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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Een oecologische studie van de fauna der Kagerplassen en omgevende wateren bijdrage tot de kennis der biologie van het oligohaliene water van Holland

Otto, Jan Pieter. January 1927 (has links)
Proefschrift - Leiden.
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The effect of selected weather factors on the daily activity of the masked shrew Sorex cinereus cinereus (Kerr) in an uncontrolled environment.

Doucet, G. Jean. January 1970 (has links)
No description available.
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The microclimate in relation to the development and behavior of a population of Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer) (Orthoptera: Acrididae).

Dyck, Victor Arnold. January 1970 (has links)
No description available.
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Uso de remanescentes florestais pela anurofauna da região noroeste do estado de São Paulo

Prado, Vitor Hugo Mendonça do [UNESP] 23 February 2009 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-02-23Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:01:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 prado_vhm_dr_sjrp.pdf: 868559 bytes, checksum: 4eff74306b333f0f2e5cc7306f290e50 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / O presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar os fatores determinantes da estrutura de comunidades de anuros em corpos d’água e no interior de fragmentos florestais na região noroeste do estado de São Paulo. Foram amostrados 51 corpos d’água por busca em sitio de reprodução e o interior de oito fragmentos florestais por armadilhas de interceptação e queda. Primeiramente analisamos a influência de variáveis locais e da paisagem na riqueza e composição de espécies nos corpos d’água. A riqueza de espécies foi afetada por variáveis de escala local: cobertura vegetal e profundidade (relação positiva) e número de tipos de vegetação (relação negativa). Entretanto, as variáveis da paisagem influenciaram a riqueza de espécies em guildas: a distância até o corpo d’água mais próximo influenciou positivamente a riqueza de anuros escaladores e a vegetação ao redor do corpo d’água influenciou negativamente a riqueza de anuros associados a formações abertas. A composição da fauna de anuros nos corpos d’água pode ser explicada principalmente pelas variáveis ambientais (26,2%) e pela localização espacial dos corpos d’água (19,3%). A combinação entre variáveis ambientais e espaciais explica 7,3% da variação na composição da fauna. As variáveis ambientais que mais influenciaram a variação na composição de espécies foram a velocidade da água e a cobertura vegetal no interior do corpo d’água. A composição de espécies é influenciada por substituição de espécies entre corpos d’água lóticos e lênticos e perda de espécies, que pode ser causada pela redução da quantidade de vegetação no interior dos ambientes lênticos. Além disso, a distância entre os corpos d’água amostrados também foi importante na variação da composição de espécies, refletindo a distribuição geográfica das espécies. Esse resultado evidencia... / Our aim in this study was to establish the key factors structuring anuran communities along water bodies and forest fragments in the northwestern Sao Paulo state. We sampled 51 water bodies using search at breeding sites method, furthermore we used pitfall traps to survey the anuran fauna in eight forest fragments. First we analyzed how water bodies attributes influence species richness and composition at local and landscape scales. Species richness was influenced by local attributes: vegetation cover and water depth (positive relation) and number of vegetation types (negative relation). However, landscape attributes influenced the richness of guilds: distance to the near water body positively influenced the richness of climber anurans and vegetation around the water body influenced negatively the richness of anurans associated with open formations. The composition of the anuran fauna in the water bodies can be explained mainly by the environmental variables (26.2%) and the spatial position of water bodies (19.3%). The combination of spatial and environmental variables explains 7.3% of the variation in the faunal composition. The environmental variables that most influenced the variation in species composition were the water velocity and vegetation cover within the water body. The species composition is regulated by species turnover between lentic and lotic water bodies, and species loss caused by the reduction in the amount of vegetation within lentic environments. Moreover, the distance between the sampled water bodies was also important to explain the variation in species composition, reflecting the geographic distribution of species. This result demonstrates that the conservation of anuran species richness in the water bodies of the studied region, demand the conservation of many types of water bodies at several localities, rather than just protect a large patch of habitat... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Assembléia de drosofilídeos na borda e no interior de um fragmento de floresta estacional no noroeste do Estado de São Paulo /

