distribution ecology and conservation status of costa rican dry forest avifauna

... of ecology is to explain those patterns of animal (and plant) distribution and abundance (HUNTER & PRICE 1992) To explain abundance and distribution of the puku in Zambia, the investigation of ... (G) and near Puku Pan Lodge (H) in the cool dry season 15 Ecology and status of population of the puku antelope (Kobus vardonii) in Zambia Chapter 2: Population status, distribution patterns and ... analyses and for analyses of habitat choice habitat category features of habitat characteristic grassland open, short grassland scrubland scrubs, open woodland, light scrubland, edge of woodlands,...

Ngày tải lên: 19/11/2015, 16:33

... Monroe Forest Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Adrian C Newton Habitat Management for Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook ... Bowen, and Sara J Iverson Carnivore Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Luigi Boitani and Roger A Powell OUP CORRECTED PROOF FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Carnivore Ecology and Conservation ... Handbook of Techniques E.J Milner-Gulland and J Marcus Rowcliffe Invasive Species Management: A Handbook of Principles and Techniques Mick N Clout and Peter A Williams Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: ...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... Monroe Forest Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Adrian C Newton Habitat Management for Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook ... Bowen, and Sara J Iverson Carnivore Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Luigi Boitani and Roger A Powell OUP CORRECTED PROOF FINAL, 6/12/2011, SPi Carnivore Ecology and Conservation ... Handbook of Techniques E.J Milner-Gulland and J Marcus Rowcliffe Invasive Species Management: A Handbook of Principles and Techniques Mick N Clout and Peter A Williams Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: ...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:20

... The distribution Sofia – Moscow E Kühn, R Feldmann, J.A Thomas J Settele (Eds) 2005 and ecology of Maculinea teleiusthe Ecology and Conservationin&Polandin Europe Studies on and M nausithous of ... history of life on this planet The conference Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe” brought together most of the leading and new butterfly biologists and conservationists of Europe ... 52 Aspects of the distribution and habitat of the two Leptidea species in Ireland Brian Nelson & Maurice Hughes 55 Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... (weight and height ,5th centile) led to a rapid and sustained increase in growth and a reduction of pain crises and episodes of infection.15 The authors found no lipid malabsorption and a normal ... study of 86 SS patients under 20 years of age reported weight and height ,10th centile in 40% and 31% of cases, respectively, and the weight deficit persisted after puberty.43 In a follow-up of ... climate, endemic infection and the general standard of nutrition and medical care Comparison of a further 56 SCD British children with controls of Caucasian (CC) or African/Caribbean (AC) origin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... prevalence of anaemia and mean haemoglobin for men and women and Fig shows the distribution of haemoglobin levels in elderly people The cut-off points for anaemia were taken as 12.0 g/dl for women and ... information gained will be of use in raising awareness of the needs of this important and growing sector of society and provide a useful resource for policy-makers and planners This survey was ... Acknowledgements Thanks and appreciation are due to the WHO consultants, Andrew Seal of the Institute of Child Health in London and Dr Francesco Branca of the National Institute of Nutrition in Rome...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... Quality of life is the key component of the health status The present research deals with the relationship between nature of support and the health characteristics of elderly Health disabilities of ... part of library Objectives of the Study: C C C C To determine the demographic profile of the respondents To explore the level of family support to elderly people To analyze the health status of ... parts like a) the demographic profile of the respondents; b) level of family support to elderly people and c) health status of elderly people living in rural area of Gujrat Further, the data was...

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Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 18:20

... summed and transformed on a scale from (worst possible health status) to 100 (best possible health status) Discriminant validity of the Korean and Japanese versions of SF-36 was established and ... (1992), and the short form (GDS-15) was developed by Sheik and Yesavage (1986) A GDS score of or higher, up to 15 is indicative of “probable” depression Concurrent and discriminant validity of the ... test and t-test were performed to show comparisons of Korean and Japanese elderly in demographic variables which included age, gender, education, marital status, the number of children and current...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... regulator of metabolic activities of organisms and thus governs metabolism of the biological community as a whole and also acts as an indicator of trophic status of the water body (Saksena and Kaushik, ... phosphates and nitrates of Ca, Mg, Na, K, and Mn and organic matter, salts and others particles (Mishra and Saksena, 1991) Minimum total dissolved solids (260 mgl-1) were recorded at Station-B and Station-C, ... A.P., P.G Puranik and A.M Bhate: Assessment of water quality of river Irai (District Chandrapur) on the basis of seasonal fluctuations in dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand J Ecophysiol...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20

