Determinants of species richness in generalist and specialist
... species recorded as a measure of species richness. This simple measure has been criticised because the sample sizes are different at each site (Gotelli and Colwell 2001). However, the use of rarefaction for a standardized sample size of 1000 butterflies in a subset of 68 sites indicated that the exp ...
... species recorded as a measure of species richness. This simple measure has been criticised because the sample sizes are different at each site (Gotelli and Colwell 2001). However, the use of rarefaction for a standardized sample size of 1000 butterflies in a subset of 68 sites indicated that the exp ...
Braconnot et al. (2012) - Harvard John A. Paulson School of
... model dependent. The need to investigate this phenomenon led to the establishment of the Atmospheric Modelling Intercomparison Project (AMIP)98 — the first of a plethora of model intercomparison projects of which PMIP (and CMIP1) are part. The specific aim of PMIP was, and continues to be, to provid ...
... model dependent. The need to investigate this phenomenon led to the establishment of the Atmospheric Modelling Intercomparison Project (AMIP)98 — the first of a plethora of model intercomparison projects of which PMIP (and CMIP1) are part. The specific aim of PMIP was, and continues to be, to provid ...
Global food security under climate change
... increased heavy precipitation events and flooding in temperate regions, including the possibility of increased coastal storms (6); they also have to be set against the fact that semiarid and arid pastures are likely to see reduced livestock productivity and increased livestock mortality (3). In drie ...
... increased heavy precipitation events and flooding in temperate regions, including the possibility of increased coastal storms (6); they also have to be set against the fact that semiarid and arid pastures are likely to see reduced livestock productivity and increased livestock mortality (3). In drie ...
Coupled General Circulation Modeling
... • Not typically an important issue for atmosphere-only or atmosphere-mixed layer ocean models. • More important for AOGCMs; these can exhibit considerable sensitivity to initial conditions. • Issue: How to initialize time-dependent AOGCM simulations of past climates? February 26, 2003 ...
... • Not typically an important issue for atmosphere-only or atmosphere-mixed layer ocean models. • More important for AOGCMs; these can exhibit considerable sensitivity to initial conditions. • Issue: How to initialize time-dependent AOGCM simulations of past climates? February 26, 2003 ...
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... Mulanje’s rainfall and climate are affected by the mountain forest, and also partly by the Chiperoni Mountains in adjacent Mozambique. The climate is warm to hot and humid throughout most of the year, with annual temperatures averaging 21–230 C and maximum temperatures around 32–350 C during Novembe ...
... Mulanje’s rainfall and climate are affected by the mountain forest, and also partly by the Chiperoni Mountains in adjacent Mozambique. The climate is warm to hot and humid throughout most of the year, with annual temperatures averaging 21–230 C and maximum temperatures around 32–350 C during Novembe ...
Major Impacts and Vulnerabilities for Asia
... biological systems. Hydrology, glacial retreat, and sea-ice data represent decadal to century trends. Terrestrial and marine ecosystem data represent trends of at least 2 decades. Remote-sensing studies cover large areas. Data are for single or multiple impacts that are consistent with known mechani ...
... biological systems. Hydrology, glacial retreat, and sea-ice data represent decadal to century trends. Terrestrial and marine ecosystem data represent trends of at least 2 decades. Remote-sensing studies cover large areas. Data are for single or multiple impacts that are consistent with known mechani ...
Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Household Food
... charts. Findings of the study indicate that climate variability has negatively affected food availability, food access and food adequacy which leads to food insecurity in Yatta District. Pearson correlation coefficients for annual precipitation Coefficient of Variation (CV) against crop yield for th ...
... charts. Findings of the study indicate that climate variability has negatively affected food availability, food access and food adequacy which leads to food insecurity in Yatta District. Pearson correlation coefficients for annual precipitation Coefficient of Variation (CV) against crop yield for th ...
