Sentences with phrase «examining ecological processes»

«These results highlight the importance of examining ecological processes, in addition to political ideologies or self - interest, for understanding economic preferences,» says Dawtry.

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Examining the peer - review process for every paper submitted to Functional Ecology between January 2004 and June 2014, authors Charles W. Fox and C. Sean Burns of the University of Kentucky in Lexington and Jennifer A. Meyer of the British Ecological Society in London, United Kingdom, which publishes the journal, found that most of the Functional Ecology reviewers were men, but female reviewers became more numerous over the period studied.

«We are the first to examine all important ecological processes of forest regeneration in a global meta - analysis of existing case studies,» explains Dr. Eike Lena Neuschulz, the lead author of the study from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center.

Hummingbirds and their nectar plants have long served as model system for examining ecological and evolutionary processes because of their strong mutual dependencies.

Smith has publicly questioned at least 50 specific research projects — including a $ 340,000 (# 221,000) grant to examine the ecological consequences of early human - set fires in New Zealand — and demanded to examine the agency's peer review process underlying those awards.

Research preferences of coral reef scholars and management preferences of fishers are examined and evaluated for their value in providing solutions that address contemporary social - ecological and governance processes.

Both of these approaches let us examine evolutionary and ecological processes in ways that would be difficult with real living populations.

In cooperation with potentially affected stakeholders, Scientists from the University of Bremen have developed an ecosystem model that integrates the relevant environmental processes and examines ecological changes and their socio - economic implications.

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.

This guidance document examines the forest model, which simulates how ecological processes including succession, seed dispersal, disturbances, and climate change affect a forested landscape over time.