Rhododendron. A killer of the countryside http://www.offwell.free-online.co.uk/rhododen.htm Tadpole_shrimp. Action http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=617 Oxford_ragwort. Affect on horses http://www.horsedata.co.uk/Ragwort.htm Water_quality. assocation Conserve. Conserve. assocation Water_quality. Bee. Bee boxes http://www.hedging.co.uk/acatalog/Index_Pollination_Bees_27.html Bee. Bombus terrestris and lucorum http://www.bumblebee.org/terr.htm Starfish. Calcite crystal eyes http://www.doesgodexist.org/MayJun03/EyesInTheirStars.html Climate_change. Cause Carbon dioxide emissions Human. causes ../biodiversity/climate_change. Marine_mammal. Classification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea Mollusc. classification http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Mollusca&contgroup=Bilateria Insect. Classification http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/class.htm#insecta Lepidoptera. Common name Butterflies and Moths Hymenoptera. Common name Wasps, bees and ants Tadpole_shrimp. Conserve. 100 Living_organism. Context Habitat Hairy_wood_ant. Current status http://www.ukbap.org.uk/ukplans.aspx?ID=309 Toxin. definition http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/To/Toxin.html Parasitism. definition Predation without killing host Rabbit. description Article from The Helix Number 36, June/July 1994 About a hundred years ago, an amazing fence was built in Western Australia to keep the rabbits out of the wheat fields. It Geraldton in the north. The two-metre high fence was made of wire, and still stands today although its proved useless at keeping out the rabbits. Its reported that there were so many rabbits heading west that they simply climbed over the fence on piles of their own dead! So, why is it such an amazing fence? To find the answer, youd have to take a flight with Peter Schwerdtfeger, Professor of Meteorology at Flinders University (South Australia). He and his team have flown west many times, to view from close-up the interesting changes that have taken place on either side of the fence. Incredible as it seems, rainfall has increased east of the fence and decreased west of the fence. Even though the fence has been a failure at keeping out rabbits, the WA government has maintained the fence as a State Barrier Fence. It serves as the boundary between the heavily cleared and intensively farmed croplands on the west from the native vegetation on the east. The shallow rooted crop plants in the farmed areas dont transpire as much water as the more deeply rooted native vegetation to the west. The native vegetation, a large area of which is trees, also creates greater convection (upward moving air). Convection and water vapour are two important ingredients for the formation of rain. Its an important observation because it clearly demonstrates that widespread clearing of the land can lead to a reduction of rainfall, and alter regional weather patterns and ground hydrology. Virus. description Although they reproduce, they can only do so only by entering a host cell and making use of its machinery for replication. Viruses are bits of genetic material, apparentlyderived from their hosts. Thus, as Margulis and Schwartz (1988) put it, the polio and flu viruses are probably more closely related to people, and the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) to tobacco, than polio and TMV are to each other Bracken. description An unusual fern that is tolerant of dry conditions, propagating vegetatively to form large stands, 2 to 3 metres tall, which are unpaletable to grazing animals and outcompete heathers with their shade Hairy_wood_ant. description http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Formica_lugubris/ Bombardier_beetle. description http://www.wcsscience.com/bombardier/beetle.html Prion. description Prions are pathogenic variants of proteins that are naturally produced in nerve cells and certain other cells. The normal healthy prions are referred to as PrPc 