Wetland properties Strategies for drying habitats Trade-offs and community assembly

Dec 05, 2012

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An ecosystem that arises when water inundation produces soils dominated by anaerobic processes, and forces the biota... [esp plants]... to exhibit adaptations to tolerate flooding" (Keddy 2000)Shallow < 2m lentic habitats characterised by high productivity in benthic and pelagic zones. What is a

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Wetland properties Strategies for drying habitats Trade-offs and community assembly

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Parameters and Trade-offs

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Bibliometric evidence for empirical trade-offs in national funding strategies

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Life History Trade-offs

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Community assembly and dis -assembly

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CHAPTER 2 Economic Models: Trade-offs and Trade

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Strategies PRESERVE species AND HABITATS

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Wetland Habitats

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Scarcity, Trade-offs, and Opportunity Cost

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Opportunity Costs and Trade-offs

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Trade offs and Opportunity Cost

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Trade offs

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Trade-offs and Opportunity Cost

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Trade-Offs

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Basin Plan trade-offs

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TRADE, TRADE-OFFS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICY

TRADE, TRADE-OFFS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICY. Chapter 2. Today’s lecture will:. Demonstrate opportunity costs with a production possibilities curve. Relate the concept of comparative advantage to the production possibilities curve. Discuss the principle of increasing marginal opportunity cost.

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TRADE, TRADE-OFFS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICY

TRADE, TRADE-OFFS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICY. Chapter 2. The Production Possibilities Model. A production possibilities curve illustrates opportunity cost by showing trade-offs among choices we make. Q Flowers. Slope = F/T= –2/1= –2.

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Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs

Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs. Definitions of Opportunity Cost. From the book: the most desirable alternative given up as a result of a decision The Hess definition: the benefits of your second choice that you give up when you go with your first choice. Why Opportunity Cost Matters.

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Trade-offs and Costs

Trade-offs and Costs. Or. Every CHOICE you make has a…. Monetary cost : a. price you paid for a decision Example 1: cost of new car= $18,000 B. This can be both Money AND TIME. Example 2 “Cost” of studying is 2 hours. Costs and Trade-offs.

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Bibliometric evidence for empirical trade-offs in national funding strategies

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Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs

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