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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Species Area Relationships"”.
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Statistical Analysis of Highly Correlated Systems in Biology and Physics
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Relations between forest and prairie fragmentation and depredation of artificial nests in Missouri
… of diversity, the mechanisms that determine species composition, and ways of preserving the existing flora and fauna within the remaining areas. Principles derived from island biogeography offer possibilities for conserving species in fragmented habitats. MacArthur and Wilson (1967) proposed …
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The Effects of Invasive Plants on Biodiversity Across Spatial Scales
<p>Although introduced plant species are often considered to be one of the most notable anthropogenic threats to biodiversity, their influence on biodiversity remains controversial. Some studies have shown large declines in biodiversity in plant-invaded areas, whereas others have noted that plant …
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Plant Species and Functional Diversity along Altitudinal Gradients, Southwest Ethiopian Highlands
… This is partly because of the complex relationships of species to the environment and the choice of the response variable itself, i.e. using taxonomic richness as a metrics of diversity. This thesis, therefore, applies plant functional types (hereafter PFTs) approach to study the …
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Diversity and Density of Shelterbelt Bird Communities
The number of bird species and the density of each species were monitored in 69 shelterbelts in eastern South Dakota during spring migration and breeding seasons in 1976 and 1977. A total of 44 different species of birds were found during breeding and 68 species during spring migration. …