Centre and Periphery: Comparative Studies in Archaeology
... cost solutions to the problem of the spatial organization of functional hierarchies of settlement systems in an industrialized society represented a rather different approach to centrality, but it was the stimulus for a great period of growth in academic interest in such problems and for the emergen ...
... cost solutions to the problem of the spatial organization of functional hierarchies of settlement systems in an industrialized society represented a rather different approach to centrality, but it was the stimulus for a great period of growth in academic interest in such problems and for the emergen ...
Climate forcing and the California Current ecosystem
... on ecosystem histories to provide a synopsis of expected change given global climate change. The multidisciplinary team faced challenges and limitations in their attempt to draw connections between the outputs from global climate models (GCMs), the physical processes, and the subsequent impacts on s ...
... on ecosystem histories to provide a synopsis of expected change given global climate change. The multidisciplinary team faced challenges and limitations in their attempt to draw connections between the outputs from global climate models (GCMs), the physical processes, and the subsequent impacts on s ...
TRADITIONAL SUCCESSION AND CLIMAX CONCEPTS
... over time in a particular ecosystem or landscape location following a disturbance to that ecosystem.” Spurr and Barnes: "Succession is the replacement of the biota of an area by one of a different nature" Importance of temporal scale: ecological succession at time scales of a few years to 100s of ye ...
... over time in a particular ecosystem or landscape location following a disturbance to that ecosystem.” Spurr and Barnes: "Succession is the replacement of the biota of an area by one of a different nature" Importance of temporal scale: ecological succession at time scales of a few years to 100s of ye ...
Conserving European biodiversity in the context of climate
... the United Kingdom (Sheail, 1998). During the next century there are innumerable Acts in European legislatures focussing increasingly on broader aspects of nature conservation. One of the earliest Europe-wide instruments was the "Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habita ...
... the United Kingdom (Sheail, 1998). During the next century there are innumerable Acts in European legislatures focussing increasingly on broader aspects of nature conservation. One of the earliest Europe-wide instruments was the "Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habita ...
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
... in the flesh of African political development. How come those Nigerian leaders over the years have placed their personal interests over and above the interests of the masses and the nations? The answers to this are not far fetched. One answer could be lack of understanding of the demands of public o ...
... in the flesh of African political development. How come those Nigerian leaders over the years have placed their personal interests over and above the interests of the masses and the nations? The answers to this are not far fetched. One answer could be lack of understanding of the demands of public o ...
John Snow
... “Logic of the Ecological” • Renewed interest in ecological measures • Studies that mix aggregate observations and individual-level observations are called multilevel designs • Multi-level analysis useful in elucidating : – causal webs – interdependence between upstream factors and downstream factor ...
... “Logic of the Ecological” • Renewed interest in ecological measures • Studies that mix aggregate observations and individual-level observations are called multilevel designs • Multi-level analysis useful in elucidating : – causal webs – interdependence between upstream factors and downstream factor ...
Notes from Introduction - Forest Landscape Ecology Lab
... the physical environment." "Primary focus of LE includes: spatially heterogeneous areas, fluxes and changes of materials and energy among LS elements, human actions as responses, and influences on, ecological processes" (Risser et al 1984). - Fundamental characteristics of LS: Structure, Function, C ...
... the physical environment." "Primary focus of LE includes: spatially heterogeneous areas, fluxes and changes of materials and energy among LS elements, human actions as responses, and influences on, ecological processes" (Risser et al 1984). - Fundamental characteristics of LS: Structure, Function, C ...
Introduction to Landscape Ecology
... Nonlinearities and thresholds: expecting the unexpected Planning, managing, and restoring landscapes ...
... Nonlinearities and thresholds: expecting the unexpected Planning, managing, and restoring landscapes ...
Impacts of climate change on seabirds
... England, although overall declines have been less marked than in the UK as a whole with, for example, Arctic tern showing substantial increases. In Northern Ireland, herring gull has shown an increase that bucked the national trend, ...
