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- Author:
- Kirk C. Silver; Mark Carroll
- Source:
- ISPRS international journal of geo-information 2013 v.2 no.2 pp. 324-348
- ISSN:
- 2220-9964
- Subject:
- climate change; decision making; ecoregions; geographic information systems; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; latitude; physical properties; sea ice; snow; tundra; Arctic region
- Abstract:
- ... Recent profound changes have been observed in the Arctic environment, including record low sea ice extents and high latitude greening. Studying the Arctic and how it is changing is an important element of climate change science. The Tundra, an ecoregion of the Arctic, is directly related to climate change due to its effects on the snow ice feedback mechanism and greenhouse gas cycling. Like all ec ...
- DOI:
- 10.3390/ijgi2020324
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi2020324
- Author:
- Colin R. Mahony; Alex J. Cannon; Tongli Wang; Sally N. Aitken
- Source:
- Global change biology 2017 v.23 no.9 pp. 3934-3955
- ISSN:
- 1354-1013
- Subject:
- algorithms; altitude; climate; climate change; ecoregions; ecosystems; emissions; landscapes; latitude; methodology; models; risk factors; Arctic region; North America
- Abstract:
- ... Novel climates – emerging conditions with no analog in the observational record – are an open problem in ecological modeling. Detecting extrapolation into novel conditions is a critical step in evaluating bioclimatic projections of how species and ecosystems will respond to climate change. However, biologically informed novelty detection methods remain elusive for many modeling algorithms. To assi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/gcb.13645
- https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13645
- Author:
- Chao Huang; Hong S. He; Todd J. Hawbaker; Yu Liang; Peng Gong; Zhiwei Wu; Zhiliang Zhu
- Source:
- Environmental modelling & software 2017 v.93 pp. 332-343
- ISSN:
- 1364-8152
- Subject:
- boreal forests; carbon sinks; climate change; computer software; ecoregions; environmental models; forest ecosystems; forest management; greenhouse gas emissions; landscapes; model validation; prediction; soil organic carbon
- Abstract:
- ... Carbon stocks in boreal forests play an important role in global carbon balance but are sensitive to climate change and disturbances. Ecological models offer valuable insights into the effects of climate change and disturbances on boreal forests carbon stocks. However, the current pixel-based model coupling approaches are challenging to apply over large spatial extents because high computational l ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.009
- Author:
- Hunter J. Howell; Giacomo L. Delgado; Alyssa C. Wood; Leila M. Thompson; Eric A. Cline; Christopher A. Searcy
- Source:
- Biological invasions 2021 v.23 no.10 pp. 3119-3133
- ISSN:
- 1387-3547
- Subject:
- Everglades National Park; amphibians; climate change; community structure; data collection; ecoregions; ecosystems; endangered species; habitats; herpetofauna; hydrology; introduced species; landscapes; reptiles; surveys; wilderness; Florida
- Abstract:
- ... The Greater Everglades Ecosystem is a globally important ecoregion, home to 68 threatened or endangered species and the largest designated wilderness area in the Eastern United States. Anthropogenic manipulations of the natural hydrology have led to widespread degradation of this ecosystem and monitored population declines across multiple taxa. Simultaneous introductions of hundreds of non-native ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10530-021-02562-z
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02562-z
- Author:
- Daniel B. Segan; Kris A. Murray; James E.M. Watson
- Source:
- Global ecology and conservation 2016 v.5 pp. 12-21
- ISSN:
- 2351-9894
- Subject:
- amphibians; biodiversity; birds; climate change; climatic factors; databases; ecoregions; emissions; habitat destruction; habitats; indigenous species; mammals; meta-analysis; probability; rain; reptiles; temperature; vegetation types
- Abstract:
- ... Habitat loss is the greatest threat to biodiversity and rapid, human-forced climate change is likely to exacerbate this. Here we present the first global assessment of current and potential future impacts on biodiversity of a habitat loss and fragmentation–climate change (HLF–CC) interaction. A recent meta-analysis demonstrated that the negative impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation have been ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.11.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.11.002
- Author:
- Lisa Freudenberger; Peter R. Hobson; Martin Schluck; Pierre L. Ibisch
- Source:
- Ecological complexity 2012 v.12 no. pp. 13-22
- ISSN:
- 1476-945X
- Subject:
- biodiversity; biomass; carbon sequestration; climate change; ecoregions; ecosystem services; energy; forests; genes; landscape management; prioritization; terrestrial ecosystems
- Abstract:
- ... The functionality of ecosystems is important for energy dissipation, ecosystem service provisioning, resilience to global change and adaptive capacity. Ecosystem complexity and ultimately functionality depend on higher levels of biodiversity, biomass, heterogeneity and evolutionary potential, such as genes. These characteristics are also likely to promote system resilience and adaptive capacity, w ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.08.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.08.002
- Author:
- Silvia Matesanz; José Alberto Ramírez‐Valiente
- Source:
- Global ecology and biogeography 2019 v.28 no.11 pp. 1682-1694
- ISSN:
- 1466-822X
- Subject:
- Gymnospermae; annuals; carbon dioxide; climate change; confidence interval; databases; ecoregions; environmental factors; experimental design; ferns and fern allies; intraspecific variation; meta-analysis; phenotypic plasticity; phylogeny; plant response; prediction; shrubs; temperate zones; trees; Arctic region
- Abstract:
- ... AIM: Many studies use differences among plant populations to infer future plant responses, but these predictions will provide meaningful insights only if patterns of plasticity among populations are similar (i.e., in the absence of population‐by‐environment interaction, P × E). In this study, we tested whether P × E is considered in climate change studies. Specifically, we evaluated whether popula ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/geb.12972
- https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12972
- Author:
- Bruce R. Ellender; Ryan J. Wasserman; Albert Chakona; Paul H. Skelton; Olaf L.F. Weyl