0roteinaceous infectious particle and so should properly only be applied to the pathogenic variants. RNA that codes for PrPc is produced in the nucleus and exits via the nuclear pore. The RNA then passes along ribosomes attached to the rER. PrPc is formed in the rER and then progresses up through the Golgi. At the upper face of the Golgi, vesicles containing PrPc bud off and travel to the cell surface. Here, they fuse with the cell membrane and so discharge their cargo at PrPc. By this means, the cellular proteins come to sit on the exterior of the cell. PrPc encounter rogue (purple) prions. These are termed PrPsc (sc stands for scrapie, the prion disease of sheep). The rogue prions seem to force the normal proteins to change shape. Both types of protein, the PrPc and their corresponding prions, are the same chemical - just different shapes. It is this shape-flipping which is equivalent to the transmission of infection. Such a conformational shift or flip could happen at the cell surface or in caveolae (one is shown as a small invagination in the cell membrane). Residual PrPc might continue to be flipped by contact with the rogue confomations for some time in these vesicles. Prions polymerise, finally appearing as purple fibrils in the picture at P. PrPsc is resistant to degradation by the enzymes contained in the lysosomes that are seen floating nearby. Consequently, PrPsc accumulates in the cell. PrPsc vesicles may also travel to the Golgi and intercept PrPc that is being processed there. In this way, PrPc particles could be switched to the rogue form before they reach the surface of the cell. By such mechanisms, PrPc might be switched to PrPsc at various points in and on the cell. It must be emphasised that prion biology is not fully understood and much remains speculative Oxford_ragwort. description Yellow flowered member of the Compositae family, toxic to horses and not native to the UK Spitting_cobra. Details http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/fauna/reptile/bscobra.htm Nematode. Diagram http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/soil_nematode_fig1.htm Parasitism. Discussion http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/PopEcol/lec10/predat.html Grey_squirrel. Displaces Red squirrel Aardvark. Drawing aardvark_big.gif. Arthropod. Drawing crayfish.gif. Rabbit. Environmental impact http://www.csiro.au/communication/rabbits/qa2.htm Number_of_legs. Example Arachnid. Drowning. example Archer_fish. Jointed_legs. Example Arthropod. Constriction. example Boa constrictor Exotoxin. example Bombardier_beetle Negative_tourist_value. example Bracken. Number_of_legs. Example Centipede. Negative_genetic_value. example Escaped cultivars, or transgenics Constriction. example Fungus. Not_unique. example Grass Symbiosis. example http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/weedsinfo/Centaurea_spp.htm Number_of_legs. Example Human. Number_of_legs. Example Insect. Large_range. example Japanese_knotweed. No_popular_appeal. example Mosquito Toxic. example Oxford_ragwort. Endotoxin. example Parasitic wasp Drowning. example Pitcher_plant. Marine_mammal. example Polar bear, (webbed feet and can close nose) Invasive. example Rabbit. Negative_ecological_significance. example Rhododendron. Endotoxin. example Spider Hairy_legs. example Spider. Entanglement. example Spider. Exotoxin. example Spitting_cobra Entanglement. example Sundew. Not_native. example Sycamore. Oxford_ragwort. Facts about http://www.ragfork.co.uk/ragwort.html Human. Flight Machine assisted Insect. Flight Maybe Beetle. Flight Maybe Arachnid. Flight No Fish. Flight Rare, some gliding Bee. Flight Yes Mimicry. Flora in Crete http://www.tonyhughes3.btinternet.co.uk/crete.htm Living_organism. Global threat Climate_change. Water_quality. graphic Aardvark. graphic Alga. graphic Animal. graphic Ant. graphic Mammal. graphic Mammal. graphic Hairy_wood_ant. graphic Jointed_legs. graphic Climate_change. graphic Bacterium. graphic Bamboo. