Sentences with phrase «ecological studies of»

The identification of individuals within a population and the collection of reliable information on distribution, habitat use, and life history traits are the basic requirement for behavioral and ecological studies of a species.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Per capita sugar consumption is associated with severe childhood asthma: an ecological study of 53 countries

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

Not exact matches

Poorly camouflaged insects can kick off a cascade of ecological impacts, new CU - Boulder study finds October 21, 2013 • Natural Sciences, Research, Academics, Environment

They range from study of the evolutionary phases of a functional cosmology to the various phases of human cultural development, the emerging ecological age, and the identification of values.

In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5).

When biblical scholars have interested themselves in ethical studies, they have tended to focus on rather specific, narrow topics: social justice, the status of women, war, vengeance, property rights, ecological concern for nature and the like.

In 1946 I had a grant to pursue further research and study in the University of Chicago, which was a center of ecological research.

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

This study looked at the ecological (vegetation, ants and birds) and economic (yield, revenue) aspects of coffee growing for eight cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico.

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.

The contradictory opinions and the varying designs of scientific studies make it very hard to weigh the ecological impact of our decisions.

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.

Part of an Australian Research Council funded study titled Being and becoming musical: towards a cultural ecological model of early musical development, the study aims to provide a comprehensive account of how Australian families use music in their parenting practices and make recommendations for policy and practice in childcare and early learning and development.

Finally, employers are investing in their future work force by supporting breastfeeding; some studies have indicated that breastfed babies have potentially higher IQ's and better academic accomplishments than bottle - fed babies.Because of the far - reaching positive ecological, health, and social impact breastfeeding can make on our planet, it is imperative for anyone interested in protecting our children and our environment to do whatever possible to support, protect, and promote breastfeeding.

Previous attempts to evaluate the Baby Friendly Initiative within an observational study design have often been limited by small sample size or reliance upon ecological measures of confounding factors.16, 17 The advantage of the Millennium Cohort Study is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differestudy design have often been limited by small sample size or reliance upon ecological measures of confounding factors.16, 17 The advantage of the Millennium Cohort Study is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differeStudy is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differences.

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

«It's ecological roulette,» says Hanno Seebens, a biologist at the University of Oldenburg in Germany and the study's lead author.

According to the study, the ecological context of the birds» habitat in Barcelona — a highly urbanised and industrialised area — can increase exposure to lead.

I participated in an integrated study of the Lama Forest that considered ecological and socio - economic aspects and contributed to the conservation of the forest and the rehabilitation of degraded areas.

The study is one of many initiatives of the SFU - based Herring School, a group of researchers that investigates the cultural and ecological importance of herring.

EcoHealth Alliance continues to work around the globe to study and uncover the ecological drivers of disease emergence.

The study, published by EcoHealth Alliance's Dr. Kevin Olival and Dr. David Hayman from Massey University, reviewed all of the current literature on filoviruses — the class of viruses that include both Ebola and Marburg virus — and took a critical look at the ecological and virological methods needed to understand these viruses to protect human health.

DNA barcode identification can be performed in a variety of ecological, pharmaceutical, and biomonitoring studies in order to quickly sort specimens into the correct species.

FSU Professor of Biological Science Nora Underwood, a co-author of the study, said this research will be vital in broadening scientists» approach to the study of major ecological disturbances.

«Using Multicountry Ecological and Observational Studies to Determine Dietary Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease,» a review article from the Journal of the American College of Nutrition presents the data.

The results of the study by Thomas Newsome and William Ripple in the Oregon State University Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society were published in the Journal of Animal Ecology by the British Ecological Society.

Examining cases such as Easter Island, the Greenland Norse, and the Classic Maya, the author provides a comparative study of the economic and social ruin that occurs when societies undermine their ecological foundations.

He concludes, «Mounting evidence from ecological and observational studies, as well as studies of mechanisms, indicates that the Western dietary pattern — especially the large amount of meat in that diet — is strongly associated with risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and several other chronic diseases.

«Evolving the forms of play in early childhood toward realistic ecological play will be an important innovation in early childhood science education,» said Jennifer Woodring, co-author of the study and project coordinator at Northwestern.

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

The Akensons» research style is now being overshadowed by more abstract kinds of studies, which hinge on remote sensing and computer modeling of ecological and environmental processes.

«This study gives us a whole other avenue to understand the ecological effects of wolves on landscapes and animal communities,» said Ripple.

From small transmitters used to study migration routes of butterflies to cameras in nest boxes recording breeding activities of great tits, state - of - the - art and expensive technical equipment is essential for today's ecological science.

And in terms of damage to fisheries and other recreational activities, the dollar toll for the ecological unraveling of the lakes due to ballast invasions was pegged in a 2008 University of Notre Dame study at $ 200 million annually — a number the study authors predicted would grow as new invasive species are discovered.

Even if the loss of one species does not directly cause knock - on extinctions, the study shows that this leads to simpler ecological communities that are at greater risk of «run - away extinction cascades» with the potential loss of many species.

The study «An ecological regime shift resulting from disrupted predator - prey interactions in Holocene Australia» also involved Professors Corey Bradshaw and Barry Brook from the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute and Professor Chris Johnson from the University of Tasmania.

A seminal 2002 study of the ecological effects of a busy four - lane highway in Massachusetts found impacts — varying from wetland drainage to noise — across a broad 600 - metre corridor.

«We are not saying that it is impossible to separate economic growth from ecological issues; however, our study of global development shows a clear connection between economic development and increased greenhouse gas emissions that can not be ignored,» says Max Koch.

One positive finding of the ecological niche modelling study is that while the ranges of many species are expected to contract, much of the remaining suitable habitat for many species will be located within existing protected areas, and that the recent creation of new reserves such as Itombwe and Kabobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have greatly increased the protection of some species under threat by future climate change.

His study of 138 countries is the first ever to take a global approach to the connections between growth, prosperity and ecological sustainability.

«We intended to create not just a place for classes but rather a building that would help to redefine the relationship between humankind and the environment — one that would expand our sense of ecological possibilities,» said David Orr, the director of Oberlin's Environmental Studies program, at the center's groundbreaking ceremony in 1999.

As in previous studies, the beetles were used to model ecological and evolutionary conditions because of their small size and their more rapid progression through subsequent generations.

In the study, «Ecological segregation in a small mammal hybrid zone: Habitat - specific mating opportunities and selection against hybrids restrict gene flow on a fine spatial scale,» which appears in the March print edition of the journal Evolution, the authors discuss the factors driving these mating dynamics in a hybrid zone in southern California.

So reports a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, based on an exhaustive three - year analysis of the Colorado River in Glen and Grand Canyons.