- Source:
- Aquatic conservation 2017 v.27 no.4 pp. 867-879
- ISSN:
- 1052-7613
- Subject:
- Mediterranean climate; anthropogenic activities; biogeography; climate change; dams (hydrology); ecoregions; extinction; freshwater fish; humans; indigenous species; introduced species; life history; physiology; taxonomy; South Africa
- Abstract:
- ... Mediterranean climate regions are globally recognized as hotspots of endemism in fishes; however, these unique assemblages are increasingly threatened by human mediated impacts including water abstraction, damming and non‐native species introductions. The Cape Fold aquatic ecoregion (CFR) of South Africa supports an assemblage of range‐restricted endemic freshwater fishes, the majority of which ar ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/aqc.2730
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2730
- Author:
- Yaping Chen; Mark Jason Lara; Feng Sheng Hu
- Source:
- ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing 2020 v.159 pp. 101-113
- ISSN:
- 0924-2716
- Subject:
- Landsat; climate change; ecoregions; ecosystems; environmental monitoring; fire severity; graminoids; reflectance; scanners; shrubs; tundra; wildfires
- Abstract:
- ... Tundra fires are projected to increase with anthropogenic climate change, yet our ability to assess key wildfire metrics such as fire severity remains limited. The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) is the most commonly applied index for fire severity mapping. However, the computation of NBR depends on short-wave infrared (SWIR) data, which are not commonly available from historical and contemporary high ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2019.11.012
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2019.11.012
- Author:
- Razi Ahmed; Paul Siqueira; Scott Hensley
- Source:
- Remote sensing of environment 2013 v.130 pp. 121-135
- ISSN:
- 0034-4257
- Subject:
- biomass; carbon; carbon sequestration; climate change; climate models; ecoregions; ecosystems; lidar; radar; remote sensing; temperate forests; New England region; United States
- Abstract:
- ... Quantification of global carbon storage, carbon flux and disturbance in forested regions is of critical importance to refining our understanding of ecosystem processes, climate modeling and climate change. Remote sensing instruments, such as lidar and radar provide a means of obtaining highly accurate and well resolved biomass estimates over global scales. This has sparked interest in mission conc ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.015
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.015
- Author:
- Trevor H. Booth; Tom Jovanovic; Ngoc Son Ho; Craig Miller
- Source:
- Climatic change 2013 v.117 no.4 pp. 757-768
- ISSN:
- 0165-0009
- Subject:
- biodiversity; climate change; ecoregions; governance; income; Australia; Vietnam
- Abstract:
- ... Developing appropriate climate change adaptations to protect biodiversity requires taking into account the dynamics of agro-ecological and socio-economic change. A framework for approaching this problem was proposed, but not applied in detail, as part of a major biodiversity and climate change report prepared in Australia. This paper describes the first trial application of the method. It was appl ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10584-012-0568-4
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0568-4
12. A trait-based approach to assess the vulnerability of European aquatic insects to climate change
- Author:
- Lorenza Conti; Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber; Gaël Grenouillet; Wolfram Graf
- Source:
- Hydrobiologia 2014 v.721 no.1 pp. 297-315
- ISSN:
- 0018-8158
- Subject:
- Ephemeroptera; Plecoptera; Trichoptera; aquatic insects; climate change; data collection; ecoregions; ecosystems; endangered species; freshwater; geographical distribution; indicator species; macroinvertebrates; monitoring; statistical analysis; temperature
- Abstract:
- ... Aquatic insects are the dominant taxon group in most freshwater ecosystems. As temperature is the main driver of their life cycle development, metabolic activity, and geographic distribution, these macroinvertebrates are particularly suitable for large scale and comparative studies of freshwater community responses to climate change. A dataset of bio-ecological traits of 1,942 Ephemeroptera, Pleco ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10750-013-1690-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1690-7
- Author:
- Todd A. Ontl; Chris Swanston; Leslie A. Brandt; Patricia R. Butler; Anthony W. D’Amato; Stephen D. Handler; Maria K. Janowiak; P. Danielle Shannon
- Source:
- Climatic change 2018 v.146 no.1-2 pp. 75-88
- ISSN:
- 0165-0009
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; decision making; ecoregions; forest industries; forest management; forest pests; land management; land ownership; multivariate analysis; pathogens; planning; vegetation
- Abstract:
- ... Climate adaptation planning and implementation are likely to increase rapidly within the forest sector not only as climate continues to change but also as we intentionally learn from real-world examples. We sought to better understand how adaptation is being incorporated in land management decision-making across diverse land ownership types in the Midwest by evaluating project-level adaptation pla ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10584-017-1983-3
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-1983-3
- Author:
- Bryce A. Richardson; Stanley G. Kitchen; Rosemary L. Pendleton; Burton K. Pendleton; Matthew J. Germino; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Susan E. Meyer
- Source:
- Ecological applications 2014 v.24 no.2 pp. 413-427
- ISSN:
- 1051-0761
- Subject:
- Coleogyne ramosissima; altitude; carbon; climate change; climatic factors; deserts; dry environmental conditions; ecological function; ecoregions; ecosystems; ecotones; ecotypes; genetic variation; guidelines; indigenous species; invasive species; isotopes; latitude; mortality; planning; plateaus; shrubs; temperature; wildfires; winter; Mojave Desert; North America
- Abstract:
- ... Interacting threats to ecosystem function, including climate change, wildfire, and invasive species necessitate native plant restoration in desert ecosystems. However, native plant restoration efforts often remain unguided by ecological genetic information. Given that many ecosystems are in flux from climate change, restoration plans need to account for both contemporary and future climates when c ...
