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Mackey, Robin L. "Disturbance and biodiversity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ66170.pdf.

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Dawson, Stuart. "Disturbance ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)." Thesis, Dawson, Stuart ORCID: 0000-0003-4432-3779 (2017) Disturbance ecology of the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis). PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2017. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40945/.

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Understanding how species respond to disturbance, both natural and anthropogenic, can be crucial to designing effective and targeted management strategies. The greater bilby is a medium-sized Australian marsupial that has suffered a dramatic decline in distribution since European settlement, largely due to introduced predators (foxes and feral cats), agriculture, and changed fire regimes. I conducted a series of natural experiments to investigate the habitat selection, predator-prey interactions, and ecosystem engineering of the bilby in the grazed rangelands of the West Kimberley; I also expl

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Marchi, Niccolò. "Deadwood assessment using LiDAR technology in disturbance ecology." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3426837.

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Deadwood is a key component of the forest ecosystems, due to its importance as a life substrate for several organisms, such as plants, animals, fungi and lichens. This huge versatility is being recognised only in the last decades also by legislation after the increasing findings by the scientific community what biodiversity is and on what it is based. Nevertheless, at an operational level, deadwood conservation measures are not so well implemented yet because it is still widely considered as an issue for many of the forest stakeholders ). While from a production point of view it can be seen as

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Widdicombe, Stephen. "Disturbance and diversity in marine benthic communities." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340288.

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Mazzoleni, Stefano. "Post-disturbance regrowth patterns in Mediterranean macchia." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU546361.

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Traditionally, the southern botanists, facing much richer floras, dedicated their attention more to the disciplines of taxonomy and phytosociology. This created a detailed and extensive floristic knowledge on plant geographical distribution, poorly supported by an understanding of dynamic processes. This project was aimed to fill as much as possible of this lack of ecological approach in Mediterranean vegetation studies in Italy. The study area was located in the Campania region, southern Italy. The thesis programme was conceived as a series of investigations, starting with surveys and gradual

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Maletzke, Benjamin Thomas. "Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on landscape ecology of cougars." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2010/b_maletzke_0041410.pdf.

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Parish, Roberta. "The role of disturbance in permanent pastures." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27505.

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This thesis investigates how small disturbances influence community structure in three permanent pastures. Small disturbances play an important role in providing spatial heterogeneity that permits new recruits to enter populations in closed sward communities, thereby promoting diversity and species co-existence. The thesis has four components: the first two are based on observation and measurement of the occurrence of small disturbances, molehills and dung pats, in three pastures. Within pasture seasonal changes in disturbance regime were related to changes in patterns of species abundance by

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Golladay, Stephen W. "The effects of forest disturbance on stream stability." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53695.

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This project was designed to examine the stability of stream ecosystems in response to forest disturbance and subsequent succession. Stability was defined as the ability of streams to retain particulate organic matter and nutrients during storms. I hypothesized that forest streams are least stable during the intermediate stages of forest succession because particulate organic matter accumulations in streams are lowest at that time. This hypothesis was tested by examining stream stability in relation to forest succession. Stream surveys indicated fewer debris dams and organic matter accumulati

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Gjerløv, Charlotte. "Disturbance and refugia in the ecology of stream benthic communities." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1997. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1522.

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Natural habitats are spatially and temporally heterogeneous and exert powerful influences over the distribution, interactions and adaptations of organisms. Southwood's (1977, 1988) Habitat Templet was tested in twenty-two streams, using refugium availability and disturbance frequency as the two axes. Disturbance frequency was estimated as the number of days a year 50% of the stream bed was in movement, and refugium availability was estimated from shear stress frequency distributions using FST hemispheres A long-term sampling regime allowed persistence to be estimated in all streams. A comparis

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Mwafongo, Elizabeth. "Population ecology of Aloe Plicatilis (Liliaceae) in relation to disturbance." Bachelor's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26703.

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Gouhier, Tarik Claude. "The role of disturbance cycles in marine mussel metapopulations /." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98713.

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In marine environments, the open system (OS) theory, whereby populations are assumed to be well connected through large-scale dispersal, is currently being challenged by studies demonstrating limited dispersal. Using a novel metapopulation framework featuring nonequilibrium within-site disturbance cycles and limited dispersal, I investigate the large-scale response of marine mussel populations to changes in oceanographic productivity. By altering the fecundity parameter, I am able to shift from open to dynamically-coupled systems (DCS), thereby generating predictions that can be used to test t

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Gonzales, Emily Kristianne. "The effects of herbivory, competition, and disturbance on island meadows." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/305.

