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Is resilience a normative concept? [PDF]

, 2018
In this paper, we engage with the question of the normative content of the resilience concept. The issues are approached in two consecutive steps. First, we proceed from a narrow construal of the resilience concept – as the ability of a system to absorb ...
Bird A., Folke C., Holling C. S., Holling C. S., Kellert S., Simon J., Williams B.   +6 more
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Technology and K-12 Environmental Education in Ontario, Canada: Teacher Perceptions and Recommendations

Education Sciences
This research explores the perspectives of kindergarten through to Grade 12 (K-12) teachers on incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) into the environmental education (EE) curriculum.
Andrew A. Millward, Courtney Carrier, Nickesh Bhagat, Gregory T. O. LeBreton   +3 more
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A framework for assessing variations in ecological networks to support wildlife conservation and management

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Habitat fragmentation poses a considerable threat to global biodiversity loss, making the study of landscape connectivity and ecological networks essential in an ever-changing environment.
Yunrui Ji, Xuelei Wei, Diqiang Li, Jiacang Zhao, Jiahua Li, Siqin Feng   +5 more
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When Trees Are Not an Option: Perennial Vines as a Complementary Strategy for Mitigating the Summer Warming of an Urban Microclimate

Buildings
This study evaluates the potential of Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) to reduce building surface temperature in a mid-latitude North American city center where vine use for this purpose is uncommon.
Andrew A. Millward, Michelle Blake
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Nutrient variation induced by rodent disturbance in Haloxylon ammodendron as a target transfer strategy

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Nutrients form a link between herbivores and plant. This study explored the physiological and ecological response mechanism of Haloxylon ammodendron population to rodent disturbance in Gurbantunggut Desert from the perspective of nutrient cycle.
Wenqin Zhao, Hanli Dang, Tao Zhang, Jianrui Dong, Hongwei Chen, Wenjie Xiang   +5 more
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Overview of Chaitén Volcano, Chile, and its 2008-2009 eruption

Andean Geology, 2013
Chaitén Volcano erupted unexpectedly in May 2008 in one of the largest eruptions globally since the 1990s. It was the largest rhyolite eruption since the great eruption of Katmai Volcano in 1912, and the first rhyolite eruption to have at least some of ...
Jon J. Major, Luis E. Lara
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Monitoring post-fire forest recovery using multi-temporal Digital Surface Models generated from different platforms [PDF]

, 2016
Wildfires can greatly affect forest dynamics. Given the alteration of fire regimes foreseen globally due to climate and land use changes, greater attention should be devoted to prevention and restoration activities.
Aicardi, Irene, Garbarino, Matteo, Lingua, Andrea, Lingua, Emanuele, Marzano, Raffaella, Piras, Marco   +5 more
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Environmental education during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Ontario, Canada

Frontiers in Education
This study investigates the integration of place-based environmental education (PBEE) during emergency remote education (ERE) and in-person teaching, considering the implications of COVID-19.
Andrew A. Millward, Andrew A. Millward, Inga Borisenoka, Inga Borisenoka, Nickesh Bhagat, Gregory T. O. LeBreton   +5 more
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Disturbance and resource availability act differently on the same suite of plant traits: revisiting assembly hypotheses. [PDF]

, 2012
Understanding the mechanisms of trait selection at the scale of plant communities is a crucial step toward predicting community assembly. Although it is commonly assumed that disturbance and resource availability constrain separate suites of traits ...
Bentler P. M, Bentler P. M, BioBase, Douma J. C, Grime J. P, Kemmers R. H, Leps J, Oksanen J, R Development Core Team, Satorra A, Schaminée J. H. J, Shipley B, Stuijfzand S, ter Braak C. J. F, Tilman D, van Dobben H. F   +15 more
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Seedling Emergence from Seed Banks in Ludwigia hexapetala-Invaded Wetlands: Implications for Restoration [PDF]

, 2019
Soil seed banks play a critical role in the maintenance of wetland plant communities and contribute to revegetation following disturbances. Analysis of the seed bank can therefore inform restoration planning and management.
Castillo Segura, Jesús Manuel, Futrell, Caryn J., Gillard, Morgane B., Grewell, Brenda J.   +3 more
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