Projections of regional changes in forest net primary
... the Level-II plots of the ‘Pan-European Programme for Intensive and Continuous Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems’ database (hereafter referred to as Level-II database) which represents typical forest stands in most European countries (de Vries et al. 2003) and is unique in spatial coverage. Additional ...
... the Level-II plots of the ‘Pan-European Programme for Intensive and Continuous Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems’ database (hereafter referred to as Level-II database) which represents typical forest stands in most European countries (de Vries et al. 2003) and is unique in spatial coverage. Additional ...
Eco Science COS 2011-2012
... This course is designed for juniors and seniors as an introduction to ecology and the environment. This course will explore the interaction between living things and their environments. Specific focus will be given to each of Earth’s terrestrial and aquatic biomes with exploration into biotic factor ...
... This course is designed for juniors and seniors as an introduction to ecology and the environment. This course will explore the interaction between living things and their environments. Specific focus will be given to each of Earth’s terrestrial and aquatic biomes with exploration into biotic factor ...
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... ‘This Week’s Citation Classic® Schoener T W. Resource partitioning Science 185:27-39, 1974. ...
... ‘This Week’s Citation Classic® Schoener T W. Resource partitioning Science 185:27-39, 1974. ...
Lesson Overview - Ms. Timko`s Science Resources
... determine the places that certain plants can survive and grow. For example, very dense populations of white-tailed deer are eliminating their favorite food plants from many places across the United States. ...
... determine the places that certain plants can survive and grow. For example, very dense populations of white-tailed deer are eliminating their favorite food plants from many places across the United States. ...
Carrying capacity
... 13. Carrying capacity divides the blame for the impacts between the rich and poor. 14. The poor are blamed for having too many children. 15. This kind of discussion answers the questions related to overexploitation. In the words of one researcher: "Over the past three decades, many scholars have off ...
... 13. Carrying capacity divides the blame for the impacts between the rich and poor. 14. The poor are blamed for having too many children. 15. This kind of discussion answers the questions related to overexploitation. In the words of one researcher: "Over the past three decades, many scholars have off ...
Forest Health - IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2017
... The aim of the session we are proposing is to provide a critical overview of historical and current management strategies, and explore whether or how these strategies have been successful or not, and to discuss what future directions should be taken. We propose a series of oral presentations, follow ...
... The aim of the session we are proposing is to provide a critical overview of historical and current management strategies, and explore whether or how these strategies have been successful or not, and to discuss what future directions should be taken. We propose a series of oral presentations, follow ...
Topic 3 Battle for the Biosphere 2014
... To be able to give specific examples of climate change on flora and fauna e.g. rainforest frogs, ...
... To be able to give specific examples of climate change on flora and fauna e.g. rainforest frogs, ...
Conference Programme - 2016 Berlin Conference on
... time: How will we cope with social disruptions resulting from this? Which sectors, which regions, which countries will be successful in doing so and why? How can societies decrease their vulnerability against environmental change? Very much like the previous conferences, our ambition is to bring tog ...
... time: How will we cope with social disruptions resulting from this? Which sectors, which regions, which countries will be successful in doing so and why? How can societies decrease their vulnerability against environmental change? Very much like the previous conferences, our ambition is to bring tog ...
Perceptions and responses to climate policy risks among California
... behavior in their choice of different energy generation options as a result of price changes. Related work shows how renewable energy investors respond to policy risks related to renewable energy policies, which affect their investment potential in a given region (Lüthi and Wüstenhagen, 2012; Neme ...
... behavior in their choice of different energy generation options as a result of price changes. Related work shows how renewable energy investors respond to policy risks related to renewable energy policies, which affect their investment potential in a given region (Lüthi and Wüstenhagen, 2012; Neme ...
qritique by Paehlke (PDF)
... rather than in the biological sciences. From a social science perspective, I agree that sustainability is an amorphous concept with multiple meanings, but for me it is important and provides a conceptual basis for integrating the natural and social sciences. Thus, in my mind sustainability has a nat ...
... rather than in the biological sciences. From a social science perspective, I agree that sustainability is an amorphous concept with multiple meanings, but for me it is important and provides a conceptual basis for integrating the natural and social sciences. Thus, in my mind sustainability has a nat ...
Chaparral - EcoAdapt
... The forecast for chaparral distribution in response to climate change is not uniform throughout California. The Random Forests algorithm portrays an appealing view of the effects of global warming on the d ...
... The forecast for chaparral distribution in response to climate change is not uniform throughout California. The Random Forests algorithm portrays an appealing view of the effects of global warming on the d ...
Presentation phd_zeren
... species depends on the traits characterizing its entire life history. Traits in early life stages and of individuals including behavioral aspects may matter in determining the ecological fitness of a species. Evolutionary mechanisms have optimized these traits for each species in its ecosystem niche ...
... species depends on the traits characterizing its entire life history. Traits in early life stages and of individuals including behavioral aspects may matter in determining the ecological fitness of a species. Evolutionary mechanisms have optimized these traits for each species in its ecosystem niche ...
Global Change and Wilderness Science
... losses from the intensively monitored Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest displays substantial year-to-year variability, nitrate concentrations could be predicted quite well by a model that incorporated year-to-year variations in climate. In the mid-1980s, though, observed concentrations fell consiste ...
... losses from the intensively monitored Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest displays substantial year-to-year variability, nitrate concentrations could be predicted quite well by a model that incorporated year-to-year variations in climate. In the mid-1980s, though, observed concentrations fell consiste ...