... England, although overall declines have been less marked than in the UK as a whole with, for example, Arctic tern showing substantial increases. In Northern Ireland, herring gull has shown an increase that bucked the national trend, ...
The Regional Workshop for Coastal West
... successful trans-boundary protected areas establishment and management. Participants also brainstormed over potential trans-boundary protected areas that may be created with neighboring countries. They also discussed the steps necessary to be undertaken in their countries for successfully creating t ...
... successful trans-boundary protected areas establishment and management. Participants also brainstormed over potential trans-boundary protected areas that may be created with neighboring countries. They also discussed the steps necessary to be undertaken in their countries for successfully creating t ...
Placing power in practice theory Matt Watson
... structures constitute one another. Giddens invokes a vocabulary of power that is absent in more recent articulations of practice theory. For example, starting from his analysis of action, he identifies the role of allocative resources (capabilities) and authoritative resources (‘types of transformat ...
... structures constitute one another. Giddens invokes a vocabulary of power that is absent in more recent articulations of practice theory. For example, starting from his analysis of action, he identifies the role of allocative resources (capabilities) and authoritative resources (‘types of transformat ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... ideas submitted were capital intensive and as a result they were dropped. Some of the projects, however, required small amounts of financing support and thus became relevant for consideration in the Small Grants Programme (SGP) rather than in the STAR allocations. As a result they were referred to t ...
... ideas submitted were capital intensive and as a result they were dropped. Some of the projects, however, required small amounts of financing support and thus became relevant for consideration in the Small Grants Programme (SGP) rather than in the STAR allocations. As a result they were referred to t ...
REVIEW ESSAY
... the cow is “a meat factory pure and simple,”19 “a duty to a species is more like being responsible to a cause than to a person. It is a commitment to an idea”20 —that is to say, a higher order pursuit. The Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess introduced “deep ecology” as an antidote to existing formulat ...
... the cow is “a meat factory pure and simple,”19 “a duty to a species is more like being responsible to a cause than to a person. It is a commitment to an idea”20 —that is to say, a higher order pursuit. The Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess introduced “deep ecology” as an antidote to existing formulat ...
PowerPoint 演示文稿
... 0.3 How to study ecology? How Scientists Work: Solving the Problems Much of scientists deal with solving problems These problems can be environmental, ecological, health related, etc. No matter what types of problems are being studied, scientists use the same problem-solving steps called… T ...
... 0.3 How to study ecology? How Scientists Work: Solving the Problems Much of scientists deal with solving problems These problems can be environmental, ecological, health related, etc. No matter what types of problems are being studied, scientists use the same problem-solving steps called… T ...
FNHTB Inc (0473, FS0015 and FS0016)
... in which the dynamics of interactions at small scales percolate up to shape macroscopic system dynamics, which then feed back to influence the smaller scales (Levin 1998,2003). It is crucial, then, to understand the linkages among these scales, and to incorporate that knowledge into public awareness ...
... in which the dynamics of interactions at small scales percolate up to shape macroscopic system dynamics, which then feed back to influence the smaller scales (Levin 1998,2003). It is crucial, then, to understand the linkages among these scales, and to incorporate that knowledge into public awareness ...
The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people
... loss of synchronization (interspecific relationships), and biomass (productivity) (17). Because our main goal is to assess what processes are affected by climate change, we define “impact” on each process as an observed change in that process linked to climate change. We do not differentiate between ...
... loss of synchronization (interspecific relationships), and biomass (productivity) (17). Because our main goal is to assess what processes are affected by climate change, we define “impact” on each process as an observed change in that process linked to climate change. We do not differentiate between ...
Dimensional approaches to designing better experimental
... a more realistic experimental model of nature (e.g., Margalef 1967; Adey and Loveland 1991). In other cases, dimensional manipulations have been explicitly employed as a means of investigating relationships among the counteracting variables (e.g., Huffaker 1958; Gilbert et al. 1998). In both situatio ...
