Fauna Research Papers Samples For Students

Abstract

The Great American Interchange lasted for about two million years between North America and South America. The objective of the essay is to look at the symmetrical results of the great American interchange in the beginning and how the interchange became asymmetrical after time progressed. The unbalanced nature of the interchange offers a model to explain the asymmetrical results of the land-mammal interchange between the two Americas. Both Geological and biological data are looked into the get insights the past and present distributions of fauna.

Introduction

The Great American Interchange is a crucial paleo zoogeographic event that occurred between North America and ...

Abstract

Introduction
The current research relates the relations between the increased number of tourists visiting Hawaii and the increased average annual temperature resulted in negative consequences for local fauna.

Methods

Statistical research in the form of regression and correlation analyses was conducted based on data presented by Hawaii Government (n.p.), Hawaii Tourism Authority (n.p.), and Monahan and Fisichelli (n.p.).

Results

The analyses revealed strong correlation between variables meaning that the increased number of tourists to Hawaii makes negative impact on local environment.

Discussion

As the strong correlation between the number of the tourists and the increase in temperature was revealed, the government of Hawaii ...

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Dr. J. Lucas

Navy Sonar Testing Vs. Marine Life

Sonar is an artificial form of echolocation, which involves the use of sound navigation and ranging techniques for the propagation of sound underwater. This technology is used for navigating, communicating or detecting objects that are under or above the water surface. Specialized sea creatures such as whales and dolphins have the ability to use sound reflected from waves for sensing and locating distant objects or prey, this is called echolocation. Bats also use the same technique to navigate in the dark. Humans also use echolocation through sonar technology in ships and submarines to avoid icebergs, locate ...

Abstract

The spread of urbanization and industrialization has widened the bridge between human beings and nature. It is despite numerous studies illustrating that bio-aesthetics; a factor of nature has positive outcomes that include economic, psychological, spiritual, and functional outcomes. It is therefore imperative that targeted efforts be undertaken in order to improve the bio-aesthetics of various public and private spaces. The Mysore City Authority has identified the need to improve bio-aesthetics within the city through the development of parks. However, measures have to be undertaken to improve residential bio-aesthetics as well. It is especially the case considering that the number ...

The use of off-road vehicles is associated with roads and tracks which frequently involves driving across untracked areas where there are no roads, as in the case of viewing animals in savanna environment or beach driving. Off-road vehicles allow people to penetrate remoter areas or sites which many other people cannot access. This creates potential for camping impacts, wildlife disturbance and pollution to occur at more remote and relatively unused sites. The use of off-road vehicles has been found to impact on soils, vegetation, wild-life and social conditions. This leads to the degradation of the environment which destroys and ...

Introduction

Mexico is one the richest regions in the world in animal and plant diversity. It is divided into three regions: Southern, Northern and Central Mexico. Each region has unique geographical regions with different climate ranging from tropical jungles and forests to mountains and deserts. Many biological inventories refer this country to the category of mega-diverse country that means that a region is a home to about 60-70% of entire biological diversity of the world. Such natural diversity of flora and fauna allows for people living in Mexico to have a rich and varied diet. (De la Borbolla 42) The ...

Like all other species, humans exploit their surrounding for all the multiplicity of resources they not only require for sustenance but that which they also need for survival (Bernhardt, n.d.). In the recent years, however, the rate at which humans exploit and consume these resources has surpassed those of the other species. Several reasons account for this trend. First, recent advancements in technology have enabled man to affect vast areas of the world’s natural biological and non-biological space like never before. Secondly, the skyrocketing human population has progressively played a significant role in determining the record extent to ...

4 Mile Creek Ecosystem
The 4-Mile Creek Ecosystem refers to a community or group of living things such as animals, plants and microbes (Bailey et al., 12) that depend on the 4-Mile Creek for survival. These living things interact with the non-living ones such as air to complete the ecosystem. This gives rise to the existence of biotic and abiotic components in a given environment, which are in a way linked together by the energy flow and the nutrient cycles. Different ecosystems take different sizes. However, they usually take a specific space that is limited in nature.
The 4-mile creek ecosystem ...

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The rich biodiversity in the Florida panhandle 3
The rich natural history 4
Other regions rich in biodiversity.... 5

Plants 5

Restoration activities in the Florida panhandle 6
Conservation efforts. 6
What next? 7

Works Cited. 8

Biodiversity in the panhandle
Introduction
The Florida Panhandle borders Alabama to the west, Georgia to the North and the Mexico Gulf to the south. The panhandle lies on a strip of land that measures approximately 320 kilometers by 160 kilometers (Blaustein et al. 784). This place is highly-regarded in the world because of its rich biodiversity. Few places can compete with the ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Introduction
The growing concern of the world to global warming can be traced back to pollution. One of the most apparent is water pollution which affects three-fourths of the whole world. The ocean is where most of the human waste, be it intentional or unconsciously, goes. This waste is called marine debris. It does not only include human waste, but also the natural waste occurring in the environment which escalates as the degradation of the bodies of water continues. According to (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2011), marine debris is any persistent solid material that is dumped ...

