On the difference in the net ecosystem exchange of CO2 between deciduous and evergreen forests in the southeastern United States
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The southeastern United States is experiencing a rapid regional increase in the ratio of pine to deciduous forest ecosystems at the same time it is experiencing... |
Refugia: identifying and understanding safe havens for biodiversity under climate change
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Identifying and protecting refugia is a priority for conservation under pro- jected anthropogenic climate change, because of their demonstrated ability to facil... |
Influence of different tree-harvesting intensities on forest soil carbon stocks in boreal and northern temperate forest ecosystems
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The State of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere Based on Global Observations through 2013
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The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) coordinates observations of the most important contributors to climate change: long-lived greenhouse gases(LLGHG). In the ... |
The floodplain large-wood cycle hypothesis: A mechanism for the physical and biotic structuring of temperate forested alluvial valleys in the North Pacific coastal ecoregion
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A ‘floodplain large-wood cycle’ is hypothesized as a mechanism for generating landforms and influencing river dynamics in ways that structure and maintain r... |
The floodplain large-wood cycle hypothesis: A mechanism for the physical and biotic structuring of temperate forested alluvial valleys in the North Pacific coastal ecoregion
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A ‘floodplain large-wood cycle’ is hypothesized as a mechanism for generating landforms and influencing river dynamics in ways that structure and maintain r... |
The subnivium: a deteriorating seasonal refugium
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For many terrestrial organisms in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is a period of resource scarcity and energy deficits, survivable only because a seasonal refug... |
Vulnerability of terrestrial island vertebrates to projected sea-level rise
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Sea-level rise (SLR) from global warming may have severe consequences for biodiversity; however, a baseline, broad- scale assessment of the potential consequenc... |
PLoSONE-Farming.pdf
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Global shifts towards positive species interactions with increasing environmental stress
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The study of positive species interactions is a rapidly evolving field in ecology. Despite decades of research, controversy has emerged as to whether positive a... |
Water-controlled wealth of nations
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Population growth is in general constrained by food production, which in turn depends on the access to water resources. At a country level, some populations use... |
On a collision course: competition and dispersal differences create no-analogue communities and cause extinctions during climate change
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Most climate change predictions omit species interactions and interspecific variation in dispersal. Here, we develop a model of multiple competing species along... |
A dispersal-induced paradox: synchrony and stability in stochastic metapopulations
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Understanding how dispersal influences the dynamics of spatially distributed populations is a major priority of both basic and applied ecologists. Two well-know... |
Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture
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Across plant species, leaves vary enormously in their size and their venation architecture, of which one major function is to replace water lost to transpiratio... |
Developing a broader scientific foundation for river restoration: Columbia River food webs
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Well-functioning food webs are fundamental for sustaining rivers as ecosystems and maintaining associated aquatic and terrestrial communities. The current empha... |
Integrated assessment of global water scarcity over the 21st century under multiple climate change mitigation policies
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Water scarcity conditions over the 21st century both globally and regionally are assessed in the context of climate change and climate mitigation policies, by e... |
Mountain landscapes offer few opportunities for high-elevation tree species migration
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Climate change is anticipated to alter plant species distributions. Regional context, notably the spatial complexity of climatic gradients, may influence specie... |
Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals
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The global distribution of soil animals and the relationship of below-ground biodiversity to above-ground biodiversity are not well understood. We examined 17,5... |
Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
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The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants,... |
Citizen Involvement in the U.S. Endangered Species Act
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Data on listed species refute critiques of citizen involvement in the U.S. Endangered Species Act. |