Sentences with phrase «of ecological networks»

Ecosystem restoration often focuses on plant species, explains PD Dr Christopher Kaiser - Bunbury, member of the Ecological Networks Study Group of the TU Darmstadt Biology Department.

The researchers explored whether some of the ecological networks were more vulnerable than others.

He used it to find out which species died out when and how their loss affected the rest of the ecological network.

Then they modeled the stability of each ecological network: How likely is a small change to cause a complete collapse?

Not exact matches

In Theology in a Nuclear Age he writes that theology must redefine God as «the unifying symbol of those powers and dimensions of the ecological and historical feedback network» sustaining the fragile web of life.

It could also be called ecological in that it starts from a network of relationships between interdependent beings, rather than from separate beings or dialogic pairs.

The event takes place from February 1 — 4, 2012, and is the largest ecological agricultural gathering in the West, offering more than 60 workshops, and a comprehensive array of educational and networking sessions for 1,500 farmers, marketers, activists, consumers, students, and educators.

The ecological footprint of infant formula is enormous and, what is more, it's unnecessary according to The International Baby Food Action Network,... Read More

The ecological footprint of infant formula is enormous and, what is more, it's unnecessary according to The International Baby Food Action Network, (IBFAN).

The project will create an ecological network for dormice and a range of other animal and plant species.

Maine EPSCoR Assessment and Guidance On March 12th, RCP completed an assessment of the University of Maine's Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET)- a statewide effort to develop a transdisciplinary understanding of how social - environmental systems (SES) interact with sustainable ecological aquaculture (SEA) in Maine's coastal communities and eEcological Aquaculture Network (SEANET)- a statewide effort to develop a transdisciplinary understanding of how social - environmental systems (SES) interact with sustainable ecological aquaculture (SEA) in Maine's coastal communities and eecological aquaculture (SEA) in Maine's coastal communities and ecosystems.

A new network of observatories aims to take ecological science to the continental scale in the next 30 years.

Variation in insect diet has implications for numerous ecological and evolutionary processes, including effects of environmental disturbance, the stability of networks of interacting species and the top - down effects of predators being controlled by the level of herbivore diet specialization.

Sadly, while we are far from fully understating the workings of our oceanic ecological network, we are also exerting an immense and threatening pressure on it.

The National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON), a unique string of 80 - some data - collection stations spread from Alaska to Puerto Rico, is designed to bring ecology into the era of Big Data by collecting masses of information on changes in climate, land use, biodiversity, and the spread of invasive species.

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.

Because we share similar ecological networks, truly individualized or personalized therapies, which consider not only the unique microbial state of an individual but also the unique dynamics of the underlying microbial ecosystem, may not be needed in order to shape the healthy microbiome.»

What we've found here — that different people share similar ecological networks — may help us understand why FMT works,» corresponding author Yang - Yu Liu, of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at BWH.

NSF was also ordered to deliver a report within 180 days of the cost to complete and operate its troubled National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON).

«Private - public partnerships are going to be a hallmark of how more research is done in the future and this is a great model to see that in action,» says Kevin Rose, a postdoctoral associate at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, who is active in the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network.

Another $ 87.9 million would go to the construction of the National Ecological Observatory Network, a facility that will collect data on climate change, land - use change and US invasive species.

Like all animal and plant species both are part of complex ecological networks, in which interacting species are interlinked.

Environmental «noise» is a key evolutionary pressure that shapes the interconnections within cells, as well as those of neural networks and bacterial / ecological networks, they observe in a paper to be published online April 30 by the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) suffered the first political fallout yesterday from its oversight of the troubled National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) under construction.

To tackle complex problems like improving the compatibility of cattle and fish, the social and ecological systems of mountains and their river basins must be approached holistically, say ecologists working with the Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain coecological systems of mountains and their river basins must be approached holistically, say ecologists working with the Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain coEcological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain communities.

In the new study, Kharrazi and researchers at IIASA applied an approach first developed to study ecological networks in order to better understand the dynamics and properties of the global commodity trade system.

