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Continental scale variability in ecosystem processes: Models, data, and the role of disturbance [PDF]

, 1997
Management of ecosystems at large regional or continental scales and determination of the vulnerability of ecosystems to large-scale changes in climate or atmospheric chemistry require understanding how ecosystem processes are governed at large spatial ...
Braswell, Rob, Schimel, David S
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Seasonal variation of leaf functional traits in sub‐Arctic plants

Oikos, EarlyView.
Leaf functional traits are informative of plant fitness and functions in ecosystems. These functional traits and their variation across geographic extents are much studied but less is known about their temporal variation over a growing season. Here, we provide an analysis of the seasonal variation in six leaf functional traits of 11 sub‐Arctic vascular
Pekka Niittynen, Marija Merkurjeva, Julia Kemppinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure and composition of dung-beetles communities (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in diferentes cattle systems of atlantic forest in Argentina [PDF]

, 2015
Se realizó un inventario de la diversidad taxonómica de las comunidades de escarabajosestercoleros en sistemas ganaderos, bajo tres modalidades en el bosque Atlántico de Argentina: 1)parquizados, ganadería en bosque nativo, 2) silvopastoriles, ganadería ...
Gimenez Gomez, Victoria Carolina, Gomez Cifuentes, Andres Mauricio, Munevar Lozano, Ana Katerinne, Zurita, Gustavo Andres   +3 more
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Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Christian N. Tchana, Alain Christel Wandji, Alfiery Laurel Djomnang‐Nkwala, Marcelle Mbadjoun Nziké, Sévilor Kekeunou, Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A baseline appraisal of water-dependant ecosystem services, the roles they play within desakota livelihood systems and their potential sensitivity to climate change [PDF]

, 2008
This report forms part of a larger research programme on 'Reinterpreting the Urban-Rural Continuum', which conceptualises and investigates current knowledge and research gaps concerning 'the role that ecosystems services play in the livelihoods of the ...
Gosling, Simon, Gurnell, Angela, Jones, Alice, McGregor, Glenn, Moggeridge, Helen   +4 more
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quadrat soil pollen signal reflects plant important values in forests and shrublands from subtropical China

Frontiers in Plant Science
Pollen analysis, a crucial tool in botany and ecology for examining historical biotic dynamics, has elicited debate owing to its complex link with vegetation. The challenge lies in discerning the ecological significance of pollen data.
Kai Li, Kai Li, Bin Tan, Bin Tan, Mengna Liao, Mengna Liao, Jian Ni, Jian Ni   +7 more
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‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of stand structural diversity on carbon storage of Masson pine forests in Fengyang Mountain Nature Reserve, China

Forestry Research
Stand structural diversity, encompassing spatial and non-spatial dimensions, is a key indicator of forest carbon storage, yet its relative impacts on multiple carbon pools remain unclear. Additionally, whether structural diversity consistently influences
Yongzhao Miao, Ran Tong, Nianfu Zhu, Song Chen, Fang Zhou, G. Geoff Wang, Tonggui Wu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source