Discourse and creativity - Reading`s CentAUR
... commonly associated with approaches to discourse which examine, as Austin (1962) famously put it, how we ‘do things with words.’ Approaches like, pragmatics, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, and Austin’s speech act theory all see discourse itself as a kind of social action and ...
... commonly associated with approaches to discourse which examine, as Austin (1962) famously put it, how we ‘do things with words.’ Approaches like, pragmatics, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, and Austin’s speech act theory all see discourse itself as a kind of social action and ...
Mutualisms in a changing world: an evolutionary
... pollinator interactions (Eckert et al. 2009; Hegland et al. 2009; Winfree et al. 2009), highlighting specific mechanisms (e.g., climate-induced phenological mismatch) that threaten the ecological persistence of partnerships. Much of the discussion of biological responses to global change has focused ...
... pollinator interactions (Eckert et al. 2009; Hegland et al. 2009; Winfree et al. 2009), highlighting specific mechanisms (e.g., climate-induced phenological mismatch) that threaten the ecological persistence of partnerships. Much of the discussion of biological responses to global change has focused ...
... On the other hand, to refuse to perceive changes until social actors themselves announce them is to abdicate social scientists’ own professional role, turning it into the mere reporting of the not necessarily well-informed beliefs about themselves of social actors. This was the blind alley into whic ...
Dynamical and system-wide properties of linear flow
... description of “complex” ecological systems. Because of expected simplicity, it can be surprising when linear systems behavior proves non-simple (Patten, 1975, 1983). This is what we confronted in the preliminaries to this study when we parameterized linearly formulated food-web models differently a ...
... description of “complex” ecological systems. Because of expected simplicity, it can be surprising when linear systems behavior proves non-simple (Patten, 1975, 1983). This is what we confronted in the preliminaries to this study when we parameterized linearly formulated food-web models differently a ...
Understanding Our Environment
... Is the best strategy to avoid destruction in the first place, or is nature a simple social creation to be molded ? Under what conditions can / should we walk away let nature heal itself ? What role should community / plant authenticity place in restoration ? Which historic state should an area be ...
... Is the best strategy to avoid destruction in the first place, or is nature a simple social creation to be molded ? Under what conditions can / should we walk away let nature heal itself ? What role should community / plant authenticity place in restoration ? Which historic state should an area be ...
A review of modelling methods of indicators for the identification of
... One criticism frequently levelled at ecosystem indicators is the lack of appropriate reference points (Degnbol & Jarre 2004). Ideally, knowledge of the structure of the unexploited system is required in order to establish a baseline as a reference point which can then be compared to indicators which ...
... One criticism frequently levelled at ecosystem indicators is the lack of appropriate reference points (Degnbol & Jarre 2004). Ideally, knowledge of the structure of the unexploited system is required in order to establish a baseline as a reference point which can then be compared to indicators which ...
Ecology 86(2)
... Abstract. Trophic cascades have been documented in a diversity of ecological systems and can be important in determining biomass distribution within a community. To date, the literature on trophic cascades has focused on whether and in which systems cascades occur. Many biological (e.g., productivit ...
... Abstract. Trophic cascades have been documented in a diversity of ecological systems and can be important in determining biomass distribution within a community. To date, the literature on trophic cascades has focused on whether and in which systems cascades occur. Many biological (e.g., productivit ...
Mechanisms of Rapid Adaptation to Environmental Stressors in
... assess the evolutionary process involved (evolutionary assessment). The effect of pollutants on the genetics of natural populations is the field of the evolutionary toxicology [74-77]. Evolutionary toxicology makes use of the conceptual basis of evolution, toxicological concepts and conservation bio ...
... assess the evolutionary process involved (evolutionary assessment). The effect of pollutants on the genetics of natural populations is the field of the evolutionary toxicology [74-77]. Evolutionary toxicology makes use of the conceptual basis of evolution, toxicological concepts and conservation bio ...
