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Ecology And Phytochemistry Of The Non-Native Plant Thlaspi Arvense (Brassicaceae) In Subalpine Meadows Of Colorado, Usa, Elsa Cousins
Ecology And Phytochemistry Of The Non-Native Plant Thlaspi Arvense (Brassicaceae) In Subalpine Meadows Of Colorado, Usa, Elsa Cousins
Doctoral Dissertations
Climate change is altering ecosystems at multiple scales. Globally, warming temperatures and increasing irregularity of precipitation will have large scale impacts on species distribution and success. Locally, understanding species response to fine scale microhabitat variation can provide key insights into population adaptation. Non-native plants represent an opportunity to investigate population level response and adaptation to relatively novel combinations of biotic and abiotic environments. Subalpine meadows are at the intersection of biotic and abiotic change, as large-scale climatic shifts alter water and temperature regimes and species range shifts become increasingly common and larger in scale. This dissertation addresses these questions of …
Habitat Use, Productivity, And Fruit Selection Of Birds In Early-Successional Habitats In Western Massachusetts, Michelle A. Labbe
Habitat Use, Productivity, And Fruit Selection Of Birds In Early-Successional Habitats In Western Massachusetts, Michelle A. Labbe
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Early-successional habitats have become rare in much of the eastern United States, largely due to landuse change, forest maturation and the disruption of natural disturbance regimes. In addition to providing nesting habitat for shrubland species of high conservation concern, wildlife openings may be an important habitat for mature-forest birds during the postfledging period – a critical phase in the avian lifecycle with the potential for high mortality. The habitat requirements of birds during this time period are poorly understood. In this study I examined the relationship between habitat and landscape characteristics on; 1) the abundance of forest nesting birds in …