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ecosystemmanagement, etc ; biodiversity; ecosystems; models; stakeholders; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Urban biodiversity is now recognized as playing a critical role in supporting global biodiversity. However, it is important to note that biodiversity is a systematic and holistic concept and prior studies have not generally focused on cross-border or multi-scale management problems. On one hand, the ecosystems of cities are interconnected with adjacent cities by natural landscapes, so they are lik ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; algorithms; ecosystems; models; spatial variation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The interaction relationship of ecosystem services (ESs) is among the most critical objective in natural resource management. However, a complexity of the spatial heterogeneity of delivering multiple ESs from social-ecological system was seldomly considered. To enhance the linkage between the spatial concordance and interaction relationship of ESs, we presented a multi-criteria framework for ident ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; forest management; forests; socioeconomic status; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Since the 1980s, many rural forest-based communities in the United States Pacific Northwest have experienced negative shifts in their socioeconomic well-being. Following a preceding assessment conducted in the early 2000s, we analyzed the socioeconomic status and local perspectives of change in 10 rural federal forest-based communities after 25 years of ecosystem management under the Northwest For ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; air pollution; air quality; ecosystems; China; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Air pollution is impacting ecosystem services (ES). This paper proposes an emergy-based method framework to assess the dynamic impacts of near-real-time air pollution on ES at different temporal-spatial scales. The paper presents the cases of Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and Baoding, China, investigates the impacts of air pollution on the ES in 2020. In particular, we compared the reduction in ES e ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; Protozoa; biofilm; botany; epiphytes; freshwater; macrophytes; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Epiphytic biofilm is an important component in freshwater ecosystems and is one of the main primary producers in shallow freshwater ecosystems. The epiphytic biofilm is comprised of an autotrophic community made up of diatoms, green algae, and cyanobacteria, and a heterotrophic community consisting of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and other microorganisms. Macrophytes are the host domain for epiphyti ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; ecological restoration; ecosystems; hysteresis; macroalgae; models; spatial data; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Ecological systems can exist under multiple stable states for a specific set of environmental conditions. Perturbations can shift ecosystems to alternative stable states, and these changes are difficult to reverse. This is a concept known as hysteresis. Current management methods for system recovery require considerable effort. A model for system recovery that requires small changes in a target co ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; ecosystem services; ecosystems; evolution; supply balance; Yangtze River; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Grasping the interrelationship between the supply and demand of ecosystem services and the spatial and temporal characteristics of the spatial scale is the foundation of sustainable ecosystem management. This paper uses the Chongqing section of the Three Gorges Reservoir area as the study area, based on the three scales of county, 10-km and 1-km grids; the value equivalent method, quantification o ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; environmental health; humans; models; mountains; population density; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... A deeper understanding of the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of ecosystem health and its driving mechanism are important for ecosystem management and restoration. Under the complex environment in the southwestern mountainous area of China, various natural and anthropogenic factors interact with each other, complicating the mechanism driving ecosystem health. Quantitatively exploring the ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; governance; infrastructure; leadership; research; stakeholders; viability; North America; Show all 8 Subjects
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... For three decades, communities, agencies, industries, and stakeholders throughout the Great Lakes have been working together to restore degraded ecosystems and revitalize local communities through the Areas of Concern Program. Their work constitutes a set of natural experiments in collaborative ecosystem-based management (EBM). Similar experiments have been occurring simultaneously elsewhere in No ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; Antechinus; Rattus fuscipes; animal behavior; microhabitats; rats; trees; vegetation; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Understanding how fire influences animal behaviour, such as movement and resource selection, is important for ecosystem management because it can improve our capacity to predict how species will respond. We assessed microhabitat selection by two small mammals, the bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) and agile antechinus (Antechinus agilis), in response to a low intensity prescribed fire. We used spool and ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; case studies; ecosystems; eutrophication; lakes; macrophytes; water; watersheds; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Critical transitions between ecosystem states can be triggered by relatively small external forces or internal perturbations and may show time-lagged or hysteretic recovery. Understanding the precise mechanisms of a transition is important for ecosystem management, but it is hampered by a lack of information about the preceding interactions and associated feedback between different components in a ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; applied ecology; bycatch; economic performance; environmental impact; models; socioeconomics; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Ecosystem‐based fisheries management aims to ensure ecologically sustainable fishing while maximising socio‐economic benefits. Achieving this goal for mixed fisheries requires better understanding of the effects of competing fishing fleets on shared resources and economic performance. Proposed management strategies that promote either specialisation or diversification of catches may result in unin ...
