occupancy theory and applications

... marine and freshwater ecosystems James H Brown, Andrew P Allen and James F Gillooly Body size and suspension feeding Stuart Humphries 16 Life histories and body size 10 David Atkinson and Andrew ... make and test THE METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY predictions about the effects of energy and materials on the ecology of organisms and the roles of organisms on the fluxes and storage of energy and ... distributions of biomass, abundance and energy use across species, this includes work from Sheldon and Parsons (1967), Sheldon et al (1972, 1977), Cyr and Peters (1996) and Kerr and Dickie (2001) With respect...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 19:20

... between egg number and body weight Hagger (1994) estimated that genetic correlations between NEGG40 and EW40 was -0.267 and that between NEGG40 and male and female BW40 were - 0.161 and -0.036, respectively, ... to 26, 26 to 38 and 26 to 54 weeks of age) which were 0.25, 0.09 and 0.18, respectively Their heritabilities for egg weight and body weight were 0.47 and 0.50, respectively Wei and van der Werf ... S is the fixed effect for the a jth sex, az!x and ix are the random additive genetic effects of the ijkth and ikth animals respectively, and e2!xl and e are the residual effects iki Sires from...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22

... between NEGG52 and ES30 or ES40 are small and negative (rg -0.194 and rg -0.203, respectively) The selection method applied was rather efficient for the desired gains in ES30 and ES40 and there was ... (Henderson and Quaas, 1976; Schaeffer, 1984; Ducrocq, 1994) Some applications with an animal model have been made recently by Hofer et al (1992) and Ducos (1994) for genetic evaluation in swine, and ... in the first and second generations (Gl and G2) and for ES40 from the third generation (G3) of selection by independent culling levels Eggs laid over five consecutive days at 30 and 40 weeks...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22

... k+ and k− M M (measured in s-1), the shortcuts ã = a/ ka and b = b/ kb , M M and Michaelis-Menten constants ka and kb (in mM) The rate law (1) can be derived from an enzyme mechaM M nism: ka and ... denote the terms from the right-hand side The shape of the two factors, (1 + ã + ã2) and (1 + x ), corresponds to the rows and columns in the above scheme The activation and inhibition terms in the ... and velocity constants as model parameters and treat the equilibrium constants keq and the turnover rates kcat as dependent quantities: the equilibrium constants are computed from eqn (18), and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... who shared stories and to organizations which shared information and photography To all those known and anonymous editors and contributors who laboured to produce the many large and profusely illustrated ... administrators and research scientists at Elk Island National Park in the 1960s The supposed transitional features of the landscape have become somewhat blurred by historic land use practices and fire ... Land and Life Bison in Parkland, Elk Island National Park The interplay of grassland and aspen trees made the hills a good winter retreat for bison Fire, both natural and induced, was another factor...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:21

... abundance and sex ratio The body size of males and females is very similar (Fig 1) In total, pronotum width of males varied between 0.85 mm and 2.40 mm, and of females between 1.00 mm and 2.30 ... not only on trees and shrubs but on undergrowth vegetation and plants as well They overwintered in bark of several coniferous trees with thicker bark (mainly Pinus sylvestris L and Larix decidua ... Larvae occurred mainly on Picea sp., Pinus sp and Abies sp.; adults were found on the same tree species and further on Salix sp., Fagus sp., Quercus sp and Larix sp (see above) In 2002–2003 (–2005),...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... the concept and design of the study, data collection, statistical analysis and manuscript preparation MJS, MLC, VAP and LKA contributed in the design of the study, data collection, and manuscript ... Sheffield-Moore M, Cree MG, Hewlings SJ, Aarsland A, Wolfe RR, Ferrando AA: Atrophy and impaired muscle protein synthesis during prolonged inactivity and stress J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006, 91:4836-4841 ... drool through a short straw and stored at -80°C until analysis Prior to analysis, samples were thawed and centrifuged at 10,000 g for 20 minutes to remove mucins and analyzed for cortisol concentration...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... random-intercept models were used to explore time trend differences in milk production data, metabolic parameters and BCS between the experimental and control groups Cows were included as random ... Nicolasville, YK, USA) were hand-mixed with a small amount of concentrate and were fed daily to each cow from the experimental group before morning http://www.actavetscand.com/content/51/1/32 feeding, ... printer were obtained Ultrasound http://www.actavetscand.com/content/51/1/32 recording commenced 10 days PP and was performed twice per week (Tuesday and Friday) until the start of regular ovarian...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... of the stratum Malpighi is approximately 10 µm and 16 µm in mice and rats, respectively, and 26 µm and 28 µm in horses and cows, respectively [38], and the scaling exponent for thickness of this ... of Equation (5) to the data of White and Seymour, β1 and β2 are 0.56 and 0.91, respectively, and the MLE for α1/α2 is 0.57/0.43 The MLE estimates for β1 and β2 are close to the exponents in Equation ... weight and the average value of BMR for the species The MLE and 95% CI for the scaling exponent calculated from LSLR are, respectively, 0.750 and 0.728 – 0.771 rectly predicted by Equation (4) and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... Germany, Euro (Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Italy and Netherlands) Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) Guatemela Hongkong Indonesia Indonesia ... Singapore Qatar Srilanka Russia Switzerland Saudi Arabia Thailand Singapore Turkey South Africa UK Sri Lanka Uruguay Sweden USA Switzerland Yugoslavia Thailand Turkey UAE UK USA ... 50 and 51 of the December issue of RBI Bulletin Table 4: Indices of Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) and Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) of the Indian Rupee (36-Currency Export and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2012, 16:47

... Cambodia • Lao PDR • Thailand • Vietnam 33 Land and population Population Density Population Land area Cambodia 15,416,429 181,035 85 Lao PDR 6,834,345 236.800 29 Thailand 63,723,953 513,000 124 ... group and country 1980 and 2005 FAO (2009) 15 Meat consumption and share of net imports in consumption, least-developed countries, 1961–2005 FAO 2009 16 Meat consumption by region, 2000 and 2050 ... its human population with out destroying the enviroment and depleting natural resources???” Land used by region and country group, 1961,1991 and 2007, (FAO, 2009) Food security The World Food Summit...

