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Taxonomic and functional patterns of arthropod succession after glacier retreat in the Dolomite Alps
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Arthropod succession after glacier retreat varied among species and forelands in the Dolomites Alps, with community composition shaped by glacier identity, time since deglaciation and local environmental conditions. Functional composition shifted from small, highly dispersive pioneer species to larger, less dispersive taxa, reflecting increasing ...
Ivan Petri +13 more
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Surface Reconstruction for Three-Dimensional Rockfall Volumetric Analysis
, 2019 Laser scanning is routinely being used for the characterization and management of rockfall hazards. A key component of many studies is the ability to use the high-resolution topographic datasets for detailed volume estimates.
Hutchinson, D. Jean +2 more
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, 2020 The design of rockfall protection structures requires information about the falling block volumes. Computational tools for rockfall trajectory simulation are now capable of modeling block fragmentation, requiring the fragmented volume-relative frequency ...
Gräpel, Chris +2 more
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Natural regeneration is an efficient, minimal‐intervention approach essential for facilitating resilient, self‐sustaining ecosystems during woodland restoration. However, recruitment can be slow, uncertain, or highly restricted, particularly in mountain woodland systems where tree planting and large herbivore management are ...
Sarah H. Watts +3 more
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Experimental Study on the distance of rock falls under different influencing factors
工程科学与技术, 2016 :Through the shaking table test, studied the distance of different shape and size rock falls under different peak acceleration seismic, sine wave frequency and slope shape, and cleared the influence of rock falls on the buildings at the slope foot.The ...
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A nonlinear model coupling rockfall and rainfall intensity based ewline on a four year measurement in a high Alpine rock wall (Reintal, German Alps) [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2009 A total of more than 140 000 kg of small-magnitude rockfall deposits was measured in eight rockfall collectors of altogether 940 m<sup>2</sup> in size between 1999–2003 below a 400–600 m high rock face in the Reintal, German Alps ...
M. Krautblatter, M. Moser
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Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer +2 more
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Semi-Automatic Determination of Rockfall Trajectories
Sensors, 2014 In determining rockfall trajectories in the field, it is essential to calibrate and validate rockfall simulation software. This contribution presents an in situ device and a complementary Local Positioning System (LPS) that allow the determination of ...
Axel Volkwein, Johannes Klette
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Resolving a debate over social freedom
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract When I am unable to drive due to a road blockade, there seems to be a morally relevant difference between a case in which the road is blocked by workers and a case in which the road is blocked by a landslide. Many political philosophers tried to capture this pretheoretical judgment at a more abstract level through the formulation of a concept ...
Ilkin Huseynli
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Significance of substrate soil moisture content for rockfall hazard assessment [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2019 Rockfall modelling is an important tool for hazard analysis in steep terrain. Calibrating terrain parameters ensures that the model results more accurately represent the site-specific hazard. Parameterizing rockfall models is challenging because rockfall
L. M. Vick +4 more
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