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When slower is faster

, 2015
The slower is faster (SIF) effect occurs when a system performs worse as its components try to do better. Thus, a moderate individual efficiency actually leads to a better systemic performance. The SIF effect takes place in a variety of phenomena.
Gershenson, Carlos, Helbing, Dirk
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Ash dieback and hydrology affect tree growth patterns under climate change in European floodplain forests

Scientific Reports
Floodplain forests are currently undergoing substantial reorganization processes due to the combined effects of management-induced altered hydrological conditions, climate change and novel invasive pathogens.
Stefanie Henkel, Ronny Richter, Karl Andraczek, Roger Mundry, Madeleine Dontschev, Rolf A. Engelmann, Timo Hartmann, Christian Hecht, Hans Dieter Kasperidus, Georg Rieland, Mathias Scholz, Carolin Seele-Dilbat, Michael Vieweg, Christian Wirth   +13 more
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Unreclaimed mines are key habitats for pioneer specialists: A case study on natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) microhabitat occupancy

Global Ecology and Conservation
Post-mining areas are populated by many taxa and are particularly important for pioneer species whose primary habitats, such as dynamic floodplains, have largely been degraded. For such species, habitats must be optimally managed beyond the end of mining
Leonard Bolte, Klaus Henle, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth   +2 more
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Wetlands in a changing climate: restoring coasts and floodplains [PDF]

Nature Conservation
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Ute Susanne Kaden, Sophia Schmid, Simone Wulf, Katrina Marsden, Carla Klusmann, Aletta Bonn, Klement Tockner, Mathias Scholz   +7 more
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Analysis of pig meat production with respect to different housing systems of pig [PDF]

The research focused on two production systems of fattening pigs: conventional system (housing on cross - barred floor) and ecological system (housing on deep litter).
Gajcevic, Z., Kralik, G., Kralik, Igor, Margeta, V., Tolusic, Zoltan   +4 more
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Coevolution, agricultural practices and sustainability: some major social and ecological issues. [PDF]

, 1999
Outlines major social and ecological issues involved in the coevolution of social and ecological systems by initially reviewing relevant aspects of the recent literature relating to economic development and their implications for agricultural development.
Tisdell, C. A. (Clement Allan)
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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting [PDF]

Nature Conservation
Over the last decades, the worldwide decline of amphibian populations has become a major concern of researchers and conservationists. Studies have reported a diversity of trends, with some species strongly declining, others remaining stable and still ...
Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler   +4 more
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RESILIENCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS: THEORY AND PROSPECTS [PDF]

In today’s world, rural areas are confronted with a spectrum of changes. These changes have multiple characters, varying from changes in ecosystem conditions to socioeconomic impacts, such as food- and financial crises.
Heijman, Wim J.M., Schouten, Marleen A.H., van der Heide, Martijn M.   +2 more
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Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape

People and Nature
Recognizing the diversity of preferences for, and values ascribed to, ecosystems in decision‐making can help to realize more sustainable and equitable policies for transformative change.
Maria Brück, Jannik Schultner, Birhanu Bekele Negash, Dadi Feyisa Damu, David J. Abson   +4 more
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A coffee corridor for biodiversity and livelihoods: climatic feasibility of shade coffee cultivation in western Rwanda

Trees, Forests and People
Around the world, restoration activities are underway to halt and reverse ecosystem degradation. A key challenge is to identify restoration approaches that work for both people and nature – i.e.
Tom Reckmann, Marina Frietsch, Christoph Schwenck, Athanase Mukuralinda, Dula Wakassa Duguma, Joern Fischer   +5 more
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