Historical responsibility: Assessing the past in international climate
... mitigate climate change are based partly on arguments grounded in various histories. Defining history is therefore part of gate-keeping for entry into the political sphere in contemporary climate negotiations. Discourse theory can usefully inform this argument. It can be used to investigate how soci ...
... mitigate climate change are based partly on arguments grounded in various histories. Defining history is therefore part of gate-keeping for entry into the political sphere in contemporary climate negotiations. Discourse theory can usefully inform this argument. It can be used to investigate how soci ...
comparative evaluation of experimental
... through many possible explanations, rejecting those that cannot be correct, and being left with a small number of possibilities that could be. The experimental approach has always been central to this scientific method. It has been largely responsible for the flowering of the medical and biological ...
... through many possible explanations, rejecting those that cannot be correct, and being left with a small number of possibilities that could be. The experimental approach has always been central to this scientific method. It has been largely responsible for the flowering of the medical and biological ...
Comparing Indicators of Knowledge within and
... knowledge about animals has no relationship to that same individual’s knowledge about things students do to get good grades (Brewer, Romney, and Batchelder 1991). In contrast to the relationship between consistency and consensus, test-retest reliability, and the relationship between informant knowle ...
... knowledge about animals has no relationship to that same individual’s knowledge about things students do to get good grades (Brewer, Romney, and Batchelder 1991). In contrast to the relationship between consistency and consensus, test-retest reliability, and the relationship between informant knowle ...
• “Letting the Genie Out of Its Bottle: Contemporary Population
... and various organizational transitions has not been adequately understood or conceptualized. In addressing this need, I apply and develop the concept of critical transition. Besides maintaining and stabilizing innovation during continuous and complex organizational change, envisioning or imagining n ...
... and various organizational transitions has not been adequately understood or conceptualized. In addressing this need, I apply and develop the concept of critical transition. Besides maintaining and stabilizing innovation during continuous and complex organizational change, envisioning or imagining n ...
Environmental Sociology
... favoured social structural explanations over physical or environmental ones (Buttel 1986: 338). From time to time, isolated works pertaining to natural resources and the environment had appeared, mostly within the area of rural sociology, but these had never coalesced into a cumulative body of work. ...
... favoured social structural explanations over physical or environmental ones (Buttel 1986: 338). From time to time, isolated works pertaining to natural resources and the environment had appeared, mostly within the area of rural sociology, but these had never coalesced into a cumulative body of work. ...
Cervid Ecological Framework
... ecologically-based approach to resource management is central to conserving biodiversity and using natural resources in a sustainable manner. Cervids will be managed within appropriate landscape scales in an ecosystem context (see 5.0 Cervid Ecological Zones). Consideration of predator-prey balance ...
... ecologically-based approach to resource management is central to conserving biodiversity and using natural resources in a sustainable manner. Cervids will be managed within appropriate landscape scales in an ecosystem context (see 5.0 Cervid Ecological Zones). Consideration of predator-prey balance ...
Ecosystem fragmentation drives increased diet variation in an
... relationship among populations; results are qualitatively similar if excluding this interaction). For males, there was no association between body size and growth rate (P = 0.89), and thus, site means were used in analysis. Gut contents and stable isotopes Resource use was quantified as proportions ...
... relationship among populations; results are qualitatively similar if excluding this interaction). For males, there was no association between body size and growth rate (P = 0.89), and thus, site means were used in analysis. Gut contents and stable isotopes Resource use was quantified as proportions ...
Ecosystem fragmentation drives increased diet variation in an
... One consequence of human-driven habitat degradation in general, and habitat fragmentation in particular, is loss of biodiversity. An often-underappreciated aspect of habitat fragmentation relates to changes in the ecology of species that persist in altered habitats. In Bahamian wetlands, ecosystem f ...
... One consequence of human-driven habitat degradation in general, and habitat fragmentation in particular, is loss of biodiversity. An often-underappreciated aspect of habitat fragmentation relates to changes in the ecology of species that persist in altered habitats. In Bahamian wetlands, ecosystem f ...
