Search Results - "Perry, George LW"

Is the past recoverable from the data? Pseudoproxy modelling of uncertainties in palaeoecological data by Asena, Quinn, Perry, George LW, Wilmshurst, Janet M

“…There is growing concern about the response of contemporary ecosystems to increasing and novel anthropogenic pressures and environmental conditions…”
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Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience by Johnstone, Jill F, Allen, Craig D, Franklin, Jerry F, Frelich, Lee E, Harvey, Brian J, Higuera, Philip E, Mack, Michelle C, Meentemeyer, Ross K, Metz, Margaret R, Perry, George LW, Schoennagel, Tania, Turner, Monica G

“…Ecological memory is central to how ecosystems respond to disturbance and is maintained by two types of legacies -information and material. Species…”
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Climate change, biodiversity and the urban environment: a critical review based on London, UK by Wilby, Robert L., Perry, George L.W.

“…According to projections by the United Nations, 60% of the world’s population will reside in urban areas by 2030. Studies of the ecology of cities and ecology…”
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Restoration Prospects for Heitutan Degraded Grassland in the Sanjiangyuan by Li, Xi-lai, Perry, George L. W., Brierley, Gary, Gao, Jay, Zhang, Jing, Yang, Yuan-wu

“…In many ecosystems ungulates have coexisted with grasslands over long periods of time. However, high densities of grazing animals may change the floristic and…”
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Green firebreaks as a management tool for wildfires: Lessons from China by Cui, Xinglei, Alam, Md Azharul, Perry, George LW, Paterson, Adrian M., Wyse, Sarah V., Curran, Timothy J.

“…Wildfire is a widespread natural hazard that is expected to increase in areal extent, severity and frequency with ongoing changes in climate and land-use. One…”
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Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs by Bowman, David M. J. S., Perry, George L. W., Higgins, Steve I., Johnson, Chris N., Fuhlendorf, Samuel D., Murphy, Brett P.

“…Fire positively and negatively affects food webs across all trophic levels and guilds and influences a range of ecological processes that reinforce fire…”
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Identifying the controls on coastal cliff landslides using machine-learning approaches by Dickson, Mark E., Perry, George L.W.

“…Transformations are underway in our ability to collect and interrogate remotely sensed data. Here we explore the utility of three machine-learning methods for…”
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Feedbacks and landscape-level vegetation dynamics by Bowman, David M.J.S., Perry, George L.W., Marston, J.B.

“…•Landscape-level feedbacks are critical for understanding of the risk of rapid switching between ecological states, such as forest and savanna biomes.•These…”
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Landscape archetypes for ecological classification and mapping: The virtue of vagueness by Cullum, Carola, Brierley, Gary, Perry, George LW, Witkowski, Ed TF

“…We propose the use of archetypes as a way of moving between conceptual framings, empirical observations and the dichotomous classification rules upon which…”
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Climate-change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study by Macinnis-Ng, Cate, Mcintosh, Angus R, Monks, Joanne M, Waipara, Nick, White, Richard SA, Boudjelas, Souad, Clark, Charlie D, Clearwater, Michael J, Curran, Timothy J, Dickinson, Katharine JM, Nelson, Nicola, Perry, George LW, Richardson, Sarah J, Stanley, Margaret C, Peltzer, Duane A

“…Rapid advances in eradicating invasive species from islands are improving conservation outcomes in these biodiversity hotspots. However, recent conservation…”
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A high-precision chronology for the rapid extinction of New Zealand moa (Aves, Dinornithiformes) by Perry, George L.W., Wheeler, Andrew B., Wood, Jamie R., Wilmshurst, Janet M.

“…Megafaunal extinction followed the prehistoric human settlement of islands across the globe, but the exact duration and dynamics of the extinction processes…”
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Tree fern ecology in New Zealand: A model for southern temperate rainforests by Brock, James M.R., Perry, George L.W., Lee, William G., Burns, Bruce R.

“…•Tree ferns are prominent components of southern temperate forests.•Historically tree ferns have been neglected in research into forest dynamics.•They may…”
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Positive Feedbacks to Fire-Driven Deforestation Following Human Colonization of the South Island of New Zealand by Tepley, Alan J., Veblen, Thomas T., Perry, George L. W., Stewart, Glenn H., Naficy, Cameron E.

“…Altered fire regimes in the face of climatic and landuse change could potentially transform large areas from forest to shorter-statured or open-canopy…”
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A Comparison of Methods for the Statistical Analysis of Spatial Point Patterns in Plant Ecology by Perry, George L. W., Miller, Ben P., Enright, Neal J.

“…We describe a range of methods for the description and analysis of spatial point patterns in plant ecology. The conceptual basis of the methods is presented,…”
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Exotic Mammals and Invasive Plants Alter Fire-Related Thresholds in Southern Temperate Forested Landscapes by Perry, George L. W., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Ogden, John, Enright, Neal J.

“…Human activity has resulted in the emergence of fire-induced forest-shrubland mosaics in many southern temperate forest landscapes. In New Zealand (NZ), this…”
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Spatially adaptive probabilistic computation of a sub-kilometre resolution lightning climatology for New Zealand by Etherington, Thomas R., Perry, George L.W.

“…Lightning is a key component of the Earth's atmosphere and climate systems, and there is a potential positive feedback between a warming climate and increased…”
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Explaining fire-driven landscape transformation during the Initial Burning Period of New Zealand's prehistory by Perry, George L. W., Wilmshurst, Janet M., McGlone, Matt S., McWethy, Dave B., Whitlock, Cathy

“…At the time of Māori settlement, ca. 750 years ago, New Zealand's ecosystems experienced catastrophic change, including the introduction of fire to…”
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Reconstructing spatial vulnerability to forest loss by fire in pre-historic New Zealand by Perry, George L. W., Wilmshurst, Janet M., McGlone, Matt S., Napier, Aaron

“…Aim: Despite small and transient populations, early Māori transformed large areas of New Zealand's forest landscapes. We sought to isolate the biophysical…”
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Fencing is not enough to reinstate regeneration: Evidence from a large fruited canopy tree Beilschmiedia tawa by Morales, Narkis S., Perry, George L.W., Burns, Bruce R.

“…•Fragmentation had a negative effect on the survivorship and growth of B. tawa seedlings.•Results suggest that fencing is insufficient to improve B. tawa…”
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Visualising continuous intra-landscape isolation with uncertainty using least-cost modelling based catchment areas: common brushtail possums in the Auckland isthmus by Etherington, Thomas R., Perry, George L.W.

“…Invasive species have become a major stressor in many ecosystems. Therefore, public-policy decision-makers desire ecologically informed risk assessments that…”
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