- DOI:
- 10.1890/13-0587.1
- https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0587.1
- Author:
- Christoph Kueffer
- Source:
- Gesunde Pflanzen 2011 v.63 no.2 pp. 63-68
- ISSN:
- 0367-4223
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; databases; ecological invasion; ecoregions; ecosystems; flora; grazing; indigenous species; introduced plants; invasive species; land use; lowlands; managers; mountains; ornamental woody plants; risk; tourism; vertebrate pests; Alps region
- Abstract:
- ... Mountains are currently less affected by plant invasions than lowland ecosystems. Since 2005 the Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN, www.miren.ethz.ch) investigates the risk of plant invasions into mountains and develops preventive management strategies. A database of non-native and invasive plant species in mountains worldwide includes currently some 1500 species. Particularly problematic ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10343-011-0248-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-011-0248-8
- Author:
- Bao Huy; Karin Kralicek; Krishna P. Poudel; Vu Tan Phuong; Phung Van Khoa; Nguyen Dinh Hung; Hailemariam Temesgen
- Source:
- Forest ecology and management 2016 v.382 pp. 193-205
- ISSN:
- 0378-1127
- Subject:
- aboveground biomass; allometry; broadleaved evergreen forests; carbon sequestration; climate change; data collection; ecoregions; equations; models; tree and stand measurements; trees; uncertainty; wood density; Vietnam
- Abstract:
- ... For mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration and for reporting, Viet Nam needs to develop biomass equations at a national scale. These equations need to be accurate and provide quantifiable uncertainty. Using data from 968 trees across five ecoregions of Viet Nam, we developed a set of models to estimate tree aboveground biomass (AGB) in evergreen broadleaf forests (EBLF) at the nati ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.021
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.021
- Author:
- Adam D. Miller; Jonathan R. Thompson; Alan J. Tepley; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira
- Source:
- Ecography 2019 v.42 no.1 pp. 55-66
- ISSN:
- 0906-7590
- Subject:
- botanical composition; carbon cycle; carbon sinks; chaparral; climate; climate change; coniferous forests; conifers; dry environmental conditions; ecoregions; ecosystems; fire frequency; fire regime; forest communities; hardwood; landscapes; life history; models; mortality; plant response; shrublands; wildfires; Northwestern United States
- Abstract:
- ... Wildfire is a dominant disturbance in many ecosystems, and fire frequency and intensity are being altered as climates change. Through effects on mortality and regeneration, fire affects plant community composition, species richness, and carbon cycling. In some regions, changes to fire regimes could result in critical, non‐reversible transitions from forest to non‐forested states. For example, the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/ecog.03491
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03491
- Author:
- Debra Valov
- Source:
- Madroño 2020 v.67 no.3 pp. 115-160
- ISSN:
- 0024-9637
- Subject:
- Cenchrus; area; climate change; coasts; ecoregions; estuaries; invasive species; inventories; knowledge; long term effects; paper; protected species; sea level; seasons; shrublands; vascular plants; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The arid Central Gulf Coast ecoregion, characterized mainly by sarcocaulescent scrub, is a poorly studied area. This paper addresses this knowledge gap with an annotated checklist of the vascular plants of the Mulegé area (Bahía Concepción to Punta Chivato; 397 km²), which was compiled over at least 267 field days during 15 field seasons between 2003 and 2019. The inventory presents 411 taxa (330 ...
