Sentences with phrase «in ecological terms»

Important factors in the current anthropogenic warming episode is that the warming in ecological terms is substantial faster then other known episodes and temperatures could be higher then they have been in millions of years.

The scale, we have never dealt with an ecological niche of this size in ecological terms, the way a forester might be able to.

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.

In ecological terms, it is more stable to have diverse populations in any ecosystem.

Interestingly, toads from different areas respond differently - in ecological terms, they speak different chemical «languages»!

Yes, they can cause infection, but in ecological terms, an invasion is defined as when a species settles in an area where it did not previously exist.

In ecological terms, these spiders are marine predators, and this explains how tiny, barren islands can support much denser populations of spiders than lushly vegetated inland areas.

Not exact matches

Making the point in evolutionary terms Callicott reminds us that «the very structure of one's psyche and rational faculties are formed through adaptive interaction with the ecological organization of nature.»

This is, in fact, one of the reasons that Western ethics has been so unable to deal adequately with long - term ecological difficulties.

According to Rubin, the framework that popularizers have established for discussing ecological problems leads people to think of their solutions in wide - ranging terms.

In particular, the basic ecological realities of today and tomorrow require us to think in terms of a «world - man image» in the context of a planetary societIn particular, the basic ecological realities of today and tomorrow require us to think in terms of a «world - man image» in the context of a planetary societin terms of a «world - man image» in the context of a planetary societin the context of a planetary society.

Like Robert Bellah and his colleagues in Habits of the Heart, I find it helpful to use the term «ecological» in this connection, because it seems to me that the problems of protecting social environments are comparable in many ways to those of protecting natural environments.

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In terms of emphasis, especially in the current global ecological crisis, that of deep ecologists is correcIn terms of emphasis, especially in the current global ecological crisis, that of deep ecologists is correcin the current global ecological crisis, that of deep ecologists is correct.

Certainly, much of value in human and ecological terms is already, irretrievably, lost.

In spite of Kaufman's otherwise profound ecological sensitivity, his theology has not completely escaped the philosophical assumptions in terms of which the existentialist theology he criticized has been shapeIn spite of Kaufman's otherwise profound ecological sensitivity, his theology has not completely escaped the philosophical assumptions in terms of which the existentialist theology he criticized has been shapein terms of which the existentialist theology he criticized has been shaped.

Having advanced the ideal of ecological justice based on the ethical implications of the Christian tradition, the statement concludes with a challenge to the churches — one that is appropriately set in visionary terms.

Our failure to see the world in ecological or organic terms is because we tend to reify everything in it.

The ecological model opens up a way to understanding this in terms of lure and response.

This inner poisoning of life... can not... be overcome simply by victory over economic need, political oppression, cultural alienation and the ecological crisis... The absence of meaning and the corresponding consequences of an ossified and absurd life are described in theological terms as godforsakenness... Faith becomes hope for significant fulfillment.

With the ecological crisis, the threat of nuclear war, and international monetary problems, everyone is thinking in apocalyptic terms — except the liberal, contented church, which long ago made its peace with the present and trusted in tomorrow.

Evolving our global food production system so that it supports the economic well - being of farmers, as well as long - term ecological stability, is not only the right thing to do — it is in the best interest for every single player in the supply chain, from farmers in the most remote regions of the world to consumers in every major metropolis.

Long - Term Intervention Monitoring of the Ecological Responses to Commonwealth Environmental Water Delivered to the Lower Murray River Selected Area in 2015/16

Genetically engineered rice as part of the second Green Revolution is repeating the mistakes of the Green Revolution, intensifying the deficiencies that are killing people, while adding new hazards in terms of ecological and health risks.

The first is in terms of the standard ecological argument first proposed by the «limits to growth» thesis of the early 1970s.

While foreign - led resource extraction may seem as an easy way to ensure economic growth, it is often not sustainable in the long term and poses enormous ecological ramifications.

In all these terms, which are ecological ones, fossil fuel has made us a success, but now we are about to become its victim.

The long - term challenge, says marine ecologist Paul Snelgrove of Memorial University of Newfoundland, will be to continue investigating the ecological significance of the newfound organisms after the primary census is completed in 2010.

Decades of data collected as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program have turned up some puzzles, such as surprising chemical gradients in lake waters that didn't quite make sense.

Using over a decade's worth of data from the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, the investigators examined the effects of kelp on groups of organisms in the kelp forest ecosystem.

