Sentences with phrase «ecological studies»

The basic images grow out of ecological studies of the relationships of organisms to each other in physical space.

Here, the evidence is clear but weak, being rooted in ecological studies whose results have not been confirmed through more rigorous methods.

As he produces evidence from ecological studies, and his own walks, of the damage the cattle are doing to the land, he also looks at the other side of the argument.

He conducted ecological studies in the area from 1982 to 84.

I'm very interested to see how we can implement technology more into ecological studies.

How such conditions may promote or discourage the growth of vegetation is established by various ecological studies.

A large number of published ecological studies fail to include basic information about the climate data used.

But they'd like to see detailed physiological and ecological studies of some of the species to find out more.

The den visit was part of the ongoing long - term ecological study on snow leopards in Mongolia's South Gobi province that's been conducted by the Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, Snow Leopard Trust, and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2008.

Until now, theoretical ecological studies on the response of ecosystems to various perturbations have focused on the resilience of such ecosystems.

Surprisingly, it has been neglected in many ecological studies so far,» explains Markus Knaden from the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology and head of the study.

New ecological studies important for Passenger Pigeon restoration are underway.

Conservation groups challenge Bush - era «energy corridors» that threaten wilderness areas, including a long - term ecological study site

«Ecological studies such as the one proposed here....

A multicountry ecological study of cancer incidence rates in 2008 with respect to various risk - modifying factors.

SMBC inspectors visit farms and set up a number of plots and measure various vegetation parameters following methods used in typical ecological studies.

Many ecological studies support the key role of structural diversity (sometimes referred to technically as floristic heterogeneity) in increased biodiversity — of many types in many ecosystems well beyond the realm of coffee growing.

If approved by the City of Crystal Lake, Lakewood and the Crystal Lake Park District, the measure could be a bellwether for an increase in spending on ecological studies needed to keep the lake healthy, according to members of Watershed Management and Lake Ecology Agency.

A $ 91,000 ecological study proposed for Crystal Lake has received the unanimous approval of the City Council.

The first ecological study of an entire glacier has found that microbes drastically reduce surface reflectivity and have a non-negligible impact on the amount of sunlight that is reflected into space.

«This kind of ecological study identifying a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services suggests that higher plant diversity will increase services from agroecosystems, and that has immediate implications for management practices and policies for sustainable agriculture, including Chesapeake Bay water quality,» Kaye said.

In a press conference Monday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, three researchers discussed how detailed satellite observations have facilitated ecological studies of change over time.

Previous ecological studies have shown that Timema do not migrate long distances.

From 1988 to 2000, we radio - collared 150 wolves and published the monograph The Wolves of Algonquin Park: A 12 year ecological study (University of Waterloo, Ontario, 2004).

As part of the workshop, Dave took the educators on a field trip to conduct a mini ecological study using DNA barcoding to identify plants, animals, and fungi from the local habitat.

This event will be jointly organized by the Climate and Clean Air Commission and the Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and is a public outreach event of the International Conference on Nitrification (ICoN).

Understanding the biomechanics of this little snail could help engineers design some nifty sea - faring robots, and it could also help with ecological studies: Zooplankton like helicina move upwards to the surface of the ocean each night to eat (and avoid being eaten), and this mass migration of tiny organisms is one of the biggest biomass movements on the planet.

2000 Nagata C. Ecological study of the association between soy product intake and mortality from cancer and heart disease in Japan.

This unique home borders on the edge of a Monterey pine forest natural reserve (ecological study area), where deer, hawks, squirrels, quail and wild turkey call home.

Recent ecological studies have measured local submarine groundwater seepages to determine contributions of solutes and nutrients to coastal ecosystems.

I can take my students outside to do ecological studies in the wetland adjacent to our school.

We thank Panthera, who was a partner in the Long Term Ecological Study.

Native Seeds / SEARCH has been granted a special use permit from the National Forest Service to manage the permanent marking and mapping of plants, and to conduct ecological studies.

In addition to reviewing the journal literature, a new ecological study was conducted using Alzheimer's disease prevalence from 10 countries (Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, India, Mongolia, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, and the United States) along with dietary supply data 5, 10, and 15 years before the prevalence data.

Ecological studies such as these need to be interpreted alongside other studies investigating the association between calorie intake (including from HFCS), weight and diabetes at an individual level, so that the full picture of the relationships involved can be established.

Larger sex differences in obesity rates were reported in countries with greater gender inequality, quantitatively assessed by the global gender gap index, and the gender inequality index in multicountry ecological studies (7 — 9).

Accordingly, it would also be worthwhile to carry out comparative phylogenetic - ecological studies on various Swiss lakes.

Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen are especially popular in ecological studies.

The Snow Leopard Trust's pioneering long - term ecological study of the endangered snow leopard in Mongolia's Tost Mountains is entering a new phase this year.

The ecological study of nature involves, instead, the study of the relations between individual organisms within their natural environments.

The goal of her ecological studies, she says, «is to slowly chip away at this overwhelming amount of not - knowledge.

«The Smithsonian is already devoting $ 10 million a year toward genomics research in evolutionary, diversity, conservation, and ecological studies.

«However, individual - level inferences can not be made using the ecological studies cited frequently in the debate over medical marijuana.»