- DOI:
- 10.3120/0024-9637-67.3.115
- https://doi.org/10.3120/0024-9637-67.3.115
- Author:
- Amanda S. Mathys; Nicholas C. Coops; Richard H. Waring
- Source:
- Global change biology 2017 v.23 no.2 pp. 920-932
- ISSN:
- 1354-1013
- Subject:
- air temperature; climate; climate change; deserts; ecoregions; environmental factors; forest ecosystems; forest types; frost; growth models; mountains; plant available water; soil fertility; solar radiation; species dispersal; surveys; trees; vapor pressure; North America
- Abstract:
- ... Forest ecosystems across western North America will likely see shifts in both tree species dominance and composition over the rest of this century in response to climate change. Our objective in this study was to identify which ecological regions might expect the greatest changes to occur. We used the process‐based growth model 3‐PG, to provide estimates of tree species responses to changes in env ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/gcb.13440
- https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13440
- Author:
- Sean A. Parks; Lisa M. Holsinger; Carol Miller; Marc‐André Parisien
- Source:
- Ecography 2018 v.41 no.6 pp. 910-921
- ISSN:
- 0906-7590
- Subject:
- climate change; cold zones; ecoregions; environmental impact; fire frequency; fire regime; fire severity; forests; grasslands; mountains; shrublands; Western United States
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change is expected to result in substantial ecological impacts across the globe. These impacts are uncertain but there is strong consensus that they will almost certainly affect fire regimes and vegetation. In this study, we evaluated how climate change may influence fire frequency, fire severity, and broad classes of vegetation in mountainous ecoregions of the contiguous western US for ea ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/ecog.03378
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03378
- Author:
- Hua Shi; Collin Homer; Matthew Rigge; Kory Postma; George Xian
- Source:
- Ecosphere 2020 v.11 no.12 pp. e03311
- ISSN:
- 2150-8925
- Subject:
- Artemisia; Landsat; basins; climate change; ecoregions; ecosystems; shrublands; temperature; time series analysis; weather; Wyoming
- Abstract:
- ... The importance of monitoring shrublands to detect and understand changes through time is increasingly recognized as critical to management. This research focuses on ecological change observed over 10 yr of field observation at 126 plots and over 35 yr of the Landsat archive in a shrubland ecosystem. Field data consisting of the fractional cover of shrubs, sagebrush, herbs, litter, and bare ground ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/ecs2.3311
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3311
- Author:
- Mike Hulley; Ed Watt; Colin Clarke
- Source:
- International journal of river basin management 2019 v.17 no.4 pp. 423-434
- ISSN:
- 1814-2060
- Subject:
- anthropogenic activities; climate; climate change; data collection; ecoregions; evapotranspiration; rain; rivers; snow; stream flow; surveys; watersheds; Canada
- Abstract:
- ... This investigation into trends in annual discharge of Canadian rivers focuses on long-term hydrometric stations having record lengths of at least 75 years. Eliminating stations with significant non-stationarities in mean annual discharge, and stations having evidence of a large diversion or a withdrawal, resulted in a final streamflow dataset of 113 Water Survey of Canada, WSC, hydrometric station ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/15715124.2018.1508025
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2018.1508025
- Author:
- Roland Pesch; Gunther Schmidt; Winfried Schroeder; Inga Weustermann
- Source:
- Ecological indicators 2011 v.11 no.1 pp. 115-122
- ISSN:
- 1470-160X
- Subject:
- altitude; benthic zone; bioaccumulation; case studies; climate change; decision support systems; ecoregions; environmental monitoring; geographic information systems; habitats; land classification; landscapes; metals; meteorological data; models; mosses and liverworts; planning; soil texture; spatial data; surveys; temperature; thematic maps; vegetation; Europe; North Sea
- Abstract:
- ... The goal of this paper is to introduce a statistical concept to derive ecological classifications of terrestrial and marine environments. Such ecological regionalisations reflect spatial combinations of biotic and abiotic characteristics and therefore may serve for environmental planning and monitoring issues. Referring to two case studies the paper presents how to calculate and map ecological def ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.003
- Author:
- P. van der Linden; C. Shinn; M. Moreira-Santos; J. Oehlmann; R. Ribeiro; R. Müller
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2019 v.681 pp. 133-142
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- European Union; biodiversity; climate change; climatic zones; cold; ecoregions; ecosystems; environmental assessment; freshwater; laws and regulations; macroinvertebrates; pyrimethanil; risk; risk assessment; toxicity testing; Germany; Portugal
- Abstract:
- ... At present, the European Union legislation facilitates the use of similar pesticides among European Member States, thereby assuming that biodiversity and ecosystems have equal sensitivities to contaminants throughout the whole of Europe. However, with this assumption, fundamental environmental and biological differences between climatic zones are being ignored in Environmental Risk Assessment. Suc ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.112
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.112
- Author:
- Zhibin He; Jun Du; Wenzhi Zhao; Junjun Yang; Longfei Chen; Xi Zhu; Xuexiang Chang; Hu Liu
- Source:
- Agricultural and forest meteorology 2015 v.213 pp. 42-52
- ISSN:
- 0168-1923
- Subject:
- autumn; carbon; climate change; climatic factors; cold; ecoregions; ecosystems; emissions; frost; growing season; models; mountains; phenology; plant growth substances; risk; satellites; shrublands; shrubs; spring; temperature; time series analysis; vegetative growth; China
- Abstract:
- ... Subalpine shrubs are undergoing, or have experienced profound changes by force of recent climate anomalies, such as the alteration in temporal niche of phenophases and the dynamic interaction with ambient conditions. As cold biomes in high-altitude ecoregions, they have drawn a growing concern of the potential vulnerability to current and future climate change. In this study, we retrieved the time ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.06.013
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.06.013
- Author:
- Zhao, Y.Z.; Zou, X.Y.; Cheng, H.; Jia, H.K.; Wu, Y.Q.; Wang, G.Y.; Zhang, C.L.; Gao, S.Y.
