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The Harm They Inflict When Values Conflict: Why Diversity Does not Matter

Relations, 2015
Some policies that manage natural processes have the purpose of conserving and/or promoting the diversity that exists in an ecosystem. On many occasions, these policies conflict with values such as individual wellbeing. This paper looks at this issue. It
Julia Mosquera
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Monitoring the Kotychi Lagoon in Western Peloponnese, Greece, Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Environmental Assessment

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The Kotychi Lagoon (western Peloponnese, Greece), together with other coastal wetlands such as Pappas, Prokopos and Lamia, is part of the wider area of the Strofylia Wetlands National Park and Protected Areas of Western Peloponnese, which has been ...
Dionysios N. Apostolopoulos, Dionysios Giannikopoulos, Alexis Ramfos, Sara Faulwetter, Dionisios Panagiotaras, Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos, Pavlos Avramidis   +6 more
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Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social Ramifications in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ecosystems

Ecology and Society, 2009
Lagoons are highly productive coastal features that provide a range of natural services that society values. Their setting within the coastal landscape leaves them especially vulnerable to profound physical, ecological, and associated societal ...
Abigail Anthony, Joshua Atwood, Peter August, Carrie Byron, Stanley Cobb, Cheryl Foster, Crystal Fry, Arthur Gold, Kifle Hagos, Leanna Heffner, D. Q. Kellogg, Kimberly Lellis-Dibble, James J. Opaluch, Candace Oviatt, Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Nicole Rohr, Leslie Smith, Tiffany Smythe, Judith Swift, Nathan Vinhateiro   +19 more
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Linking Spatio-Temporal Land Cover Change to Biodiversity Conservation in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal

Diversity, 2013
Land cover change has been one of the major drivers of change leading to an alteration of critical habitats for many of the threatened species worldwide.
Sunita Chaudhary, Eklabya Sharma, Kabir Uddin, Nakul Chettri   +3 more
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Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Consequences for Flora, Fauna, and Ecosystems

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
The present review draws together wide-ranging studies performed over the last decades that catalogue the effects of artificial-light-at-night (ALAN) upon living species and their environment.
Jack Falcón, Alicia Torriglia, Dina Attia, Françoise Viénot, Claude Gronfier, Francine Behar-Cohen, Christophe Martinsons, David Hicks   +7 more
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Environmental evaluation of family house materials impacts on climate change, land and water use, acidification and ecotoxicity

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
The construction industry plays a significant role in contributing to various environmental impacts, including climate change, acidification, and ecotoxicity, among others.
Martina Fabianova, Adriana Estokova
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Metagenomic Analysis Reveals the Effects of Different Land Use Types on Functional Soil Phosphorus Cycling: A Case Study of the Yellow River Alluvial Plain

Microorganisms
Phosphorus (P) is a crucial limiting nutrient in soil ecosystems, significantly influencing soil fertility and plant productivity. Soil microorganisms adapt to phosphorus deficiency and enhance soil phosphorus effectiveness through various mechanisms ...
Ming Wen, Yu Liu, Chaoyang Feng, Zhuoqing Li   +3 more
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Exploring the Factors Affecting Terrestrial Soil Respiration in Global Warming Manipulation Experiments Based on Meta-Analysis

Agriculture
Warming significantly impacts soil respiration in terrestrial ecosystems, thereby altering global carbon cycle processes. Numerous field experiments have investigated the effects of warming on soil respiration (Rs), but the results have been inconsistent
Xue Chen, Haibo Hu, Qi Wang, Xia Wang, Bing Ma   +4 more
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Grassland communities in the USA and expected trends associated with climate change

Acta Agrobotanica, 2016
Grasslands, including managed grazinglands, represent one of the largest ecosystems on the planet. Managed grazinglands in particular tend to occupy marginal climatic and edaphic resource zones, thus exacerbating responses in net primary productivity ...
David Paul Belesky, Dariusz Piotr Malinowski   +1 more
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The Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through the Implementation of Low-carbon Technologies for the Use of Lands disturbed by Mining Operations

Agrology, 2021
The climate change is a global environmental problem. Its solution requires thereduction of greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2, as soon as possible.
О. О. Скрипник, Н. С. Остапенко, С. В. Крючкова   +2 more
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