... a more realistic experimental model of nature (e.g., Margalef 1967; Adey and Loveland 1991). In other cases, dimensional manipulations have been explicitly employed as a means of investigating relationships among the counteracting variables (e.g., Huffaker 1958; Gilbert et al. 1998). In both situatio ...
Practice Quiz - CowanScience
... fewer than 30 squirrels and never more than 45. Her data showed that over half of the squirrels born did not survive to reproduce, because of competition for food and predation. In a single generation, 90% of the squirrels that were born lived to reproduce, and the population increased to 80. Which ...
... fewer than 30 squirrels and never more than 45. Her data showed that over half of the squirrels born did not survive to reproduce, because of competition for food and predation. In a single generation, 90% of the squirrels that were born lived to reproduce, and the population increased to 80. Which ...
DotE - Productivity Commission
... There is arguably a role for government in ensuring that the full value of ecosystem services provided by farmers (i.e. farm-level, local, regional and global) is recognised and supported. For example, the benefits of a healthy environment are important by-products from projects under the Emissions ...
... There is arguably a role for government in ensuring that the full value of ecosystem services provided by farmers (i.e. farm-level, local, regional and global) is recognised and supported. For example, the benefits of a healthy environment are important by-products from projects under the Emissions ...
Social-ecological systems as epistemic objects
... on human/nature interactions have, moreover, all tried to translate their general convictions into goal-oriented research activities. We find here a broad spectrum of authors employing a wide variety of related concepts. Recently, Brand and Jax (2007) have taken a critical and skeptical look at the ...
... on human/nature interactions have, moreover, all tried to translate their general convictions into goal-oriented research activities. We find here a broad spectrum of authors employing a wide variety of related concepts. Recently, Brand and Jax (2007) have taken a critical and skeptical look at the ...
Indirect Effects in - Department of Knowledge Technologies
... Indirect Effects in Terrestrial Environment In the end of nineteenth century the school of thought founded by Dokuchaiev had developed a theory that soil was a product of complex interactions between climate and geological and biological components of the terrestrial landscape. Indirect effects in ...
... Indirect Effects in Terrestrial Environment In the end of nineteenth century the school of thought founded by Dokuchaiev had developed a theory that soil was a product of complex interactions between climate and geological and biological components of the terrestrial landscape. Indirect effects in ...
2.2 Measuring abiotic components of the system
... no change, should be appreciated as a condition to which natural systems can be compared. (Since there is disagreement in the literature regarding the definition of dynamic equilibrium, this term should be avoided.) Students should appreciate, however, that some systems may undergo long‑ term change ...
... no change, should be appreciated as a condition to which natural systems can be compared. (Since there is disagreement in the literature regarding the definition of dynamic equilibrium, this term should be avoided.) Students should appreciate, however, that some systems may undergo long‑ term change ...
Curriculum Vitae - High Point University
... Cooke, S. L., A. C. Lloyd, A. D. Monteblanco, and S. Secchi. 2013. Ecosystems, Economics, and Equity in the Floodplain: A Case Study for Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis. http://www.sesync.org/ecosystemseconomics-and-equity-in-the-floodplain-case-study-5 Cooke, S. L., and S. Johnsen. 2011. Dis ...
... Cooke, S. L., A. C. Lloyd, A. D. Monteblanco, and S. Secchi. 2013. Ecosystems, Economics, and Equity in the Floodplain: A Case Study for Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis. http://www.sesync.org/ecosystemseconomics-and-equity-in-the-floodplain-case-study-5 Cooke, S. L., and S. Johnsen. 2011. Dis ...
Guidance notes for institutional analysis in rural development
... Institutions have been an enduring concern for the social sciences since time immemorial, especially in the realm of political science. With respect to the challenges of rural and agricultural development, sociologists have constantly reminded us that poor rural communities cannot be empowered in a ...
... Institutions have been an enduring concern for the social sciences since time immemorial, especially in the realm of political science. With respect to the challenges of rural and agricultural development, sociologists have constantly reminded us that poor rural communities cannot be empowered in a ...