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1. From patch use to environmental conditions: Using theory to reconstruct the past

Author:
Houston, Alasdair I.
Source:
Journal of archaeological science 2019 v.103 pp. 26-31
ISSN:
0305-4403
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; archaeology; foraging; probability;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... An intriguing aspect of optimal foraging theory is the link that it makes between local behavior and environmental conditions. This link is obvious from the marginal value theorem, which states that a forager should leave a food patch when its intake rate on the patch falls to the overall rate for the environment. As a result the marginal value theorem can be used to make inferences about the qual ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jas.2018.12.005

2. Linking the ball‐and‐cup analogy and ordination trajectories to describe ecosystem stability, resistance, and resilience

Author:
Lamothe, Karl A.; Somers, Keith M.; Jackson, Donald A.
Source:
Ecosphere 2019 v.10 no.3 pp. e02629
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; ecosystems; environmental health;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... The ball‐and‐cup diagram for conceptualizing ecosystem stability, resistance, and resilience is often presented as a ball rolling around within and between two or more cups. This analogy has a long history in ecology and has been used to illustrate ecosystem changes over time where the magnitude of changes required to push the ball from one cup to another represents a regime shift to an alternativ ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.2629

3. Causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity in complex environments

Author:
Westneat, David. F.; Potts, Leslie J.; Sasser, Katherine L.; Shaffer, James D.
Source:
Trends in ecology & evolution 2019
ISSN:
0169-5347
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; models; phenotypic plasticity;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Phenotypic plasticity is a ubiquitous and necessary adaptation of organisms to variable environments, yet most environments have multiple dimensions that vary. Many studies have documented plasticity of a trait with respect to variation in multiple environmental factors. Such multidimensional phenotypic plasticity (MDPP) exists at all levels of organismal organization, from the whole organism to w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2019.02.010

4. Critical information for the study of ecodynamics and socio-natural systems: Rescuing endangered heritage and data from Arctic Alaskan Coastal sites

Author:
Jensen, Anne M.
Source:
Quaternary international 2019
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; information sources; Alaska; Arctic region;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Archaeological sites are recognized as sources of data about past cultures. Their value as information sources about past environmental conditions and processes, as well as socio-natural systems is described, emphasizing benefits for disciplines beyond archaeology.Just as new techniques are expanding what we can learn from them, the sites and their preserved data are in imminent danger of destruct ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.001

5. Upland Water and Deferred Rotation Effects on Cattle Use in Riparian and Upland Areas – A Reply to Carter et al. 2017

Author:
Guttery, Michael R.; Caudill, Danny
Source:
Rangelands 2019 v.41 no.2 pp. 102-106
ISSN:
0190-0528
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; cattle; grazing; highlands; rangelands;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... A recent publication by Carter et al. (2017) presents research on the effects of deferred rotation grazing and water provisioning on a suite of environmental variables. We detail issues that call into question the validity of the results and conclusions reported by the authors. Data were not collected in a scientifically rigorous way. Sufficient detail is not presented for the study to be replicat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.rala.2018.11.005

6. Evaluation of Trapelus agilis species complex (Olivier, 1874) (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran based on both morphological and ecological analyses

Author:
Shahamat, Ali-Asghar; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific biodiversity(Online) 2019
ISSN:
2287-884X
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; Agamidae; biodiversity; niches; Iran;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Taxonomic evaluation is one of the challenges that are being faced by taxonomists. They use different criteria to evaluate taxonomic validity of a given lineage. In the present study, we evaluate different populations of Trapelus agilis in Iran by using morphoecological approach. Our morphological results confirmed separation of T. agilis khuzestanensis, southeastern Iran and Qom groups, from othe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.japb.2019.03.005

7. Response to environmental, spatial, and temporal mechanisms of the phytoplankton metacommunity: comparing ecological approaches in subtropical reservoirs

Author:
Bortolini, Jascieli Carla; da Silva, Pedro Rogério Leandro; Baumgartner, Gilmar; Bueno, Norma Catarina
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2019 v.830 no.1 pp. 45-61
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; biodiversity; models; phytoplankton; temporal variation;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Our objective was to evaluate the effect of environmental, spatial, and temporal predictors on different ecological approaches in phytoplankton metacommunity of two subtropical reservoirs. Our hypothesis was that the morphological structure, represented by morphological traits, would be related to both environmental and spatial factors, while the functional structure, represented by the physiologi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-018-3849-8