AIACC Regional Study Abstracts
... publications. The study will be gender sensitive, as the various groups will be further disaggregated by sex in the model. Countries and sectors: Nigeria and Mali. Agriculture, extremes (drought). (AS06) Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Grassland Ec ...
... publications. The study will be gender sensitive, as the various groups will be further disaggregated by sex in the model. Countries and sectors: Nigeria and Mali. Agriculture, extremes (drought). (AS06) Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Grassland Ec ...
Response of subarctic vegetation to transient climatic change on the
... Modelling transient dynamics of vegetation change allows investigation of both the short- and long-term responses of ecosystems to landscape-level disturbance and recruitment, and the subsequent feedbacks between climate and the biosphere. These spatial processes are responsible for long-term change ...
... Modelling transient dynamics of vegetation change allows investigation of both the short- and long-term responses of ecosystems to landscape-level disturbance and recruitment, and the subsequent feedbacks between climate and the biosphere. These spatial processes are responsible for long-term change ...
CCRIF’s Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Initiative Study
... We are very happy to present to our partners and stakeholders the preliminary results of this economics of climate adaptation study which we hope provide policy makers in the region with the facts and tools to incorporate climate adaptation strategies into their national disaster management regimes. ...
... We are very happy to present to our partners and stakeholders the preliminary results of this economics of climate adaptation study which we hope provide policy makers in the region with the facts and tools to incorporate climate adaptation strategies into their national disaster management regimes. ...
How Is Puget Sound`s Climate Changing?
... those observed globally as a result of human-‐caused climate change. These include increasing air temperatures, a longer frost-‐free season, nighttime warming, and a possible increase in the intensity of heavy ...
... those observed globally as a result of human-‐caused climate change. These include increasing air temperatures, a longer frost-‐free season, nighttime warming, and a possible increase in the intensity of heavy ...
Presentation
... f) Where relationships between predictors and predictands may change • Statistical downscaling is much easier to apply than regional climate modelling. • In climate change studies, one important question is what implications a global warming has for the local climate. The local climate can be regard ...
... f) Where relationships between predictors and predictands may change • Statistical downscaling is much easier to apply than regional climate modelling. • In climate change studies, one important question is what implications a global warming has for the local climate. The local climate can be regard ...
- Wiley Online Library
... pockets, because populations of species in these communities cannot readily move when conditions become warmer and drier. This leads to high predicted rates of extinction in animals and plants from some local regions (Thomas et al. 2004). However, if populations change genetically and can evolve and ...
... pockets, because populations of species in these communities cannot readily move when conditions become warmer and drier. This leads to high predicted rates of extinction in animals and plants from some local regions (Thomas et al. 2004). However, if populations change genetically and can evolve and ...
Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... 2009). In addition, some metrics (e.g., taxa richness and EPT richness) are highly variable among years in coastal California streams, whereas other indices (e.g., B-IBI and O/E scores) are less variable (Mazor et al. 2009). The effects of climate change on these metrics and indices, on specific tax ...
... 2009). In addition, some metrics (e.g., taxa richness and EPT richness) are highly variable among years in coastal California streams, whereas other indices (e.g., B-IBI and O/E scores) are less variable (Mazor et al. 2009). The effects of climate change on these metrics and indices, on specific tax ...
Paper 10: Climate Change Impacts on Coastal
... and islands, coastal ecosystems and their biodiversity are affected by changes in the processes that created and sustain them. They are intrinsically dynamic due to their exposure to alternate flooding and drying, winds, waves, tides, and storms. Organisms that inhabit coastal ecosystems are uniquel ...
... and islands, coastal ecosystems and their biodiversity are affected by changes in the processes that created and sustain them. They are intrinsically dynamic due to their exposure to alternate flooding and drying, winds, waves, tides, and storms. Organisms that inhabit coastal ecosystems are uniquel ...
