Amphibian species have experienced global declines since the 1970s andplethodontid salamanders are no exception. The green salamander, Aneides aeneus, is aplethodontid salamander that has experienced declines throughout its...
Parola chiave:
Aneides aeneus, Green salamander, Maxent, Plethodontidae, SDM e Species distribution model
Soggetto:
Salamander populations -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Mathematical models e Lungless salamanders -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Geographical distribution -- Mathematical models
The study of environmental gradients that affect plant community composition can lead to useful information about what shapes a community. Modeling these relationships can provide a tool for management and environmental...
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Plant communities -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County, Plant ecology -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County e Long Branch Environmental Education Center (Buncombe County, N.C.)
The study of environmental gradients that affect plant community composition can lead to useful information about what shapes a community. Modeling these relationships can provide a tool for management and environmental...
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Plant communities -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County, Plant ecology -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County e Long Branch Environmental Education Center (Buncombe County, N.C.)
The number of microbial species in nature may be in the millions, but most have never been observed or detected (Hong et al. 2006). For over 100 years, studies have focused primarily on culturing species from environmental...
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Bacteria -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) e Bacteria -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Identification
The number of microbial species in nature may be in the millions, but most have never been observed or detected (Hong et al. 2006). For over 100 years, studies have focused primarily on culturing species from environmental...
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Bacteria -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) e Bacteria -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Identification
Genus Amblycorypha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) is comprised of 14 nominal species exhibitinghighly similar morphologies. Three major morphologically similar species complexes exist in Amblycorypha – the uhleri, oblongifolia,...
Parola chiave:
Amblycorypha, cryptic species, katydid e phylogenetics
Robinia L. is a genus of trees and small shrubs native to North America, with several species that are of conservation concern within the Southern Appalachians. The genus has been re-circumscribed utilizing morphologically...
Parola chiave:
Locust, Phylogenetic, Robinia e Species Delimitation
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Robinia, Locusts, Legumes, Phylogeny e Genetic markers
Reptiles and amphibians are declining worldwide, especially from global climate change and habitat loss and fragmentation. Conservation efforts for imperiled species usually involve habitat protection, but are only effective if...
Parola chiave:
Glyptemys muhlenbergii, habitat selection, movement, Pseudacris brachyphona e radio telemetry
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Frogs -- Habitat -- North Carolina, Western, Frogs -- Home range -- North Carolina, Western, Bog turtle -- Habitat -- North Carolina, Western, Bog turtle -- Home range -- North Carolina, Western, Amphibians -- Conservation -- North Carolina e Amphibians -- Ecology -- North Carolina
The purpose of this study was to determine the seasonal movements andmicrohabitat use of juvenile and adult sicklefin redhorse (SFRH) (Moxostoma sp.) in theTuckasegee and Oconaluftee rivers in western North Carolina. Seven...
Parola chiave:
Catastomid, habitat, migration, movement, Moxostoma e Sicklefin Redhorse
Soggetto:
Redhorses -- Migration -- North Carolina -- Tuckasegee River, Redhorses -- Migration -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River, Redhorses -- Seasonal distribution -- North Carolina -- Tuckasegee River e Redhorses -- Seasonal distribution -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River
A bacterium was isolated from a water sample collected from the Kephart Prong in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This isolate did not have a conclusive match to any known bacteria in the Ribosomal Database Project (RDP);...
