Indirect commensalism promotes persistence of secondary consumer species – A synopsis of Dirk Sanders & F. J. Frank van Veen’s study
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Links to References and Further Reading
Sanders, D., & van Veen, F. J. F. (2012). Indirect commensalism promotes persistence of secondary consumer species. Biology Letters, 8(6), 960-963. ( doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0572)
Borrvall C., Ebenman B. (2006 ). Early onset of secondary extinctions in ecological communities following the loss of top predators. Ecol. Lett. 9, 435–442. (doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00893.x)
Levine S. H. (1976) Competitive interactions in ecosystems. Am. Nat. 110, 903–910. (doi:10.1086/283116)
VandermeerJ. (1980) Indirect mutualism: variations on a theme by Levine. Am. Nat. 116, 441–448. (doi:10.1086/283637)
SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF WOLBACHIA IN AEDES POPULATIONS TO SUPPRESS DENGUE TRANSMISSION
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Seed dispersal effectiveness increases with body size in New Zealand alpine scree weta (Deinacrida connectens)
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Assessing the value of follow-up translocations: a case study using NZ robins – Speed Paper Synopsis by Asher Cook
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Speed Paper Synopsis: Population Ecology of the Green/Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Bahia Magdalena, Mexico
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Assessing Tiger Population Dynamics Using Photographic Capture-Recapture Sampling – A Synopsis by Melanie C. Berger
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Melanie C. Berger is currently undergoing the Masters of Conservation Biology program jointly taught by Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She graduated with an ScB in Biology (with a focus on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) from Brown University in 2013. She has worked as an Environmental Educator for the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and with the Student Conservation Association and AmeriCorps. She is interested in broadening her knowledge of biogeography, ecology, and conservation biology while making a lasting contribution in these fields. You can learn more about her on her website.
A Calcium-based Invasion Risk Assessment for Zebra and Quagga Mussels
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Large-scale rodent control reduces pre- and post-dispersal seed predation of the endangered Hawaiian lobeliad, Cyanea superba subsp. superba (Campanulaceae)- Synopsis by Paul Roman
Posted: May 21, 2014 Filed under: Speed Paper Synopsis | Tags: Cyanea superba, Hawaii, invasive species, plant recruitment, Rattus rattus Leave a comment
Lessons from resource management by indigenous Māori: Governing the ecosystem as commons – Synopsis by Te Taiawatea Moko-Mead
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Evidence of source-sink metapopulations in vulnerable native galaxiid fish driven by introduced trout – a synopsis by Stuart McKay
Posted: May 21, 2014 Filed under: ERES525, Speed Paper Synopsis | Tags: Canterbury galaxias, ecology, environment, metapopulations, native fish, Stuart McKay, sustainable, sustainable communities, trout Leave a comment
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Stuart McKay has over 15 years experience working for governments in Australia, the UK and New Zealand across health, agriculture, housing and environment portfolios. His experiences range from representing Australia at Commission on Sustainable Development meetings at the UN headquarters in New York to providing project management expertise to health, housing and social care projects in the UK. With the New Zealand government at the Ministry for Primary Industries Stuart was responsible for the 2011 independent audit of the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord, the Natural Resource Sector Briefing for Incoming Ministers and part of the cross portfolio team that implemented the National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management. Stuart was also pivotal in securing funding for the establishment of the Mangatarere Restoration Society a community restoration group in the Wairarapa. Stuart is currently sustainable development consultant at Sustainable Communities and is currently completing a post graduate certificate in ecological restoration at Victoria University, Wellington to supplement and specialise his expertise. He currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Social Ecology with Honours in Sustainable Development from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.
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