Concept Note on new polar cooperative activity
... The vision of the polar regions as remote, snow- and ice-covered deserts is past history. The current state the Arctic, for example, is characterized by large-scale industrial development, including significant gas and oil extraction, intensifying shipping, and multiple stresses on local residents a ...
... The vision of the polar regions as remote, snow- and ice-covered deserts is past history. The current state the Arctic, for example, is characterized by large-scale industrial development, including significant gas and oil extraction, intensifying shipping, and multiple stresses on local residents a ...
2013_SRBS_v30_n5_Ing_RethinkingSystemsThinking_preprint
... prior experience with the Mandarin language. They have proved able to easily adapt to new cultural and linguistic situations (e.g. Tokyo and the Japanese language) without difficulty. ...
... prior experience with the Mandarin language. They have proved able to easily adapt to new cultural and linguistic situations (e.g. Tokyo and the Japanese language) without difficulty. ...
Digital Capability
... IT and practice are becoming fused, and (3) organizational strategies are dynamically linked with practice, i.e. they are reciprocally related through what organizations do rather than have. To investigate such IT strategizing processes, I outline a conceptual framework for analyzing how organizatio ...
... IT and practice are becoming fused, and (3) organizational strategies are dynamically linked with practice, i.e. they are reciprocally related through what organizations do rather than have. To investigate such IT strategizing processes, I outline a conceptual framework for analyzing how organizatio ...
A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation
... REFORMULATIONOF GIDDENS'STHEORY The most sustained effort at reconceptualizing structure in recent social theory has been made by Anthony Giddens, who has been insisting since the mid-1970s that structures must be regarded as "dual" (Giddens 1976, 1979, 1981, 1984). By this he means that they are "b ...
... REFORMULATIONOF GIDDENS'STHEORY The most sustained effort at reconceptualizing structure in recent social theory has been made by Anthony Giddens, who has been insisting since the mid-1970s that structures must be regarded as "dual" (Giddens 1976, 1979, 1981, 1984). By this he means that they are "b ...
Stable isotope analysis! - Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
... • Sheila Conant, Yoshitsugi Hokama, Bob Kinzie, Ivor Williams, William Walsh • Amanda, Tim, Lance, Craig, Sasa, Courtney, Shawn ...
... • Sheila Conant, Yoshitsugi Hokama, Bob Kinzie, Ivor Williams, William Walsh • Amanda, Tim, Lance, Craig, Sasa, Courtney, Shawn ...
Global amphibian declines: sorting the hypotheses - Collins Lab
... Amphibian decline hypotheses CFCs) or increased susceptibility to pathogens. The mechanisms underlying these hypotheses are more complex and more difficult to understand than class I hypotheses. Global change may affect a region directly, or change in one region may initiate a string of events that ...
... Amphibian decline hypotheses CFCs) or increased susceptibility to pathogens. The mechanisms underlying these hypotheses are more complex and more difficult to understand than class I hypotheses. Global change may affect a region directly, or change in one region may initiate a string of events that ...
AnneMarie - Duke University`s Fuqua School of Business
... A related literature dealing with the diffusion of innovation outside science draws conclusions similar to those of the sociology of science. Diffusion research grows out of the rural sociology studies of the 1940s that examined the diffusion of agricultural innovation—the most influential study bei ...
... A related literature dealing with the diffusion of innovation outside science draws conclusions similar to those of the sociology of science. Diffusion research grows out of the rural sociology studies of the 1940s that examined the diffusion of agricultural innovation—the most influential study bei ...
Response of spatial vegetation distribution in China to climate
... modeling (SDM) is a highly suitable method to study the association between species distributions and climate [19, 20]. SDMs use data of species occurrences and absences and corresponding environmental layers to infer environmental requirements of species and predict the distributions of species in ...
... modeling (SDM) is a highly suitable method to study the association between species distributions and climate [19, 20]. SDMs use data of species occurrences and absences and corresponding environmental layers to infer environmental requirements of species and predict the distributions of species in ...
The Choice of Discount Rate for Climate Change Policy Evaluation
... The disagreements about the discount rate are not merely arguments about empirical matters; there are major debates about conceptual issues as well. For example, Stern (2008) and Sterner and Persson (2008) argue that the choice of consumption discount rate should be based almost entirely on ethical ...
... The disagreements about the discount rate are not merely arguments about empirical matters; there are major debates about conceptual issues as well. For example, Stern (2008) and Sterner and Persson (2008) argue that the choice of consumption discount rate should be based almost entirely on ethical ...
Training Guide for Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development
... whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or polic ...
... whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or polic ...
Indexically Structured Ecological Communities Abstract. Ecological
... Multicellular biological individuals evolved from single cell biological individuals. While multicellular individuals often evolve from a single species population it is not uncommon for multispecies assemblages to form individual organisms such as lichens1. But there is also integration without uni ...
... Multicellular biological individuals evolved from single cell biological individuals. While multicellular individuals often evolve from a single species population it is not uncommon for multispecies assemblages to form individual organisms such as lichens1. But there is also integration without uni ...
The Green and Golden Bell Frog Key Populations in the Lower Hunter
... In 1981, the GGBF was considered to be one of the most common frogs in the Lower Hunter Region. Twenty six years later only two populations remain, one at Kooragang Island and the other at Sandgate/Hexham Swamp. Considerable research has been conducted on the GGBF population on Kooragang Island and ...
