Sentences with phrase «for ecosystem stability»

«The evidence is overwhelming that hundreds of the native bees we depend on for ecosystem stability, as well as pollination services worth billions of dollars, are spiraling toward extinction,» says Kelsey Kopec, a native pollinator researcher at the Center and author of the study.

But even small webs can harbor complexities that can make the order of removals for ecosystem stability challenging to sort out.

Not exact matches

Floral diversity has been shown to contribute to ecosystem stability, while the invertebrate community associated with field boundaries performs many ecosystem functions including biological control of pests and diseases, pollination and food resource for higher trophic levels.

Some scientists plan to assess the stability of the remaining ice shelf, others will map the region's seafloor topography and still others want to study the newly exposed ecosystem that's been hidden from the sun for up to 120,000 years (SN Online: 10/13/17).

«Interactions between species are important for ecosystem (a community of interacting species) stability,» said Dr Dirk Sanders, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall.

That is another reason for concern about the worldwide decline in biodiversity, he notes: «The loss of diversity is probably having adverse effects on stability and productivity and the ability of the ecosystem to respond to global climate change.»

Now, several research groups aim to assess the stability of the remaining ice shelf, map the region's seafloor and study a newly exposed ecosystem that's been hidden from the sun for up to 120,000 years.

The evolutionary diversity of plants is considered to be an important foundation for the stability of ecosystems.

There is still much that we need to know before we can stop the decline in the insect pollinators on which we depend for our food supply and ecosystem stability.»

Willis, what about this bet: WUWT / Anthony Watts will continue to mock all scientists and / or analyses that are concerned for the long - term stability of the planetary ecosystem.

We must step up and work together, locally, nationally and globally to return the planet and its ecosystems to stability for us, for our kids and our great - grand kids.»

Further motivations for incorporating tree richness into planted forests include the contribution of diversity to total forest carbon - pool development, carbon - pool stability and the provision of extra ecosystem services.

Furthermore, it demonstrates the extent to which modern agricultural practices have degraded soil natural capital — which has profound implications for the loss of ecosystem service provision (Loveland & Webb 2003; Lal 2004), including reduced structural stability, water and nutrient holding capacity and impaired regulation of N mineralization and supply to plants (Quinton et al. 2010; Dungait et al. 2012).

This preparatory work is an essential part of permaculture (short for «permanent agriculture»), a way of designing and maintaining «agriculturally productive ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems» (in the words of workshop organizers) that emphasizes working with the land rather than fighting against it.

Qtum provides countless possibilities for smart contracts and gives smart contact designers the stability and maturity of the bitcoin ecosystem.

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications in the fields of decentralized web software protocols, particularly those which utilize modern cryptographic methods to safeguard decentralization, to the benefit and for the stability of the Web3 ecosystem.

The goal, while laudable for the ecosystem may be challenging given the current difficult climate for bitcoin exchanges, which have suffered due to the digital currency's long periods of price stability, increased competition and a pressure to lower fees in 2015.

All these systems create real world micro transactions which add liquidity into the Bitcoin ecosystem and create stability for the cryptocurrency.