Search Results - "Ecological applications"

What is known and unknown about the effects of plastic pollution: A meta-analysis and systematic review by Bucci, K., Tulio, M., Rochman, C. M.

“…As a consequence of the global ubiquity of plastic pollution, scientists, decisionmakers, and the public often ask whether macroplastics (>5 mm) and…”
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Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests by Hagmann, R. K., Hessburg, P. F., Prichard, S. J., Povak, N. A., Brown, P. M., Fulé, P. Z., Keane, R. E., Knapp, E. E., Lydersen, J. M., Metlen, K. L., Reilly, M. J., Meador, A. J. Sánchez, Stephens, S. L., Stevens, J. T., Taylor, A. H., Yocom, L. L., Battaglia, M. A., Churchill, D. J., Daniels, L. D., Falk, D. A., Henson, P., Johnston, J. D., Krawchuk, M. A., Levine, C. R., Meigs, G. W., Merschel, A. G., North, M. P., Safford, H. D., Swetnam, T. W., Waltz, A. E. M.

“…Implementation of wildfire- and climate-adaptation strategies in seasonally dry forests of western North America is impeded by numerous constraints and…”
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A room with a green view: the importance of nearby nature for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by Soga, Masashi, Evans, Maldwyn J., Tsuchiya, Kazuaki, Fukano, Yuya

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and its global response have resulted in unprecedented and rapid changes to most people’s day-to-day lives. To slow the spread of the…”
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Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions by Prichard, Susan J., Hessburg, Paul F., Hagmann, R. Keala, Povak, Nicholas A., Dobrowski, Solomon Z., Hurteau, Matthew D., Kane, Van R., Keane, Robert E., Kobziar, Leda N., Kolden, Crystal A., North, Malcolm, Parks, Sean A., Safford, Hugh D., Stevens, Jens T., Yocom, Larissa L., Churchill, Derek J., Gray, Robert W., Huffman, David W., Lake, Frank K., Khatri-Chhetri, Pratima

“…We review science-based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient…”
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cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration by Bayraktarov, Elisa, Megan I. Saunders, Sabah Abdullah, Morena Mills, Jutta Beher, Hugh P. Possingham, Peter J. Mumby, Catherine E. Lovelock

“…Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide…”
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Grassland management impacts on soil carbon stocks: a new synthesis by Conant, Richard T., Cerri, Carlos E. P., Osborne, Brooke B., Paustian, Keith

“…Grassland ecosystems cover a large portion of Earths' surface and contain substantial amounts of soil organic carbon. Previous work has established that these…”
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Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management by Hessburg, Paul F., Prichard, Susan J., Hagmann, R. Keala, Povak, Nicholas A., Lake, Frank K.

“…Forest landscapes across western North America (wNA) have experienced extensive changes over the last two centuries, while climatic warming has become a global…”
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Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic by Baums, Iliana B., Baker, Andrew C., Davies, Sarah W., Grottoli, Andréa G., Kenkel, Carly D., Kitchen, Sheila A., Kuffner, Ilsa B., LaJeunesse, Todd C., Matz, Mikhail V., Miller, Margaret W., Parkinson, John E., Shantz, Andrew A.

“…Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and…”
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Acoustic telemetry and fisheries management by Crossin, Glenn T., Heupel, Michelle R., Holbrook, Christopher M., Hussey, Nigel E., Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan K., Nguyen, Vivian M., Raby, Graham D., Cooke, Steven J.

“…This paper reviews the use of acoustic telemetry as a tool for addressing issues in fisheries management, and serves as the lead to the special Feature Issue…”
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Management of cover crops in temperate climates influences soil organic carbon stocks: a meta-analysis by McClelland, Shelby C., Paustian, Keith, Schipanski, Meagan E.

“…Increasing the quantity and quality of plant biomass production in space and time can improve the capacity of agroecosystems to capture and store atmospheric…”
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Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing by Eldridge, David J., Poore, Alistair G. B., Ruiz-Colmenero, Marta, Letnic, Mike, Soliveres, Santiago

“…Reports of positive or neutral effects of grazing on plant species richness have prompted calls for livestock grazing to be used as a tool for managing land…”
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Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta-analysis by McDaniel, M. D, Tiemann, L. K, Grandy, A. S

“…Our increasing dependence on a small number of agricultural crops, such as corn, is leading to reductions in agricultural biodiversity. Reductions in the…”
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Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options by Lovett, Gary M, Marissa Weiss, Andrew M. Liebhold, Thomas P. Holmes, Brian Leung, Kathy Fallon Lambert, David A. Orwig, Faith T. Campbell, Jonathan Rosenthal, Deborah G. McCullough, Radka Wildova, Matthew P. Ayres, Charles D. Canham, David R. Foster, Shannon L. LaDeau, Troy Weldy

“…We review and synthesize information on invasions of nonnative forest insects and diseases in the United States, including their ecological and economic…”
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Cultivar mixtures: a meta-analysis of the effect of intraspecific diversity on crop yield by Reiss, Emily R., Drinkwater, Laurie E.

“…Extensive research has shown that greater plant community diversity leads to higher levels of productivity and other ecosystem services, and such increased…”
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Modeling avian full annual cycle distribution and population trends with citizen science data by Fink, Daniel, Auer, Tom, Johnston, Alison, Ruiz-Gutierrez, Viviana, Hochachka, Wesley M., Kelling, Steve

“…Information on species’ distributions, abundances, and how they change over time is central to the study of the ecology and conservation of animal populations…”
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Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments by Grottoli, A.G., Toonen, R.J., van Woesik, R., Vega Thurber, R., Warner, M.E., McLachlan, R.H., Price, J. T., Bahr, K.D., Baums, I.B., Castillo, K.D., Coffroth, M.A., Cunning, R., Dobson, K. L., Donahue, M.J., Hench, J. L., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Kemp, D.W., Kenkel, C.D., Kline, D. I., Kuffner, I.B., Matthews, J. L., Mayfield, A.B., Padilla-Gamiño, J. L., Palumbi, S., Voolstra, C. R., Weis, V. M., Wu, H.C.

“…Coral bleaching is the single largest global threat to coral reefs worldwide. Integrating the diverse body of work on coral bleaching is critical to…”
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Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat‐selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution by Northrup, Joseph M., Vander Wal, Eric, Bonar, Maegwin, Fieberg, John, Laforge, Michel P., Leclerc, Martin, Prokopenko, Christina M., Gerber, Brian D.

“…Habitat selection is a fundamental animal behavior that shapes a wide range of ecological processes, including animal movement, nutrient transfer, trophic…”
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Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and short-term photosynthetic response to drought by Helm, Levi T., Shi, Hanyu, Lerdau, Manuel T., Yang, Xi

“…Drought is among the most damaging climate extremes, potentially causing significant decline in ecosystem functioning and services at the regional to global…”
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Ecological niche modeling in Maxent: the importance of model complexity and the performance of model selection criteria by Warren, Dan L, Seifert, Stephanie N

“…Maxent, one of the most commonly used methods for inferring species distributions and environmental tolerances from occurrence data, allows users to fit models…”
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Open science, reproducibility, and transparency in ecology by Powers, Stephen M., Hampton, Stephanie E.

“…Reproducibility is a key tenet of the scientific process that dictates the reliability and generality of results and methods. The complexities of ecological…”
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