... In 1981, the GGBF was considered to be one of the most common frogs in the Lower Hunter Region. Twenty six years later only two populations remain, one at Kooragang Island and the other at Sandgate/Hexham Swamp. Considerable research has been conducted on the GGBF population on Kooragang Island and ...
Ecological non-monotonicity and its effects on complexity and
... organism would not survive when an ecological factor is insufficient or in excess as indicated by the law of tolerance (Shelford, 1931). As shown in Fig. 2a, the fitness of many organisms as measured by reproduction and survival (which will determine the population’s increase rate) is often maximal in ...
... organism would not survive when an ecological factor is insufficient or in excess as indicated by the law of tolerance (Shelford, 1931). As shown in Fig. 2a, the fitness of many organisms as measured by reproduction and survival (which will determine the population’s increase rate) is often maximal in ...
CBD
... centre being organized as a collection of separate research groups. One disadvantage of such an organizational structure was that as the research groups grew larger they tended to become more independent from one another, making it increasingly difficult to establish collaborations across groups. T ...
... centre being organized as a collection of separate research groups. One disadvantage of such an organizational structure was that as the research groups grew larger they tended to become more independent from one another, making it increasingly difficult to establish collaborations across groups. T ...
empirical approaches to quantifying interaction intensity: competition
... of interactions throughout the life history by parameterizing a demographically based model of population growth (Gurevitch 1986, McPeek and Peckarsky 1998). When the entire life cycle cannot be followed, inferences from individuals to populations can still be made if the chosen individual-level res ...
... of interactions throughout the life history by parameterizing a demographically based model of population growth (Gurevitch 1986, McPeek and Peckarsky 1998). When the entire life cycle cannot be followed, inferences from individuals to populations can still be made if the chosen individual-level res ...
microbial diversity and global environmental issues
... However, it is more challenging to find answers to the question: Of what use is microbial diversity? The easy but shortsighted response is that the existing diversity of microorganisms provides a resource reservoir from which individual species with special traits can be selected to serve biotechnol ...
... However, it is more challenging to find answers to the question: Of what use is microbial diversity? The easy but shortsighted response is that the existing diversity of microorganisms provides a resource reservoir from which individual species with special traits can be selected to serve biotechnol ...
Discounting and the social cost of carbon: a closer look at
... theory behind social discounting has become a necessity for competent policy making in climate change, and with good reason. The next section provides an overview of that theory. ...
... theory behind social discounting has become a necessity for competent policy making in climate change, and with good reason. The next section provides an overview of that theory. ...
the role of ecological culture as an indicator of sustainable
... V.Boreyko , 1999; V.Boreyko , N.Morohin , 2001). As a type of human, ecological culture inherited from its relationship with the environment that promotes healthy lifestyles, sustainable socio-economic development, ecological security of the country and every individual. It is also a means of self e ...
... V.Boreyko , 1999; V.Boreyko , N.Morohin , 2001). As a type of human, ecological culture inherited from its relationship with the environment that promotes healthy lifestyles, sustainable socio-economic development, ecological security of the country and every individual. It is also a means of self e ...
this article - International Journal of Mass Emergencies
... devices.6 Interest was not limited to physical damages but also to effects on behavior. Already in 1954, Harry Williams strongly argued that: Disaster research has not been, and should not be limited to field study of actual disasters. In one direction, there are important studies to be made in the ...
... devices.6 Interest was not limited to physical damages but also to effects on behavior. Already in 1954, Harry Williams strongly argued that: Disaster research has not been, and should not be limited to field study of actual disasters. In one direction, there are important studies to be made in the ...
The transfer of European intercultural discourse towards Latin
... assign different meanings to the terms used. Hence, addressing interculturality must involve a reflexive and critical analysis because it is a term that is constructed historically and contextually (Fornet-Betancourt, 2004). Interculturality is a concept used in educational programmes, practices and ...
... assign different meanings to the terms used. Hence, addressing interculturality must involve a reflexive and critical analysis because it is a term that is constructed historically and contextually (Fornet-Betancourt, 2004). Interculturality is a concept used in educational programmes, practices and ...
Tea and the Taste of Climate Change
... the distaste for bitter for some individuals can be regarded Quality an adaptation for survival.6,7 However, researchers have For obvious reasons, tea farmers who have an extensive hypothesized that some societies, such as those with intri- cultural history of managing tea gardens are among the *It ...
... the distaste for bitter for some individuals can be regarded Quality an adaptation for survival.6,7 However, researchers have For obvious reasons, tea farmers who have an extensive hypothesized that some societies, such as those with intri- cultural history of managing tea gardens are among the *It ...
Camouflage through colour change - Philosophical Transactions of
... Unlike species known to rapidly change appearance (e.g. certain cephalopods and fish), most animals cannot change immediately but probably over hours, days and weeks [6,11]. This means that if coloration is to effectively provide camouflage in heterogeneous environments, individuals should also beha ...
... Unlike species known to rapidly change appearance (e.g. certain cephalopods and fish), most animals cannot change immediately but probably over hours, days and weeks [6,11]. This means that if coloration is to effectively provide camouflage in heterogeneous environments, individuals should also beha ...
Microbial Experimental Systems in Ecology
... niche boundary. They observed fixation of mutants with higher competitive fitness at this temperature, but evolution did not result in the extension of the niche boundary. These observations were in conflict with theories widely held at the time that predicted that extension of the thermal niche bou ...
... niche boundary. They observed fixation of mutants with higher competitive fitness at this temperature, but evolution did not result in the extension of the niche boundary. These observations were in conflict with theories widely held at the time that predicted that extension of the thermal niche bou ...