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1. A New Method for Post-introduction Risk Assessment of Biological Invasions Among Introduced Shrubs in Developing Countries

Author:
Seburanga, J. L.; Bizuru, E.; Mwavu, E. N.; Kampungu, K. G.; Gatesire, T.; Kaplin, B. A.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 572-584
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
biological assessment; decision making; developing countries; ecological invasion; herbaria; introduced plants; invasive species; landscapes; managers; models; new species; rapid methods; risk assessment; shrubs; surveys; vegetation; Rwanda
Abstract:
... Risk-assessment methods are useful in collecting data that can help decision making to prevent the introduction of new species that have the potential of invading as well as in management of established taxa. Not only the complexity and unaffordability of available pre-introduction risk-assessment models make them rarely or inconsistently applied in the least-developed countries, but also there is ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0639-1

2. Barriers and Solutions to Smart Water Grid Development

Author:
Cheong, So-Min; Choi, Gye-Woon; Lee, Ho-Sun
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 509-515
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
literacy; ownership; private sector; water conservation
Abstract:
... This limited review of smart water grid (SWG) development, challenges, and solutions provides an initial assessment of early attempts at operating SWGs. Though the cost and adoption issues are critical, potential benefits of SWGs such as efficient water conservation and distribution sustain the development of SWGs around the world. The review finds that the keys to success are the new regulations ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0637-3

3. Building Virtual Watersheds: A Global Opportunity to Strengthen Resource Management and Conservation

Author:
Benda, Lee; Miller, Daniel; Barquin, Jose; McCleary, Richard; Cai, TiJiu; Ji, Y.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 722-739
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
digital elevation models; land use; landforms; landscapes; nongovernmental organizations; planning; problem solving; resource management; rivers; streams; topography; watersheds; Canada; China; Russia; Spain; United States
Abstract:
... Modern land-use planning and conservation strategies at landscape to country scales worldwide require complete and accurate digital representations of river networks, encompassing all channels including the smallest headwaters. The digital river networks, integrated with widely available digital elevation models, also need to have analytical capabilities to support resource management and conserva ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0634-6

4. Effectiveness of Conservation Measures in Reducing Runoff and Soil Loss Under Different Magnitude–Frequency Storms at Plot and Catchment Scales in the Semi-arid Agricultural Landscape

Author:
Zhu, T. X.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 671-682
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
agricultural land; agricultural watersheds; alfalfa; grasslands; losses from soil; runoff; sediment yield; sediments; soil; storms; woodlands
Abstract:
... In this study, multi-year stormflow data collected at both catchment and plot scales on an event basis were used to evaluate the efficiency of conservation. At the catchment scale, soil loss from YDG, an agricultural catchment with no conservation measures, was compared with that from CZG, an agricultural catchment with an implementation of a range of conservation measures. With an increase of sto ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0644-4

5. Geotechnology-Based Modeling to Optimize Conservation of Forest Network in Urban Area

Author:
Teng, Mingjun; Zhou, Zhixiang; Wang, Pengcheng; Xiao, Wenfa; Wu, Changguang; Lord, Elizabeth
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 601-619
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
case studies; forests; habitat fragmentation; mammals; models; pheasants; planning; urban areas; urban development; woodlands; China
Abstract:
... Forest network development in urban areas faces the challenge from forest fragmentation, human-induced disturbances, and scarce land resources. Here, we proposed a geotechnology-based modeling to optimize conservation of forest network by a case study of Wuhan, China. The potential forest network and their priorities were assessed using an improved least-cost path model and potential utilization e ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0642-6

6. Household-Level Determinants of Soil and Water Conservation Adoption Phases: Evidence from North-Western Ethiopian Highlands

Author:
Teshome, Akalu; de Graaff, Jan; Kassie, Menale
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 620-636
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
farm labor; farms; highlands; households; issues and policy; models; ownership; profitability; social capital; socioeconomics; soil conservation; statistics; surveys; water conservation; watersheds; Ethiopia
Abstract:
... Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices have been promoted in the highlands of Ethiopia during the last four decades. However, the level of adoption of SWC practices varies greatly. This paper examines the drivers of different stages of adoption of SWC technologies in the north-western highlands of Ethiopia. This study is based on a detailed farm survey among 298 households in three watersheds ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0635-5
PubMed:
26645077
PubMed Central:
PMC4747993

7. Identifying Catchment-Scale Predictors of Coal Mining Impacts on New Zealand Stream Communities

Author:
Clapcott, Joanne E.; Goodwin, Eric O.; Harding, Jon S.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 711-721
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
mining; invertebrates; managers; community structure; freshwater ecosystems; streams; watersheds; remediation; coal; fish; coasts; fish communities; biodiversity; indigenous species; metal tolerance; New Zealand
Abstract:
... Coal mining activities can have severe and long-term impacts on freshwater ecosystems. At the individual stream scale, these impacts have been well studied; however, few attempts have been made to determine the predictors of mine impacts at a regional scale. We investigated whether catchment-scale measures of mining impacts could be used to predict biological responses. We collated data from multi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0627-5

