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Open Journal of Ecology (OJE) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote,share,and discuss various new issues and perspectives in diverse areas of ecology and to keep a record of state-of-the-art res…
Sung-Ryong Kang, Michael D. Kaller
The decline of barn swallow populations may be mainly caused by the reduction of their foraging habitat. A clear understanding of the links between proportions of available and used microhabitats of foraging barn swallows in farmland, estuary, and island habi…
Janan Jabbar Toma
The present study deals with the assessment of physico-chemical characteristics of Dokan, Derbendikhan and Duhok lakes. The physico-chemical characteristics of these lakes have been studied and analyzed for a year, during January-April-July and October 2009.…
Jeffrey F. Bromaghin, Trent L. McDonald, Steven C. Amstrup
Mark-recapture models are extensively used in quantitative population ecology, providing estimates of population vital rates, such as survival, that are difficult to obtain using other methods. Vital rates are commonly modeled as functions of explanatory cova…
Jason A. Hubbart, Elliott Kellner
Methods of analysis are needed that quantitatively characterize the response of organisms to anthropogenic disturbance. Herein a method is presented that characterizes bryophyte morphological variability in response to timber harvest treatments (clearcut and…
Smaïn El-Amine Henaoui, Mohammed Bouazza
Tlemcen region is characterized by a Mediterranean climate, with a remarkable vegetal cover. The latter is influenced by the anthropozoological action. For that, we realized a phytoecological study based on the minimum area classical method [1] which allows u…
Diana Rodríguez-Paredes, Rommel Montúfar-Galárraga, Henrik Meilby
The wax palm ( Ceroxylon echinulatum ) and palm heart ( Prestoea acuminata ) are key elements in Andean natural forests. This ecosystem is threatened by deforestation and habitat degradation, thus, it is vital to explore the impact of anthropogenic activities…
Michael W. Jenkins, Dan J. Krofcheck, Rachel Teasdale, James Houpis, James Pushnik
Natural geological, chronic and acute release of volcanic gases can have a dramatic impact on vegetative ecosystems and potential impact on regional agriculture and human health. This research incorporates a series of observations using leaf level gas exchang…
B. Mwakisunga, A. E. Majule
A study was conducted to assess the impacts of elevation, tree species and management on carbon stock on the slopes of Rungwe Mountain in Tanzania. Twenty 15 m radius plots with trees of DBH >10 cm were used to collect trees measurements as well as soil sampl…
Nigel R. Andrew, Isobel R. Roberts, Sarah J. Hill
There is a general assumption in the literature that insect herbivory increases towards the tropics, but decreases with increasing altitude. Similar generalities have been identified along other environmental gradients, such as resource, temperature, climatic…
Rafael Flores-Garza, Lizeth Galeana-Rebolledo, Sergio García Ibáñez, Carmina Torreblanca-Ramírez
The coast of Acapulco is located within the Marine Priority Region No. 32 (MPR No. 32) at the State of Guerrero, Mexico. The National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity has stated the lack of information on marine species that live there, am…
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Open Journal of Ecology (OJE) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote,share,and discuss various new issues and perspectives in diverse areas of ecology and to keep a record of state-of-the-art res… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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