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It is an unresolved paradox that non-native species are successful in novel environments whereas native species, presumably adapted to that environment, decline. This knowledge gap has persisted because third party processes in invasion ecology have been overlooked. Ungulate densities are increasing due to the eradication of predators and landscape change and I asked how herbivory and invasion might interact to cause declines of native species. In Garry oak meadows, Canada’s most endangered ecosystem, native forbs have declined relative to non-native grasses and I tested the facilitatory ro

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Russell, Rowland S. "The Ecology of Paradox: Disturbance and Restoration in Land and Soul." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2008. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=antioch1204556861.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University New England, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed November 11, 2009). "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England (2008)."--from the title page. Advisor: Mitchell Thomashow. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-296).

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Pryor, Philip J. "Disturbance studies on open Juncus trifidus heath and other Cairngorms vegetation." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1986. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU362517.

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The studies were set against a background of concern over the effects of high levels of recreation in the Gairn Gorm area on vegetation and fauna. The aims were to compare the effects of disturbance by trampling on different mountain vegetation types, to examine these effects in detail on one locally widespread vegetation type, Open Juncus trifidus heath, and to make detailed studies of the structure and dynamics of this vegetation type. Comparison of the effects of experimental trampling on six vegetation types showed Alpine Nardus grassland to be the least damaged, followed by Open Juncus tr

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Degrassi, Allyson Lenora. "Impacts Of Forest Disturbance On Small Mammal Distribution." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2016. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/640.

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Natural habitat in the eastern United States has diminished over the past century because of the effects of invasive species. Both plant and animal invaders can alter habitat structure and may decrease survival of native species. The degree to which an invasive species alters ecosystem function depends on the functional characteristics of affected species and the resulting cascading effects. The loss of important native species, such as foundation species, can potentially influence the structure and distribution of animal communities because of the foundation species' unique ecosystem roles. T

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Cunillera-Montcusí, David. "Resilience of aquatic metacommunities: implications for disturbance recovery." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669784.

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During the last years, there has been an increase in the number and intensity of disturbances, and their consequences related with global change, which have corroborated the already forecasted scenarios. One example are wildfires, which are expected to increase both in intensity and extension in the near future. However, although the extensive research carried out to understand wildfire impacts, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding its consequences on freshwater temporary ponds. These temporary habitats constitute small biodiversity reservoirs, holding singular and iconic fauna. Nowada

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Jobin, Benoît. "The impact of human disturbance on nest predation patterns in freshwater marshes." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7466.

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Although predation is the major factor responsible for nest losses in birds, predation patterns in marshes and adjacent uplands are poorly known. This study examined the factors affecting nest predation on marsh-nesting birds found in areas affected by different intensities of human disturbance (urban, agricultural, natural). Artificial nests simulating waterfowl and passerine nests were used for that purpose. The nests, located along transects running from the center of the marshes to the adjacent upland habitats, were set up in the months of May, June and July 1989 and 1990. Eggshell remains

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Keifer, MaryBeth 1963. "Age structure and fire disturbance in the southern Sierra Nevada subalpine forest." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278045.

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I used age structure to examine the role of fire disturbance and climate on the population dynamics of the subalpine forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. I cored trees on ten 0.1 ha plots (3300-3400 m elevation) that varied in species composition, from single-species foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) or lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta, var. murrayana), to mixed-species stands of both pines. Crossdating was used to produce accurate dates of tree recruitment and fire events. Age structure varied by plot species composition: lodgepole pine recruitment pattern is pulsed, sometimes forming single-co

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Goodsell, Paris Justine. "Consequences of disturbance for subtidal floral and faunal diversity /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg6555.pdf.

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Tewfik, Alexander. "Patterns and effects of disturbance in Caribbean macrophyte communities." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=85654.

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This thesis examines a number of natural and anthropogenic disturbances within marine macrophyte habitats of the Caribbean. Understanding the effects of disturbance and the patterns associated with such dynamics is fundamental to ecological studies. Dynamics of interest included: interactions between populations; interactions between life history strategies; successional regimes; and alterations of community structure including loss of trophic heterogeneity and the possibility of "alternate" states. First I explored natural physical disturbance and succession. The dominance of macroalga

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Murdock, Justin N. "Regulators of stream ecosystem recovery from disturbance." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/906.