8. Incorporating Resource Protection Constraints in an Analysis of Landscape Fuel-Treatment Effectiveness in the Northern Sierra Nevada, CA, USA

Author:
Dow, Christopher B.; Collins, Brandon M.; Stephens, Scott L.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 516-530
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
algorithms; climate change; ecosystem services; ecosystems; emissions; fire spread; fires; forest stands; landscapes; mixed forests; mountains; planning; risk; risk reduction; wildlife; United States
Abstract:
... Finding novel ways to plan and implement landscape-level forest treatments that protect sensitive wildlife and other key ecosystem components, while also reducing the risk of large-scale, high-severity fires, can prove to be difficult. We examined alternative approaches to landscape-scale fuel-treatment design for the same landscape. These approaches included two different treatment scenarios gene ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0632-8

9. Nitrogen Critical Loads for an Alpine Meadow Ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau

Author:
Zong, Ning; Shi, Peili; Song, Minghua; Zhang, Xianzhou; Jiang, Jing; Chai, Xi
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 531-542
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
alpine meadows; biomass; botanical composition; critical load; ecosystem management; grasses; mineralization; nitrogen; plant communities; primary productivity; soil; terrestrial ecosystems; China
Abstract:
... Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has the potential to alter plant diversity and thus the function and stability of terrestrial ecosystems. N-limited alpine ecosystems are expected to be particularly susceptible to increasing N deposition. However, little is known about the critical loads and saturation thresholds of ecosystem responses to increasing N deposition on the Tibetan Platea ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0626-6

10. Paying for Forest Ecosystem Services: Voluntary Versus Mandatory Payments

Author:
Roesch-McNally, Gabrielle E.; Rabotyagov, Sergey S.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 585-600
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
carbon sequestration; cost effectiveness; economic valuation; ecosystem services; ecosystems; forest management; forests; habitats; households; landowners; new markets; private forestry; private lands; public services and goods; surveys; water quality; willingness to pay; Oregon; Washington (state)
Abstract:
... The emergence of new markets for forest ecosystem services can be a compelling opportunity for market diversification for private forest landowners, while increasing the provision of public goods from private lands. However, there is limited information available on the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for specific forest ecosystem services, particularly across different ecosystem market mechanisms. We ut ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0641-7
CHORUS:
10.1007/s00267-015-0641-7

11. Quantifying Urban Watershed Stressor Gradients and Evaluating How Different Land Cover Datasets Affect Stream Management

Author:
Smucker, Nathan J.; Kuhn, Anne; Charpentier, Michael A.; Cruz-Quinones, Carlos J.; Elonen, Colleen M.; Whorley, Sarah B.; Jicha, Terri M.; Serbst, Jonathan R.; Hill, Brian H.; Wehr, John D.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 683-695
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
anions; anthropogenic activities; cations; chlorides; conservation practices; data collection; databases; ecosystems; forests; issues and policy; land cover; models; monitoring; nitrates; nutrients; regression analysis; streams; urban development; water quality; water quality criteria; watershed management; watersheds; wetlands
Abstract:
... Watershed management and policies affecting downstream ecosystems benefit from identifying relationships between land cover and water quality. However, different data sources can create dissimilarities in land cover estimates and models that characterize ecosystem responses. We used a spatially balanced stream study (1) to effectively sample development and urban stressor gradients while represent ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0629-3

12. Recreational Diver Behavior and Contacts with Benthic Organisms in the Abrolhos National Marine Park, Brazil

Author:
Giglio, Vinicius J.; Luiz, Osmar J.; Schiavetti, Alexandre
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 637-648
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
artificial reefs; benthic organisms; cameras; conservation areas; coral reefs; corals; gender; group size; managers; sand; tourism; Brazil
Abstract:
... In the last two decades, coral reefs have become popular among recreational divers, especially inside marine protected areas. However, the impact caused by divers on benthic organisms may be contributing to the degradation of coral reefs. We analyzed the behavior of 142 scuba divers in the Abrolhos National Marine Park, Brazil. We tested the effect of diver profile, reef type, use of additional eq ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0628-4

13. Strategic Environmental Assessment Framework for Landscape-Based, Temporal Analysis of Wetland Change in Urban Environments

