Sentences with phrase «by ecological processes»

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The word «ecological» is added because of the emphasis on relationships in the development of postmodern thought that has been influenced by process philosophy and in particular the thought of A.N. Whitehead.

However, the traditional Western - Christian paradigm of nature is being challenged by new ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categories.

Of course, the technical details of the «aesthetic order» portrayed by Kukai's ecological paradigm, and, for example, those of Christian process theology, are not identical.

The author's thesis is this: dialogical encounter with Buddhist tradition — in this case illustrated by the esoteric teachings of Kukai — and Western ecological models of reality emerging in the natural sciences and Christian process theology, may energize an already evolving global vision.

One of the finest collection of essays on ecological issues by a diverse group of authors, including representatives of process thought and creation centered spirituality, is the previously mentioned Joranson, Philip N., and Butigan, Ken, eds., Cry of the Environment: Rebuilding the Christian Creation Tradition (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Bear and Company, 1984).

The Akensons» research style is now being overshadowed by more abstract kinds of studies, which hinge on remote sensing and computer modeling of ecological and environmental processes.

Variation in insect diet has implications for numerous ecological and evolutionary processes, including effects of environmental disturbance, the stability of networks of interacting species and the top - down effects of predators being controlled by the level of herbivore diet specialization.

The rise of industrial systems in the past century has transformed the majority of the terrestrial biosphere into intensively used anthromes dominated by novel ecological processes.

But Alaska salmon falls short and lags behind some of the world's fisheries in how it benefits local fishermen, processing workers and nearby rural communities, according to a new assessment that ranks the vitality of a fishery by looking at its economic and community benefits as well as its ecological health.

«This is possibly one of the best examples of ecological speciation, that is the process by which selection generates new species, in the marine environment because the species evolved by adapting to different ecological niches, rather than by being separated by geographic barriers for a very long time,» says Paolo Momigliano, post-doctoral researcher from the Ecological Genetics Reseecological speciation, that is the process by which selection generates new species, in the marine environment because the species evolved by adapting to different ecological niches, rather than by being separated by geographic barriers for a very long time,» says Paolo Momigliano, post-doctoral researcher from the Ecological Genetics Reseecological niches, rather than by being separated by geographic barriers for a very long time,» says Paolo Momigliano, post-doctoral researcher from the Ecological Genetics ReseEcological Genetics Research Unit.

The ecological processes described by our hypothesis may therefore become even more prevalent in the future.»

Funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle, The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides open, continental - scale data that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides open, continental - scale data that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological ecological processes.

The National Ecological Observatory Network, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle, is designed to collect and provide open data that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological processes acroEcological Observatory Network, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and operated by Battelle, is designed to collect and provide open data that characterize and quantify complex, rapidly changing ecological processes acroecological processes across the US.

6 These principles are adapted from the «People's Sustainability Treaty on Radical Ecological Democracy» proposed for the Rio +20 process by several civil society groups (http://sustainabilitytreaties.org/draft-treaties/radical-ecological-democracy/), in turn based on Kothari 2009 and Shrivastava and Kothari 2012.

Which Increases the ecological impact of the added fuel used, and then adding to the environmental impact by the incineration or recycling of those unused units only to start the process all over again.

Physically formed by brown macroalgae, kelp forests provide a unique, three - dimensional habitat for marine organisms [4] and are a source for understanding many ecological processes.

I was encouraged by your blog post citing Ilan Safit's thoughts on ecological citizenship as a precursor to planetary progress and at the same time want to respond to the suggestion that in Rio, the U.N. may have sacrificed its potential in shaping big ideas at the altar of practicalities and mechanical processes, important as they were.

They added that the vast environmental changes brought about by the process will increase droughts and sandstorms over the rest of the country, and devastate many of the world's greatest rivers, in what experts warn will be an «ecological catastrophe».

First, the trees are found, marked and felled in a process that all too often involves clear - cutting, resulting in massive habitat destruction and long - term ecological damage.Mega - machinery comes in to remove the logs from what used to be forest, either by logging trucks or even helicopters in more remote areas.

The authors of the Science paper examined 94 distinct ecological processes across marine, fresh water, and terrestrial environments and found that 82 percent of them have been modified by the mere 1 ˚C of average global warming we have experienced so far.

In North America these coupled interactions set the stage for changes in ecological processes, already documented, consistent with a biome shift characterized by increased deciduous composition in the interior boreal forest and evergreen conifer migration into tundra areas that are, at the same time, experiencing increased shrub densification.

