PPT-The Effect of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Song of Two Passerine Species

By Sara DeLeon Rayko Halitschke Ralph S Hames Andre Kessler Timothy J DeVoogd and Andre A Dhondt PLoS ONE 89e73471 doi101371journalpone0073471 2013 Presented by Erum Hadi. THOMAS ZOELLER AMY L S DOWLING AND ANNA A VAS Biology Department University of Massachusetts Morrill Science Center Amherst Massachusetts 01003 ABSTRACT Polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs are a class of industrial com pounds consisting of paired phenyl School of Life Sciences, Riseholme Campus, University of Lincoln.. Woodland management:. The contrasting fortunes of two sympatric thrush species. . Fig 1.Example of a Treswell territory map. Fig 2. No of territories per species per year for each region.. Innate behavior . is behavior which normally occurs in all members of a species despite natural variation in environmental influences. Some . texts refer to innate behavior as species-specific behavior. Speciation—Drift. Drift is important in evolution. Just because an allele is common doesn’t mean selection favored it. Speciation via drift?. Probably not.. Flies in . allopatry. , same environment never . , Thomas Cordonnier, Georges . Kunstler . & Benoit Courbaud. 9th . IUFRO International . Conference . on Uneven‐aged . Silviculture. . June 19. th. . 2014. Size inequality reduces productivity in pure . Population (and Community) Ecology. The effects of diversity. Background. Tilman. and Downing 1994. Species vs. functional diversity. Foodwebs. (instead of primary producers only). Form of BES relationship. Cornelia Grace. M.B. . Lynch, F.P. Campion, R. Fritch, H. Sheridan, T.M. . Boland. International Conference: . Steps to Sustainable Livestock. ,. 12-15. th. of January 2016, University of Bristol, UK. Neurophysiological. Map of Song Learning. Test involvement of RA in song production. Ablate RA or RA projections to . nXIIts. Males do not sing. Sexual dimorphism in RA?. Male Female. Birdsong. Ultimate cause: helps attract mates of the same species (males and females benefit). Individual differences exist within a species. Why?. Brain development. Neuronal activity . Adaptive value. Definitions. Population- . A group of the same species living in the same area. , potentially interacting with each other.. Community- . A group . of . different species living in the same area. , potentially interacting with each other.. in Chapter 6, has paragraphs relating to cloacal protuberances Finding a measurable amount of one or more of these chemicals in serum does not mean that the level of one or more of these chemicals causes an adverse health effect. Biomonitoring studies of these ch INFORMATION & SAFETY. WHAT IS . E-WASTE?. Waste from discarded electrical and electronic equipment without intent of re-use is called . E-Waste. .. EXPOSURE IN RECYCLING . OF . E-WASTE. Recycling of electronics can be a source of many toxic chemicals including: Metals, Organic chemical compounds, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).. neurotoxic. chemicals or endocrine-disrupting compounds. The non-. Aroclor. congener 3,3’-dichlorobiphenyl (PCB11) has been detected ubiquitously in air, water, biota, sediment, and suspended sediment since at least the 1970s. However, this congener was produced inadvertently during the production of current commercial yellow paint pigments, the detailed effects of this congener on .