| Titre : | AMBIO 37(4) - JUN 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/06/2008 |
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Article
Robert Costanza, Auteur ;
Octavio Perez-Maqueo, Auteur ;
M. Luisa Martinez, Auteur ;
Paul Sutton, Auteur ;
Sharolyn J. Anderson, Auteur ;
Kenneth Mulder, Auteur
Coastal wetlands reduce the damaging effects of hurricanes on coastal communities. A regression model using 34 major US hurricanes since 1980 with the natural log of damage per unit gross domestic product in the hurricane swath as the dependent [...]
Article
David Nogues Bravo, Auteur ;
Miguel B. Araújo, Auteur ;
Teodoro Lasanta, Auteur ;
Juan Ignacio Lopez Moreno, Auteur
Mediterranean mountain biomes are considered endangered due to climate change that affects directly or indirectly different key features (biodiversity, snow cover, glaciers, run-off processes, and water availability). Here, we provide an assessm[...]
Article
Hale W. Thurston, Auteur ;
Michael A. Taylor, Auteur ;
Allison Roy, Auteur ;
Matthew Morrison, Auteur ;
William D. Shuster, Auteur ;
Joshua Templeton, Auteur ;
Matthew Clagett, Auteur ;
Heriberto Cabezas, Auteur
Article
Kireet Kumar, Auteur ;
Sneh Joshi, Auteur ;
Varun Joshi, Auteur
A study was carried out to discover trends in the rainfall and temperature pattern of the Alaknanda catchment in the Central Himalaya. Data on the annual rainfall, monsoon rainfall for the last decade, and average annual temperatures over the la[...]
Article
Jaume Terradas, Auteur ;
Josep Penuelas, Auteur
Article
Georg Miehe, Auteur ;
Sabine Mlehe, Auteur ;
Knut Kaiser, Auteur ;
Liu Jianquan, Auteur ;
Xinquan Zhao, Auteur
This paper provides information about the distribution, structure, and ecology of the world's largest alpine ecosystem, the Kobresia pygmaea pastures in the southeastern Tibetan plateau. The environmental importance of these Cyperaceae mats deri[...]
Article
Fetien Abay, Auteur ;
Ann Waters-Bayer, Auteur ;
Asmund Bjornstad, Auteur
Farmers' innovation and selection of barley varieties were studied in the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia. Two districts each in the central and southern zones and three districts in the eastern zone of Tigray were randomly selected for this [...]
Article
Gessesse Dessie, Auteur ;
Carl Christiansson, Auteur
Forest decline in Ethiopia is highlighted by several authors but there is no consensus on its causes and consequences. The objective of this study is to investigate, from sociopolitical and geographical perspectives, the linkage between the tren[...]
Article
W. Kevin Hicks, Auteur ;
Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna, Auteur ;
Anne Owen, Auteur ;
Frank Dentener, Auteur ;
Hans-Martin Seip, Auteur ;
Henning Rodhe, Auteur
Exceedance of steady-state critical loads for soil acidification is consistently found in southern China and parts of SE Asia, but there is no evidence of impacts outside of China. This study describes a methodology for calculating the time to e[...]
Article
Peter Freer-Smith, Auteur ;
Jean-Michel Carnus, Auteur
The loss of forest area globally due to change of land use, the importance of forests in the conservation of biodiversity and in carbon and other biogeochemical cycles, together with the threat to forests from pollution and from the impacts of c[...]
Article
Glenn L. Sla Su, Auteur
Dengue is a serious public health problem in Metro Manila, Philippines. Increasing dengue incidence has been attributed to climate change; however, contradicting reports show inconclusive relationships between dengue and climatic factors. This s[...]
Article
Maricar S. Samson, Auteur ;
Rene N. Rollon, Auteur
The effort toward restoring lost mangroves in the Philippines has been commendably immense, specifically during the past two decades. In light of such, it is important to evaluate outcomes and, where appropriate, apply the lessons learned to the[...]
Article
Claudia Maria Jacobi, Auteur ;
Flavio Fonseca do Carmo, Auteur
Article
Linda Daniele, Auteur ;
Antonio Pulido Bosch, Auteur ;
Angela Vallejos, Auteur ;
Luis Molina, Auteur
The Aguadulce aquifer unit in southeastern Spain is a complex hydrogeological system because of the varied lithology of the aquifer strata and the variability of the processes that can take place within the unit. Factorial analysis of the data a[...]
Article
Wang Liwen, Auteur ;
Wei Yaxing, Auteur ;
Niu Zheng, Auteur
Article
Jon Moen, Auteur
This paper examines potential effects of predicted climate changes on the forage conditions during both summer and winter for semidomesticated reindeer in Sweden. Positive effects in summer ranges include higher plant productivity and a longer g[...]
Article
David Nogues Bravo, Auteur ;
Miguel B. Araújo, Auteur ;
Teodoro Lasanta, Auteur ;
Juan Ignacio Lopez Moreno, Auteur
Mediterranean mountain biomes are considered endangered due to climate change that affects directly or indirectly different key features (biodiversity, snow cover, glaciers, run-off processes, and water availability). Here, we provide an assessm[...]
Article
Robert Costanza, Auteur ;
Octavio Perez-Maqueo, Auteur ;
M. Luisa Martinez, Auteur ;
Paul Sutton, Auteur ;
Sharolyn J. Anderson, Auteur ;
Kenneth Mulder, Auteur
Coastal wetlands reduce the damaging effects of hurricanes on coastal communities. A regression model using 34 major US hurricanes since 1980 with the natural log of damage per unit gross domestic product in the hurricane swath as the dependent [...]