More than 10 000 years ago, agricultural societies accelerated these early defaunation and land clearing processes, ultimately replacing them with even more novel ecological transformations, including the culture of domesticated species, widespread soil tillage, sustained societal growth, and ever - increasing scales of material exchange, leading to globally significant transformation of the terrestrial biosphere by at least 3000 years before the present time.

Using satellite images combined with image processing techniques, a team led by Jeffrey Chambers, an expert in forest biogeography, found extensive ecological damage as well.

Repeated collections of such data allow measurements and understanding of changes in forest biomass, biodiversity and other ecological parameters caused by natural and anthropogenic change processes - these insights will be essential to assist local and regional planners charged with keeping track of carbon for global climate change initiatives.

Various Municipalities are promoting the development of small scale enterprises: suppliers of (often ecological) farm inputs (compost, earthworms, open pollinated seeds and plant materials, bio-pesticides) and processing enterprises (food preservation, packaging, street vending, transport) by provision of start - up licenses and subsidies or tax reductions to micro - and small entrepreneurs, provision of technical and management assistance to micro - and small enterprises or provision of subsidies and technical assistance for local infrastructure and equipment for small scale food preservation and storage facilities.

This study of course does not take away very different concerns related to stratospheric aerosol SRM geoengineering, like possible damage to the ozone layer [which in turn would be good news if you hate waiting for that spring tan] and the fact that allowing CO2 concentrations to keep rising presents other problems, like the necessity to never stop with the active process of SRM geoengineering, and increasing ecological damage caused by ocean acidification.

(02/27/2008) More than half the Amazon rainforest will be damaged or destroyed within 20 years if deforestation, forest fires, and climate trends continue apace, warns a study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Reviewing recent trends in economic, ecological and climatic processes in Amazonia, Daniel Nepstad and colleagues forecast that 55 percent of Amazon forests will be «cleared, logged, damaged by drought, or burned» in the next 20 years.

«Soil Ecological Processes on Green Roofs: Research and Observation Meet Theory and Intuition» by Christine Thuring.

Describing new species and their ecological roles, quantifying carbon and energy fluxes in the ecosystem, documenting the annual cycle of ecological processes, identifying hotspots of biological production, and contrasting the ecology of the different arctic seas are the objectives shared by several international and multidisciplinary research efforts that contributed to the Canadian IPY program.

Emphasis on marine ecological theories, processes, and methods necessary to distinguish the ecological impacts caused by human activities from those caused by natural disturbance and other processes.

Partly this is because it's hard to beat the blunt biodiversity effects of direct habitat destruction (like deforestation) and partly that is because climate warming is often a slow process, for instance in the deep oceans, where its ecological effects are «outpaced» by the rapidly escalating plastic pollution — admittedly an impossible comparison.

Ways to reduce fossil fuel inputs to food systems include the use of farm machinery powered by renewable electricity or farm - produced biofuels; the localization of food systems to reduce transport (perhaps entailing vertical urban agriculture); the adoption of organic and ecological production practices to reduce the need for nitrogen fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides; and an overall reduction in the consumption of highly processed foods.

In ecological processes, scale is all - important and your oscillatory states must be bounded by some scalar limits for useful discussion.

This effect is ecological in nature and is mediated by microbial activity, and is thus harder to model than simpler physical processes, like glacial melting or ocean warming.

The shift provides additional evidence that changes in the Arctic are not only directly because of global warming, as shown by warmer air and sea temperatures, but are also part of an «Arctic amplification» through which multiple Arctic - specific physical processes interact to accelerate temperature change, ice variability, and ecological impacts.

Find blogs on how ecological processes and patterns are affected by individual variation and spatial structure, and how these in turn affect the evolution of species embedded in large, complex networks of interacting species in a changing world.

[169] With this in mind, it will be crucial for the Government to ensure the full and effective participation and engagement of Indigenous peoples in processes that affect our distinct rights to water and to recognise the importance in Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management that has been exercised by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

The attachment system is a composite paradigm for understanding relationship processes, traditionally assessed by valid and reliable interview, projective, or self - report measures (Ravitz et al., 2010), but with a limited ecological validity in the assessment of real attachment behaviors.

Their model proposes that the manifestation of the adverse effects of certain risk factors (e.g., parameters of the disease / disability, functional independence, and psychosocial stressors) on children's psychosocial adaptation (e.g., mental, physical, and social functioning) may be attenuated by a variety of resistance factors (e.g., intrapersonal, social — ecological, and stress - processing variables).

Their model proposes that manifestation of the adverse effects of certain Risk Factors (e.g., parameters of the disease / disability, functional independence, and psychosocial stressors) on Adaptation (e.g., mental, physical, and social functioning) may be attenuated by a variety of Resistance Factors (e.g., intrapersonal, social — ecological, and stress processing variables).