That is more ambitious and potentially more scientifically fruitful than the previous such foundation project — the Long Term Ecological Research Network begun in 1980 — which largely answered specific questions about impacts in a specific region, albeit in a way that failed to allow comparisons with other sites.

Modern urbanization has greatly influenced the ecological environment, particularly in terms of the variety and abundance of life that surrounds us.

«Adopting an R - SEA planning process is a way of building consensus around where, when, and in what form development is appropriate as opposed to our current processes that ask communities — social and ecological — to bear the long - term impacts of new development,» said Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Associate Conservation Scientist with WCS Canada.

And in terms of damage to fisheries and other recreational activities, the dollar toll for the ecological unraveling of the lakes due to ballast invasions was pegged in a 2008 University of Notre Dame study at $ 200 million annually — a number the study authors predicted would grow as new invasive species are discovered.

«This is true in genetic, ecological and nutritional terms.»

Visitors can also leaf through new government reports, such as one on the water shortages that greenhouse warming could bring; or follow links to field projects, such as a long - term ecological monitoring station in the New Mexico desert.

Like Charles Darwin's famous finches, which evolved a wide range of beak shapes and sizes to exploit the different foods available in the Galápagos Islands, these cichlids represent a textbook example of what biologists term an adaptive radiation — the phenomenon whereby one lineage spawns numerous species that evolve specializations to an array of ecological roles.

«Many chemicals banned in the U.S. are still being widely used elsewhere, despite the fact that in many cases we know little about their long - term ecological effects.»

It further states that research on living resources in the Gulf show long term ecological changes in species diversity and a large scale, often rapid change, in the ecosystem's food - web that is both «difficult and impossible to reverse.»

«In the long term, such wide - ranging disruptions could pose an important threat to tropical biodiversity, given the myriad ecological linkages among rainforest trees and their many dependent animal, plant and fungal species,» the researchers conclude in their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USIn the long term, such wide - ranging disruptions could pose an important threat to tropical biodiversity, given the myriad ecological linkages among rainforest trees and their many dependent animal, plant and fungal species,» the researchers conclude in their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USin their paper presenting the findings, published online November 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USin the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

In order to explore the factors that hinder and help individuals transition from long - term residential substance abuse treatment centers to the community, Dr. Manuel and her collaborators, Dr. Obie Nichols and Ms. Erin Palmer, from Services for the UnderServed, Inc., (SUS) conducted a qualitative socio - ecological model - based study, «Barriers and Facilitators to Successful Transition from Long - Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment,» the findings of which were recently presented at the 2016 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State confereterm residential substance abuse treatment centers to the community, Dr. Manuel and her collaborators, Dr. Obie Nichols and Ms. Erin Palmer, from Services for the UnderServed, Inc., (SUS) conducted a qualitative socio - ecological model - based study, «Barriers and Facilitators to Successful Transition from Long - Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment,» the findings of which were recently presented at the 2016 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State confereTerm Residential Substance Abuse Treatment,» the findings of which were recently presented at the 2016 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State conference.

The researchers created 50 study plots in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico, at the Jornada Long Term Ecological Research site.

Given the obvious concerns for human ecological health — in terms of climate change, heavy metal toxification, indoor air quality, air pollution, plastics in the oceans, and things like that — there will be a large - scale trend to buildings that start to act like organisms.

The same ecological community will therefore move up the mountain, where it will find a different spatial composition, both in terms of available area and connectivity.

To conduct the study, Clark and Berdanier analyzed data dating back to 1993 on the annual growth rates of 28,879 individual trees from 35 species growing at the Duke University Forest in North Carolina's Piedmont, and at the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research site in the state's western mountains.

«Innovations in sensor technologies have opened the floodgates in terms of data about the natural world, and there is a lot of room for creativity right now in ecological data analysis.»

Members of the lab are already starting field experiments to test whether or not these epigenetics play out in local kelp forests, as part of research within the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project.

In the year 2000, I once more got the opportunity to join Priscu's team in Antarctica as part of the Long Term Ecological Research LTER projecIn the year 2000, I once more got the opportunity to join Priscu's team in Antarctica as part of the Long Term Ecological Research LTER projecin Antarctica as part of the Long Term Ecological Research LTER project.

Thus, the recovery interval resembled modern ecological successions in terms of active selection on size and related life histories.

«A major factor in choosing this image as the winner is that it manages a seemly impossible task: to visualise an immensely long - term ecological process in a single static shot.