Presents the latest advances in source-sink theory, methods andapplications for sustaining natural resources and biodiversity.
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Sources, sinks and sustainability
by Liu, Jianguo
fromCambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology
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Type: Book
Sources, sinks and sustainability
by Liu, Jianguo
fromCambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology
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Type: Book
"Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this bo…
Presents the latest advances in source-sink theory, methods and applications for sustaining natural resources and biodiversity.
Investigating individual-based habitat settlement and space use decisions (i.e., how individuals distribute themselves across a landscape) is a central theme in ecology, with potential consequences for fitness (e.g., survival, reproduction). Among mammals, habitat selection and …
Within the Great Basin of the Western United States, management discussions regarding the impacts of grazing by livestock and feral horses on Greater Sage-grouse (\textit{Centrocercus urophasianus}, hereafter sage-grouse) often focus on the negative impacts to habitat, and specu…
Habitat selection is an important aspect of a species' natural history, with applications specifically in the management of at-risk organisms. This study assesses habitat usage of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) at three different spatial scales (landscape, home range…
Human land use and land cover change alter key features of the landscape that may favor habitat selection by some species. Lizards are especially sensitive to these alterations because they rely on their external environment for regulating their body temperature. However, becaus…
Habitat selection by pond breeding amphibians and insects is often critical for larval survival, performance, and resulting parental fitness, since there is typically little parental care beyond oviposition site choice. Numerous axes of patch quality have been identified and qua…
Since their successful reintroduction, the eastern wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) has expanded its range north. Due to different and potentially more severe limiting factors, management approaches generalized from studies within the historical range may not be app…
This dissertation explores the habitat selection and community structure of South African and Egyptian small mammals at different spatial scales. I studied the effect of “islands” of woody vegetation on habitat suitability for the striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio. I used live tr…
Survival, nesting success, and habitat selection of wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) populations in South Carolina were evaluated. The study was conducted on the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Portions of the stu…
Ecologists now recognize that the dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems are strongly affected by adaptive individual behaviours. Yet until now, we have lacked effective and flexible methods for modelling such dynamics. Traditional ecological models become impracti…
Ecologists now recognize that the dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems are strongly affected by adaptive individual behaviors. Yet until now, we have lacked effective and flexible methods for modeling such dynamics. Traditional ecological models become impractica…