| Titre : | AMBIO 44(1) - 2015/01/01 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/01/2015 |
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Article
Helen Moor, Auteur ;
Kristoffer Hylander, Auteur ;
Jon Norberg, Auteur
Wetlands provide multiple ecosystem services, the sustainable use of which requires knowledge of the underlying ecological mechanisms. Functional traits, particularly the community-weighted mean trait (CWMT), provide a strong link between specie[...]
Article
Rene van der Wal, Auteur ;
Cheng Zeng, Auteur ;
Danny Heptinstall, Auteur ;
Kapila Ponnamperuma, Auteur ;
Chris Mellish, Auteur ;
Stuart Ben, Auteur ;
Advaith Siddharthan, Auteur
Analysis of satellite-telemetry data mostly occurs long after it has been collected, due to the time and effort needed to collate and interpret such material. Delayed reporting reduces the usefulness of such data for nature conservation where ti[...]
Article
Andrew Quin, Auteur ;
Fernando Jaramillo, Auteur ;
Georgia Destouni, Auteur
Various features of a landscape contribute to the regulating ecosystem service of reducing waterborne pollutant loading to downstream environments. At local scales, wetlands have been shown to be effective in retaining pollutants. Here, we inves[...]
Article
Natalie Suckall, Auteur ;
Lindsay C. Stringer, Auteur ;
Emma L. Tompkins, Auteur
The concept of climate compatible development (CCD) is increasingly employed by donors and policy makers seeking 'triple-wins' for development, adaptation and mitigation. While CCD rhetoric is becoming more widespread, analyses drawing on empiri[...]
Article
Shixiong Cao, Auteur ;
Shurong Li, Auteur ;
Hua Ma, Auteur ;
Yutong Sun, Auteur
Many societies face an income gap between rich regions with access to advanced technology and regions that are rich in natural resources but poorer in technology. This "resource curse" can lead to a Kuznets trap, in which economic inequalities b[...]
Article
Colin J. Whitfield, Auteur ;
Helen M. Baulch, Auteur ;
Kwok P. Chun, Auteur ;
Cherie J. Westbrook, Auteur
Globally, greenhouse gas budgets are dominated by natural sources, and aquatic ecosystems are a prominent source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. Beaver (Castor canadensis and Castor fiber) populations have experienced human-driven change, an[...]
Article
Jocelyn G. Mueller, Auteur ;
Riyana Boubacar, Auteur ;
Iro Dan Guimbo, Auteur
This paper examines the process and outcome of participatory methods for stakeholder identification. We used focus group style participatory methodology to engage local residents in identifying key sub-groups relevant to conservation in Boumba, [...]
Article
Anders Stigebrandt, Auteur ;
Bengt Liljebladh, Auteur ;
Loreto de Brabandere, Auteur ;
Michael Forth, Auteur ;
Ake Granmo, Auteur ;
Per Hall, Auteur ;
Jonatan Hammar, Auteur ;
Daniel Hansson, Auteur ;
Mikhail Kononets, Auteur ;
Marina Magnusson, Auteur ;
Fredrik Noren, Auteur ;
Lars Rahm, Auteur ;
Alexander H. Treusch, Auteur ;
Lena Viktorsson, Auteur
In a 2.5-year-long environmental engineering experiment in the By Fjord, surface water was pumped into the deepwater where the frequency of deepwater renewals increased by a factor of 10. During the experiment, the deepwater became long-term oxi[...]
Article
Heran Zheng, Auteur ;
Shixiong Cao, Auteur
China has among the highest biodiversities in the world, but faces extreme biodiversity losses due to the country's huge population and its recent explosive socioeconomic development. Despite huge efforts and investments by the government and Ch[...]
Article
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura, Auteur ;
Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo, Auteur ;
Noriko Oura, Auteur ;
Seiko Sekikawa, Auteur ;
Seichiro Yonemura, Auteur ;
Shigeto Sudo, Auteur ;
Atsushi Hayakawa, Auteur ;
Kazunori Minamikawa, Auteur ;
Yusuke Takata, Auteur ;
Hiroshi Hara, Auteur
The spatial variability of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from forest soil with high nitrogen (N) deposition was investigated at a rolling hill region in Japan. Gas fluxes were measured on July 25th and Decem[...]
Article
Maxwell C. Wilson, Auteur ;
Andrew T. Smith, Auteur
With approximately 20 % of the world's population living in its downstream watersheds, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is considered "Asia's Water Tower." However, grasslands of the QTP, where most of Asia's great rivers originate, are becomin[...]