- Source:
- Journal of environmental management 2006 v.80 no.2 pp. 120-131
- ISSN:
- 0301-4797
- Subject:
- ecosystems; ecoregions; environmental assessment; anthropogenic activities; land use; economic development; population growth; climate change; environmental impact; environmental degradation; risk assessment; models; environmental indicators; environmental protection; decision support systems; environmental policy; China
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.08.019
- PubMed:
- 16338056
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.08.019
- Author:
- NwaJesus Anthony Onyekuru; Rob Marchant
- Source:
- Agricultural and forest meteorology 2016 v.220 pp. 10-20
- ISSN:
- 0168-1923
- Subject:
- autumn; climate change; computer software; economic impact; ecoregions; ecosystems; educational status; forest communities; forestry; household income; households; issues and policy; models; questionnaires; rain; rivers; spring; summer; temperature; tropical forests; water supply; winter; Nigeria
- Abstract:
- ... Quantifying the impact of climate change at a regional scale is important in trying to develop adaptation policies. We estimated the economic impact of climate change on forest resource use in Nigeria using the Ricardian model in the STATA statistical software. Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from 400 rural households in forest communities, sampled from five broad ecological ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.01.001
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.01.001
- Author:
- Denice H. Wardrop; Anna T. Hamilton; Michael Q. Nassry; Jordan M. West; Aliana J. Britson
- Source:
- Ecosphere 2019 v.10 no.2 pp. e02561
- ISSN:
- 2150-8925
- Subject:
- anthropogenic activities; botanical composition; climate change; climate models; ecological function; ecoregions; emissions; freshwater; growing season; hydrologic models; piedmont; rivers; simulation models; spring; summer; water table; watersheds; wetlands; winter; Pennsylvania
- Abstract:
- ... Wetlands are known to provide a myriad of vital ecosystem functions and services, which may be under threat from a changing climate. However, these effects may not be homogenous across ecosystem functions, wetland types, ecoregions, or meso‐scale watersheds, making broad application of the same management techniques inappropriate. Here, we present a relative wetland vulnerabilities framework, appl ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/ecs2.2561
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2561
- Author:
- Caitlin D. Kuempel; B. Alexander Simmons; Madeline Davey
- Source:
- Journal of environmental management 2022 v.304 pp. 114276
- ISSN:
- 0301-4797
- Subject:
- climate change; conservation status; ecoregions; environmental management; humans; wilderness
- Abstract:
- ... The 1972 World Heritage Convention (WHC) and 1994 Global Strategy aim to preserve the outstanding universal value of internationally important cultural and natural sites within a “representative, balanced and credible” network of highly-protected areas. Increasing human pressures and shortfalls in representation have been documented across the World Heritage network, particularly in terrestrial an ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114276
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114276
- Author:
- A. Al-Yaari; J.-P. Wigneron; W. Dorigo; A. Colliander; T. Pellarin; S. Hahn; A. Mialon; P. Richaume; R. Fernandez-Moran; L. Fan; Y.H. Kerr; G. De Lannoy
- Source:
- Remote sensing of environment 2019 v.224 pp. 289-303
- ISSN:
- 0034-4257
- Subject:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite; algorithms; carbon cycle; climate change; climatic factors; ecoregions; energy; monitoring; radar; remote sensing; soil water; time series analysis; vegetation types; water budget
- Abstract:
- ... Soil moisture (SM) is a key state variable in understanding the climate system through its control on the land surface energy, water budget partitioning, and the carbon cycle. Monitoring SM at regional scale has become possible thanks to microwave remote sensing. In the past two decades, several satellites were launched carrying on board either radiometer (passive) or radar (active) or both sensor ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.008
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.008
31. Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of tropical tree species for urban forestry in India
- Author:
- Soumit K. Behera; Shruti Mishra; Nayan Sahu; N. Manika; Shiv Naresh Singh; Sonik Anto; Rahul Kumar; Ragib Husain; Anil K. Verma; Nalini Pandey
- Source:
- Ecological engineering 2022 pp. 106692
- ISSN:
- 0925-8574
- Subject:
- Syzygium cumini; Tectona grandis; aboveground biomass; allometry; biodiversity; biomass production; botanical gardens; carbon; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; carboxylation; climate; climate change; decision making; ecoregions; ecosystems; growth performance; hydrologic cycle; indigenous species; introduced species; landscapes; leaf area index; nondestructive methods; photosynthesis; research institutions; stomatal conductance; tree and stand measurements; tree height; trees; tropical plants; urban forestry; water use efficiency; India
- Abstract:
- ... Urban, peri urban and patch forests play a critical role in climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage and for that, it is imperative to assess the species response in an eco-region to recommend a potentially higher carbon sequestering species. In urban settings, green spaces, in particular, trees play a vital role in preserving biodiversity, reducing the impact of urban heat islan ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106692
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106692
- Author:
- Jamie C Summers; Joshua Kurek; Kathleen M Rühland; Erin E Neville; John P Smol
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2016 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- aquatic communities; aquatic ecosystems; benthic zone; bitumen; chlorophyll; climate; climate change; ecoregions; environmental monitoring; freshwater; industry; lakes; oil sands; primary productivity; trophic levels; Canada