... attempt to summarize and update our understanding of the ecology of these fascinating and charismatic organisms, and identify some of the many gaps that remain in the hope of stimulating further ... a ball of dry grass, moss and animal hair She constructs a single nectar pot, and lays her fi rst batch of eggs within a brood clump of pollen mixed with nectar and surrounded by a layer of wax ... tens of thousands of individuals The social species are more familiar, and it is not widely appreciated that by far the majority of bee species are solitary In terms of nest architecture and behaviour,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 23:57

... Journal of Forest Research, 22: 335–361 Jonsson B (1999): Stand establishment and early growth of planted Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies related to microsite conditions Scandinavian Journal of Forest ... Kriegel (2003), who also compared the growth and health status of vegetatively and generatively propagated planting stock of Norway spruce from the 7th and 8th forest altitudinal zone in the Krkonoše ... RESULTS Comparison of the growth of parent trees and clones of the 1st and 2nd generation Research plots were evaluated in the intervals of several years So data acquired in plantations of different...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... underplantings by means of correlation matrices RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Physicochemical properties of soils and nutrient status of forest stands on research plots From the aspect of soil acidity the ... their poor health status MATERIAL AND METHODS Description of the area concerned and research plots The massif of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts is a tectonically uplifted upland, composed of more or less ... sorption properties of soil at these depths, and the long-term disturbance of humification processes may be connected with a disorder of the nutrient status of biocoenoses and with their decline...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... stands by planting both in forestland and in abandoned arable land [34] The rate of success has been quite variable For example, an evaluation of the aforestation/ reforestation with Cork oak by planting ... seed size) and seedling growth and the effect of seed storage on the physiological status of seedlings The objectives of this study were to evaluate how parental tree and the duration of acorn ... between trees No and No for the fresh seeds (table V) DISCUSSION The success of aforestation/reforestation programmes often depends upon availability and viability of seeds and seedling quality...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... ranking and conservations status Community matrix ranking of use status, taste preference, availability status and conservation of the 51 wetland edible species is presented in Table and Figure ... wetland of the region faced an increasing threat because of construction of ring-bands for fishing, siltation from the surrounding uplands due to overland flow, conversion of marginal wetlands ... while for Conservation status, the scale ranked as 4- for the species whose conservation is highly demanded, 3- conservation urgently demanded, 2- conservation required but not so urgent, and 1-...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... array of species and genetic diversity make India one of the 12 mega-biodiversity countries of the world Forest represents one of the dominant components of the vegetation of India and forest ... the regular production of Ayurvedic, Unani, Siddha, and tribal medicine About 75% of these are taken from tropical forests and 25% from temperate forests Thirty (30) percent of ISM preparations ... due to its high cost The forests of India have been the source of invaluable medicinal plants since man became aware of the preventive and curative properties of plants and started using them for...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... indicative of the magnitude of the impact of weather shocks on child nutritional status and a widening of the gap between the two lines going up the (log) total PCCE distribution is indicative of a ... rounds with 40% of these shocks occurring between 2002 and 2006 and 60% between 2006 and 2009 On average children are 1.28 standard deviations shorter than children of the same age and gender within ... include Pitt and Rosenzweig (1985), Thomas et al (1990), Alderman and Garcia (1994) Hoddinott and Kinsey (2001) and Behrman and Skoufias (2004) where C is a vector of goods consumed (health and non-health...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2015, 19:23

... plastics and small-scaled and middle-scaled production The scientist should pay more attention to exploring the recycling and pyrolysis of waste PVC and the optimization of operational conditions of ... tower, heating and temperature controller, separator of oil and water, and oilcan The factory nearby Beijing used it to produce the fuel oil The finished oil consists of gasoline (60%) and diesel ... recycling and utilization of waste plastics The current status of technology for converting plastic wastes to oil can adapt itself to the actuality of China The plants with a capacity of 1000 tonnes/annum...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2016, 21:17

... difference between the growth stage and the other stages of the spruce natural forest in the whole height profile of the virgin forest The testing of the influence of the altitude revealed its great ... the aspect of the survival and growth of spruce seedlings An analysis of the influence of the seedbed on the number of spruce and rowan individuals is recorded in Table The analysis of this factor ... evaluation of the horizontal diversity by Clark & Evans index in relation with the altitude and developmental stage of the virgin forest is shown in Table and in Fig Based on an analysis of the plots of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22

... silvicultural approach is not sufficient to understand the forest behaviour of a given species and its relative place in a forest succession It therefore seemed of interest to further the knowledge on these ... beginning of the shading experiment, there were between 30 and 40 plants per species and per treatment The number of plants remaining at the end of the experiment is given in tables II and III ... observations were made: counting leaves on the main stem and on branches, dry weight and surface area of randomly selected leaves from the stem and leaves from the branches on each plant The data...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:22