Ngày tải lên: 08/04/2013, 10:35

... manufacturing facilities in Texas, Brazil, China, Ireland and Malaysia, and hundreds of supplier companies Dell’s customers, and thus its supply chain, demands a very high degree of responsiveness as ... closer to its customers than other PC makers and can quickly identify, and adjust to, changing customer demand It is better able to forecast future demand and plan production schedules accordingly ... deficiencies so that everyone is aware of them and deals with them Andon boards and line-stop authority are common methods to accomplish jidoka, and the Internet should broader awareness of quality...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2013, 07:56

... commercial germplasm and selection was focused on high yielding genotypes and high seed protein and oil In effect, this leads to narrow genetic base of soybean cultivars (Singh and Hymowitz, 1999) ... ĐT12 and ĐT20 for selection towards improving yield MATERIALS AND METHODS Seeds of three soybean cultivars ĐN6, ĐT12 and ĐT20 were obtained from Center for National Testing of Plant Products and ... chromosomal aberrations and toxicity are manifested as M1 damage such as lethality and injury, and these adversely expressed in germination, survival, seedling defects, plant growth and chlorophyll deficiency...

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2013, 08:14

... Thanks Unit 8: Food and health Period 1: Grammar I Countable and uncountable nouns Complete the rule: We normally use some for positive statements and any for negative statements and questions But ... Unit 8: Food and health Period 1: Grammar I Countable and uncountable nouns : countable nouns: a potato/ potatoes , foods uncountable nouns: pasta ,sugar, noodles , food Unit 8: Food and health ... How many you want? Ba: Only a few Unit 8: Food and health Period 1: Grammar Fat, oil, sugar Protein rich foods Fruit and vegetables I Countable and uncountable nouns II Some / any 18 30 The Pyramid...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2013, 21:10

... a decrease in butyrate and hydrogen production and an increase in acetate and ethanol with increasing pH The authors agree that the results are reproducible, reversible and independent of the ... worked on integration and adaptations of biogas processes to various domestic, industrial and agricultural applications He has ~60 environmental engineering publications and presentations E-mail ... by the change to fresh feed) and at the maximum load tested (between days 65 and 80; organic load = 17 kg COD/m3·d) Biogas composition was approximately 50 % H2 and 50 % CO2 during the first...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... Minh Trang (NXB Thống kê) • Operations Management, R.S Rusell and B.W Taylor III (Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2003) • Production and Operation Management, Kaijewski Ritzmen (Pearson, Prentice...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2013, 12:33

... Minh Trang (NXB Thống kê) • Operations Management, R.S Rusell and B.W Taylor III (Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2003) • Production and Operation Management, Kaijewski Ritzmen (Pearson, Prentice ... cầu hãng Ford • Mạng lưới nghiên cứu phát triển nhiều nơi giới: Dearborn, Michigan; Dunton, England; Cologne, Germany; Turin, Italy; Valencia, California, Hiroshima, Japan; Melbourne, Australia ... lớn thường có phận nghiên cứu phát triển sản phẩm Khách hàng Ngành khí thức Nhà quản lý (Reseach and Development Department: R&D Department) + Tiến hành nghiên cứu + Tiến hành nghiên cứu ứng dụng...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2013, 12:35

... 2500yearsago,withitsTibetanexplanation: Amanisstandinginthemidstofaforest Hebeginstosing,andhelaughsinjoy. Bothsongandlaughterechobacktohim, Butnoneofitisreal. Understandthateverythingthereeveris Isjustthesameasthis. ... 1)Thepowerofthefoundation:Reviewwhatyouunderstandabouthow thingswork,andyourdestinyofcaringforothers. 2)Thepower ofdestruction:Understandthatbydoinganegativekarma, youhavehurtyourowngoals,andthoseofothers. 3)The ... Itsnottruethatthingsexist, Anditsnottruethattheydonotexist. Itsnottruethattheyexistanddontexist. Itsnottruethatneitherexistnordontexist. Thosewhowalkthemiddlepath Understandthisonething, Farfromallfourcliffs....

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 04:15

... Moina spp., daphnids, and decapsulated brine shrimp cysts for freshwater fish and prawn larvae, and Artemia biomass for lobster larvae, shrimp postlarvae and broodstock, and marine fish juveniles ... interest CLADOCERANS, NEMATODES AND TROCHOPHORA LARVAE 6.1 Daphnia and Moina 6.1.1 Biology and life cycle of Daphnia 6.1.2 Nutritional value of Daphnia 6.1.3 Feeding and nutrition of Daphnia 6.1.4 ... rotifers, Artemia, natural zooplankton, and copepods, nematodes and trochophores Distribution: Directors of Fisheries and Aquaculture FAO Regional Fishery Commissions and Working Groups on Aquaculture...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 00:15

... with Ct and C0 being the cell concentrations at time t and 0, respectively, and m = specific growth rate The specific growth rate is mainly dependent on algal species, light intensity and temperature ... (upper diagram) and for Bürker (down left corner) For both, count the cells in the square and those which touch the top and left border (·) Do not count the ones touching the right and lower border ... consist of various trace metals and the vitamins thiamin (B1), cyanocobalamin (B12) and sometimes biotin Two enrichment media that have been used extensively and are suitable for the growth of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 00:15