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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Climate-mediated mechanical changes to post-disturbance coral assemblages.

21 Oct 2008 Increasingly severe storms and weaker carbonate materials associated with more acidic oceans will increase the vulnerability of reef corals to mechanical damage. Mechanistic predictions based on measurements of colony mechanical vulnerability and ... Read more...

Size-selective dispersal of Daphnia resting eggs by backswimmers (Notonecta maculata).

21 Oct 2008 Freshwater zooplankton is increasingly used to study effects of dispersal on community and metacommunity structure. Yet, it remains unclear how zooplankton disperses. Clearly, birds and wind play a significant role as zooplankton dispersal agents, ... Read more...

The type and timing of social information alters offspring production.

21 Oct 2008 The acquisition and use of information are essential for decision-making in an uncertain world. The use of social information, or information from the behaviour of others, may be a common and efficient mechanism to improve estimates of resource ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Ecosystem'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Climate-mediated mechanical changes to post-disturbance coral assemblages. 21 Oct 2008
• Size-selective dispersal of Daphnia resting eggs by backswimmers (Notonecta maculata). 21 Oct 2008
• The type and timing of social information alters offspring production. 21 Oct 2008
• Climate and land use change impacts on plant distributions in Germany. 21 Oct 2008
• Spatial analysis improves species distribution modelling during range expansion. 21 Oct 2008
• Contemporary perspectives on the niche that can improve models of species range shifts under climate change. 21 Oct 2008
• Ecophysiological constraints shape autumn migratory response to climate change in the North American field sparrow. 21 Oct 2008
• Incorporating the effects of changes in vegetation functioning and CO2 on water availability in plant habitat models. 21 Oct 2008
• Predicting extinction risks under climate change: coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models. 21 Oct 2008
• Male harassment drives females to alter habitat use and leads to segregation of the sexes. 21 Oct 2008
• Mass extinction. Most devastating mass extinction followed long bout of sea sickness. 15 Oct 2008
• Endangered Species Act. Pacific northwest sea bird may lose 'threatened' status. 8 Oct 2008
• Ecology. Comprehensive conservation database details threats to mammals. 8 Oct 2008
• Ecology. From remarkable rescue to restoration of lost habitat. 8 Oct 2008
• A call to action for coral reefs. 8 Oct 2008
• Global warming, elevational range shifts, and lowland biotic attrition in the wet tropics. 8 Oct 2008
• Impact of a century of climate change on small-mammal communities in Yosemite National Park, USA. 8 Oct 2008
• Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. 8 Oct 2008
• Simple learning rules to cope with changing environments. 4 Oct 2008
• The acute temperature tolerance of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) and the effect of environmental salinity. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Ecosystem'

Definition: A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D017753

Alternative terms: Ecosystem; Ecosystems; Ecologic System; System, Ecologic; Systems, Ecologic; Ecologic Systems; Ecological System; Ecological Systems; System, Ecological; Systems, Ecological; Habitat; Habitats;

Related Mesh Headings: Ecology;

Tree Number: G03.230.124;

Online Note: use ECOLOGY to search ECOSYSTEM 1993

History Note: 94; was see ECOLOGY 1993

Technical Notes: the specialty ECOLOGY is also available; specify geographic term if pertinent