Sentences with phrase «on island biogeography»
On top of that I spent 2 of my undergrad years assisting one of my professors in his research on island biogeography and its impact on small mammals in the Thousand Island Region of NY.
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In the classic view of ecosystems, outlined by Elton and later Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in their theory of island biogeography, ecosystems run on a knife's edge: They are tightly structured, without much room for new competitors.
Extinction rates on such islands ranged from 15 % to 30 %, but when cats, foxes, or dingoes were present, the rates plummeted to just over 10 % — not much higher than on islands without any introduced predators, the scientists reported at the meeting and online this month in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography.
And Teresa, who reviews books on her blog, Shelf Love, had recently recommended to her readers Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction.
Chris subsequently became Chief of the Biogeography Branch, where he remained until coming west in July 2014 and taking on the role of Research Coordinator at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
On that trip I first saw the endemic island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis) and began to develop an understanding and interest in island biogeography.
Live Hikes are offered from scenic island overlooks and concentrate on American Indian culture and island isolation and biogeography.