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Bombardier_beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Living_organism. graphic Bog_copper. graphic Bracken. graphic Mammal. graphic Centipede. graphic Spitting_cobra. graphic Conserve. graphic Crustacean. graphic Coconut_crab. graphic Coconut_crab. graphic Cuttlefish. graphic Cuttlefish. graphic Human. graphic Fire. graphic Fire. graphic Fish. graphic Archer_fish. graphic Fish. graphic Insect. graphic Hoverfly. graphic Frog. graphic Frog. graphic Frog. graphic Frog. graphic Frog. graphic Fungus. graphic Mammal. graphic Beetle. graphic Beetle. graphic Grey_squirrel. graphic Spider. graphic Hairy_legs. graphic Japanese_knotweed. graphic Respiration. graphic Photosynthesis. graphic Arthropod. graphic Legume. graphic Protozoan. graphic Vertebrate. graphic Beetle. graphic May_bug. graphic Mimicry. graphic Panda. graphic Panda. graphic Biological_pathogen. graphic Pitcher_plant. graphic Predation. graphic Primate. graphic Prion. graphic Rabbit. graphic Oxford_ragwort. graphic Reptile. graphic Mammal. graphic Rhododendron. graphic Arachnid. graphic Spider. graphic Spider. graphic Stag_beetle. graphic Starfish. graphic Sundew. graphic Sycamore. graphic Tadpole_shrimp. graphic Movement. graphic Virus. graphic Giant_water_lily. graphic Marine_mammal. graphic Zebra. graphic Butterfly. graphic 1 Plant. graphic 1, moving Bee. graphic 1, moving Bee. graphic 2 Butterfly. graphic 2 Plant. graphic 2 Mollusc. graphic, limpet tongue Fly. graphic, linked Fly. graphic, linked Beetle. graphic, linked, © Alex Wild Cephalopod. graphic, octopus Beetle. graphic, Rose chafer Beetle. graphic, Rose chafer Hairy_wood_ant. Habitat ../content/ant_wood_hairy. Conserve. has_part Ecological significance, organisms rely on it (11) Conserve. has_part Endangered. Conserve. has_part Genetic value (7) Remove. has_part Invasive. Remove. has_part Large_range. Animal. has_part Legs. Remove. has_part Negative_ecological_significance. Remove. has_part Negative_genetic_value. Remove. has_part Negative_tourist_value. Remove. has_part Not_native. Remove. has_part Not_unique. Remove. has_part No_popular_appeal. Conserve. has_part Popular appeal (10) Conserve. has_part Scientific interest (9) Conserve. has_part Small range (20) Conserve. has_part Tourist value (8) Remove. has_part Toxic. Conserve. has_part Uniqueness (90) Butterfly. has_property Clubbed antennae Living_organism. has_property Excretion Moth. has_property Feathery or filament antennae Butterfly. has_property Fly by day Living_organism. has_property Growth Spider. has_property Hairy_legs. Arthropod. has_property http://insected.arizona.edu/arthroinfo.htm Living_organism. has_property Ingestion. Beetle. has_property Jointed_legs. Arthropod. has_property Jointed_legs. Living_organism. has_property Movement. Living_organism. has_property Nervousness Legs. has_property Number_of_legs. Living_organism. has_property Reproduction Living_organism. has_property Respiration. Mammal. has_property Suckles young Marine_mammal. has_property Suckles young Plant. has_type Alga. Vertebrate. has_type Amphibian. Living_organism. has_type Animal. Animal. has_type Arthropod. Biological_pathogen. has_type Bacterium. Living_organism. has_type Biological_pathogen. Mollusc. has_type Cephalopod. Orchid. has_type Conserve. Policy. has_type Conserve. Bamboo. has_type Conserve. Predation. has_type Constriction. Cephalopod. has_type Cuttlefish. Predation. has_type Drowning. Animal. has_type Echinoderm. Number_of_legs. has_type Eight Toxin. has_type Endotoxin. Predation. has_type Entanglement. Toxin. has_type Exotoxin. Ingestion. has_type External digestion, fungi and blue bottles Vertebrate. has_type Fish. Insect. has_type Fly. Amphibian. has_type Frog. Biological_pathogen. has_type Fungus. Legs. has_type Hairy_legs. Fly. has_type Hoverfly. Primate. has_type Human. Grey_squirrel. has_type Invasive Sycamore. has_type Invasive Biological_pathogen. has_type Invisible to naked eye Legs. has_type Jointed_legs. Predation. has_type Larger_size