8. Experimental investigation of a novel low concentrating photovoltaic/thermal–thermoelectric generator hybrid system

Author:
Haiping, Chen; Jiguang, Huang; Heng, Zhang; Kai, Liang; Haowen, Liu; Shuangyin, Liang
Source:
Energy 2019 v.166 pp. 83-95
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; heat; solar collectors; temperature; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper presents and explores a novel low concentrating photovoltaic/thermal–thermoelectric generator (LCPV/T-TEG) hybrid system. Unlike the conventional hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV/TEG), the system mainly consists of a compound parabolic concentrator, a double-glazing PV panel, a micro-channel heat pipe array, the TEG and the data acquisition and control system. The TEG is ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2018.10.046

9. Environmentally Mediated Social Dilemmas

Author:
Estrela, Sylvie; Libby, Eric; Van Cleve, Jeremy; Débarre, Florence; Deforet, Maxime; Harcombe, William R.; Peña, Jorge; Brown, Sam P.; Hochberg, Michael E.
Source:
Trends in ecology & evolution 2019 v.34 no.1 pp. 6-18
ISSN:
0169-5347
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; habitats; social behavior; taxonomy;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... By consuming and producing environmental resources, organisms inevitably change their habitats. The consequences of such environmental modifications can be detrimental or beneficial not only to the focal organism but also to other organisms sharing the same environment. Social evolution theory has been very influential in studying how social interactions mediated by public ‘goods’ or ‘bads’ evolve ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2018.10.004

10. Integrating spatial and phylogenetic information in the fourth‐corner analysis to test trait–environment relationships

Author:
Braga, João; ter Braak, Cajo J. F.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Dray, Stéphane
Source:
Ecology 2018 v.99 no.12 pp. 2667-2674
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; autocorrelation; phylogeny;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... The fourth‐corner analysis aims to quantify and test for relationships between species traits and site‐specific environmental variables, mediated by site‐specific species abundances. Since there is no common unit of observation, the significance of the relationships is tested using a double permutation procedure (site based and species based). This method implies that all species and sites are ind ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecy.2530

11. Context-dependent community facilitation in seagrass meadows along a hydrodynamic stress gradient

Author:
Meysick, Lukas; Ysebaert, Tom; Jansson, Anna; Montserrat, Francesc; Valanko, Sebastian; Villnäs, Anna; Boström, Christoffer; Norkko, Joanna; Norkko, Alf
Source:
Journal of sea research 2019 v.150-151 pp. 8-23
ISSN:
1385-1101
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; Zostera marina; fauna; habitats; hydrodynamics; sand;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Foundation species host diverse associated communities by ameliorating environmental stress. The strength of this facilitative effect can be highly dependent on the underlying biotic and abiotic context. We investigated community level patterns of macrofauna associated with and adjacent to the marine foundation species eelgrass (Zostera marina) along a hydrodynamic stress gradient. We could demons ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.seares.2019.05.001

12. Supply chain sustainability: A tertiary literature review

Author:
Martins, C.L.; Pato, M.V.
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.225 pp. 995-1016
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; models; supply chain; surveys; systematic review;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Over the last 30 years, supply chain sustainability has become one of the most dynamic and prolific decision management research fields. The volume of primary and secondary research articles continues to increase yearly with the introduction of emerging topics, new modeling and theoretical approaches, and multidisciplinary perspectives. Motivated by this body of literature, this study reviews key ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.250

13. Family-level surrogates are too coarse to assess environment-community interactions: A response to Jiang et al. (2019)

Author:
Xiong, Wei; Yang, Yuzhan; Zhan, Aibin
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.102 pp. 466-468
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; Rotifera; environmental indicators; models; statistical analysis; taxonomy;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Jiang et al. (Ecological Indicators, 2019, 96, 750–752) recently commented on our paper (Xiong et al., 2018a) that we underestimated the effectiveness of family-level surrogates for assessing environment-community interactions. Indeed, they did not properly perform statistical analyses, particularly redundancy analysis models. Even worse, they wrongly recommended the use of family-level surrogates ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.02.062