- Abstract:
- ... The Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) has been intensely developed for industrial bitumen extraction and upgrading since the 1980s. A paucity of environmental monitoring prior to development raises questions about baseline conditions in freshwater systems in the region and ecological responses to industrial activities. Further, climatic changes prompt questions about the relative roles of climate ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.079
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.079
- Author:
- Ana Gabriela Zacarías-Correa; Andrés Lira-Noriega; Emmanuel Pérez-Calix; Marie-Stéphanie Samain; Andrea D. Wolfe
- Source:
- Biodiversity and conservation 2020 v.29 no.6 pp. 1821-1840
- ISSN:
- 0960-3115
- Subject:
- Penstemon; biodiversity; climate change; ecoregions; genetic variation; geographical distribution; habitat fragmentation; indigenous species; niches; population genetics; rare species; temperate forests; wildlife management; Chihuahuan Desert
- Abstract:
- ... Habitat fragmentation and its effects on the persistence of populations and species are of major concern to conservation biology. Penstemon coriaceus is a rare and endemic species from the Mexican Central Plateau and adjacent foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental, which belongs to the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion. This is the first study that integrates population genet ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10531-020-01962-2
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01962-2
- Author:
- Quentin D. Read; Phoebe L. Zarnetske; Sydne Record; Kyla M. Dahlin; Jennifer K. Costanza; Andrew O. Finley; Keith D. Gaddis; John M. Grady; Martina L. Hobi; Andrew M. Latimer; Sparkle L. Malone; Scott V. Ollinger; Stephanie Pau; Adam M. Wilson
- Source:
- Global ecology and biogeography 2020 v.29 no.4 pp. 696-710
- ISSN:
- 1466-822X
- Subject:
- autocorrelation; birds; breeding; climate; climate change; data collection; ecoregions; forest inventory; habitats; models; phylogeny; remote sensing; soil; species diversity; temperature; topography; trees; United States
- Abstract:
- ... AIM: We may be able to buffer biodiversity against the effects of ongoing climate change by prioritizing the protection of habitat with diverse physical features (high geodiversity) associated with ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that maintain high biodiversity. Nonetheless, the relationships between biodiversity and habitat vary with spatial and biological context. In this study, we compar ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/geb.13061
- https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13061
- Author:
- Martha Bonilla-Moheno; T. Mitchell Aide
- Source:
- Agricultural systems 2020 v.178 pp. 102734
- ISSN:
- 0308-521X
- Subject:
- climate change; coasts; cotton; cropland; crops; deforestation; demography; deserts; drugs; dry forests; ecoregions; ecosystems; exports; grasslands; issues and policy; land cover; land use change; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; pastures; pecans; rural urban migration; tropical rain forests; violence; Latin America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Conversion of land cover is one of the main causes of global environmental change and identifying the regions where sustained trends of land change are occurring provides useful information for land and resources management. For all ecoregions in Mexico, we analyzed land use changes over 14 years (2001–2014) using MODIS images (250m) and identified regions that had significant gains or loss of woo ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102734
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102734
- Author:
- Maria R. Derguy; Sebastian Martinuzzi; Marcelo Arturi
- Source:
- Austral ecology 2022 v.47 no.3 pp. 580-589
- ISSN:
- 1442-9985
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; ecoregions; land classification; meteorological data; Andes region; Argentina
- Abstract:
- ... Modelling the potential impacts of future climate on ecosystems provides important information for environmental planning and management. The Holdridge life zones system is a land classification based on simple bioclimatic variables that can be used for evaluating the potential effect of future climates on ecosystems. However, information on future bioclimatic changes in ecoregions of southern Sou ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/aec.13142
- https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13142
- Author:
- Thomas E. Lovejoy
- Source:
- One earth 2020 v.2 no.5 pp. 415-416
- ISSN:
- 2590-3322
- Subject:
- biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; climate change; ecoregions
- Abstract:
- ... In this issue of One Earth, Chauvenet et al. identify strategies for the near-term allocation of protected areas on an ecoregion basis. However, the biodiversity challenge extends beyond ecoregions. More resources are needed to maximize the potential co-benefits between conservation, climate-change mitigation, indigenous communities, and sustainable land-management practices. ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.05.003
- Author:
- Matthew R. Levi; Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
- Source:
- Landscape ecology 2016 v.31 no.9 pp. 2079-2095
- ISSN:
- 0921-2973
- Subject:
- atmospheric precipitation; climate; climate change; ecoregions; ecosystems; fire season; fires; grasslands; highlands; landscapes; plant available water; politics; prediction; shrubs; soil texture; topography; urban development; water holding capacity; Chihuahuan Desert; Southwestern United States
- Abstract:
- ... CONTEXT: Fire is an important driver of ecological processes in semiarid systems and serves a vital role in shrub-grass interactions. In desert grasslands of the southwestern US, the loss of fire has been implicated as a primary cause of shrub encroachment. Where fires can currently be re-introduced given past state changes and recent restoration actions, however, is unknown and controversial. OBJ ...