Vertebrate. has_type Mammal. Mammal. has_type Marine_mammal. Animal. has_type Mollusc. Toxin. has_type Nerve effect Sycamore. has_type Not_native. Number_of_legs. has_type Over_eight Predation. has_type Pack_behaviour Predation. has_type Parasitism. Ingestion. has_type Photosynthesis. Living_organism. has_type Plant. Ingestion. has_type Predation. Mammal. has_type Primate. Biological_pathogen. has_type Prion. Biological_pathogen. has_type Protozoan. Butterfly. has_type Red_admiral. Policy. has_type Remove. Vertebrate. has_type Reptile. Number_of_legs. has_type Six Reptile. has_type Snake. Echinoderm. has_type Starfish. Predation. has_type Toxin. Number_of_legs. has_type Two Animal. has_type Vertebrate. Biological_pathogen. has_type Virus. Gorse. History and impact http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/lands/weeds/gorse.htm Broom. Image http://academic.reed.edu/biology/Nitrogen/images/part1/bigFL4.jpg Giant_water_lily. Image http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebank/search/ImageDesc.aspx?IDvalues=1937 Red_admiral. Image http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/lepidopt/nymph/redad.htm Zebra. Image http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~kantner/zebras/pictures/ZEBRAS.JPG Dor_beetle. Image http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Geotrupes_stercorarius/ Echinoderm. Image http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/echinoderm/ Bee. Image http://www.earthlife.net/insects/images/hymenop/humble1.gif Bog_copper. Image http://www.images.on.ca/JayC/pages/Bog_Copper1.htm Bug. Image http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hemiptera/index.html Pangolin. image http://www.pangolin.com/PangolinPic.html Orchid. Image http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/Flora/Orchids/OFOVolume01.html Virus. Image http://www.rkm.com.au/imagelibrary/index.html Vetches_and_peas. Image http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/butler/annbute.htm#cool Antelope. Image http://www.wildlife-pictures-online.com/antelopepictures1.html Zebra. Image http://www.wildlife-pictures-online.com/image-files/xzebtala3.jpg Oxford_ragwort. Image ragwort_photo.jpg. Beetle. Images http://www.myrmecos.net/insects/beetles.html Fire. Impacts Carbon dioxide emissions Climate_change. Impacts Living_organism. Fire. Impacts Living_organism. Photosynthesis. Input Carbon dioxide, CO2 Photosynthesis. Input Water, H2O Rabbit. Invasive. 90 May_bug. Ipr http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebank/ Legs. is_part_of Animal. Endangered. is_part_of Conserve. Toxic. is_part_of Remove. Number_of_legs. is_property_of Legs. Ingestion. is_property_of Living_organism. Respiration. is_property_of Living_organism. Movement. is_property_of Living_organism. Frog. is_type_of Amphibian. Echinoderm. is_type_of Animal. Mollusc. is_type_of Animal. Vertebrate. is_type_of Animal. Arthropod. is_type_of Animal. Nematode. is_type_of Animal. Bacterium. is_type_of Animal. Spider. is_type_of Arachnid. Insect. is_type_of Arthropod. Crustacean. is_type_of Arthropod. Arachnid. is_type_of Arthropod. Bombardier_beetle. is_type_of Beetle. Stag_beetle. is_type_of Beetle. May_bug. is_type_of Beetle. Dor_beetle. is_type_of Beetle. Fungus. is_type_of Biological_pathogen. Bacterium. is_type_of Biological_pathogen. Protozoan. is_type_of Biological_pathogen. Virus. is_type_of Biological_pathogen. Prion. is_type_of Biological_pathogen. Red_admiral. is_type_of Butterfly. Bog_copper. is_type_of Butterfly. Cuttlefish. is_type_of Cephalopod. Tadpole_shrimp. is_type_of Crustacean Coconut_crab. is_type_of Crustacean. Starfish. is_type_of Echinoderm. Bracken. is_type_of Fern Archer_fish. is_type_of Fish Hoverfly. is_type_of Fly. Gorse. is_type_of Gorses_and_brooms. Broom. is_type_of Gorses_and_brooms. Bee. is_type_of Hymenoptera. Ant. is_type_of Hymenoptera. Predation. is_type_of Ingestion. Photosynthesis. is_type_of Ingestion. Fly. is_type_of Insect. Hymenoptera. is_type_of Insect. Beetle. is_type_of