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Symposium: Effects of Human Choices on Characteristics of Urban Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2007
Most urban ecology in cities remains an “ecology in cities” rather than an “ecology of cities.” Accomplishing the latter requires the inclusion of humans within the concept of “ecosystem,” both how humans alter the properties of urban ecosystems and how ...
Byrne, Loren
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Scientific, rhetorical and lifestyle use of the terms ‘ecology’ and ‘environment’ in reference to the ‘ecosystem crisis’

Cogent Arts & Humanities
I examined 100 publications in the humanities to see how the terms derived from the natural sciences, ecology, environment and ecosystem, were used.
Byron B. Lamont
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News Ecology and News Ecosystems

, 2019
“News ecology” and “news ecosystems” are two terms often used in journalism studies. They are, however, different concepts that draw from different lines of research and are used by different groups of scholars rarely connected to one another. The notion of “news ecology” stems from media ecology, a branch of media theory that aims at ...
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Addressing the wicked problem of water resource management: An ecosystem services approach [PDF]

This paper develops a systematic assessment of the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by rivers impacted by water storage projects. Given the conflicting preferences amongst stakeholders and the incomplete, uncertain and contradictory ...
Cullen, Ross, Hearnshaw, Edward J.S., Tompkins, Jean-Marie   +2 more
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Winter and spring frost events delay leaf‐out, hamper growth and increase mortality in European beech seedlings, with weaker effects of subsequent frosts

Ecology and Evolution
The persistence of plant populations depends crucially on successful regeneration. Yet, little is known about the effects of consecutive winter and spring frost events on the regeneration stage of trees from different seed sources, although this will ...
Lena Muffler, Robert Weigel, Ilka Beil, Christoph Leuschner, Jonas Schmeddes, Juergen Kreyling   +5 more
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Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

Functional Ecology, 2019
Coral reefs underpin a range of ecosystem goods and services that contribute to the well-being of millions of people. However, tropical coral reefs in the Anthropocene are likely to be functionally different from reefs in the past.
A. Woodhead, Christina C. Hicks, A. Norström, Gareth J. Williams, N. Graham   +4 more
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Ash Dieback and Its Impact in Near-Natural Forest Remnants – A Plant Community-Based Inventory

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Temperate European forests are currently largely under attack by the infection with Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, a fungal pathogen introduced from Asia since at least the early 1990s and causing a major dieback of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) throughout ...
Alexandra Erfmeier, Alexandra Erfmeier, Kerstin L. Haldan, Lili-M. Beckmann, Magdalene Behrens, Jonas Rotert, Joachim Schrautzer   +6 more
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Bringing nature back into cities: urban land environments, indigenous cover and urban restoration [PDF]

, 2007
1. The restoration of urban ecosystems is an increasingly important strategy to maintain and enhance indigenous biodiversity as well as reconnecting people to the environment.
Brabyn, Lars, Clarkson, Bruce D., Wehi, Priscilla M.   +2 more
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Advancing general ecosystem models (GEMs): Towards a mechanistic understanding of the biosphere in the light of the Anthropocene

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
General ecosystem models (GEMs) are process‐based simulations of ecosystems functioning worldwide. They represent all essential processes in an ecosystem, going beyond a focus on specific biomes or organismal groups.
Joachim Paul Töpper, Selwyn Hoeks, Florian Hartig, Anders Kolstad, Marlee A. Tucker, Jesamine Bartlett, Kim Magnus Bærum, Joseph Chipperfield, Michael Harfoot, Mark Antonius Jan Huijbregts, Jens‐Christian Svenning   +10 more
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology [PDF]

The Forestry Chronicle, 2012
Goran I. Agren, Folke O. Andersson
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