Penariol, Leiza. January 2007 (has links)
Orientador: Lilian Madi Ravazzi / Coorientador: Denise de Cerqueira Rossa Feres / Banca: Efraim Rodrigues / Banca: Hermione Elly Melara de Campos Bicudo / Resumo: Moscas do gênero Drosophila são adequadas para o estudo de flutuações populacionais por serem altamente sensíveis a pequenas modificações do ambiente e isto reflete no tamanho das populações naturais e também na diversidade de espécies ocupando um determinado habitat. Dados obtidos da literatura indicam que espécies deste gênero são candidatas potenciais para monitorar o nível de perturbação ambiental de uma determinada área. No presente trabalho foram estabelecidos três objetivos: (1) avaliar a eficiência de dois tipos de armadilhas, aberta e fechada, para a coleta de drosofilídeos; (2) comparar a fauna de drosofilídeos da borda e do interior do fragmento considerando as variações sazonais das espécies; (3) avaliar o gradiente de ação dos efeitos de borda na distribuição de drosofilídeos e estabelecer a extensão da borda para essa comunidade. O estudo foi realizado na Estação Ecológica de Paulo de Faria, um dos últimos fragmentos de floresta estacional semidecidual do Estado. Para cada objetivo foi estabelecida uma metodologia de coleta. Para a comparação entre os tipos de armadilhas foram utilizadas 20 armadilhas abertas e 20 fechadas em cada coleta. A comunidade de drosofilídeos, bem como a sazonalidade das espécies da borda e do interior do fragmento foram amostradas por coletas nessas duas áreas, utilizando armadilhas fechadas. Para avaliar a extensão e o gradiente de ação dos efeitos de borda foram utilizadas armadilhas fechadas em um transecto, o qual foi estabelecido a partir da borda em direção ao interior do fragmento. Em todas as metodologias foi utilizada nas armadilhas isca de banana nanica macerada com fermento biológico (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) e foram realizadas coletas Resumo 3 mensais, durante 12 meses. A identificação dos drosofilídeos...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Mestre
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An ecological study of the vertebrate animals of the mesquite forest

Arnold, Lee Weight, 1914- January 1940 (has links)
No description available.
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Studien über die Giftigkeit von Seewasser für Süsswassertiere mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anpassungserscheinungen ...

Dernoscheck, Alfred January 1911 (has links)
Inaug.-Diss.--Leipzig. / Vita. "Separatabdruck aus dem Archiv für die ges. physiologie. Bd. 143, S. 303-369. 1911." Bibliographical foot-notes.
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Some aspects of the animal ecology of Rhenosterbos: Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less

Shiff, Clive Julian January 1957 (has links)
Rhenosterbos, Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less belongs to a purely South African section ot the Compositae. It is restricted to an area of low rainfall which is evenly distributed over the year. The plant is a specialised xerophyte with minute leaves and white pubescent twiglets. Older stems become woody and dry and bear no leaves. The shrubs have a life span of about eight years; the plants are most succulent and luxurious during the third and fourth year, after which they tend to become woody and scraggly. For this investigation insect material was obtained by sweep-net collection and field observation. In the Grahamatown district 78 collections were made during the period March - November 1953, with data thus obtained being embodied in this work. In addition to this, collections were made in the Cradock-Hofmeyer, Uitenhage, Riversdale, Bot River, Swellendam and Stellenbosch districts. Twenty species of insects have been shown definitely to feed on the plant and there are another 13 which probably feed on it. Of the 20 species attached to the plant, 12 are sucking forms belonging to the Orders Homoptera and Hemipters. They include six Coccids, two Jassids a Cercopid, two Mirids and a Pentstomid. The Coleoptera are represented by one or perhaps two species which feed on the plant. The Lepidoptera are represented by two important species of moth, a Geometrid and a Pyralid. Four species of gall forming Diptera are associated with the plant. There are two species of Trypetidae which are responsible for piriform swellings of growth points and are distributed evenly throughout the bush. There are also two Cecidomyidae one of which develops in the growth points of the shoots and is responsible tor a minute tubular gall. The other develops in a fusiform stem gall. This latter gall has been shown to be more common on smaller bushes than on larger ones, implying that the adult female may show certain selective powers during oviposition. The size of the insect population is held in check by spiders mantids and other general predators. There are several Coccinellids which prey on the scale insects. Rhenosterbos supports a small, well regulated community of insects. The balance between plant and animal is very dellcate because of the high degree of specialisation of the plant. On occasions this balance has been known to break down, and the insects present in abundance have swamped and killed large patches of the plant.
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Small mammal invasion of a trapped-out habitat

Flake, Lester Dennis 01 August 1966 (has links)
Small mammals, with their numerous adaptations, have successfully inhabited most biotic communities. Interactions arising from competition among small mammals in these communities may lead to a rather complex social organization with poorly defined boundaries which limit the movement of individuals. Important among these are territorial boundaries sometimes established by small mammals to protect all or part of their home range.
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Some observations on the animal ecology of Molson’s Creek.

Lead, Henry Dickinson. January 1937 (has links)
No description available.

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