Ecology

to increase the availability of alternative transit options. They also strive to advance the development of additional electric vehicles and increase the distribution of the energy stations for electric cars through out southeastern Michigan. The Ecology Center location is in the heart of Ann Arbor and has hired people possessing a wide variety of specialties. Some members degrees include, education director, marketing director, legislative & policy director, research director, staff scientist…

building the consideration also goes into the construction material which are processed and delivered through process which impact biodiversity negatively. Therefore, as architects it our duty to protect sensitive sites and minimizing the damage to the ecology. We also have the opportunity to enhance the biodiversity by creating habitat as part of the construction or development projects. Therefore, we have several steps that we have adopted to protect the natural…

Currently, in order to protect the environment, a majority of companies prefer using the eco-friendly materials to produce products than the general one. According to BBC News (2012), there are some companies try to use sources which is friendly for the environment to produce their product, because these actions can decrease the impact on environment and raise the public awareness on environmental problems. Besides the global warming has been becoming worse since the 21st century, many companies…

TOLERANCE OF LIVING ORGANISMS TO LIMITING FACTORS Marjorie Villareal INTRODUCTION It is a recognized principle of Ecology that the interactions of organisms and environment are reciprocal. The environment not only determines the conditions under which life exists, but the organisms influence the conditions prevailing in their environment as well (Brett, 1969). When organisms encounter harsh abiotic conditions, they may have one of two responses. Evolutionary adaptations in their morphology,…

Five Research Articles on Biodiversity Succession in Ecology: Summaries Article 1: “Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil and vegetation in primary succession stages in inland drift sands” What kind of system was being considered? -They studied the Inland drift sands in the areas of the Netherlands. They specifically looked and studied at the Drethe, Veluwe, Utrecht, Brabant, and along Meuse. They wanted to consider how plants grow and develop during succession. The author’s hypothesis: -The…

In every sense of the word, South Africa is diverse; linguistically, with 11 official languages; culturally and religiously with a plethora of popular faiths; and biologically, with 7 major distinct terrestrial biomes, one of which, the Cape Floral Kingdom, is endemic to the region. This biodiversity is, however, under threat due to land expansion, climate change, alien species invasion and much more (Turpie 2013). The loss of ecological settings and species demands that biodiversity should be…

value to a system, population size, or the destructive nature of the animal has no bearing in this consideration. Callicott comments that an AL viewpoint is as one sided as anthropocentrism; and they fail to grasp the moral implications to ecology. Ecology…

3.3 Physical ecology of neighborhoods and effects on individual health Samantha was raised in Arvin, CA and recounts her experience in this neighborhood as being very “deprived.” In the interview Samantha describes how she spent most of her free time indoors as her parents did not trust the safety of the neighborhood: There were a lot of men there who would cat call me every time I would go run an errand for my mom or just when I was walking to school, they would harass my friends and I. I…

Goodnough, A. Forget the gators: Exotic pets run wild in Florida. The New York Times. 29 February 2004. Muhigwa, J.B.B. 1998. Notes and records: Diel activity and biotype choices of the Nile monitor lizard in western Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 36: 271-275. Mukaratirwa S., Dzoma B.M., Mantenga, E., Ruziwa, S.D. Sacchi, L., Pozio, E. 2005. Experimental infections of baboons (Papio spp.) and monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiopis) with Trichinella zimbabwensis and successful treatment with…

Durand, in her essay, Ecology of Poetry, argues that the form and function of poetry, and especially of ecopoetics, should aim to reflect ecological processes rather than follow traditions of earlier nature poetry, which can be characterized by the ‘thingification’ of non-human objects through the view of human-subjects when perceiving natural object-landscapes, -animals, -organisms, etc. While modern human understanding of our interactions and relationship with our environment has cleaved us…