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Effects of drought and vegetation management on the establishment of 3 tree species in Northamptonshire, England [PDF]

, 2006
Water is a limiting factor in the distribution and growth of trees. Changing climatic conditions are likely to significantly effect tree species development.
Panter, Jonathan Paul
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Global changes in urban vegetation cover [PDF]

, 2019
Urban vegetation provides many ecosystem services that make cities more liveable for people. As the world continues to urbanise, the vegetation cover in urban areas is changing rapidly. Here we use Google Earth Engine to map vegetation cover in all urban
Richard N. Belcher, Daniel R. Richards, Richards, Daniel R, Belcher, Richard N, Richards, Daniel R., Belcher, Richard N.   +5 more
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of land-use on savanna vegetation and populations of non-timber forest product-providing tree species in West Africa

, 2011
Savannas are the most important timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) providing ecosystems in West Africa. They have been shaped by traditional human land-use (i.e. agriculture, grazing, and harvesting) for thousands of years. In the last decades,
Schumann, Katharina
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Urban vegetation, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour: a socio-ecological experiment in Wellington City, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2014
Investigates whether engagement with urban nature influenced the wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour of residents of Wellington City, New Zealand.
Whitburn, Julie (11699218), Whitburn, Julie, Julie Whitburn   +2 more
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The exploration of plant species in nature reserve of Mount Mutis East Nusa Tenggara Province

Journal of Biological Researches, 2016
This research was aimed to explore and inventory the plant diversity, especially medicinal plants in Nature Reserve of Mount Mutis. Data were collected in Fatumnasi Village, Fatumnasi District of South Central Timor Regency in Octo-ber 2011 through plant
Solikin Solikin
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in vegetation productivity and seasonality for Namaqualand, South Africa between 1986 and 2011: an approach combining remote sensing and repeat photography

, 2013
This thesis presents an assessment of vegetation change and its drivers across a subset of Namaqualand, South Africa. Namaqualand forms part of the Succulent Karoo biome, which is characterised by exceptionally high species biodiversity but which has ...
Davis, Claire Lee
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Human impact on an island ecosystem: pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe islands

, 2008
<b>Aim</b>: To investigate the form and dynamics of ecosystems on an isolated island in the North Atlantic before human settlement in the first millennium ad, and the effects of human activities thereafter. <b>Location</b>: The
Church, Mike J., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Edwards, KJ, Gathorne-Hardy, FJ, Cook, G.T., Newton, Anthony J., Church, M.J., Lawson, Ian T., Gathorne-Hardy, Freddy J., Church, MJ, Dugmore, Andrew J., Cook, GT, Lawson, IT, Dugmore, AJ, Lawson, I.T., Dugmore, A.J., Edwards, Kevin J., Newton, AJ, Edwards, K.J., Newton, A.J., Cook, Gordon T.   +20 more
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