Independent Research

Independent Research
Education is the process through which organized knowledge is passed from one generation to the other. The passing of knowledge occurs through teaching, research or can happen through guidance from educational specialist. Education is a basic right recognized by the international convention on Economic, social and cultural rights. Most governments in the world have recognized the need for education.
Education is compulsory in most jurisdictions, unlike the schooling. Schooling in western countries is not compulsory. The need to go to a classroom and get instructions from a tutor has been replaced by e-learning. E-learning creates a virtual learning environment ...

1. Introduction
The low water crossing involves the construction of bridge when the water level is low. Once the water level increases it increases beyond the point and overflows in the bridge. This system is cheaper than the other formats. The low water crossing allows the vehicle to cross freely in the wet road. There are some constrains for getting permit to construct low water crossing. The term low water crossing means the surface is usually dry and the ford means the surface is usually wet. Culverts help in construction of cost effective water level crossing. The accurate ...

Science has advanced so much that scientists are now bring extinct animals back to life- they call it de-extinction . De-extinction is done by two methods- cloning and selective breeding. Cloning is a process in which the DNA of an organism that is desired to be cloned is taken out and infused in the cell of another existing organism belonging to the same class. When fertilization takes place in the existing organism, it is able to produce an off-spring that looks exactly like the organism which was desired to be cloned. Selective breeding is the method in which DNA from teeth ...

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Introduction
The Galapagos Island or the Galapagos archipelago is a group of volcanic islands off the coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean. They are about 973 km away from the coastline, and belong to the country Ecuador. There are 18 main islands, 3 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. This group of islands contains a large number of endemic species which were studied by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle. His research led to the formation of Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. Charles Darwin was an English geologist cum ...

How Fossil Fuels Shaped America and Its Environment

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the United States in mid 18th century, large amounts of fossil fuels were used to provide energy to the industries in the economy and ultimately influenced the wealth of numerous individuals in America. During the American industrial revolutions, fossil fuels were the ideal source of energy that drove the rapid growth of industries in America. Steam locomotives, that were the archetypal machine invention of the industrial revolution, utilized coal energy for the lack of sustainability while using charcoal and firewood energy. Since the beginnings of the industrialization in 19th century, petroleum ...

Being at the eastern end of Madagascar Island, the Madagascar lowland forests are specifically known as the moist broadleaf region because of the warm humid winds which flow from the southeast area. This ecoregion comprises of lowland forests that extend from the eastern coast of Madagascar to the northern highlands. The Madagascar Island has been isolated for several years which helped animals and plants to build their homes. Consequently, the Madagascar lowland forests are densely populated with fauna and flora which is a typical characteristic of lowland forests that are evergreen with orchids, bamboos, lemurs and other species. However, the ...

Organized religion and environmental/ecological consciousness are not always mutually inclusive, despite the belief among religions that the earth and its bounty are gifts from God. While some Christian denominations believe action should be taken on global warming, there is a lack of consensus concerning the severity of the threat it poses, reflecting a subjectivity that prevails among Protestant faiths. For some, the declining state of the environment is simply a manifestation of God’s will, an inexorable and predestined chain of events. Other religious traditions take a more anthropomorphic view of the environmental crisis, which is seen as a genuine man-made threat to the ...

Introduction

Substandard works within the construction industries and those carried out by the untrained personnel would not only affect the quality of the buildings but also be a threat to public safety, moreover, to the constructors themselves. In a situation of such serious case, the construction industries that were concerned may be held responsible and as such result in damaging their reputation. Therefore, corruption within the construction industries should be avoided as it has devastating effects to everyone. Construction quality control in civil engineering involves the process of testing and inspections to ensure compliance with the minimum standards of the materials and ...

Give specific examples of at least two production and two consumption habits humans have related to material resources

There are various activities that human beings undertake in an effort to expand the commercial and domestic production and consumption processes and these activities are likely to cause adverse impacts on the sustainability of the indigenous flora and fauna. The most known production process that has impacted the environment negatively is the increased activities in the manufacturing industries. These industries emit hazardous gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and chlorofluorocarbon gases as well as the waste products such as dirty water and unnecessary end products. If these harmful gases are not carefully managed, they end up polluting the ...

Abstract

Global warming remains by far the biggest challenge humans have faced in this century. It affects the entire planet although not the entire plane is to be blamed for it. The emission of greenhouse gases and particularly carbon dioxide has been at all-time peak in this century especially the last half of the century. Studies show that the current concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 385 ppm, up from 285 ppm prior to industrialization. This has sparked an unstoppable change in the climate patterns in the world. The changes are mostly with regard to the precipitation ...