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"International journal of ecology."
Plant ecology --- Ecology --- Écologie --- Écologie végétale
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"After a decades-long economic slump, the city of Flint, Michigan, struggled to address chronic issues of toxic water supply, malnutrition, and food security gaps among its residents. A community-engaged research project proposed a resilience assessment that would use panarchy theory to move the city toward a more sustainable food system. Flint is one of many examples that demonstrates how panarchy theory is being applied to understand and influence change in complex human-natural systems. Applied Panarchy, the much-anticipated successor to Lance Gunderson and C.S. Holling's seminal 2002 volume Panarchy, documents the extraordinary advances in interdisciplinary panarchy scholarship and applications over the past two decades. Panarchy theory has been applied to a broad range of fields, from economics to law to urban planning, changing the practice of environmental stewardship for the better in measurable, tangible ways.Panarchy describes the way systems--whether forests, electrical grids, agriculture, coastal surges, public health, or human economies and governance--are part of even larger systems that interact in unpredictable ways. Although humans desire resiliency and stability in our lives to help us understand the world and survive, nothing in nature is permanently stable. How can society anticipate and adjust to the changes we see around us? Where Panarchy proposed a framework to understand how these transformational cycles work and how we might influence them, Applied Panarchy takes the scholarship to the next level, demonstrating how these concepts have been modified and refined. The book shows how panarchy theory intersects with other disciplines, and how it directly influences natural resources management and environmental stewardship.Intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields, Applied Panarchy picks up where Panarchy left off, inspiring new generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its ideas to work in practical ways."--
Human ecology --- Political ecology. --- Social ecology. --- Social Environment --- Écologie humaine --- Écologie politique. --- Écologie sociale. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie.
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Des profondeurs mysterieuses du lac Vostok, en Antarctique, aux lacs des plaines inondables tropicales, les ecosystemes lacustres partagent de nombreuses caracteristiques. Comment ont-ils ete formes? Les " lacs morts " peuvent-ils être ressuscites? Comment les lacs nous renseignent-ils sur le passe et le present de la Terre? Warwick Vincent explique les principaux aspects de la science des lacs, la limnologie. À l'aide d'exemples tires de partout dans le monde, il decrit les caracteristiques environnementales et l'ecologie des lacs, ainsi que la valeur qu'ils ont pour la societe. Soulignant l'importance de preserver ces ecosystemes complexes, il examine les effets du climat, des saisons, de la salinite et d'autres facteurs sur la biodiversite des lacs, ainsi que les menaces que representent la croissance des populations humaines et les changements climatiques."--Page 4 de la couverture. "Qu'est ce qu'un lac? À premiere vue, cela semble être une question facile : un lac est tout simplement une etendue d'eau entouree de terres. Mais il existe bien d'autres façons plus interessantes de considerer la nature et la signification des lacs."--Site de l'editeur.
Limnologie. --- Écologie des lacs. --- Lacs.
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Evidence has been mounting for some time that intensive row-crop agriculture as practiced in developed countries may not be environmentally sustainable, with concerns increasingly being raised about climate change, implications for water quantity and quality, and soil degradation. This volume synthesizes two decades of research on the sustainability of temperate, row-crop ecosystems of the Midwestern United States. The overarching hypothesis guiding this work has been that more biologically based management practices could greatly reduce negative impacts while maintaining sufficient productivity to meet demands for food, fiber and fuel, but that roadblocks to their adoption persist because we lack a comprehensive understanding of their benefits and drawbacks.
Agricultural ecology --- Cropping systems --- Écologie agricole.
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Insects --- Entomology --- Ecology --- Écologie. --- Entomologie. --- Insecte. --- Insecte aquatique. --- Relation insecte-plante. --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda
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Soil ecology --- Écologie du sol --- Edaphology --- Ecology --- Soils --- Roots (Botany) --- Environmental aspects
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Fishes --- Poissons --- Ichtyologie --- Ecology --- Écologie --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology
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Marine ecology --- Marine biology --- Écologie marine --- Biologie marine --- Périodiques. --- Biological oceanography --- Marine ecosystems --- Ocean --- Ecology --- Aquatic ecology
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This volume provides a state-of-the-art summary of biogeochemical dynamics at major river-coastal interfaces for advanced students and researchers. River systems play an important role (via the carbon cycle) in the natural self-regulation of Earth's surface conditions by serving as a major sink for anthropogenic CO2. Approximately 90 percent of global carbon burial occurs in ocean margins, with the majority of this thought to be buried in large delta-front estuaries (LDEs). This book provides information on how humans have altered carbon cycling, sediment dynamics, CO2 budgets, wetland dynamics, and nutrients and trace element cycling at the land-margin interface. Many of the globally important LDEs are discussed across a range of latitudes, elevation and climate in the drainage basin, coastal oceanographic setting, and nature and degree of human alteration. It is this breadth of examination that provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the overarching controls on major river biogeochemistry.
Biogeochemical cycles. --- Estuarine ecology. --- Cycles biogéochimiques --- Écologie des estuaires --- Estuaries --- Brackish water ecology --- Biogeochemistry --- Cycles --- Ecology
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The Chicago metropolitan area is home to far more protected nature than most people realize. Over half a million acres of protected land known as the Chicago Wilderness are owned and managed by county forest preserve districts and other public and private sector partners. But there's a critical factor of the Chicago Wilderness conservation effort that makes it unique: a pioneering grassroots volunteer community, thousands strong, has worked for decades alongside agency staff to restore these nearby natural areas, learning how to manage biodiversity in an altered and ever-changing urban context. A Healthy Nature Handbook captures hard-earned ecological wisdom from this community in engaging and highly readable chapters, each including illustrated restoration sequences. Restoration leaders cover large-scale seeding approaches, native seed production, wetland and grassland bird habitat restoration, monitoring, and community building. Contributions from local artists bring the region's beauty to life with vibrant watercolors, oil paintings, and sketches. A Healthy Nature Handbook is packed with successful approaches to restoring nature and is a testament to both the Chicago region's surprising natural wealth and the stewards that are committed to its lasting health.--
Restoration ecology --- Nature conservation --- Natural areas --- Réhabilitation (Écologie) --- Nature --- Réserves naturelles --- Conservation --- Chicago Region Biodiversity Council. --- Illinois
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