Essays about: "ecosystem engineer"

Found 5 essays containing the words ecosystem engineer.

  1. 1. En entrégestaltning med dagvattenlösningar samt vegetationsval : ett samarbete mellan en landskapsingenjör och en trädgårdsingenjör

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Johanna Jacobsson; Emma Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : gestaltning; regnbädd; dagvattenhantering; dagvattenlösninga; dagvattenberäkningar; vegetation;

    Abstract : Det här arbetet sammanfattas under 15 högskolepoäng, där vi är två skribenter från två olika kandidatprogram. Trädgårdsingenjörsprogrammet - Design samt landskapsingenjörsprogrammet. Vi var intresserade av hur samarbetet mellan våra kompetenser från våra olika utbildningar skulle fungera. READ MORE

  3. 2. Imagining the Metaverse Worlds : The Perspectives of Meta and Indonesians

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Hamzah Dzikri Fadliansyah; [2022]
    Keywords : actor-network theory; civic imagination; digital technology; Indonesia Indonesian tech workers; mediatization; Meta; metaverse; postdigital; science and technology studies; sociotechnical imaginaries; technological convergence; transmedia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of Facebook to Meta through a keynote video uploaded on Meta’s official YouTube channel. The keynote video contains Meta’s new vision to build an immersive extended reality world called metaverse. However, the idea of the metaverse is contested. READ MORE

  4. 3. Declining abundance and shifting distribution for Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, in the western Antarctic Peninsula

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Kerstin Holmström; [2020]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, a polar ocean specialist, thrives in the Antarctic severe physical conditions. The krill life cycle consists of strategies that have enabled and supported the species’ dominance of the Antarctic Ocean. Sea Ice extent and duration creates condition that are crucial for survival of the Furcilia larvae. READ MORE

  5. 4. Abundance and diversity of small mammals in Swedish beaver systems

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Felicitas Glabischnig; [2015]
    Keywords : small mammals; beaver; Castor fiber; habitat heterogeneity; ecosystem engineer; biodiversity; bank vole; Myodes glareolus; wetlands;

    Abstract : Through their ecosystem engineering activities, beavers (Castor fiber ) create ponds and riparian zones littered with deadwood, providing hetero- geneous micro-habitats for a variety of small mammal species. In this study small mammals were snap-trapped in nine beaver systems and four reference wetland systems that were not created by beavers in southern and central Sweden to compare abundance and diversity of voles, shrews and mice. READ MORE

  6. 5. Local and landscape effects on the diversity of plant communities in Swedish beaver ponds

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

    Author : Joel Lönnqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : beaver pond; Castor fiber; aquatic plants; hydrophytes; helophytes; macrophytes; landscape; nitrogen; plant dispersal; catchment;

    Abstract : The European beaver Castor fiber is considered an ecosystem engineer and a key species because of its dam building behavior. Little is known about the factors affecting plant diversity in beaver impounded streams. This study aimed to investigate if local and landscape variables affect plant diversity of beaver ponds. READ MORE