Sentences with phrase «ecological functioning of»

Land managers have realized that static protected areas will not be sufficient to conserve biodiversity in a changing climate, requiring an emphasis on landscape - scale conservation, connectivity among protected habitats, and sustaining ecological functioning of working lands and waters.

More importantly, edge effects create species communities near edges that bear little resemblance to the communities of forest interiors, and this species turnover likely reflects dramatic changes to the ecological functioning of modified forest habitats.

«If you want to restore the ecological function of an extinct species, and you don't have any living species that will do that, you take the closest living species you can get and adapt it based on the genome of the extinct species.»

Reforestation is expected to improve the ecological function of the project area in the medium to long term, increasing carbon sequestration and soil organic matter.

During a meeting of the Reef 2050 advisory committee, the experts suggested revising the plan and aiming to maintain the ecological functions of the reef instead, while accepting the inevitable decline of its health.

He has a primary interest in the ecological function of anthropogenic reef structures.

For timber, all wood must be certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 100 % labeling standards, from salvaged sources, or from the intentional harvest of on - site timber for the purpose of clearing the area for construction or restoring / maintaining the continued ecological function of the on - site bionetwork.

«Bleaching that takes place every year will invariably cause major changes in the ecological function of coral reef ecosystems,» said study leader Dr. van Hooidonk of NOAA and the University of Miami.

Not exact matches

In the face of this, experts said revising the plan to a more achievable goal of maintaining ecological function would be more realistic, while accepting that the overall health of the reef would decline with time, Michael Slezak reports for The Guardian.

The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved by existing plans to protect the ecological site, experts have warned, saying that efforts should shift to a lesser, backup plan of maintaining the reef's «ecological function» instead.

«The concept of «maintaining ecological function» refers to the balance of ecological processes necessary for the reef ecosystem as a whole to persist, but perhaps in a different form,» a spokesperson for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority explained, «noting the composition and structure may differ from what is currently seen today.»

Most research on the inner functioning of the cell has been carried out by biologists chiefly influenced by the mechanical model, but what has been learned appears to fit the ecological model better.

The company will pay $ 640,000 to the state, and identify and acquire additional conservation land «that provides ecological functions equivalent to the land impacted by the pipeline» such as the nearly two miles of pipeline through pristine Otis State Forest.

During his long career at Mass Audubon, Chris has been deeply involved in all of Mass Audubon's mission functions, including land protection, ecological management, scientific research, education, and advocacy.

The company will also have to identify and acquire additional conservation land «that provides ecological functions equivalent to the land impacted by the pipeline» such as the nearly two miles of pipeline through pristine Otis State Forest.

The Forestry Commission's function is to create, protect and manage the permanent forest estates and protected areas in the various ecological zones of the country to conserve Ghana's biophysical heritage, prepare and implement integrated forest and wildlife management plans for the maintenance of the environment to the benefit of all segments of society and to regulate the harvesting of timber, wildlife and other non-timber forest products among others.

And the more likely it is that toxic effects will occur, the larger the number of potentially affected species and ecological functions.

From an ecological perspective, Mack's work will focus on predicting when systems will be unable to recover following big disturbances, including wildfire, altering the function of ecosystems and resources that they provide to people.

Efforts to obtain and study genomes and enrichment cultures of uncultivated microbial lineages will likely further expand our knowledge about archaeal phylogenetic and metabolic diversity and their cell biology and ecological function.

These kind of experiments «tell us a lot about rebuilding a rainforest,» he says, as well as inform us about «what we can do that will help forests recover their biodiversity, carbon storage and other ecological functions in as short a time as possible — and hopefully in a way that roughly approximates the forest that was there originally.»

In their recent publication, Douglas McCauley, an ecologist at UCSB, and his colleagues argue for three criteria to consider when choosing de-extinction candidates: Select target species with unique functions, concentrate on species that went extinct recently, and only work with species that can be restored to levels of abundance that meaningfully restore ecological function.

These are ecological functions that we are beginning to discover, and a revised view of chloride is also interesting from a societal perspective.

Thus, chlorination can have important ecological functions related to the activity of microorganisms, such as dealing with dangerous oxygen radicals that form during metabolism, or being part of the chemical battle that the microorganisms are engaged in, in the competition for resources in the ground.

In the absence of native mammals, weta are thought to perform similar ecological functions.

