterogeneityIntroductionHeterogeneity can be defined as the difference or diversity in kind or arrangement of component elements or constituents. Suc...
Himalaya, Ecology of the
Shaila Seshia Galvin
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Ecology of the HimalayaIntroductionThe Himalayan region, spanning Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, Pakistan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region, may be def...
Host-Parasitoid Interactions
Jeffrey A. Harvey
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Host-Parasitoid Interactions ...
Human Ecology
Michael R. Dove
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Human Ecology Introduction Contemplation of the relationship between human beings and their environment is millennia-old. As Hippocrates wrote...
Human Ecology of the Andes
Vladimir R. Gil Ramón
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Human Ecology of the AndesIntroductionHuman ecology encompasses a broad field, contemplating the relationships between human societies and the biophys...
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence
Yufang Gao
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Human-Wildlife Conflict and CoexistenceIntroductionAs a particular kind of human-animal relationship, “human-wildlife conflict” (HWC) emerged as a fie...
Hutchinson, G. Evelyn
David K. Skelly
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Introduction George Evelyn Hutchinson (b. 13 January 1903–d. 17 May 1991) was one of the foremost figures in ecology duri...
Indigenous Ecologies
Pamela McElwee, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Marian Ahn Thorpe, Kyle Powys Whyte, Beth Rose Middleton, Kaitlin Reed, Waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy, Alysse Marie Moldawer
Subject: Ecology »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
Indigenous EcologiesIntroductionIndigenous ecologies cover a wide range of approaches, spanning academic fields from biology to anthropology to the hu...
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