Author:
Sizo, Anton; Noble, Bram F.; Bell, Scott
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 696-710
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
environmental assessment; geographic information systems; habitats; land use change; landscapes; remote sensing; urban areas; urban planning; wetlands; Saskatchewan
Abstract:
... This paper presents and demonstrates a spatial framework for the application of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in the context of change analysis for urban wetland environments. The proposed framework is focused on two key stages of the SEA process: scoping and environmental baseline assessment. These stages are arguably the most information-intense phases of SEA and have a significant ef ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0640-8

14. Sustainable Remediation of Legacy Mine Drainage: A Case Study of the Flight 93 National Memorial

Author:
Emili, Lisa A.; Pizarchik, Joseph; Mahan, Carolyn G.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 660-670
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
acid mine drainage; case studies; coal; decision making; drainage; environmental policy; flight; information exchange; learning; mining; pollution; remediation; socioeconomics; stakeholders; surface water
Abstract:
... Pollution from mining activities is a global environmental concern, not limited to areas of current resource extraction, but including a broader geographic area of historic (legacy) and abandoned mines. The pollution of surface waters from acid mine drainage is a persistent problem and requires a holistic and sustainable approach to addressing the spatial and temporal complexity of mining-specific ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0625-7

15. The Potential for Long-Term Sustainability in Seminatural Forestry: A Broad Perspective Based on Woodpecker Populations

Author:
Lõhmus, Asko; Nellis, Renno; Pullerits, Mirjam; Leivits, Meelis
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 558-571
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
agricultural land; biodiversity; conservation areas; dead wood; ecological resilience; environmental sustainability; forests; landscape management; landscapes; logging; natural regeneration; planning; time series analysis; trees; wooded grasslands; woodpeckers; zoning; Estonia
Abstract:
... We assessed ecological sustainability of seminatural forestry by analyzing 80-year dynamics and the current distribution of all woodpecker species in Estonia. We found that, despite the clear-cutting-based forestry system, woodpeckers inhabited commercial seminatural forests in substantial numbers, including the species generally considered vulnerable to timber harvesting. The only negative trend, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0638-2

16. The Western South Atlantic Ocean in a High-CO2 World: Current Measurement Capabilities and Perspectives

Author:
Kerr, Rodrigo; da Cunha, Letícia C.; Kikuchi, Ruy K. P.; Horta, Paulo A.; Ito, Rosane G.; Müller, Marius N.; Orselli, Iole B. M.; Lencina-Avila, Jannine M.; de Orte, Manoela R.; Sordo, Laura; Pinheiro, Bárbara R.; Bonou, Frédéric K.; Schubert, Nadine; Bergstrom, Ellie; Copertino, Margareth S.
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 740-752
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
acidification; biodiversity; carbon cycle; infrastructure; marine ecosystems; models; researchers; seawater; Atlantic Ocean; Brazil
Abstract:
... An international multi-disciplinary group of 24 researchers met to discuss ocean acidification (OA) during the Brazilian OA Network/Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (BrOA/SOLAS) Workshop. Fifteen members of the BrOA Network (www.broa.furg.br) authored this review. The group concluded that identifying and evaluating the regional effects of OA is impossible without understanding the natural vari ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0630-x

17. Trophic State Evolution and Nutrient Trapping Capacity in a Transboundary Subtropical Reservoir: A 25-Year Study

Author:
Cunha, Davi Gasparini Fernandes; Benassi, Simone Frederigi; de Falco, Patrícia Bortoletto; do Carmo Calijuri, Maria
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 649-659
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
chlorophyll; drinking water; flood control; humans; hydrochemistry; hydrodynamics; nitrogen; nutrient retention; phosphorus; phytoplankton; pollution control; primary productivity; time series analysis; trapping; trophic relationships; vegetation; water quality; water supply; Brazil; Paraguay
Abstract:
... Artificial reservoirs have been used for drinking water supply, other human activities, flood control and pollution abatement worldwide, providing overall benefits to downstream water quality. Most reservoirs in Brazil were built during the 1970s, but their long-term patterns of trophic status, water chemistry, and nutrient removal are still not very well characterized. We aimed to evaluate water ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0633-7

18. Urban Rights-of-Way as Reservoirs for Tall-Grass Prairie Plants and Butterflies

Author:
Leston, Lionel; Koper, Nicola
Source:
Environmental management 2016 v.57 no.3 pp. 543-557
ISSN:
0364-152X
Subject:
animals; butterflies; indigenous species; landscapes; mowing; plants (botany); prairies; rights of way; species diversity; spraying; surveys; Manitoba
Abstract:
... Urban rights-of-way may be potential reservoirs of tall-grass prairie plants and butterflies. To determine if this is true, in 2007–2008, we conducted vegetation surveys of species richness and cover, and butterfly surveys of species richness and abundance, along 52 transmission lines and four remnant prairies in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We detected many prairie plants and butterflies within transmissi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00267-015-0631-9