Search Results - "Eggermont, Hilde"
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Final countdown for biodiversity hotspots
Published in Conservation letters (01-11-2019)“…Most of Earth's biodiversity is found in 36 biodiversity hotspots, yet less than 10% natural intact vegetation remains. We calculated models projecting the…”
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The Afromontane Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of the Rwenzori (Uganda–D. R. Congo): taxonomy, ecology and biogeography
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-11-2011)“…The timely characterization of high-altitude freshwater habitats allows an assessment of the diversity of its biota and provides the basis for monitoring…”
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Priority effects and species sorting in a long paleoecological record of repeated community assembly through time
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-12-2011)“…We studied the relative roles of environmental species sorting and priority effects in the assembly of ecological communities on long time scales, by analyzing…”
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Mind the gaps when using science to address conservation concerns
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-09-2013)“…Conservation science and conservation action are assumed to have identical goals. However, in reality, there is a strong divide between research and practical…”
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Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation
Published in iScience (18-11-2022)“…The world’s biodiversity is in crisis. Synthetic biology has the potential to transform biodiversity conservation, both directly and indirectly, in ways that…”
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paleolimnological record of rainfall and drought from East Java, Indonesia during the last 1,400 years
Published in Journal of paleolimnology (01-01-2012)“…Variations in the location and strength of convection in the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) have a profound impact on the distribution and amount of global…”
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The chironomid-temperature relationship: expression in nature and palaeoenvironmental implications
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-05-2012)“…Fossils of chironomid larvae (non‐biting midges) preserved in lake sediments are well‐established palaeotemperature indicators which, with the aid of numerical…”
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Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy
Published in Research Ideas and Outcomes (02-05-2017)“…Imagine a future where dynamically, from year to year, we can track the progression of alien species (AS), identify emerging problem species, assess their…”
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Preface: Cladocera crustaceans: sentinels of environmental change
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-11-2011)“…Issue Title: Cladocera as indicators of environmental change / Guest Editors: Hilde Eggermont & Koen Martens…”
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Distribution and faunal richness of Cladocera in western Uganda crater lakes
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-11-2011)“…In this study, we analyse the distribution and species richness of epibenthic and planktonic Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in 62 Uganda crater lakes,…”
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Fossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) as quantitative indicators of past salinity in African lakes
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-08-2006)“…We surveyed sub-fossil chironomid assemblages in surface sediments of 73 low- to mid-elevation lakes in tropical East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,…”
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Biomonitoring of lakes using macroinvertebrates: recommended indices and metrics for use in West Africa and developing countries
Published in Hydrobiologia (2019)“…Lake systems are under heavy pressure impacting on their biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. This is especially acute in West Africa and developing…”
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Quaternary paleoecology of aquatic Diptera in tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions, with special reference to the Chironomidae
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-08-2006)“…Chironomid paleoecology in north-temperate regions has made tremendous progress over the past decade, but studies in tropical and Southern Hemisphere regions…”
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Cladocera as indicators of environmental change
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Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator
Published in Nature (London) (03-12-2009)“…Solar influence on monsoons External climate influences — such as changes in solar radiation or insolation — generate different responses in different regions…”
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Taxonomy and Diversity of Afroalpine Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) on Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains, East Africa
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-01-2007)“…Aim Anthropogenic climate change is expected to result in the complete loss of glaciers from the high mountains of tropical Africa, with profound impacts on…”
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A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-12-2023)“…The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide…”
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Effects of temperature, pH and nutrient concentration on branched GDGT distributions in East African lakes: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction
Published in Organic geochemistry (2014)“…Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are membrane lipids found in soils and sediments and their relative abundance correlates with…”
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The tropical lapse rate steepened during the Last Glacial Maximum
Published in Science advances (01-01-2017)“…The gradient of air temperature with elevation (the temperature lapse rate) in the tropics is predicted to become less steep during the coming century as…”
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