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Differences and sensitivities in potential hydrologic impact of climate change to regional-scale Athabasca and Fraser River basins of the leeward and windward sides of the Canadian Rocky Mountains respectively
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Sensitivities to the potential impact of Climate Change on the water resources of the Athabasca River Basin (ARB) and Fraser River Basin (FRB) were investigated...
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Riparian systems, Climate Impacts, Regional runoff, Aquatic ecosystems, Windward, Climate Change, Regional change, Leeward, Streamflow, Hydrologic cycle, Rivers...
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Climate change effects on stream and river temperatures across the northwest U.S. from 1980–2009 and implications for salmonid fishes
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Thermal regimes in rivers and streams are fundamentally important to aquatic ecosystems and are expected to change in response to climate forcing as the Earth�...
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Temperature sensitivity, Thermal range, Temperature, Snow cover, Thermal maximum, Habitat degradation, Trout, Climate Impacts, Snow loss, Environmental stress, ...
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Global and regional trends in greenhouse gas emissions from livestock
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Following IPCC guidelines (IPCC 2006), we estimate greenhouse gas emissions related to livestock in 237 countries and 11 livestock categories during the period ...
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Responses of soil and water chemistry to mountain pine beetle induced tree mortality in Grand County, Colorado, USA
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Pine forest in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, USA, are experiencing the most severe moun- tain pine beetle epidemic in recorded history, and possible d...
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Nutrition : The other greenhouse effect
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Rising carbon dioxide levels should increase crop yields. But what if their effect on the nutritional value of our food is less benign, asks Ned Stafford.
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Phytoplankton Calcification in a High-CO2 World
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Ocean acidification in response to rising atmospheric CO2 partial pressures is widely expected to reduce calcification by marine organisms. From the mid-Mesozoi...
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Roles and Effects of Environmental Carbon Dioxide in Insect Life
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a ubiquitous sensory cue that plays mul- tiple roles in insect behavior. In recent years understanding of the well-known role of CO2 in ...
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What Every Conservation Biologist Should Know about Human Population
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EDITORIAL:CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH:
As with population issues, conservation biologists should ensure that we, as individuals and a professional society, understand...
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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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Conservation organizations, Biodiversity, Consumption, Climate Change, Consumer demand, Income, Conservation groups, Conservation priority, Protected Areas, Pov...
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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...
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Highly episodic fire and erosion regime over the past 2,000 y in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon
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Fire is a primary mode of natural disturbance in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Increased fuel loads following fire suppression and the occurrence of sev...
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Forest commons and local enforcement
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This article examines the relationship between local enforcement and forests used as commons. It uses a unique multicountry dataset, created over the past 15 ye...
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Faustian bargains? Restoration realities in the context of biodiversity offset policies
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The science and practice of ecological restoration are increasingly being called upon to compensate for the loss of biodiversity values caused by development pr...
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Protected Areas, Human–wildlife interactions, Human-occupied landscapes, Climate Change, Offset, Lag time, Conservation priority, Mitigation, Restoration, Lan...
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Reliability of Indicators of Decline in Abundance
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Although there are many indicators of endangerment (i.e., whether populations or species meet criteria that justify conservation action), their reliability has ...
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The payoff of conservation investments in tropical countryside
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The future of biodiversity and ecosystem services hinges on har- monizing agricultural production and conservation, yet there is no planning algorithm for predi...
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THE COST OF LEAFING
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Understanding the trade-offs involved for plants making leaves promises fresh insights on every scale from the plant to the planet, finds John Whitfield.
Excer...
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Could climate change capitalism?
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Economist Nicholas Stern’s latest book is a rare and masterly synthesis of climate-change science and economics. His ‘global deal’ could change capitalism...
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Human priorities, Climate Impacts, Human civilization, Climate and society, Climate Change, Economics, Cost benefit analysis, Human decision making, Emissions, ...
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A Changing Climate for Prediction
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Standard climate model projections, which have shown the significance of global warming, must be redesigned to inform climate change adaptation and mitigation p...
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Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Mitigation, Adaptation
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Massive Forest Dieback SW US
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Summary:
• Tree death is an important ecological process, but we don’t know very much about it.
• MFD (Massive Forest Dieback) is often driven by stress...
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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs
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Summary
Energy is crucial to the operation of a modern industrial and services economy. Recently, there have been growing concerns about the availability and c...
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