Marine Science 1 - Regular and Honors
... salinity, temperature, and geography affect the distribution of marine life. Items will not assess how to calculate salinity. Items may assess the ocean life zones, such as photic zone, benthic zone, aphotic zone, oceanic zone, and neritic zone. Items may assess the marine lifestyles, such as neusto ...
... salinity, temperature, and geography affect the distribution of marine life. Items will not assess how to calculate salinity. Items may assess the ocean life zones, such as photic zone, benthic zone, aphotic zone, oceanic zone, and neritic zone. Items may assess the marine lifestyles, such as neusto ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment Comment
... might be better understood as a cross-sectoral issue. It was also suggested that Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services should not be confounded and that the differences needed to be clearly teased apart. The overall approach to risk assessment was also an issue for some of those present. They argued ...
... might be better understood as a cross-sectoral issue. It was also suggested that Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services should not be confounded and that the differences needed to be clearly teased apart. The overall approach to risk assessment was also an issue for some of those present. They argued ...
Sustainable Futures - Ympäristö ja kehitys ry
... Using these two criteria for sustainable culture, three global cultural classes can be defined. The over-consuming class meets its human needs but not the criteria for sustainability, since it exceeds its environmental space. At the other end, there is the struggling class that lives within its envir ...
... Using these two criteria for sustainable culture, three global cultural classes can be defined. The over-consuming class meets its human needs but not the criteria for sustainability, since it exceeds its environmental space. At the other end, there is the struggling class that lives within its envir ...
4.1.7 Watersheds and Wetlands
... Describe and explain the Demonstrate the dependency of adaptations of plants and animals living components in the to their environment. (S) ecosystem on the nonliving components. (S, R) Demonstrate the dependency of living components in the Explain the importance of the ecosystem on the nonliving pr ...
... Describe and explain the Demonstrate the dependency of adaptations of plants and animals living components in the to their environment. (S) ecosystem on the nonliving components. (S, R) Demonstrate the dependency of living components in the Explain the importance of the ecosystem on the nonliving pr ...
Peppermoth simulation
... Pepper Moth Simulation Objective: Simulate changes in moth population due to pollution and predation, and observe how species can change over time. Instructions: Click the link below to read more information on Kettlewell's study of moths. At the end, you will run two simulations for 5 minutes each, ...
... Pepper Moth Simulation Objective: Simulate changes in moth population due to pollution and predation, and observe how species can change over time. Instructions: Click the link below to read more information on Kettlewell's study of moths. At the end, you will run two simulations for 5 minutes each, ...
the full report - Adapting Canadian Work and
... thinking in both innovation and industrial policy actively explores the meso level network as an alternative to either of these. In the domain of innovation these are expressed through terms such as actor networks and ecosystems. In the domain of industry they are expressed through terms such as va ...
... thinking in both innovation and industrial policy actively explores the meso level network as an alternative to either of these. In the domain of innovation these are expressed through terms such as actor networks and ecosystems. In the domain of industry they are expressed through terms such as va ...
Audio Engineering
... Define small farm and identify the benefits and of small farms. Describe the small farm economy and compare it with the large farm economy. Identify ways to support small farms. Identify common alternatives to regular home gardens. Define industry, agricultural industry, and industrialization. Defin ...
... Define small farm and identify the benefits and of small farms. Describe the small farm economy and compare it with the large farm economy. Identify ways to support small farms. Identify common alternatives to regular home gardens. Define industry, agricultural industry, and industrialization. Defin ...
A novel approch to national technological accumulation and
... at the frontier. From the perspective of countries, it has been argued that catching-up countries have the potential to grow at a faster rate than leader countries because they can exploit a backlog of existing knowledge developed elsewhere. This potential is regarded as being dependent on, inter al ...
... at the frontier. From the perspective of countries, it has been argued that catching-up countries have the potential to grow at a faster rate than leader countries because they can exploit a backlog of existing knowledge developed elsewhere. This potential is regarded as being dependent on, inter al ...
