Sentences with phrase «ecological interactions across»

A particular challenge for science is the growing evidence that social - ecological interactions across scales can generate regime shifts where profound and abrupt changes can occur in systems ranging from local ecosystems (such as lakes) to large biomes (such as the Arctic); from local communities (such as farming systems) to regional economic sectors (e.g., global fisheries).

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«We see an ecological cascade of effects across the whole pollinator community, fundamentally changing the structure of plant - pollinator interaction networks,» says Berry Brosi, a biologist at Emory University and lead author of the study.

At best, changes of such magnitude would trigger dramatic re-organization of ecosystems across the globe that would play out over the next few centuries; at worst, extinction rates would elevate considerably for the many species adapted to pre-global warming conditions, via mechanisms described above (inability to disperse or evolve fast enough to keep pace with the extremely rapid rate of climate change, and disruption of ecological interactions within communities as species respond individualistically).

To date, few studies have utilized electronic Ecological Momentary Assessment (e.EMA) as a methodology that allows siblings to record in real time and across everyday settings their patterns of interaction, including rule breaking behavior.

Ecodevelopmental theory consists of three overlapping components: (a) a social — ecological framework, based on the work of Bronfenbrenner (1979), that incorporates four levels of social context; (b) a developmental perspective emphasizing the changing nature of youth and families across time as a function not only of the current social context but also of changing conditions in the social context over time; and (c) a focus on social interactions between and among individuals in the youth's and family's social context.