Herman Hummel; Valerie Kalle; Louise Bienfait; Yolande Boyer; Marco Heurich; Juraj Svajda; Mihai Adamescu; Constantin Cazacu; Félix Manuel Medina; Rasa Morkūnė; Arturas Razinkovas-Baziukas; Dimitris Poursanidis; Orhideja Tasevska; Ajman Al Malla; Ana Stritih; Christian Rossi; Salvador Arenas-Castro; Claudia Carvalho-Santos; Izak P.J. Smit; Emiliana Valentini; Alessandra Nguyen Xuan; Daniel Orenstein; Antonello Provenzale; Rutger de Wit; Christiaan Hummel
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; conservation areas; ecosystems; environmental factors; issues and policy; socioeconomics; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Assessing the environmental status of Protected Areas (PAs) is a challenging issue. To indicate that status, the identification of a common set of variables that are scientifically sound, and easy to assess and monitor by the PA practitioners, is particularly important. In this study, a set of 27 Essential Variables (EVs) for PA management was selected in a bottom-up process from 67 harmonised var ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; bycatch; dynamic models; mortality; population dynamics; seabirds; Iberian Peninsula; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The worldwide decline of seabird populations due to the combined effects of global and regional changes is creating immense challenges for managers and conservationists. Predicting population responses to proposed management strategies could provide the most effective tools to prevent, halt and reverse ongoing declines. System dynamic modelling frameworks are considered particularly relevant to in ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; algorithms; ecosystems; marshes; river deltas; sustainable development; Yellow River; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services (ESs) is important for ecosystem management and sustainable development. However, most studies used synergies and trade-offs to infer ESs relationships, while ESs bundles was infrequently involved. Research on the spatiotemporal dynamics and potential drivers of changes of ESs bundles is still lacking. In this study, we quantified and mapp ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; desertification; latitude; population growth; regression analysis; temporal variation; vegetation; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Xinjiang, northwestern China, has the largest area of sandy desert landscapes in the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes and is known to be subject to so-called sandy desertification. Longer-term records of changes in the distribution of sandy desert landscapes are required to develop a more comprehensive understanding of mechanisms underlying their spatial and temporal dynamics. Here, we integrate ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; COVID-19 infection; animal welfare; humans; pandemic; wild animals; wildlife; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The COVID-19 crisis remains an international health disaster with serious impacts on health and business. As countries asked, and continue to ask, their human populations to stay at home to limit the spread of coronavirus, wild animals have been spotted exploring the empty streets of some of the world’s largest urban areas.E This period of unusually reduced human mobility can provide invaluable in ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; climate change; coastal zone management; issues and policy; latitude; Germany; Ireland; Show all 7 Subjects
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... In the context of climate change, coastal areas around the world face multiple interrelated challenges. A range of ‘international best practice’ approaches have been proposed to address these, including concepts such as integrated coastal zone management, ecosystem-based management and managed retreat. However, such supposedly mobile and transferable approaches often fail to properly account for t ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; biodiversity; insects; longevity; radar; radio telemetry; research; traceability; unmanned aerial vehicles; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Small invasive insects cause a reduction or disappearance of native insects, causing biodiversity problems. Therefore, tracking small insects is emerging as a method for biodiversity protection and ecosystem management; studies using tracking techniques, such as harmonic radar, RFID, and radio telemetry, are being conducted. A system using a mobile vehicle and a mobile robot that enhances the mobi ...
ecosystemmanagement, etc ; ecosystem services; ecosystems; land; landscapes; models; supply balance; sustainable development; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Ecosystem service spatial transfer is considered a feature that can deliver ecosystem services at a distance to meet the demands in areas with uneven spatial distribution of natural and social economic development. The natural ES spatial transfer distance and intensity were simulated by using the modified breaking point model in the Central Plains urban agglomeration (CPUA) with the cities of Luoy ...