Undergraduate courses - Department of Environmental Science and
... 16B; Statistics 13 recommended. Theoretical and experimental analysis of the distribution, growth and regulation of species populations; predator-prey and competitive interactions; and the organization of natural communities. Application of evolutionary and ecological principles to selected environm ...
... 16B; Statistics 13 recommended. Theoretical and experimental analysis of the distribution, growth and regulation of species populations; predator-prey and competitive interactions; and the organization of natural communities. Application of evolutionary and ecological principles to selected environm ...
Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics: The
... matter of different scientific disciplines. Thus, the analysis of the relationship between the economic and the natural system requires the cooperation of many scientific disciplines, which is generally called interdisciplinarity. More specifically, different forms of interdisciplinary cooperation c ...
... matter of different scientific disciplines. Thus, the analysis of the relationship between the economic and the natural system requires the cooperation of many scientific disciplines, which is generally called interdisciplinarity. More specifically, different forms of interdisciplinary cooperation c ...
Local adaptation to temperature conserves top
... study sites along a north –south temperature gradient spanning 500 km. The study sites were located in northern Vermont (VT), northern Connecticut (CT) and central New Jersey (NJ). The range of mean summer temperature within the plant canopy represented on this gradient (approx. 4.88C; see §2c) was ...
... study sites along a north –south temperature gradient spanning 500 km. The study sites were located in northern Vermont (VT), northern Connecticut (CT) and central New Jersey (NJ). The range of mean summer temperature within the plant canopy represented on this gradient (approx. 4.88C; see §2c) was ...
SEESHOP 2 abstracts - Cardiff University
... In such well-argued texts as Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa and ³Opposition to transgenic technologies: ideology, interests, and collective frames² we are informed that while the Nuffield Council in the United Kingdom ³rightly stressed the ethical obligation to us ...
... In such well-argued texts as Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa and ³Opposition to transgenic technologies: ideology, interests, and collective frames² we are informed that while the Nuffield Council in the United Kingdom ³rightly stressed the ethical obligation to us ...
BIOL 4120 Principles of Ecology
... individuals affects their ability to survive and reproduce. How animals adapt to local environment. Physiological Ecology (or Autecology) is the study of how physical factors, such at temperature, moisture, and light, affect the survival and reproduction and other biological processes of individual ...
... individuals affects their ability to survive and reproduce. How animals adapt to local environment. Physiological Ecology (or Autecology) is the study of how physical factors, such at temperature, moisture, and light, affect the survival and reproduction and other biological processes of individual ...
Rewording the world: poststructuralism, deconstruction and the `real
... constructed, then it means it is fragile and thus in great need of care and caution’ (p. 246). Caution implies deliberation, an avoidance of rashness and precipitancy, of not judging things by first appearances, and of being alert to possible implications and alternatives. This caution is evident in ...
... constructed, then it means it is fragile and thus in great need of care and caution’ (p. 246). Caution implies deliberation, an avoidance of rashness and precipitancy, of not judging things by first appearances, and of being alert to possible implications and alternatives. This caution is evident in ...
Peter N. Adams is an Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences at
... Jill A. Hood, is a Professional Geologist at the Southwest Florida Water Management District. She received a B.S. in Geology and M.S. in Hydrogeology from the University of South Florida. Jill is also currently a Ph.D. student at the College of Marine Science of the University of South Florida where ...
... Jill A. Hood, is a Professional Geologist at the Southwest Florida Water Management District. She received a B.S. in Geology and M.S. in Hydrogeology from the University of South Florida. Jill is also currently a Ph.D. student at the College of Marine Science of the University of South Florida where ...
Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Yukio Kawano and Benjamin
... generally occurs after two or three indirect links. Suppose group A is fighting and allying with its immediate neighbors and with the immediate neighbors of its neighbors. So its direct links extend to the neighbors of the neighbors. But how many indirect links will involve actions that will importa ...
... generally occurs after two or three indirect links. Suppose group A is fighting and allying with its immediate neighbors and with the immediate neighbors of its neighbors. So its direct links extend to the neighbors of the neighbors. But how many indirect links will involve actions that will importa ...
Host-parasite interactions under extreme climatic conditions
... Abstract The effect that climatic changes can exert on parasitic interactions represents a multifactor problem whose results are difficult to predict. The actual impact of changes will depend on their magnitude and the physiological tolerance of affected organisms. When the change is considered extr ...
... Abstract The effect that climatic changes can exert on parasitic interactions represents a multifactor problem whose results are difficult to predict. The actual impact of changes will depend on their magnitude and the physiological tolerance of affected organisms. When the change is considered extr ...
Defining protected areas
... categories was published just over a year ago at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona ...
... categories was published just over a year ago at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona ...
Unit: Ecology Enduring understanding 2.D: Growth and dynamic
... Enduring understanding 4.A: Interactions within biological systems lead to complex properties. Essential knowledge 4.A.6: Interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy. a. Energy flows, but matter is recycled. [See also 2.A.1] b. Changes in ...
... Enduring understanding 4.A: Interactions within biological systems lead to complex properties. Essential knowledge 4.A.6: Interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy. a. Energy flows, but matter is recycled. [See also 2.A.1] b. Changes in ...
how should knowledge in the management sciences
... the merit of structuring knowledge of management in the form of methods. The criteria in the quality awards are reviewed each year and questions are added or removed by the judges to reflect current thinking on best practices. For example, a recent addition to the Baldrige Award is a question on whe ...
... the merit of structuring knowledge of management in the form of methods. The criteria in the quality awards are reviewed each year and questions are added or removed by the judges to reflect current thinking on best practices. For example, a recent addition to the Baldrige Award is a question on whe ...