Sentences with phrase «used ecological modeling»

The latest research used ecological modeling to determine what percentage of lionfish would have to be removed at a given location to allow for native fish recovery.

In the following chapter I attempt to outline an approach to the future using an ecological model in which life becomes the central category.

Using an ecological model developed by co-authors from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Packer and colleagues compared these figures to the number of lions those habitats ought to be able to support.

that they used ecological models to estimate future changes in the distribution of arabica coffee plants and 39 species of coffee - pollinating bee in the world's largest coffee - growing region.

Researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA that they used ecological models to estimate future changes in the distribution of arabica coffee plants and 39 species of coffee - pollinating bee in the world's largest coffee - growing region.

The Child Public Health program uses the ecological model as a framework to explore contemporary child health issues, including:

Not exact matches

The ecological model, when abstracted from possible negative uses, provides us a way of thinking of e pluribus unum that avoids taking one extant culture as normative or just leaving the many as many.

I do commend the ecological and evolutionary models to you, if both are used with due caution and the recognition of their respective dangers.

Now, in a single year each local carpenter — part of Rolando's «Ecological Handicraft Project» — uses the wood from just one tree to craft pots, miniature models of toucans, jaguars and monkeys, and an assortment of high - quality culinary items.

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.

The goals of the project include reconstructing extreme climate changes from the recent past (1894 - 2014), using historically referenced data to assess near - future global climate model projections, and to ultimately use this analysis to investigate ecological problems in Chesapeake Bay, such as eelgrass diebacks.

Using data from several sources on 162 terrestrial animals and plants unique (endemic) to the Albertine Rift, the researchers used ecological niche modeling (computer models) to determine the extent of habitat already lost due to agriculture, and to estimate the future loss of habitat as a result of climate change.

Models like this one, which analyze population viability based on a variety of biological, environmental, and functional factors, can be used to predict ecological responses of fish populations.

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.

Using a sophisticated mathematical simulation model that integrates both ecological and evolutionary processes, the researchers found that sexually selected species can adapt faster to new environments, and are less likely to go extinct.

In the study, Lauren Lowman, a doctoral student in Barros's laboratory, used a hydrological computer model to simulate the ecological impacts of tropical cyclones from 2004 - 2007.

In their food - web modeling, Sahasrabudhe and Motter have used accepted ecological models of predator - prey relationships, but a more elaborate representation of an ecosystem would also include parasitism, seed dispersal, competition, mutualisms (in which species make life easier for each other), nutrient dynamics and more.

But, by modeling a variety of food webs using established ecological principles, the researchers were able to find such species and they hope that the algorithms that they created might eventually be able to identify target species in the real world.

Frey and his colleagues made use of mathematical models to analyze the complex interplay between ecological factors and population dynamics, and were able to demonstrate that populations can indeed respond in a coordinated fashion to chemical information even when the signal molecules are generated by only a subset of the cells.

They then used a modeling approach developed by Scripps ecologist George Sugihara and colleagues to detect cause - and - effect relationships in ecological systems.

«We use this data to develop 3D models that have real distributions of space and ecological features.

The findings may have important implications, says Joana Falcao Salles: «As microbial ecology and general ecology seem to follow the same rules, it may be possible to use microorganisms as a model in ecological experiments.»

In order for a business to serve the ecological need of the forests, McKinnon added, it must use really small wood, which is not in Pioneer's business model.

Scientists use model organisms to study critical biological processes, but Egan said the study of nonmodel organisms is often the key to ecological questions, including those related to how the environment influences natural selection and speciation.

«Using the socio - ecological model as a guiding framework, this study explores the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy factors that impede and facilitate the transition from residential substance abuse treatment from the perspectives of individuals with SUDs who are anticipating discharge from treatment.»

«We can use these molecules to create predictive models and see how changes in the environment altered microbial growth patterns and then, in a feedback loop, how these growth patterns affect the environment — how they create a model of ecological change.»

Projecting the fate of fish populations using ecological — economic modeling.

This integrative, multidisciplinary team will consider feedbacks between climate, ecological, and human belief systems using a quantitative modeling approach.

Using analytical methods borrowed from ecological modeling, Hazen said that we can quantify the relative rarity of a planet like ours.

Interests: Understanding impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling; conducts research at Harvard Forest LTER.

«We used a mathematical model to show that positive feedback loops between fire frequency and savanna trees, alone or together with grasses, can stabilize ecological communities in a savanna state, blocking conversion of savannas to forest,» said the study's leading author Brian Beckage, associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Vermont.

We use the full range of tools available to modern biology, from ecological field surveys and experiments to population genomics, mathematical modeling, and computer simulations.

More specifically, researchers led by the University of Idaho's Tara Hudiburg merged the DayCent ecological model with another, BEPAM, originally designed to study environmental and economic impacts of proposed biofuel policies, forming a combined model that simultaneously accounts for market forces, land use, transportation costs, and a variety of other factors.

For example, many mechanistic models used to simulate the ecological effects of climate change operate at spatial resolutions varying from a single plant to a few hectares.

Jerry specializes in understanding the impacts of human activities on the biogeochemistry of ecological systems from local to global scales, using a combination of field studies and simulation modeling.

Researcher Erin Saupe used two ecological computer models to predict the extent of the spider's range in 2020, 2050 and 2080 given the effects of global warming.

Arguing that far more attention should be paid to validating ecological models before ecologists use them to predict the future, Dormann says his own paper «is intended to call on the scientist employing species distribution models... to reflect more thoroughly on their merits and limitations.»

We know from our analysis of climate change, from the accelerating deterioration of the economy's ecological supports, and from our projections of future resource use that the western economic model — the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy — will not last much longer.

Admittedly neither of these sciences are «hard» sciences and it is difficult to use ecological or economic models to make realistic predictions.

They too are aimed at accelerating sustainability at a district level, and use a model based upon strong stakeholder engagement and district governance to develop projects that reduce ecological footprint, promote community action and civic entrepreneurship, and generate green jobs.

Ecological niche modelling of king penguins in the Southern Ocean, validated with population genomics and palaeodemography data, is used to reconstruct past range shifts and identify future vulnerable areas and potential refugia under climate change.

There is substantial literature describing the determinants of participation in PA for adolescents, and these are increasingly being understood using socio - ecological models [4, 5].

Two models of youth violence (risk / protective and social ecological) were tested using structural equation modeling.