- Handle:
- 10113/5555868
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10980-016-0383-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-0383-9
- Author:
- Joseph A. LaManna; Laura A. Burkle; R. Travis Belote; Jonathan A. Myers
- Source:
- journal of ecology 2021 v.109 no.2 pp. 1000-1013
- ISSN:
- 0022-0477
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; community structure; ecoregions; fire severity; pollinators; species richness; topography; wildfires; Rocky Mountain region
- Abstract:
- ... Understanding how abiotic disturbance and biotic interactions determine pollinator and flowering‐plant diversity is critically important given global climate change and widespread pollinator declines. To predict responses of pollinators and flowering‐plant communities to changes in wildfire disturbance, a mechanistic understanding of how these two trophic levels respond to wildfire severity is nee ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/1365-2745.13530
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13530
- Author:
- Josh Noseworthy; Thomas M. Beckley
- Source:
- Environmental reviews 2020 v.28 no.3 pp. 284-293
- ISSN:
- 1208-6053
- Subject:
- abandoned land; clearcutting; climate change; conifers; ecoregions; land use; landscapes; natural regeneration; temperate forests; trees; Canada; New England region
- Abstract:
- ... The New England – Acadian Forest (NEAF) is an ecoregion spanning 24 million hectares of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The region is characterized as a transitional forest naturally composed of both boreal and temperate species. The term “borealization” is sometimes used to describe various processes driving the NEAF toward a more boreal character at the expense of its temperat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1139/er-2019-0068
- https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2019-0068
- Author:
- Miguel Saravia
- Source:
- Mountain research and development 2011 v.31 no.4 pp. 363-366
- ISSN:
- 0276-4741
- Subject:
- agricultural research; climate change; collective action; decision making; ecoregions; evolution; hydrology; potatoes; research and development; sustainable development; Andes region
- Abstract:
- ... In almost 2 decades of existence the Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina (CONDESAN) has experienced institutional innovations in response to the economic, social, environmental, and institutional dynamics of Andean countries and territories. As a result, interinstitutional interventions have been promoted in strategic spaces of the Andean region through local and region ...
- DOI:
- 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00086.1
- https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00086.1
- Author:
- Kevin D. Friedland; Joseph A. Langan; Scott I. Large; Rebecca L. Selden; Jason S. Link; Reg A. Watson; Jeremy S. Collie
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2020 v.704 pp. 135270
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- climate change; cold; continental shelf; dominant species; ecoregions; environmental factors; fish; fish communities; geographical distribution; habitats; macroinvertebrates; marine ecosystems; models; predators; probability; species diversity; taxonomy; trophic levels; United States
- Abstract:
- ... There is long-standing ecological and socioeconomic interest in what controls the diversity and productivity of ecosystems. That focus has intensified with shifting environmental conditions associated with accelerating climate change. The U.S. Northeast Shelf (NES) is a well-studied continental shelf marine ecosystem that is among the more rapidly warming marine systems worldwide. Furthermore, man ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135270
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135270
- Author:
- Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska; Johanna Buchner; Benjamin Bleyhl; Patrick Hostert; He Yin; Tobias Kuemmerle; Volker C. Radeloff
- Source:
- Science of remote sensing 2021 v.4 pp. 100035
- ISSN:
- 2666-0172
- Subject:
- Landsat; biodiversity; climate change; ecoregions; food security; grassland management; grasslands; land restoration; livestock; prediction; soil; spatial variation; time series analysis; vegetation cover; Caucasus region
- Abstract:
- ... Grasslands are important for global biodiversity, food security, and climate change analyses, which makes mapping and monitoring of vegetation changes in grasslands necessary to better understand, sustainably manage, and protect these ecosystems. However, grassland vegetation monitoring at spatial and temporal resolution relevant to land management (e.g., ca. 30-m, and at least annually over long ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.srs.2021.100035
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2021.100035
- Author:
- Roshni Arora; Klement Tockner; Markus Venohr
- Source:
- Hydrological processes 2016 v.30 no.17 pp. 3084-3096
- ISSN:
- 0885-6087
- Subject:
- North Atlantic Oscillation; air temperature; altitude; base flow; basins; climate change; ecoregions; landscapes; lowlands; radiative forcing; rivers; summer; water temperature; watersheds; Germany
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change is one of the main drivers of river warming worldwide. However, the response of river temperature to climate change differs with the hydrology and landscape properties, making it difficult to generalize the strength and the direction, of river temperature trends across large spatial scales and various river types. Additionally, there is a lack of long‐term and large‐scale trend stud ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/hyp.10849
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10849
- Author:
- Patrick J. Little; John S. Richardson; Younes Alila
- Source:
- Geomorphology 2013 v.202 no. pp. 86-100
- ISSN:
- 0169-555X
- Subject:
- chronosequences; climate; climate change; coasts; ecoregions; floodplains; floods; forest types; geographic information systems; landscapes; models; rivers; terraces; trees; watersheds; wood; British Columbia