Facing cost overruns and construction delays, NSF officials have decided to reduce the scope of the troubled National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON) and eliminate a major aquatic research component.

«We see an ecological cascade of effects across the whole pollinator community, fundamentally changing the structure of plant - pollinator interaction networks,» says Berry Brosi, a biologist at Emory University and lead author of the study.

A worker readies instruments on a tower that is part of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).

By a vote of 412 to nine, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill (H.R. 5049) that proponents say will prevent the type of problems that have plagued NSF's National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) under construction at dozens of sites across the country.

Lead author, Dr Jenny Hodgson explained: «Sites across a wide area can be thought of as an «ecological network» and to be really effective these networks need to be bigger, better and more joined up.

Incorporated as an LTER site in 1980, Andrews Forest was one of the founding sites in NSF's national network of ecological research sites.

The Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network is a grassroots network of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global envirNetwork is a grassroots network of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global envirnetwork of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global environment.

LTER Technology Committee identifies and recommends technology requirements and criteria to meet primary LTER Network research goals (global change assessment and comparative studies of ecological phenomena and theories).

On February 28, 2013, the U.S. and French long - term ecological research networks sign a Memorandum of Understanding committing both networks to site and scientist collaborations

The ability of the earth system to handle and store carbon is variable and complex, according to Dr. David Schimel, Principal Investigator and Chief Science Officer at the National Ecological Observatory Network.

Introducing NEON: The National Ecological Observatory Network was created to understand and forecast the impacts of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on continental - scale ecology by providing an observational infrastructure to support research, education, and environmental management in these areas.

Bio: Dr. David Schimel is the Chief Science Officer and Principal Investigator of the National Ecological Observatory Network in Boulder, Colo..

The Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA - ON) relies on international collaboration to share data and understand the global ecological impacts of ocean acidification (OA).

My past and current work focuses on evolution of various forms of cooperation within and between species, social and ecological networks, and human social evolution and socio - ecological dynamics.

In an interview at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), Dr. David Schimel, chief science officer and principal investigator at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), explains why math is essential in environmental biology and why it matters to the work of NEON.

According to Daycha Siripatra of the Alternative Agriculture Network in Thailand and the director of Technology for Rural and Ecological Enrichment, vitamin A deficiency will not be solved by golden rice technology since it does not address the key to the problem of poverty, which is landlessness.

In an interview at NIMBioS, Dr. David Schimel, chief science officer and principal investigator at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), explains why math is essential in environmental biology and why it matters to the work of NEON.

Whereas five types of surface (cultivated areas, pastures, forests, fisheries and built environment), planet Earth has approximately 13.4 billion global hectares (gha) of biologically productive land and water according to 2010 data from the Global Footprint Network and humanity's ecological footprint reached the milestone of 2.7 global hectares (gha) per person in 2007 for a world population of 6.7 billion people on the same date (according to the UN)[See Article A terra no limite (Earth in the limit) by José Eustáquio Diniz Alves available on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/terra-limite-humanidade-recursos-naturais-planeta-situacao-sustentavel-637804.shtml >].

What is needed is a vision of a networked system of decentralized, community based, sustainable economies in a diversity of settings, which stands on a foundation of ecological integrity, social accountability and an economically equitable distribution.

In the last few decades NEC has helped to steer the growth of technology in the education environment with display solutions that bring visual accuracy, interactivity, engagement and enviable performance to the curriculum, backed by a service and support network to trust and ecological standards.

Chris Dickman receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Long Term Ecological Research Network and the Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme.

Seabird lead to the formation The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET), a citizen science program to bring together researchers and members of the public to identify and mitigate threats to marine birds.

AppliedTrust provides IT security and network / systems infrastructure consulting services that help our clients maximize their IT investment in the areas of security, performance, and availability, while reducing cost and ecological impact.

Once an expansive 46 - acre network of wetlands, dunes, and a 13 - acre open freshwater lagoon, the area has suffered more than a century of ecological degradation from agriculture, recreation, and road construction.