Biodiversity 2036 | May 2016
... consideration and mitigation of biodiversity/natural environment impacts is a mandatory component of impact assessments for all projects. The BPN is confident these goals would work towards avoiding inappropriate future development at all scales. In addition, they may facilitate increased funding fo ...
... consideration and mitigation of biodiversity/natural environment impacts is a mandatory component of impact assessments for all projects. The BPN is confident these goals would work towards avoiding inappropriate future development at all scales. In addition, they may facilitate increased funding fo ...
Biopolitics An Advanced Introduction
... the present book is a translation of that volume, there are some significant changes to be noted. First, there is a new title: Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction. As one of the anonymous reviewers of the book rightly pointed out, the original title, “Introduction to Biopolitics,” might deter read ...
... the present book is a translation of that volume, there are some significant changes to be noted. First, there is a new title: Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction. As one of the anonymous reviewers of the book rightly pointed out, the original title, “Introduction to Biopolitics,” might deter read ...
Desertification and livestock grazing: The roles of sedentarization
... 1949; Khazanov 1994). In essence, changes in the earth’s climate since the last Ice Age have not been progressive but rather oscillatory. Indeed, it is speculated that the periods of increased aridity have led to the emergence and increased prevalence of nomadic pastoralism and not the inverse, nor ...
... 1949; Khazanov 1994). In essence, changes in the earth’s climate since the last Ice Age have not been progressive but rather oscillatory. Indeed, it is speculated that the periods of increased aridity have led to the emergence and increased prevalence of nomadic pastoralism and not the inverse, nor ...
« Absolut Counter-Discourse » - A discourse analysis of the counter
... stealing many of its ideas and incorporating them into its own creations.” (Cook 1922: 201). Today, as people grow up with and used to advertising, less and less people are prepared to stand up for their concerns and movements as e.g. feminism is losing its supporters, the critics also seem to have ...
... stealing many of its ideas and incorporating them into its own creations.” (Cook 1922: 201). Today, as people grow up with and used to advertising, less and less people are prepared to stand up for their concerns and movements as e.g. feminism is losing its supporters, the critics also seem to have ...
SECOND REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN
... and desert zones. More specifically these include climate change within the different ecological zones, biomass fluctuations in cultivated areas and in pastureland vegetation cover, eco-engineering models, pasture management, soil productivity, erosion and deterioration, sand movement, overgrazing, ...
... and desert zones. More specifically these include climate change within the different ecological zones, biomass fluctuations in cultivated areas and in pastureland vegetation cover, eco-engineering models, pasture management, soil productivity, erosion and deterioration, sand movement, overgrazing, ...
Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystem functions
... Previous studies have attempted to identify characteristics of resilient systems from a broad ...
... Previous studies have attempted to identify characteristics of resilient systems from a broad ...
ecology - Excell Career Online
... today as we become aware of some of the past and current ecological today as we become aware of some of the past and current ecological malpractices. It is important for everyone to know and appreciate the principles of this aspect of biology so that one can form an intelligent opinion regarding top ...
... today as we become aware of some of the past and current ecological today as we become aware of some of the past and current ecological malpractices. It is important for everyone to know and appreciate the principles of this aspect of biology so that one can form an intelligent opinion regarding top ...
The manuscript on the following pages has been accepted for... the book Coral Health and Disease (Eugene Rosenberg, Editor), which...
... whether the ABH operates. A particular bleaching event is not necessarily adaptive for any given individual because adaptive characteristics may be detectable only at the population scale. Adaptive change may occur over the course of multiple repetitive stress events, and may take several generation ...
... whether the ABH operates. A particular bleaching event is not necessarily adaptive for any given individual because adaptive characteristics may be detectable only at the population scale. Adaptive change may occur over the course of multiple repetitive stress events, and may take several generation ...
The Choice of Discount Rate for Climate Change Policy Evaluation
... inappropriately low and that its conclusions consequently are not well founded. Nordhaus, in particular, has argued that a considerably higher consumption discount rate has greater justification, and that once this higher rate is employed, one can no longer justify climate action nearly as aggressiv ...
... inappropriately low and that its conclusions consequently are not well founded. Nordhaus, in particular, has argued that a considerably higher consumption discount rate has greater justification, and that once this higher rate is employed, one can no longer justify climate action nearly as aggressiv ...
