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... With the economic expansion and population growth, water basins have encountered environmental issues, and water basin protection and sustainability have achieved more importance. This study aimed to provide a method to develop sustainable plans for water resources. Thus, it needs to determine the sustainability criteria of a water basin plan and then rank them in terms of their role in the basin ...
... Species with large local abundances tend to occupy more sites. One of the mechanisms proposed to explain this widely reported inter-specific relationship is a cross-scale hypothesis based on dynamics at the population level. Called the vital rates mechanism; it uses within-population demographic processes of population growth and density dependence to predict when inter-specific abundance–occupanc ...
populationgrowth, etc ; economic development; environment; social structure; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Historical city centers are important places for cities in terms of their cultural, historical, economic, and social characteristics. Due to the rapid economic growth and excessive population increase experienced in the recent period, most cities have faced an uncontrolled growth. Because of the related pressures, historical city centers have been adversely affected in terms of their physical, fun ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Parnassius smintheus; biodiversity; butterflies; extinction; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Synchronous dynamics of populations reduces metapopulation persistence. Thus, determining sources of synchrony is important for understanding metapopulations and biodiversity patterns in response to environmental disturbance. Previously, we found that the experimental extinction of two contiguous subpopulations of the butterfly Parnassius smintheus, increased synchrony among nearby subpopulations ...
populationgrowth, etc ; behavior modification; dogs; risk assessment; Show all 4 Subjects
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... In this review, we challenge the perception that behavioral incompatibilities are an important factor driving relinquishment of dogs to shelters. This belief dates at least to the 1970’s, when, in response to pet overpopulation, shelters and researchers began to collect reasons for relinquishment. We review studies on reported reasons for relinquishment, the prevalence of corresponding behaviors a ...
populationgrowth, etc ; models; sustainable development; urbanization; China; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The rapid development of urbanization and population growth in China has posed a major threat to the green sustainable development of the ecological environment. However, the impact of urbanization on the eco-environmental quality (EEQ) in China remains to be developed. Understanding their interactive coupling mechanism is of great significance to achieve the urban sustainable development goals. B ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Panax quinquefolius; germination; progeny; temperature; understory; Show all 6 Subjects
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... As climates change, species with locally adapted populations may be particularly vulnerable as specialization narrows the range of conditions under which populations can persist. Populations adapted to local climate as well as other site‐specific characteristics like soils present challenges for inferring how changing climates affect fitness, as climatic and nonclimatic variables that constitute l ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Dytiscidae; Japan; indigenous species; interspecific competition; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The poleward range expansion of species native to lower latitudes brings them into competition with closely related species with overlapping habitat niches that are native to higher latitudes. If species of southern origin dominate in such interspecific competitions, this may cause a decline in closely related native species. Since 2010, there has been an increase in the distribution and rediscove ...
populationgrowth, etc ; agroecology; economic development; environmental sustainability; food security; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The challenges posed by population growth and the need to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food in sufficient quantities imply the need to change the paradigm and the way of thinking about new production and consumption patterns, scalable, integrated and adaptable to the requirements of agroecological production, on the principles of sustainability. Thus, we will be able, at the same time, ...
populationgrowth, etc ; data collection; disaster preparedness; socioeconomics; surveys; Indonesia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper presents the dataset about the social vulnerability in Indonesia. This dataset contains several dimensions which rely on previous studies. The data was compiled mainly from the 2017 National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) done by BPS-Statistics Indonesia. We utilize the weight to obtain the estimation based on multistage sampling. We also received additional information on population, t ...
