Umbrella species are species selected for making conservation-related decisions, typically because protecting these species indirectly protects the many other species that make up the ecological community of its habitat (the umbrella effect). Species conservation can be subjective because it is hard to determine the status of many species. The umbrella species is often either a flagship species whose conservation benefits other species[1]: 280 or a keystone species which may be targeted for conservation due to its impact on an ecosystem. Umbrella species can be used to help select the locations of potential reserves, find the minimum size of these conservation areas or reserves, and to determine the composition, structure, and processes of ecosystems.[2]
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Umbrellaspecies are species selected for making conservation-related decisions, typically because protecting these species indirectly protects the many...
alongside flagship and umbrellaspecies. Although the concept is valued as a descriptor for particularly strong inter-species interactions, and has allowed...
Keystone species Indicator species Charismatic megafauna Umbrellaspecies Elephant includes African savannah, African forest, and Asian species; giraffe...
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological...
Species richness is the number of different species represented in an ecological community, landscape or region. Species richness is simply a count of...
Species diversity is the number of different species that are represented in a given community (a dataset). The effective number of species refers to...
Umbrella effect may refer to: Umbrella effect (ecology). in which the presence of an umbrellaspecies protects other species in the same habitat Umbrella...
The common name umbrella plant can refer to several unrelated species: Cyperus alternifolius (umbrella papyrus) Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb) Diphylleia...
Endangered Species Act 2008 supports Malaysia's adoption of CITES. The humphead wrasse is considered an umbrellaspecies, which means many other species are...
Umbrella octopuses (family Opisthoteuthidae) are a group of pelagic octopuses. Umbrella octopuses are characterized by a web of skin between the arms...
plethora of species, in all forms of environmental conditions, such as marine or land animals. Humans can make or change abiotic factors in a species' environment...
proposed reintroduction of the Iberian lynx. Apex predators affect prey species' population dynamics and populations of other predators, both in aquatic...
Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged. The geographic limits of a particular taxon's...
Relative species abundance Species diversity Species homogeneity Species richness Species distribution Species–area curve UmbrellaspeciesSpecies interaction...
A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example...
In ecology, the foundation species are species that have a strong role in structuring a community. A foundation species can occupy any trophic level in...
heterogeneity and so can support species not found elsewhere. Thoughts may be that similar to other umbrellaspecies by conserving an ecosystem engineer...
clades. The Carnivora order does not include all carnivorous species, and not all species within the Carnivora taxon are carnivorous. (The members of Carnivora...
Relative species abundance Species diversity Species homogeneity Species richness Species distribution Species–area curve UmbrellaspeciesSpecies interaction...
Relative species abundance Species diversity Species homogeneity Species richness Species distribution Species–area curve UmbrellaspeciesSpecies interaction...
reclassification of four species of Thiomicrospira to each Thiomicrorhabdus gen. nov. and Hydrogenovibrio, and reclassification of all four species of Thioalkalimicrobium...
China and Taiwan. Its common name is dwarf umbrella tree, as it resembles a smaller version of the umbrella tree, Heptapleurum actinophyllum. It is an...
root competition, shading, disturbance, succession, and the types of species present. While the resource inputs are generally controlled by external...
(more than 90% of its diet is meat), almost all other bear species are omnivorous, and one species, the giant panda, is nearly exclusively herbivorous. Dietary...
Magnolia tripetala, commonly called umbrella magnolia or simply umbrella-tree, is a deciduous tree native to the eastern United States in the Appalachian...
The following entry is a list of characters from The Umbrella Academy, a comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel...
are indicator species for the health of Africa's tropical forests, leading researchers to urge that they be conserved as umbrellaspecies. Groups often...
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