- Abstract:
- ... The highly diverse shifting-mosaic of forest patches of an alluvial forest within the Carmanah River valley on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia was studied to examine the hydrogeomorphic disturbance regime that structures it. We used a landscape-scale analysis to quantify historical channel migrations and changes in the extent of specific forest types. This GIS-based analysis u ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.006
- Author:
- Alan K. Knapp; David L. Hoover; Kevin R. Wilcox; Meghan L. Avolio; Sally E. Koerner; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Michael E. Loik; Yiqi Luo; Osvaldo E. Sala; Melinda D. Smith
- Source:
- Global change biology 2015 v.21 no.7 pp. 2624-2633
- ISSN:
- 1354-1013
- Subject:
- arid zones; atmospheric precipitation; climate change; deserts; ecoregions; hydrologic cycle; simulation models; tropics
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change is intensifying the hydrologic cycle and is expected to increase the frequency of extreme wet and dry years. Beyond precipitation amount, extreme wet and dry years may differ in other ways, such as the number of precipitation events, event size, and the time between events. We assessed 1614 long‐term (100 year) precipitation records from around the world to identify key attributes o ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/gcb.12888
- https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12888
- Author:
- Sarah M. Laske; Per‐Arne Amundsen; Kirsten S. Christoffersen; Jaakko Erkinaro; Guðni Guðbergsson; Brian Hayden; Jani Heino; Kerstin Holmgren; Kimmo K. Kahilainen; Jennifer Lento; Panu Orell; Johan Östergren; Michael Power; Ruslan Rafikov; Atso Romakkaniemi; Martin‐A. Svenning; Heidi Swanson; Matthew Whitman; Christian E. Zimmerman
- Source:
- Freshwater biology 2022 v.67 no.1 pp. 176-193
- ISSN:
- 0046-5070
- Subject:
- Salvelinus alpinus; anthropogenic activities; climate change; databases; ecoregions; freshwater; freshwater fish; geographical distribution; land use; latitude; limnology; longitude; space and time; species richness; topography; Arctic region
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change, biological invasions, and anthropogenic disturbance pose a threat to the biodiversity and function of Arctic freshwater ecosystems. Understanding potential changes in fish species distribution and richness is necessary, given the great importance of fish to the function of freshwater ecosystems and as a resource to humans. However, information gaps limit large‐scale studies and our ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/fwb.13405
- https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13405
- Author:
- H. Wayne Polley; David D. Briske; Jack A. Morgan; Klaus Wolter; Derek W. Bailey; Joel R. Brown
- Source:
- Rangeland ecology & management 2013 v.66 no.5 pp. 493-511
- ISSN:
- 1550-7424
- Subject:
- air temperature; atmospheric precipitation; biogeography; biosphere; botanical composition; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide enrichment; climate; climate change; drought; drying; ecoregions; ecosystem services; ecosystems; environmental factors; fire regime; greenhouse effect; greenhouse gases; heat; industrialization; invasive species; livestock; livestock production; metabolism; plant available water; plant growth; primary productivity; production technology; rangelands; snowmelt; snowpack; summer; water use efficiency; Canada; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The amplified “greenhouse effect” associated with increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases has increased atmospheric temperature by 1°C since industrialization (around 1750), and it is anticipated to cause an additional 2°C increase by mid-century. Increased biospheric warming is also projected to modify the amount and distribution of annual precipitation and increase the occurrence of both d ...
- DOI:
- 10.2111/REM-D-12-00068.1
- https://doi.org/10.2111/REM-D-12-00068.1
- Author:
- Arjun Adhikari; Andrew J. Hansen
- Source:
- Climatic change 2019 v.152 no.3-4 pp. 551-567
- ISSN:
- 0165-0009
- Subject:
- biodiversity; climate; climate change; climate models; dry environmental conditions; ecoregions; ecosystems; ecotones; environmental health; growing season; meteorological data; mountains; public lands; social welfare; temperature; tribal lands; wildland; Midwestern United States
- Abstract:
- ... The remaining wildlands in the North Central US include varying proportions of public, private, and tribal lands across water balance ecotones. These wildlands may be highly vulnerable changing climate impacting their ability to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. We quantified projected changes in growing season climate (temperature) and water balance (MI: moisture index) in Greater W ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10584-018-2351-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2351-7
- Author:
- Uttam Babu Shrestha; Bharat Babu Shrestha
- Source:
- Diversity & distributions 2019 v.25 no.10 pp. 1599-1612
- ISSN:
- 1366-9516
- Subject:
- agricultural land; altitude; biodiversity; climate change; climatic zones; control methods; ecological invasion; ecoregions; ecosystem services; financial economics; forests; geographical distribution; indigenous species; infrastructure; introduced plants; invasive species; land cover; land use; livelihood; models; mountains; niches; risk; tourism; trade; Nepal
- Abstract:
- ... AIM: Climate change has increased the risk of biological invasions, particularly by increasing the climatically suitable regions for invasive alien species. The distribution of many native and invasive species has been predicted to change under future climate. We performed species distribution modelling of invasive alien plants (IAPs) to identify hotspots under current and future climate scenarios ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/ddi.12963
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12963