Sentences with phrase «local disturbances at»

Of course it is also true that a certain amount of stability is part of the very nature of hierarchies in that hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the levels.

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A resolution just passed unanimously by the East Hampton Town Board is careful, deliberate and measured, speaking of «considerable local concern regarding disturbance from noise and related impacts from aviation operations at the airport.»

In contrast to reefs across the globe, which have suffered severe and continuing damage due to the combined effects of climate change and local disturbances, the researchers found that the coral communities on most of the reefs they looked at had recovered rapidly from this major «bleaching» event.

And it's something that humans can actually help ecosystems like coral reefs to build up, Bozec says: «You can manage the reef at a local scale to try to give to the reef the best chance to recover when faced with these increasing disturbances.»

«To predict the effects this type of deforestation has on the relationship between rain forest and the savanna — and on the local and global climate — it's necessary to understand how the transitional forest evolves in time and reacts to disturbances,» explained Yannick De Decker, associate professor at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, as well as the Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit at ULB.

We target disturbances such as land use change and fire at the local and regional level.