Insect. Butterfly. is_type_of Insect. Bug. is_type_of Insect. Moth. is_type_of Insect. Jointed_legs. is_type_of Legs. Hairy_legs. is_type_of Legs. Gorses_and_brooms. is_type_of Legume. Vetches_and_peas. is_type_of Legume. Moth. is_type_of Lepidoptera. Butterfly. is_type_of Lepidoptera. Plant. is_type_of Living_organism. Animal. is_type_of Living_organism. Biological_pathogen. is_type_of Living_organism. Fungus. is_type_of Living_organism. Virus. is_type_of Living_organism. Prion. is_type_of Living_organism. Panda. is_type_of Mammal Aardvark. is_type_of Mammal. Primate. is_type_of Mammal. Marine_mammal. is_type_of Mammal. Antelope. is_type_of Mammal. Pangolin. is_type_of Mammal. Human. is_type_of Mammal. Zebra. is_type_of Mammal. Cephalopod. is_type_of Mollusc. Legume. is_type_of Plant. Alga. is_type_of Plant. Pitcher_plant. is_type_of Plant. Sundew. is_type_of Plant. Giant_water_lily. is_type_of Plant. Orchid. is_type_of Plant. Conserve. is_type_of Policy. Remove. is_type_of Policy. Japanese_knotweed. is_type_of Polygonaceae Parasitism. is_type_of Predation. Toxin. is_type_of Predation. Drowning. is_type_of Predation. Entanglement. is_type_of Predation. Constriction. is_type_of Predation. Human. is_type_of Primate. Snake. is_type_of Reptile. Spitting_cobra. is_type_of Snake. Exotoxin. is_type_of Toxin. Endotoxin. is_type_of Toxin. Mammal. is_type_of Vertebrate. Amphibian. is_type_of Vertebrate. Reptile. is_type_of Vertebrate. Fish. is_type_of Vertebrate. Fish. Legs None Arachnid. Legs. Jointed_legs. Tadpole_shrimp. location One pond Primate. makes Artefact Legume. Morphology http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Fabaceae.htm Hoverfly. Motion camouflage http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~aja/motion_cam.html Mammal. movie bison.mpg (.MPG, Movie) Snake. movie snake.mpg (.MPG, Movie) Fire. Movie forest fire progression 0.1 meg Bamboo. News ../content/bamboo. Arachnid. Number_of_legs. Eight Spider. Number_of_legs. Eight Centipede. Number_of_legs. Over_eight Insect. Number_of_legs. Six Beetle. Number_of_legs. Six Human. Number_of_legs. Two Photosynthesis. Output Biomass Photosynthesis. Output Oxygen, O2 Bee. Phylogeny http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/bombus/ Tadpole_shrimp. Policy. Conserve. Hairy_wood_ant. Policy. Conserve. Panda. Policy. Conserve. Sycamore. Policy. Remove. Bracken. Policy. Remove. Oxford_ragwort. Policy. Remove. Rhododendron. Policy. Remove. Ant. Predatation http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/drnash/atta/Pages/lcd.html Nematode. Predated_by Fungus. Archer_fish. Predates Arthropod. Ant. Predates Fungus. Bacterium. Predates Human. Virus. Predates Human. Prion. Predates Human. Pitcher_plant. Predates Insect. Sundew. Predates Insect. Fungus. Predates Nematode. Pitcher_plant. Predation Drowning. Archer_fish. Predation Drowning. Sundew. Predation Entanglement. Bacterium. Predation Parasitism. Virus. Predation Parasitism. Prion. Predation Parasitism. Toxin. Related concept Toxic, as used in Conservation ontology Bracken. Remove. undetermined Japanese_knotweed. Remove. undetermined Rabbit. Remove. undetermined Bee. Scientific name Bombus Cuttlefish. Sexual mimicry ../content/cuttlefish. Mimicry. Sexual mimicry ../content/cuttlefish. Insect. Skeleton External Bee. Skeleton External Arachnid. Skeleton External Beetle. Skeleton External Fish. Skeleton Internal Human. Skeleton Internal Protozoan. Sporozoan http://orion1.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/units/prot6.htm Human. synonym Man Fungus. Traps http://www.biological-research.com/philip-jacobs%20BRIC/fangorg.htm Ingestion. Web_interface http://www.informatics.jax.org/searches/GO.cgi?id=GO:0007631 Living_organism. xBiological_process http://www.informatics.jax.org/searches/GO.cgi?id=GO:0008150 Living_organism. xClassification http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/imagebank/search/BLists_MetSystamatic.aspx?Bparam=MetSystamatic 439 total tuples     Vr.154, Jan 2009     Readme