Search for dissertations about: "resource feedbacks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words resource feedbacks.

  2. 1. The development of resource polymorphism – Effects of diet, predation risk and population dynamical feedbacks

    Author : Jens Andersson; Lennart Persson; André M. De Roos; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : body shape; diet; geometric morphometrics; phenotypic plasticity; population dynamics; predation risk; resource polymorphism; size structured populations;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the evolution of individuals within a species adapted to utilize specific resources, i.e. resource polymorphism. Although a well-known phenomenon, the understanding of the mechanisms behind is not complete. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ontogenetic scaling and the development of within-cohort size structure

    Author : Magnus Huss; Lennart Persson; Pär Byström; David Post; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; cannibalism; competition; density-dependence; resource feedbacks; hatching; growth; ontogenetic niche shifts; Perca fluviatilis; size variation; larval fish; Freshwater ecology; Limnisk ekologi; zooekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : It is increasingly recognized that individuals of the same species differ from each other and influence and respond to their environment in unique ways. This thesis deals with size variation among individuals that not only are of the same species but also of similar age. READ MORE

  5. 3. Comparing Climate Forcers on a Common Scale

    Author : Erik Sterner; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Spatial-temporal Optimization; Carbon Cycle; Greenhouse Gases; Short-lived Climate Forcers; Upwelling-Diffusion; Metric; Energy Balance; Sea Level Rise; Non-cooperative Nash Equilibrium; Resource Extraction;

    Abstract : The climate is changing at a rapid pace. Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the world has agreed to hold the on-going temperature increase below 2 °C. Climate change is caused by emissions of different atmospheric species (climate forcers). READ MORE

  6. 4. Structure and Stability of Ecological Networks : The role of dynamic dimensionality and species variability in resource use

    Author : David Gilljam; Bo Ebenman; Peter Münger; José Montoya; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The main focus of this thesis is on the response of ecological communities to environmental variability and species loss. My approach is theoretical; I use mathematical models of networks where species population dynamics are described by ordinary differential equations. READ MORE

  7. 5. Linking root traits and plant-soil feedbacks to environmental change in the sub-arctic tundra

    Author : Clydecia Spitzer; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Plant community assembly processes shape the composition and abundances of species, and encompass functional traits and resource acquisition strategy of species, biotic interactions and abiotic filtering. Hence, an understanding of these complex processes requires disentangling the effects of multiple factors influencing plant community assembly. READ MORE