Concept Note Pollination
... understanding and management of emerging global risks that have impacts on human health and safety, the environment, the economy and society at large. IRGC’s work includes developing concepts of risk governance, anticipating major risk issues and providing risk governance policy recommendations for ...
... understanding and management of emerging global risks that have impacts on human health and safety, the environment, the economy and society at large. IRGC’s work includes developing concepts of risk governance, anticipating major risk issues and providing risk governance policy recommendations for ...
The Green and Golden Bell Frog Parramatta Key Population
... This Management Plan covers three key populations located within the Sydney Green and Golden Bell Frog (GGBF) Management Region as defined in the Recovery Plan. These key populations are: 1. Homebush Bay key population - taking in the Sydney Olympic Parklands area 2. Clyde/Rosehill key population - ...
... This Management Plan covers three key populations located within the Sydney Green and Golden Bell Frog (GGBF) Management Region as defined in the Recovery Plan. These key populations are: 1. Homebush Bay key population - taking in the Sydney Olympic Parklands area 2. Clyde/Rosehill key population - ...
APES Review - Dave Mundy, North Kitsap High School Science
... What is differential reproduction? How did we become (biological diversity)? What is the importance of such a powerful species? biodiversity? ...
... What is differential reproduction? How did we become (biological diversity)? What is the importance of such a powerful species? biodiversity? ...
KoalaS and Climate Change
... southern and eastern coastal regions from Adelaide to Cairns, and further inland where the landscape and climate can support woodlands. Koalas forage mainly at night and typically sleep and rest for a minimum of 16 hours a day. Koalas are true habitat and food specialists, only ever inhabiting fores ...
... southern and eastern coastal regions from Adelaide to Cairns, and further inland where the landscape and climate can support woodlands. Koalas forage mainly at night and typically sleep and rest for a minimum of 16 hours a day. Koalas are true habitat and food specialists, only ever inhabiting fores ...
KoalaS and Climate Change
... southern and eastern coastal regions from Adelaide to Cairns, and further inland where the landscape and climate can support woodlands. Koalas forage mainly at night and typically sleep and rest for a minimum of 16 hours a day. Koalas are true habitat and food specialists, only ever inhabiting fores ...
... southern and eastern coastal regions from Adelaide to Cairns, and further inland where the landscape and climate can support woodlands. Koalas forage mainly at night and typically sleep and rest for a minimum of 16 hours a day. Koalas are true habitat and food specialists, only ever inhabiting fores ...
A Report Card on Ecocriticism - Association for the Study of
... Since there are, as Karen Warren (among many others [22]) cogently notes, "important connections between how one treats women, people of color, and the underclass on one hand and how one treats the nonhuman natural environment on the other" ("Introduction" xi), it seems senseless to conduct ecocriti ...
... Since there are, as Karen Warren (among many others [22]) cogently notes, "important connections between how one treats women, people of color, and the underclass on one hand and how one treats the nonhuman natural environment on the other" ("Introduction" xi), it seems senseless to conduct ecocriti ...
ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE—IN THEORY AND APPLICATION
... ■ Abstract In 1973, C. S. Holling introduced the word resilience into the ecological literature as a way of helping to understand the non-linear dynamics observed in ecosystems. Ecological resilience was defined as the amount of disturbance that an ecosystem could withstand without changing self-org ...
... ■ Abstract In 1973, C. S. Holling introduced the word resilience into the ecological literature as a way of helping to understand the non-linear dynamics observed in ecosystems. Ecological resilience was defined as the amount of disturbance that an ecosystem could withstand without changing self-org ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Lawrence H. Goulder
... Nordhaus-supported discount rate accounted for all of the difference between the more aggressive climate policy endorsed by Stern and the considerably more modest effort supported by Nordhaus. The disagreements about the discount rate are not merely arguments about empirical matters; there are major ...
... Nordhaus-supported discount rate accounted for all of the difference between the more aggressive climate policy endorsed by Stern and the considerably more modest effort supported by Nordhaus. The disagreements about the discount rate are not merely arguments about empirical matters; there are major ...