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Rana, Dangi Sadikshya. "Recovery of soil microbial communities after disturbance fire and surface mining /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1663059791&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Charpentier, Jessica E. "Wildland Fire Disturbance - Recovery Dynamics in Upland Forests at Acadia National Park, Maine." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1589622211058728.

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Granquist, Sandra M. "Ecology, tourism and management of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Zoologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-134939.

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In cases where human and wildlife are co-using the same geographical areas and resources, management issues often get complex and stakeholder conflicts are common. The Icelandic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population is rapidly decreasing, but direct culling of seals still occurs. At the same time seals are becoming an important resource due to increased interest in wildlife watching. Despite the complicated management situation, the Icelandic harbour seal population is one of the least studied pinniped populations in the world. Mapping the typical haul-out pattern is an important foundation

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Hough-Snee, Nathaniel. "Relationships between Riparian Vegetation, Hydrology, Climate and Disturbance across the Western United States." Thesis, Utah State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10154374.

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<p> Flow regime, the magnitude, duration and timing of streamflow, controls the development of floodplain landforms on which riparian vegetation communities assemble. Streamflow scours and deposits sediment, structures floodplain soil moisture dynamics, and transports propagules. Flow regime interacts with environmental gradients like climate, land-use, and biomass-removing disturbance to shape riparian plant distributions across landscapes. These gradients select for groups of riparian plant species with traits that allow them to establish, grow, and reproduce on floodplains – <i>ripari

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Wolf, Alexander J. "Spatial and demographic ecology of Texas horned lizards within a conservation framework." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/933.

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Disturbance due to habitat restoration and urbanization can threaten populations of sensitive wildlife species. I examined 2 aspects of the ecology of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum), a Species of Special Concern in Oklahoma. I studied the effects of native prairie restoration and urban development on a population of P. cornutum on an urban wildlife reserve at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. I also studied population vital rate variation in 2 populations of P. cornutum using deterministic elasticity and life-stage simulation analyses. My research on the effects of habitat disturban

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McGann, Brian Newton. "Recovery of Zooplankton Communities to Whole-Lake Disturbance." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4344.

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Community assembly following disturbance is a key process in determining the composition and function of the future community. However, replicated studies of community assembly at whole ecosystem scales are rare. Here is described a series of whole-lake experiments in which the recovery of zooplankton communities is tracked following an ecosystem-scale disturbance. Fourteen lakes in eastern Washington were chosen: seven lakes were treated with rotenone, while the remaining seven were reference. Each lake was monitored up to six months before and one to two years after the rotenone treatments.

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Schoenecker, Kathryn Alyce 1964. "Human disturbance in bighorn sheep habitat, Pusch Ridge Wilderness, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278631.

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I monitored and recorded human activities in bighorn sheep habitat to determine the role of human activity in the decline of an indigenous population of bighorn sheep in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness, Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. I recorded hiker activity, sound levels, presence of dogs, and hunting activity in off-trail areas of bighorn sheep habitat from June 1995 to June 1996. Eighteen percent of hiker-groups entering the study area hiked off-trails in bighorn sheep habitat, and 8% were accompanied by dogs. Although I observed very little hunting activity in the area, noise disturbance m

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Assal, Timothy J. "The ecological legacies of drought, fire, and insect disturbance in western North American forests." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3746145.

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<p> Temperate forest ecosystems are subject to various disturbances including insect agents, drought and fire, which can have profound effects on the structure of the ecosystem for many years after the event. Impacts of disturbance can vary widely, therefore an understanding of the legacies of an event are critical in the interpretation of contemporary forest patterns and those of the near future. The primary objective of this dissertation was to investigate the ecological legacies of drought, beetle outbreak and ensuing wildfire in two different ecosystems. A secondary objective of my researc

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Ross, Karen School of Biological Earth &amp Environmental Sciences UNSW. "Effects of fragmentation and disturbance on a eucalypt open-forest plant community in south-eastern Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/22454.

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This study documented effects of fragmentation and disturbance on a coastal eucalypt dry open-forest plant community at Port Stephens-Myall Lakes, south-eastern Australia. The study evaluated the relative influence of fragment size (range &lt1-75ha), fragment or edge age (&lt 1-25y), time since fire (5-25y) and anthropogenic disturbance (minor, major) on microclimate, native plant species richness and weed invasion. Plots were sampled for native and exotic species richness per 25 m2 and edge transects for light, soil moisture, soil temperature, vegetation structure, native species richness and

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Fruchter, Jesse. "DO LARGE, INFREQUENT DISTURBANCES RELEASE ESTUARINE WETLANDS FROM COASTAL SQUEEZING?" OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/923.