14. Fate of degraded pollutants in waste gas biofiltration: An overview of carbon end-points

Author:
Bordoloi, Achinta; Gostomski, Peter A.
Source:
Biotechnology advances 2019 v.37 no.4 pp. 579-588
ISSN:
0734-9750
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; biochemical pathways; biofilters; biofiltration; carbon; models; pollutants; wastes;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The fate of the carbon from degraded pollutants in biofiltration is not well understood. The issue of missing carbon needs to be addressed quantitatively to better understand and model biofilter performance. Elucidating the various carbon end-points in various phases should contribute to the fundamental understanding of the degradation kinetics and metabolic pathways as a function of various envir ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.09.002

15. The Systems Biology of Lateral Root Formation: Connecting the Dots

Author:
Santos Teixeira, J.A.; ten Tusscher, K.H.
Source:
Molecular plant 2019 v.12 no.6 pp. 784-803
ISSN:
1674-2052
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; decision making; models; nutrients; root systems; roots;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The root system is a major determinant of a plant's access to water and nutrients. The architecture of the root system to a large extent depends on the repeated formation of new lateral roots. In this review, we discuss lateral root development from a systems biology perspective. We focus on studies combining experiments with computational modeling that have advanced our understanding of how the a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.molp.2019.03.015

16. Discriminating among forest communities based on taxonomic, phylogenetic and trait distances

Author:
Hao, Minhui; Ganeshaiah, Kotiganahalli Narayanagowda; Zhang, Chunyu; Zhao, Xiuhai; von Gadow, Klaus
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.440 pp. 40-47
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; forest communities; forests; habitats; phylogeny; species diversity; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Quantifying the compositional differences among communities is central to answering some of the most challenging questions in community ecology. Traditional species-based estimates of community dissimilarity convey little information regarding the biological heterogeneity of species. More refined phylogenetic- and functional-based measures can improve the understanding of ecological mechanisms tha ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.006

17. Do better workplace environmental conditions improve job satisfaction?

Author:
Erro-Garcés, Amaya; Ferreira, Susana
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.219 pp. 936-948
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; Europeans; job satisfaction; occupational health and safety; surveys;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Using data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey collected in 2015, estimates of the contribution of workplace environmental factors to the job satisfaction of about 44,000 Europeans from 35 countries are presented. Workplace environmental conditions are shown to play an important role in explaining job satisfaction, comparable to contract conditions such as pay increases and contract ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.138

18. Cultivating urban justice? A spatial exploration of urban gardening crossing spatial and environmental injustice conditions

Author:
Certomà, Chiara; Martellozzo, Federico
Source:
Applied geography 2019 v.106 pp. 60-70
ISSN:
0143-6228
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; case studies; cities; gardening; politics; regression analysis; Italy;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper explores the potential of the global urban gardening movement to mitigate spatial and environmental injustice conditions in the urban space. After a background discussion of the spatial and environmental injustice theory and an assessment of methodologies that have been adopted in relevant studies, we will highlight existing links with urban gardening initiatives in a specific case stud ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.03.007

19. Experimental performance of commercial OPV panels tested outdoor

Author:
Freitas, Alessandro M.; Gomes, Rodrigo A.M.; Ferreira, Rafael A.M.; Porto, Matheus P.
Source:
Renewable energy 2019 v.135 pp. 1004-1012
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; mechanical properties; renewable energy sources; topology;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This work presents the experimental performance of commercial versions of organic photovoltaic (OPV) panels. Twenty four commercialized OPV panels of two different sizes (2.52×0.52 m and 1.29×0.52 m) were examined. Unfortunately, the company that provides the panels does not inform the technology behind the OPV they commercialize, but it provided a datasheet. We designed an outdoor test bench to m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.051

20. Monitoring of an aquatic environment in aquaculture using a MEWMA chart

Author:
Mulema, S.A.; García, A. Carrión
Source:
Aquaculture 2019 v.504 pp. 275-280
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
environmental factors,   etc   ; aquatic environment; control methods; fish culture; monitoring; Mozambique;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monitoring an aquatic environment in aquaculture is usually carried out by controlling its physicochemical and biological parameters. The global state of the process is evaluated though the individual conditions shown in each parameter. However, the correlation structure in the data, caused by interdependence between these parameters, provides relevant information which must be controlled. Thus, t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.01.019