Rémi Fay; Sandra Hamel; Martijn van de Pol; Jean‐Michel Gaillard; Nigel G. Yoccoz; Paul Acker; Matthieu Authier; Benjamin Larue; Christie Le Coeur; Kaitlin R. Macdonald; Alex Nicol‐Harper; Christophe Barbraud; Christophe Bonenfant; Dirk H. Van Vuren; Emmanuelle Cam; Karine Delord; Marlène Gamelon; Maria Moiron; Fanie Pelletier; Jay Rotella; Celine Teplitsky; Marcel E. Visser; Caitlin P. Wells; Nathaniel T. Wheelwright; Stéphanie Jenouvrier; Bernt‐Erik Sæther
populationgrowth, etc ; adults; birds; extinction; juveniles; mammals; reproductive success; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Temporal correlations among demographic parameters can strongly influence population dynamics. Our empirical knowledge, however, is very limited regarding the direction and the magnitude of these correlations and how they vary among demographic parameters and species’ life histories. Here, we use long‐term demographic data from 15 bird and mammal species with contrasting pace of life to quantify c ...
populationgrowth, etc ; climate; population size; trees; viability; North America; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Demographic compensation—the opposing responses of vital rates along environmental gradients—potentially delays anticipated species’ range contraction under climate change, but no consensus exists on its actual contribution. We calculated population growth rate (λ) and demographic compensation across the distributional ranges of 81 North American tree species and examined their responses to simula ...
populationgrowth, etc ; antioxidants; discoloration; food quality; hydrophilicity; oxidation; shelf life; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The global population increase has increased the demand for food products. However, post‐harvest deterioration because of oxidation and discoloration results in a drastic loss of food quality and supply. Thus, research has focused on developing strategies to minimize such losses. One of those strategies includes the application of ergothioneine (ET), a potent hydrophilic antioxidant, to several fo ...
populationgrowth, etc ; agricultural history; cropland; data collection; statistics; surveys; urbanization; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Regional reconstructions of historical cropland change are essential to improve the accuracy of global datasets. In Shaanxi province, central China, frequently affected by rebellions and natural disasters over the past 300 years, the cropland area fluctuated. In this study, based on local gazetteers, statistics, and survey data, systematic steps are followed to reconstruct the cropland area change ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Bison bison; bison; case studies; questionnaires; wildlife; Yukon Territory; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Public support is often instrumental for restoring large mammals to landscapes where they have been extirpated. Effective conservation planning likely often hinges on wildlife managers understanding and reflecting the values and beliefs of their constituencies. Yet, comparative views of wildlife managers and the public or key interest groups are largely untested. As a prelude to developing a manag ...
populationgrowth, etc ; carbon dioxide; climate change; energy; greenhouse gases; pollution; research; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The world’s population explosion creates a need for natural resources for energy, which will become a significant contributor to global climate change. As we all know, carbon dioxide (CO₂) is one of the most critical elements of the global greenhouse gas effect. CO₂ capture and storage innovations have piqued researchers’ attention in recent decades. Compared to other methods, membrane separation ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Castor fiber; environmental management; game animals; wolves; Belarus; Poland; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The Eurasian beaver is currently found in at least 32 European countries, with many of these populations being established in the 1960s. In most European countries, the beaver is under protection, however, when the population is strong, the beaver becomes a game species. In Poland, the beaver is partially protected despite the species having a strong population. In this study we aimed to compare t ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Coregonus clupeaformis; adults; juveniles; research; rivers; surveys; Lake Michigan; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Most lake whitefish populations within Lake Michigan are experiencing widespread population declines due to low levels of recruitment. However, the stock within Green Bay is flourishing, and various assessment tools suggest consistent recruitment to the juvenile stage each year. The distribution of offshore and drifting lake whitefish larvae were last described in the 1970s, prior to the resurgenc ...
populationgrowth, etc ; Daphnia magna; biofilm; dose response; ingestion; microplastics; models; pollution; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Ingestion of microplastics by aquatic organisms is often harmful due to the dilution of their regular food with low-calorie microplastic particles, but can also be beneficial if nutritious biofilms are present on the microplastic surface. This begs the question: is ingestion of microplastic harmful or beneficial and can the net effect of the two mechanisms be quantified? Here, we quantified these ...
populationgrowth, etc ; capital; coastal zone management; open space; shorelines; Saudi Arabia; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This study questions global best-practice policies regarding public access to the shorelines of rapidly-growing cities, based on a mega-urban district in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where residents are not yet provided with public open space, nor with physical or visual access to the qualitatively desirable shoreline. We applied a policy-led review of local legal frameworks and global best-practices of ...