Genomics-fueled approaches to current challenges in marine ecology
... might be impacted by particular abiotic stresses at a systems level. A better appreciation of physiological diversity and how it plays out across large spatial scales or in species interactions to determine largerscale ecological patterns (Figure 1) will be particularly important if ecosystem distur ...
... might be impacted by particular abiotic stresses at a systems level. A better appreciation of physiological diversity and how it plays out across large spatial scales or in species interactions to determine largerscale ecological patterns (Figure 1) will be particularly important if ecosystem distur ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... dioxide and methane, greenhouse gases, than at any time over the past 650,000 years, and concluded that a ‘‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal’’ (IPCC, 2007, p. 5). Many people alive today will likely see dramatic increases in global temperature and sea level; decreases in snow cover, sea ...
... dioxide and methane, greenhouse gases, than at any time over the past 650,000 years, and concluded that a ‘‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal’’ (IPCC, 2007, p. 5). Many people alive today will likely see dramatic increases in global temperature and sea level; decreases in snow cover, sea ...
quantifying the impact of climate change on
... New ground-breaking scientific research in 2014 can now tell us just how much of an influence climate change has on a single heatwave or heat records. Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of many extreme weather events, with adverse impacts on Australians. Extreme heat is one the ...
... New ground-breaking scientific research in 2014 can now tell us just how much of an influence climate change has on a single heatwave or heat records. Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of many extreme weather events, with adverse impacts on Australians. Extreme heat is one the ...
Word - Council of Europe
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...
Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public
... of dangerous chemicals from storage or remobilisation of chemicals already in the environment, e.g. pesticides. A case study of heavy metal soil contamination after the flooding of the river Meuse during the winter of 1993–1994 concluded there was a potential health risk for river-bank inhabitants a ...
... of dangerous chemicals from storage or remobilisation of chemicals already in the environment, e.g. pesticides. A case study of heavy metal soil contamination after the flooding of the river Meuse during the winter of 1993–1994 concluded there was a potential health risk for river-bank inhabitants a ...
Use of Indigenous Knowledge as a Strategy for Climate Change
... thereby improving agricultural productivity and reducing the pressure exerted on forests. Local knowledge is vital for preserving bio-diversity, which is considered a very successful adaptation strategy. Through the World Bank, gene banks have been established to preserve genetic information of loca ...
... thereby improving agricultural productivity and reducing the pressure exerted on forests. Local knowledge is vital for preserving bio-diversity, which is considered a very successful adaptation strategy. Through the World Bank, gene banks have been established to preserve genetic information of loca ...
IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME)
... include frequent drought, increased environmental damage, increased infestation of crop by pests and diseases, depletion of household assets, increased rural urban migration, increased biodiversity loss, depletion of wildlife and other natural resource base, changes in the vegetation type, decline i ...
... include frequent drought, increased environmental damage, increased infestation of crop by pests and diseases, depletion of household assets, increased rural urban migration, increased biodiversity loss, depletion of wildlife and other natural resource base, changes in the vegetation type, decline i ...
Climate change impacts on global agriculture | SpringerLink
... world, there are no markets for water. Water is also often underpriced, free or even subsidized. Because there is often no economic transaction, water use is not commonly reported in the national economic accounts, which hampers the analysis of water resources with economic models. We use the new ve ...
... world, there are no markets for water. Water is also often underpriced, free or even subsidized. Because there is often no economic transaction, water use is not commonly reported in the national economic accounts, which hampers the analysis of water resources with economic models. We use the new ve ...
THE CROPWAT ANALYSIS OF THREE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT
... The reports in this special series are the result of a multi-country research activities conducted under the GEF funded project: Climate Change Impacts on and Adaptation of Agroecological Systems in Africa. The main goal of the project was to develop multipliable analytical methods and procedures to ...
... The reports in this special series are the result of a multi-country research activities conducted under the GEF funded project: Climate Change Impacts on and Adaptation of Agroecological Systems in Africa. The main goal of the project was to develop multipliable analytical methods and procedures to ...