Search Results - "Ferrier, S"

Essential Biodiversity Variables by Pereira, H. M., Ferrier, S., Walters, M., Geller, G. N., Jongman, R. H. G., Scholes, R. J., Bruford, M. W., Brummitt, N., Butchart, S. H. M., Cardoso, A. C., Coops, N. C., Dulloo, E., Faith, D. P., Freyhof, J., Gregory, R. D., Heip, C., Höft, R., Hurtt, G., Jetz, W., Karp, D. S., McGeoch, M. A., Obura, D., Onoda, Y., Pettorelli, N., Reyers, B., Sayre, R., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Stuart, S. N., Turak, E., Walpole, M., Wegmann, M.

“…A global system of harmonized observations is needed to inform scientists and policy-makers. Reducing the rate of biodiversity loss and averting dangerous…”
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Mapping co-benefits for carbon storage and biodiversity to inform conservation policy and action by Soto-Navarro, C, Ravilious, C, Arnell, A, de Lamo, X, Harfoot, M, Hill, S L L, Wearn, O R, Santoro, M, Bouvet, A, Mermoz, S, Le Toan, T, Xia, J, Liu, S, Yuan, W, Spawn, S A, Gibbs, H K, Ferrier, S, Harwood, T, Alkemade, R, Schipper, A M, Schmidt-Traub, G, Strassburg, B, Miles, L, Burgess, N D, Kapos, V

“…Integrated high-resolution maps of carbon stocks and biodiversity that identify areas of potential co-benefits for climate change mitigation and biodiversity…”
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New developments in museum-based informatics and applications in biodiversity analysis by Graham, Catherine H., Ferrier, Simon, Huettman, Falk, Moritz, Craig, Peterson, A. Townsend

“…Information from natural history collections (NHCs) about the diversity, taxonomy and historical distributions of species worldwide is becoming increasingly…”
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Asymptotic Analysis of Equilibrium in Radiation Fog by Zhou, Binbin, Ferrier, Brad S.

“…A vertical distribution formulation of liquid water content (LWC) for steady radiation fog was obtained and examined through the singular perturbation method…”
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Swelling of the masticator space and cavitating pulmonary nodules by Ferrier, S., Clerc, S., Lépine, C.

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Use of generalised dissimilarity modelling to improve the biological discrimination of river and stream classifications by LEATHWICK, J.R, SNELDER, T, CHADDERTON, W.L, ELITH, J, JULIAN, K, FERRIER, S

“…1. Classifications that group rivers and streams with similar ecological characteristics are used increasingly to underpin conservation and resource management…”
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Supply of carbon sequestration and biodiversity services from Australia's agricultural land under global change by Bryan, B.A., Nolan, M., Harwood, T.D., Connor, J.D., Navarro-Garcia, J., King, D., Summers, D.M., Newth, D., Cai, Y., Grigg, N., Harman, I., Crossman, N.D., Grundy, M.J., Finnigan, J.J., Ferrier, S., Williams, K.J., Wilson, K.A., Law, E.A., Hatfield-Dodds, S.

“…•A carbon price may generate substantial sequestration but not much biodiversity.•A complementary biodiversity payment may generate biodiversity…”
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Complementarity-based conservation prioritization using a community classification, and its application to riverine ecosystems by Leathwick, J.R., Moilanen, A., Ferrier, S., Julian, K.

“…We demonstrate a novel method for spatial conservation prioritization at a community-level that takes account of: (i) an environmentally-based classification…”
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Combining community-level spatial modelling and expert knowledge to inform climate adaptation in temperate grassy eucalypt woodlands and related grasslands by Prober, Suzanne M., Hilbert, D. W., Ferrier, S., Dunlop, M., Gobbett, D.

“…Many studies predict effects of future climate scenarios on species distributions, but few predict impacts on landscapes or ecological communities, the scales…”
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Nasal cavity shape in unilateral choanal atresia and the role of fetal ventilation in facial growth by Ferrier, S., Hennocq, Q., Leboulanger, N., Couloigner, V., Denoyelle, F., Heuzé, Y., Khonsari, R.H.

“…The respiratory movements of fetal amniotic fluid areconsidered by certains cleft surgery teams to contribute to the growth of the nasal cavities (NC). To…”
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Method comparison of VIDAS® ANTI-HBS TOTAL II with three equivalent assays in the 5–40 IU/L range critical for HBV vaccine status establishment by Bouchard, G, Mossuz, V, Levet, L, Ataman-Önal, Y, Demonchaux, L, Dugua, A, Jares Ferrier, S, Convert, H, Dugua, J.M

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Getting biodiversity intactness indices right: ensuring that 'biodiversity' reflects 'diversity' by FAITH, D. P., FERRIER, S., WILLIAMS, K. J.

“…The 2010 biodiversity target of a ‘significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss’ presents challenges for effective measurement of changes in…”
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The ‘Ability’ Paradigm in Vocational Rehabilitation: Challenges in an Ontario Injured Worker Retraining Program by MacEachen, E., Kosny, A., Ferrier, S., Lippel, K., Neilson, C., Franche, R. L., Pugliese, D.

“…Introduction In recent years, a focus on workers’ ability, rather than impairment, has guided disability management services. However, a challenge with the…”
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The ED strategy: how species-level surrogates indicate general biodiversity patterns through an 'environmental diversity' perspective by Faith, D. P., Ferrier, S., Walker, P. A.

“…Biodiversity assessment requires that we use surrogate information in practice to indicate more general biodiversity patterns. ‘ED’ refers to a surrogates…”
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Incorporating Expert Opinion and Fine-Scale Vegetation Mapping into Statistical Models of Faunal Distribution by Pearce, J. L., Cherry, K., Drielsma, M., Ferrier, S., Whish, G.

“…1. Abiotic environmental predictors and broad-scale vegetation have been used widely to model the regional distributions of faunal species within forested…”
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Biogeographical concordance and efficiency of taxon indicators for establishing conservation priority in a tropical rainforest biota by Moritz, Craig, Richardson, Karen S., Ferrier, Simon, Monteith, Geoffrey B., Stanisic, John, Williams, Stephen E., Whiffin, Trevor

“…Prioritizing areas for conservation requires the use of surrogates for assessing overall patterns of biodiversity. Effective surrogates will reflect general…”
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Unexpected barriers in return to work: lessons learned from injured worker peer support groups by MacEachen, E, Kosny, A, Ferrier, S

“…Some workers who are injured at work have unexpectedly prolonged absences from work. Experiences of workers who constitute a disproportionate cost to the…”
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Using abiotic data for conservation assessments over extensive regions: quantitative methods applied across New South Wales, Australia by Pressey, R.L., Hager, T.C., Ryan, K.M., Schwarz, J., Wall, S., Ferrier, S., Creaser, P.M.

“…New South Wales (NSW) can be regarded as one of the more “data-rich” parts of the world but its detailed biological data sets, like others elsewhere, are…”
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With health comes work? People living with HIV/AIDS consider returning to work by Ferrier, S. E., Lavis, J. N.

“…Many people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) have experienced significant improvements in their health over the last few years, to the point that many are…”
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An evaluation of the predictive performance of distributional models for flora and fauna in north-east New South Wales by Pearce, J., Ferrier, S., Scotts, D.

“…To use models of species distributions effectively in conservation planning, it is important to determine the predictive accuracy of such models. Extensive…”
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