Incorporating fundamental laws of biology and physics into population ecology: The metaphysiological approach

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The metaphysiological modeling approach offers a conceptual framework that is consistent with basic laws and enables integration across levels of organizations from cells to ecosystems. Population ecologist base their models more firmly on the underlying biophysical processes to become reliable guides to conservation action as the novel environment resulting from global climatic change and the pervasive impacts of human across the globe.

South Africa, Thermodynamics, Population ecology

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Patterns in the species-environment relationship depend on both scale and choice of response variables

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Canonical correspondence analysis to quantify species-environment relationships between environmental factors collected at three spatial scales is studied. The dramatic difference between analyses using presence/ absence versus abundance data, while examining the strength and nature of species-environment relationships, is discussed.

Environmental impact analysis, Human-animal relationships

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On the measurement of species diversity incorporating species differences

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A comparison is presented between taxonomic diversity and amino acid diversity as methods for measuring biodiversity. The amino acid approach, which is modeled after nucleotide diversity in genetics, is useful in addressing species relatedness issues, as it incorporates redundant species.

Japan, Statistical Data Included, Measurement, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Animal populations

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