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As disturbance frequencies, intensities, and types have changed and continue to change in response to changing climate and land-use patterns, coastal communities undergo shifts in both species composition and dominant vegetation type. Over the past 100 years, fire suppression throughout the Northern Gulf of Mexico coast has resulted in shifts towards woody species dominance at the expense of marsh cover. Over the next 100 years, sea levels will rise and tropical storm activity is projected to increase; resultant changes in salinity could reduce cover of salt-intolerant fresh marsh species. Tog

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Boucek, Ross E. "Investigating Sub-tropical Community Resistance and Resilience to Climate Disturbance." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2993.

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Changes in global climate will likely increase climate variability. In turn, changes in climate variability have begun to alter the frequency, intensity, and timing of climate disturbances. Continued changes in the climate disturbance regime experienced by natural systems will undoubtedly affect ecological processes at every hierarchical scale. Thus, in order to predict the dynamics of ecological systems in the future, we must develop a more mechanistic understanding of how and in what ways climate disturbance affects natural systems. In South Florida, two climate disturbances recently affecte

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Golemiec, Anneke. "Disentangling the Impacts of Exotic Plants and Habitat Disturbance on Native Plant Richness and Abundance." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41068.

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Invasive plants are widely cited as a major threat to native plant communities, and the correlation between plant invasions and a subsequent decline in native species is well documented at some scales. However, one outstanding question is the degree to which invasive species are a driver of native plant declines versus a correlate of other drivers, such as habitat disturbance. These two hypotheses to explain the dominance of invasive species in communities have been termed the ‘driver’ and ‘passenger’ models, respectively. In order to understand the impacts of plant invasion on native plants w

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Harris, Maria-Richetta Camille. "Forest disturbance, mosquito vector ecology and La Crosse virus dynamics in southwestern Virginia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64932.

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The influence of forest canopy disturbance (FCD) on La Crosse virus (LACV), leading cause of US pediatric arboviral encephalitis, is critical to understand in landscapes where forests are periodically harvested. Southwestern Virginia is part of an emerging focus of this interior forest bunyavirus. I investigated how the temperate forest mosquito community, LACV vectors, and the LACV amplifying vertebrate host (chipmunks) were impacted by logging. This research was conducted across an experimental FCD gradient (from least to most disturbed: contiguous control, fragmented control, clearcut, a

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Igu, Nwabueze. "Freshwater swamp forest ecosystem in the Niger Delta : ecology, disturbance and ecosystem services." Thesis, University of York, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15511/.

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Freshwater swamp forests are wetland ecosystems of global importance, especially because they provide very valuable ecosystem services such as regulation of flood and maintenance of water quality, and provide suitable habitat for the conservation of wetland ecosystems (flora and fauna). Though they are hosts to important biodiversity as in other tropical ecosystems, their ecology, function and contribution to ecosystem services are poorly understood. With poor baseline data on this threatened ecosystem across the Niger Delta region and the entire West African region, this thesis explores its e

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Taylor, Laura Alayna. "Propagule Pressure and Disturbance Drive the Spread of an Invasive Grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/41.

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The invasibility, or susceptibility of an ecosystem to biological invasion is influenced by changes in biotic and abiotic resistance often due to shifts in disturbance regime. The magnitude of invasive propagule pressure interacts with an ecosystem's invasibility to determine the extent of a biological invasion. I examined how propagule pressure, forest community structure and disturbance interact to influence the invasibility of temperate Pacific Northwest forests by the newly-invasive grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum. My goal was to identify which of these factors is most instrumental in enabl

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Schienker, Brook Elizabeth. "Environmental disturbance and the distribution of Rhinichthys bowersi in West Virginia." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2007. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=821.

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Theses (M.S.)--Marshall University, 2007.<br>Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains viii, 113 pages including illustrations and maps. Bibliography: p. 44-45.

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Wood, Byron Charles. "The effects of forest disturbance and fragmentation on fruit-feeding butterflies in Trinidad." Thesis, n.p, 1999. http://library7.open.ac.uk/abstracts/page.php?thesisid=59.

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Flynn, Conor R. "Soil Respiration Response to Disturbance in a Northern Michigan Forest." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336919672.

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Kidd, Kathryn Rebecca Booker. "Forest Disturbances: Occurrences and Impacts of Recreational, Hydrogeomorphic, and Climatic Disturbances." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51765.

