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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Anthropogenic habitats"”.
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Marine Bioinvasions in Anthropogenic and Natural Habitats: an Investigation of Nonindigenous Ascidians in British Columbia
… examined patterns of marine invasions across anthropogenic and natural habitats and explored some of the processes that influence establishment and spread of invaders. The goals of this thesis were four-fold. First, I examined the habitat distribution of marine nonindigenous species (NIS) …
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Variation drives response to urbanisation: Evolutionary ecology of two introduced birds within anthropogenic environments : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
Anthropogenic change causes landscape alteration and fragmentation, which leads to novel challenges for wildlife. Wildlife colonising anthropogenic habitats confront new conditions, such as air and noise pollution, limited space and food resources, higher levels of competition and predator …
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Avian population responses to Anthropogenic landscape changes in Pohnpei, Federated Sates of Micronesia
… from continental origins and the effect of anthropogenic processes. Almost without exception, island habitats and species have been impacted by invasive species and anthropogenic processes � islands systems exhibit the highest rate of avian extinctions. Habitat alteration and introduced …
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Aspects of spatial and habitat ecology of multiple Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae): malaria vectors in the highlands and foothills of Ecuador
… of the Andes, was associated with permanent, anthropogenic habitats such as roadside ditches and ponds. To address the hypothesis that human land use change is responsible for the emergence of multiple highland Anopheles species by creating larval habitat, common land uses in the western Andes …
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Bacteria in shear flow
… rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans, as well as anthropogenic habitats such as bioreactors, heat exchangers and water supply systems. The presence of flow not only affects how bacteria are transported and dispersed at the macroscale, but also their ability to interact with their local habitat …