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Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions
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It has been suggested that tropical forest and savanna could represent alternative stable states,
implying critical transitions at tipping points in response t... |
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Editorial: The “New Conservation”
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EDITORIAL: OPENING PARAGRAPHS A powerful but chimeric movement is rapidly gaining recognition and supporters. Christened the “new conservation,” it promotes... |
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Riverine carbon dioxide release
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Inland waters are increasingly recognized as important to the global carbon cycle. Detailed measurements in the United States suggest that significant amounts o... |
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The 2010 Pakistan Flood and Russian Heat Wave: Teleconnection of Hydrometeorologic Extremes
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In this paper, we present preliminary results showing that the two record setting extreme events during 2010 summer, i.e., the Russian heat wave/wild fires and ... |
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Modeling Effects of Environmental Change on Wolf Population Dynamics, Trait Evolution, and Life History
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Environmental change has been observed to generate simultaneous responses in population dynamics,
life history, gene frequencies, and morphology in a number of... |
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METABOLISM AS A CURRENCY AND CONSTRAINT IN ECOLOGY Temperature dependence of trophic interactions are driven by asymmetry of species responses and foraging strategy
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We test for the existence of asymmetries in consumer–resource thermal responses by analy- sing an extensive database on thermal response curves of ecological ... |
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Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems
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The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth’s dominant... |
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Soil Temperature following Logging-Debris Manipulation and Aspen Regrowth in Minnesota: Implications for Sampling Depth and Alteration of Soil Processes
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Soil temperature is a fundamental controller of processes influencing the
transformation and flux of soil C and nutrients following forest harvest. Soil
tempe... |
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Interactions between climate and habitat loss effects on biodiversity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Climate change and habitat loss are both key threatening processes driving the global loss in biodiversity. Yet little is known about their synergistic effects ... |
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WHY FORESTS ARE PIVOTAL IN PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
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17 slides show carbon-forest relationships including logging and carbon in US forests |
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Regional carbon dioxide implications of forest bioenergy production
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Strategies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions include substitution of fossil fuel with bioenergy from forests1, where carbon emitted is expected to be recapt... |
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The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States
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Theoretically, fire–tree cover feedbacks can maintain savanna and forest as alternative stable states.
However, the global extent of fire-driven discontinuit... |
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CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AT THE CLIMATE CHANGE CROSSROADS
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This article examines the conundrum that occurs when climate change leads to a landscape that conflicts with conservation easement terms. In facing the challeng... |
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Early Warnings of Regime Shifts: A Whole-Ecosystem Experiment
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Catastrophic ecological regime shifts may be announced in advance by statistical early warning signals such as slowing return rates from perturbation and rising... |
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Coupled catastrophes: sudden shifts cascade and hop among interdependent systems
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From the Introduction: Sudden changes propagating among coupled systems pose a significant scientific challenge in many disciplines, yet we lack an adequate mat... |
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Trend changes in global greening and browning: contribution of short-term trends to longer-term change
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Field observations and time series of vegetation greenness data from satellites provide evidence of changes in terres- trial vegetation activity over the past d... |
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Methane emissions from sheep pasture, measured with an open-path eddy covariance system
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Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas, contributing 0.4–0.5 W m␣2 to global warming. Methane emissions originate from several sources, including wetl... |
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Rapid growth in CO2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis.pdf
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1st paragraph: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and cement production grew 5.9% in 2010, surpassed 9 Pg of carbon (Pg C) for the firs... |
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Enhanced Seasonal Exchange of CO2 by Northern Ecosystems Since 1960
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Seasonal variations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Northern Hemisphere have increased since the 1950s, but sparse observations have prevented a clea... |
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When the river runs dry: human and ecological values of dry riverbeds
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Temporary rivers and streams that naturally cease to flow and dry up can be found on every continent.
Many other water courses that were once perennial now als... |
