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Florida Coonties and Atala Butterflies
... . Successful relocation sites should be carefully evaluated for both natural conditions and the potential for human disturbance before relocation is begun. REFERENCES Coontie Broschat, T.K. and Meerow, A.W. 1991. Betrock ...
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UMass Amherst: Biology Department -> Faculty -> Paul J. Godfrey
... dunes and beaches, as well as the effects of human disturbance. We have developed management plans intended to reconcile plant requirements with needs for human recreation in public and private coastal areas. Recent ... mutation in plants. Nature 340: 389-391. Carlson, L.H. and P.J. Godfrey. 1989. Human impact managmeent in a coastal recreation and natural area. Biol. Conservation 49: 141-156. Godfrey ...
www.bio.umass.edu

Current Issues - Careers in Botany, Science Education and Outreach
... . The potential usefulness of this is staggering. For example, several amino acids required in the human diet are not produced very well by plants - It may be possible to make major ... an ideal model system for such studies. Environmental monitoring is important both before and after human disturbance. Plant scientists study marine habitats (as illustrated here in the state of Washington) as well ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... (USFWS 1995). Threats Threats to B. insignis include browsing and habitat degradation by feral goats, human disturbance, fire, and the exotic Carmine spider mite (Tetranychus cinnabarinus), which has been observed as leaf ...
www.centerforplantconservation.org

Snowy Plover in Kansas
... destroyed. The major threats to the snowy plover are dewatering, loss of wetland habitats and human disturbance at nest sites. Other Birds on the Kansas T&E List PEREGRINE FALCON PIPING PLOVER ...
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Least Tern in Kansas
... cleared sites adjacent to rivers. Impoundments, channelization, river flow manipulation, beach development and human disturbance are all causes for the more recent decline of this bird whose numbers ... and nesting success through water level management, predator management and a reduction in human disturbance. In Kansas, these birds are frequently seen at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and ...
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Soquel Demonstration Forest Description: a Redwood Class Assignment
... occupy less than 5 acres in SDSF. Some areas are natural, and some result from human disturbance. These communities contain primarily wild oats and annual fescue grasses. Most grassland is being encroached ... Another system, though rarely used except for demonstration purposes, is horse logging. This minimizes soil disturbance and residual damage to trees remaining in a dense stand. It is limited to ...
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Definitions
... in the same league as the non-native ruderals, many of which have adapted to human disturbance and just follow in our wake (Bromus spp., Erodium spp., Lobularia sp. and other nasties ...
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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
... , but these stereotypical views are under increasing attack within archaeology and anthropology. Human disturbance of, or impacts on, the environment, as demonstrated in pollen diagrams and ... 1984). Human-environment interaction thus covers all relationships between people and the environment, from 'disturbance' to management, while also encompassing the reciprocal influences on human behaviour of ...
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Institute of Plant Sciences - Palaeoecology - Disturbances
... the establishment of new communities and starting successional processes. Prehistoric and historic human impact on ecosystems can be estimated from changes in flora and vegetation ... Holocene drought variability and fire frequency response in Patagonia Holocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and prehistoric human impact on vegetation in NE-Italy Holocene vegetation history and upper treeline ...
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