The authors recommend that these coral refuge areas maintain a fish biomass of greater than 500 kilograms per hectare, which, as previously published WCS research shows, is the threshold to maintain ecological functions while sustaining local fisheries.

Furthermore, when researchers analyzed patterns of remaining forest, they found a global loss of interior forest — core areas that, when intact, maintain critical habitat and ecological functions.

Studies have found that kelp forests are one of the most productive systems in the ocean with high biodiversity and ecological function.

The samples from Indonesia were taken within the framework of the Collaborative Research Centre «Ecological and Socio - economic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems» (University of Göttingen).

• Coral reefs that maintained 500 kilograms of fish biomass per hectare (about 50 percent of an average reef's carrying capacity) were found to maintain ecological functions while sustaining local fisheries, providing fishers and marine managers with a critical target.

«These organisms fulfill various functions, like allowing the soil to absorb processed organic matter such as leaves, wood, trunks and branches and with this nourishing crops; they also maintain an ecological balance capable of preventing the invasion of pests and provide greater fertility without using chemicals.

It is a real opportunity to explore the diversity of marine micro-eukaryotes which will help us to understand their relative importance through studying specifics such as their metabolic function from a gene repertoire to more broad concepts such as the identification of their ecological functions.

Detection of gene repertoires related to ecological functions (phagocytosis, organic matter degradation, membrane transporters, meiosis) in different lineages of heterotrophic microeukaryotes.

Breakthrough advances in genomic biotechnology are presenting the possibility of bringing back long - extinct species — or at least «proxy» species with traits and ecological functions similar to the extinct originals.

They regulate the risks of natural hazards and climate change, offer cultural and spiritual values to our society, and support key ecological functions such as nutrient and water cycling, filtering and buffering, and are central to economic vitality.

Ben points out: «The goal of de-extinction is: to restore vital ecological functions that sustain dynamic processes producing resilient habitats, and to increase biodiversity and bioabundance.

A genomic comparison of fluorescent genomes (strains SBW25, Pf0 - 1, Pf - 5)(9) revealed a huge genomic heterogeneity among the three strains analyzed, and that the 42 % of plant - inducible genes were not shared by all fluorescent strains, suggesting that ecological success requires specialized and core functions.

Chemistry, Ecological Function and Biological Activity of Acyclic Diterpenoid Glycosides and Related Secondary Metabolites in Different Plants of the Family Solanaceae

In the article «Ecological communities by design,» Fredrickson discusses how synthetic ecology — the design and construction of microbial communities with desirable properties — requires new knowledge on how communities function.

I've investigated the consequences of human activities on ecological communities and processes — from the effects of cleaning habits on the bacterial diversity in our homes to the consequences of land - use change on stream ecosystem function.

Among these mutations are some of the unique adaptations key to the Passenger Pigeon's ecological function.

«The concept of «maintaining ecological function» refers to the balance of ecological processes necessary for the reef ecosystem as a whole to persist, but perhaps in a different form, noting the composition and structure may differ from what is currently seen today,» a spokeswoman for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority explained.

Schreier, A.L., Swedell, L. (2009) The fourth level of social structure in a multi-level society: ecological and social functions of clans in hamadryas baboons.

Ben's research aims to document the impacts of invasive ants on biodiversity and ecological function, to develop effective management strategies, as well as to contribute to a more broader theoretical understandings of how and why invasions occur.

In ecological terms, sustainable communities are those that are made up of many parts the growth of which develop with a synergistic function to benefit the future population growth of the groups of organisms found within.

The conservation and resilience of ecosystems, ecological cycles and functions, and biodiversity to be ensured (an expansion of MDG7); and equitable access to nature and natural resources ensured to all peoples and communities.

There is a wildness in the healthy functioning of biodiverse ecological systems, and there is a different wildness that comes from understanding that the world is full of things that aren't us.

The plan reflects a balanced approach to on - going industrial activity, combined with conservation of special ecological characteristics and functions.

Including littoral, wetland, and mangrove ecosystems, to seagrass beds interspersed with lagoonal reefs, to the outer barrier reef platform and oceanic atolls, this ecological gradient provides for a full complement of life - cycle needs, supporting critical spawning, nesting, foraging, and nursery ecosystem functions.

Human ecological impact is a function of technology, consumption and population.

Todd Steiner (# 14) and Greenpa (# 17), while it is true that everything is connected ecologically... it is not true that the elimination of one or many species results in the catastrophic breakdown of ecological function.