Eric`s CV - Institute on the Environment
... supporting data storage and exchange among the more than 90 global sites participating in the Nutrient Network collaborative grassland experiment. Coordinate data availability to Network members for querying and analysis. Promoting data management and data sharing in ecology: As member of best pract ...
... supporting data storage and exchange among the more than 90 global sites participating in the Nutrient Network collaborative grassland experiment. Coordinate data availability to Network members for querying and analysis. Promoting data management and data sharing in ecology: As member of best pract ...
Alternative stable states in ecology
... BE Beisner1, DT Haydon1, and K Cuddington2 The idea that alternative stable states may exist in communities has been a recurring theme in ecology since the late 1960s, and is now experiencing a resurgence of interest. Since the first papers on the subject appeared, two perspectives have developed to ...
... BE Beisner1, DT Haydon1, and K Cuddington2 The idea that alternative stable states may exist in communities has been a recurring theme in ecology since the late 1960s, and is now experiencing a resurgence of interest. Since the first papers on the subject appeared, two perspectives have developed to ...
The Concepts of Democracy and Governance - Kamla
... On the same token, Rousseau, in his work, identified people’s surrender of “natural rights” for “civil rights” as the basis of the emergence of a social contract which created the general will of the people (Khan et al., op cit 27-28). The creation of the general will through the social contract in ...
... On the same token, Rousseau, in his work, identified people’s surrender of “natural rights” for “civil rights” as the basis of the emergence of a social contract which created the general will of the people (Khan et al., op cit 27-28). The creation of the general will through the social contract in ...
6 Endogenous Knowledge: Implications for Sustainable Development
... and sanctions (social institutions). These social practices are understood as expressions of specific values, which for their part are understood by people as rooted in their basic assumptions about what the world is composed of (ontology) and what one can know about it (epistemology). Berkes (1999) ...
... and sanctions (social institutions). These social practices are understood as expressions of specific values, which for their part are understood by people as rooted in their basic assumptions about what the world is composed of (ontology) and what one can know about it (epistemology). Berkes (1999) ...
- Wiley Online Library
... The remote environmental variables (ENSO and SAM) offer proxies for remote forcing on LSST, in addition to other environmental variables throughout the Southern Ocean (Meredith et al. 2005, 2008). ENSO is a major mode of coupled atmosphere ocean variability that operates on interannual timescales. W ...
... The remote environmental variables (ENSO and SAM) offer proxies for remote forcing on LSST, in addition to other environmental variables throughout the Southern Ocean (Meredith et al. 2005, 2008). ENSO is a major mode of coupled atmosphere ocean variability that operates on interannual timescales. W ...
Aalborg Universitet The Emancipatory Potential of Ecological Economics: A Thermodynamic Perspective
... 1.2 Sustainable development and environmental economics Environmental problems were once commonly believed to be solvable in isolation from social issues, but this changed with the arrival of the influential Brundtland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development [WCED] 1987). The report ...
... 1.2 Sustainable development and environmental economics Environmental problems were once commonly believed to be solvable in isolation from social issues, but this changed with the arrival of the influential Brundtland Report (World Commission on Environment and Development [WCED] 1987). The report ...
Analysis of selected concepts on Resource Management
... within decades. These claims proved to be wrong, among other things, because well-functioning markets for such resources appear to be well suited to respond to expected scarcity. For example, in terms of expanding the search for new discoveries, promoting technological change that increases resource ...
... within decades. These claims proved to be wrong, among other things, because well-functioning markets for such resources appear to be well suited to respond to expected scarcity. For example, in terms of expanding the search for new discoveries, promoting technological change that increases resource ...
Anti-Colonialism and Education
... show its connections to the academic engagement. Franz Fanon and Karl Marx have both cautioned us that “what matters is not to know the world but to change it”. This assertion calls for a recognition of the multiple points/places of responsibility and accountability. For example, what does it mean t ...
... show its connections to the academic engagement. Franz Fanon and Karl Marx have both cautioned us that “what matters is not to know the world but to change it”. This assertion calls for a recognition of the multiple points/places of responsibility and accountability. For example, what does it mean t ...