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Disturbances impact abiotic and biotic components within forested ecosystems. This dissertation identifies the impacts of recreational crossing disturbances on water quality, uses dendrochronological techniques to estimate sediment deposition and identify impacts hydrology and climate on radial growth in riparian forested wetlands, and quantifies influences of biotic and abiotic factors on the occurrence of frost-induced cambial damage. In southwestern Virginia, modeled soil erosion rates for multiple-use (hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding) recreational trail approaches to stream

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Joubert, Lize. "Disturbance factors related to conservation of biodiversity in large-scale ecological networks." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86261.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally, habitat transformation causes biodiversity loss, with the transformed matrix often affecting the disturbance regime in remnant natural patches. In South Africa, significant parts of the Indian Ocean coastal belt and grassland biomes have been transformed into commercial forestry plantations of alien trees, which are detrimental to local biodiversity. Consequently, large scale ecological networks (ENs) of remnant natural vegetation, maintained areas (e.g. firebreaks) and special landscape features (e.g. rocky outcrops a

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Dabros, Anna. "Effects of simulated climate change on post-disturbance «Populus tremuloides - Picea mariana» ecosystems in northwestern Quebec." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32349.

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In the mixedwood-boreal transitional forest of northwestern Quebec, the establishment of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) has been observed at the extremes of their regional distribution, in areas previously dominated by black spruce (Picea mariana (Miller) BSP). Our main objective was to explore how climate change could affect the growth and performance of aspen and black spruce. Climate change simulation was provided by the installation of twenty open-top chambers (OTCs) and twenty control p

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Swetnam, Tyson L. "Cordilleran forest scaling dynamics and disturbance regimes quantified by aerial lidar." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3605921.

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<p> Semi-arid forests are in a period of rapid transition as a result of unprecedented landscape scale fires, insect outbreaks, drought, and anthropogenic land use practices. Understanding how historically episodic disturbances led to coherent forest structural and spatial patterns that promoted resilience and resistance is a critical part of addressing change. Here my coauthors and I apply metabolic scaling theory (MST) to examine scaling behavior and structural patterns of semi-arid conifer forests in Arizona and New Mexico. We conceptualize a linkage to mechanistic drivers of forest assembl

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Wilson, Barbara Anne. "The effects of vegetation, fire and other disturbance factors on small mammal ecology and conservation." Click here to access, 1990. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au/adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051111.135542.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 1990.<br>Submitted to the Dept. of Biological Sciences of the School of Sciences, Deakin University. Appendices are separately published papers. Bibliography: leaves 274-302.

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Goins, Sean Michael. "Dynamics and Disturbance in an Old-Growth Forest Remnant in Western Ohio." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1341941451.

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Butler, Sarah Marie. "Forest Disturbance History and Stand Dynamics of the Coweeta Basin, Western North Carolina." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2006. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/ButlerSM2006.pdf.

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Roderick, Mary J. "Ecological Restoration and Urban Planning: Integrating to end distURBANce." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242941905.

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Piller, Leanne M. "An intertidal monitoring program for Mobil, Port Stanvac (Sth. Australia) : anthropogenic versus natural disturbance /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SM/09smp6407.pdf.

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Baker, Angela Darnell. "Impacts of Human Disturbance on Carnivores in Protected Areas of the American Southwest." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10243668.

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<p> Mammalian carnivores are a vital component of many ecosystems and can be particularly sensitive to human disturbance, even within protected areas (PAs). Our objective was to understand how human disturbance affects carnivore communities in southern Arizona, U.S.A., by studying habitat occupancy based on data collected using non-invasive methods in three PAs with different levels of human disturbance. We examined the impacts of human disturbance variables and disturbance level on carnivore occupancy, co-occurrence, temporal activity, and habitat associations. Carnivore occupancy varied base

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Privett, Sean David John. "Determinants of pattern in fynbos vegetation: physical site factors, disturbance regime, species attributes and temporal change." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17365.

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This study set out to explore the patterns and determinants of contemporary species distribution in a fynbos landscape based on information on 1) physical habitat characteristics, 2) past disturbance regime, 3) intrinsic properties of individual species and 4) temporal change in communities. The body of the thesis is divided into four parts covering each of these aspects individually. Each chapter has been written up as an individual paper and thus includes some repetition as well as cross-referencing. Each chapter includes a detailed rationale for the study in the introduction, as well as met

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