Relative and absolute abundance of trilobites and rhynchonelliform...

Paleobiology;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Abstract.-Relative abundance data are of primary importance...should be interpreted. Because relative abundance is expressed as a proportion...group necessarily changes the relative abundance of all groups in the sample...

Distribution and relative abundance of ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) in...

The Ohio Journal of Science;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......paper updates the distribution and relative abundance of ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus...eastern and southeastern Ohio. The relative abundance of ruffed grouse was rated as best-go...and the amount of that range with a relative abundance rating of best-good declined from...

Measuring relative abundance in fossil and living assemblages

Paleobiology;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......powerful arguments in favor of measuring relative abundance in fossil assemblages. The replacement...study, Miller (1989) showed that the relative abundance of bivalves (especially free-burrowing...2002) had not measured changes in relative abundance through time, and had instead ...

Statistical interpretation of species composition.(Statistical Data...

Journal of the American Statistical Association;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...********** The relative abundance of different species characterizes...INTRODUCTION Species composition, the relative abundance of different species (or of...1955) and others, patterns of relative abundance of species were used to infer...

An Evaluation of Bridge-sign Surveys to Monitor River Otter (Lontra...

The American Midland Naturalist;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and 1990s. We measured river otter relative abundance in southern Missouri using seasonal...the bridges during spring surveys. Relative abundance during the fall 1996 survey (the...institution of a legal trapping season. Relative abundance based on spring surveys were not...

Using landscape ecology to test hypotheses about large-scale abundance...

Ecology;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Geographic information on bird relative abundance and population change The BBS provides information on relative abundance of bird species at a landscape...estimates of population change and relative abundance on BBS routes. Furthermore...

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Wilson Bulletin;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......each species' biology, and provides relative abundance data on birds for each of southern...procedure was employed to estimate relative abundance figures for more than 100 species...ecological (forest type) regions, with relative abundance for a species presented as minimal...

BIRD COMMUNITIES IN NATURAL FOREST PATCHES IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL.

Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......1995). Density compensation (increased relative abundance of species in biologically isolated habitats...leaves, and (3) generalized insectivores. Relative abundance. - Relative abundance was determined by monthly point counts...

ASSESSMENT OF SCENT-STATION SURVEYS AND SPOTLIGHT COUNTS FOR MONITORING...

Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......spotlight techniques for monitoring relative abundance of the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale...are of limited value for monitoring relative abundance of skunks in Tennessee. However...by wildlife managers to assess the relative abundance of furbearers (Johnson and Pelton...

A comparison of population survey techniques for swift foxes (Vulpes...

The American Midland Naturalist;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Vulpes velox) in New Mexico. For relative abundance surveys, the most efficient technique...conservation strategy. Measures of relative abundance rely upon an index, such as percentage...visited, to indicate population trends. Relative abundance techniques that have been used for...

Changes in theoretical ecospace utilization in marine fossil assemblages...

Paleobiology;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Cenozoic (23-0.01 Ma). The average local relative abundance of infaunal burrowers, facultatively...life had high to moderate average relative abundance in the Cenozoic than in the Paleozoic...we look at trends in the average relative abundance of ecologic types within fossil ...

Fingerprinting of adulterated oils

International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM;  October 1, 2004 ;     166 words ......of canola and olive oils based on relative abundance of C^sub 18^ fatty acids; olive oil...canola and soybean oils based on the relative abundance of tocopherols. Positive-ion ESI...differentiates the three oils based on the relative abundance of di- and tri-acylglycerols and...

Proteome Reference Maps of Vegetative Tissues in Pea. An Investigation of...

Plant Physiology;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......significant changes in their relative abundance in the total protein extract...Rubisco was an increase in relative abundance of chloroplastic protease...subunits. Concomitantly, the relative abundance of some proteins related...

Netting Surveys for Bats in the Northeast: Differences Associated with...

Northeastern Naturalist;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......protocols on number of bats caught, relative abundance of species, species diversity, and...number of bats captured, although relative abundance, diversity, and evenness were not...differ from nets set over water, but relative abundance differed between habitats. Even slight...

Sulfur availability, cotyledon nitrogen: sulfur ratio, and relative...

Crop Science;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......objective of this study was to determine relative abundance of the poor quality [Beta]-subunit...availability, seed S content and relative abundance of these proteins in soybean seed...described by Paek et al. (1997). The relative abundance of the storage protein fractions...