Sentences with phrase «how ecosystem structure»
Furthermore, I plan to construct models that will describe how ecosystem structure may change in the face of multiple stressors, and compare these models against existing models of coral bleaching and disease to determine whether they offer novel insights or enhanced predictive ability of these events.
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He'd also looked at how climate change would affect the structure and function of desert landscapes and ecosystems.
By describing the structure of these webs, scientists can predict how plants and animals living in an ecosystem will respond to change.
New research using ancient animal depictions tracks the collapse of Egypt's ecological networks one extinction at a time, offering a glimpse into how climate change and human impacts have altered the structure and stability of ecosystems over millennia.
Our approach has been to understand how organisms are structured and distributed in these ecosystems.
That makes the region «a natural laboratory to study how coral reef ecosystems are structured and function under these acidic conditions.»
«It tells you about the ecosystem of the tumour», Simona says, «using fluorescent markers, we can label many specific cell types and structures within the brain in the vicinity of the tumour, and look not just at the tumour cells but how they interact with their surroundings.
While the global extent of those ecosystems has been mapped from satellite imagery, existing maps can't determine how tall those trees are, or the structure of their canopies — that is, the third dimension.
Rather than focusing on how to shield ecosystems from our impacts, we could be experimenting with ways to achieve comfort and security while also promoting biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function.
In addition to providing further evidence that pesticides can dramatically change the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, our experiment is among the first to demonstrate how road salt can have similar effects.
Specifically, a case study on Boston highlights how restrictive charter school caps can impede the growth of a high - quality charter sector; a case study on Denver illustrates the potential and challenges of district - charter collaboration; a case study on New Orleans describes how a city can embrace chartering and alternative governing structures to bring about improved opportunities for students; and a case study on Washington, D.C. illustrates how a well - developed city ecosystem can support a large charter market share.
Louise O'Kelly (Block Universe Performance Festival) speaks to curators Capucine Perrot (formerly Tate), Lucia Pietroiusti (Serpentine Galleries), and Nicola Lees (formerly Frieze Projects) about the ecosystems of performance, and how the art form is supported and presented within London's institutional structures.
Her thesis explored the art world ecosystems of New York and Chicago, and how those structures affect the valuation of artworks and artists.
The general goal of these projects was to improve our understanding of how the response of arctic marine ecosystems to climate warming will alter food web structure and ecosystem services provided to Northerners.
However, our grasp of how dryland ecosystem structure and function will respond to changing climate remains poor5.
Mosses are important members in many dryland ecosystems and the community changes observed here reveal how subtle modifications to climate can affect ecosystem structure and function on unexpectedly short timescales.