Sentences with phrase «of ecosystem recovery»

To reach these recovery averages, the researchers looked at data from peer - reviewed studies over the past 100 years on the rate of ecosystem recovery once the source of pollution was removed.

«It would be good to see their predictions tested with actual observations of ecosystem recovery from drought across a range of ecosystems and climate zones.»

There are a few published reviews of ecosystem recovery that tend to support my assessment (see «Rapid Recovery of Damaged Ecosystems»).

The researchers employed advanced analytical tools to definitively show how the reduction of excess pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorus are the cause of this ecosystem recovery.

A recent scientific paper looking at Latin America lists «similar patterns of ecosystem recovery following rural - urban migration» in Patagonia, northwest Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras and the montane deserts and Andean tundra ecosystems of Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

Not exact matches

supporting ecosystem recovery by improving the diversity, condition and extent of native vegetation

I'm sure the Brazilian coffee isn't shaded, since cerrado is savannah, not forest, and RA standards call for «Farms in areas where the original natural vegetation is not forest must dedicate at least 30 % of the farm area for conservation or recovery of the area's typical ecosystems.»

«The return of condors to the Pacific Northwest, after more than a century - long absence, will be a testament to the ability of federal, tribal, state, and private entities to come together to champion the cause of wildlife, ecosystem, and cultural recovery in our region.»

After 2 years, in the plots missing 75 % of the forest algae, the ecosystem tipped over to entirely turf algae and C. amentacea never came back, showing that recovery length could predict ecosystem collapse, the researchers reported yesterday in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Previously published research revealed that marine reserves can promote rapid recovery of exploited species and degraded habitats while safeguarding intact ecosystems.

He envisions ecologists studying satellite images of rangelands or other ecosystems to look for increases in recovery length.

When oil stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the ecosystems under assault started on a long road to recovery.

At 24 coral reefs near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, researchers then removed the necessary amount of lionfish to reach this threshold, and monitored recovery of the ecosystem.

Controlling invasive mammal populations, or removing them entirely from islands, is a highly effective tool for conserving island species and ecosystems, and such actions have contributed greatly to the recovery of many threatened island species.

The researchers emphasize that both protection and recovery of the world's coral reefs call for a fundamental change in how people interact with and use reef ecosystems.

«River ecosystems show «incredible» initial recovery after dam removal: Fate of one songbird species indicates fast rebound.»

How do we understand the recovery and rebuilding of a food chain, of an ecosystem?

Once this problem was identified, UK ecosystems were perturbed appropriately, validating models predicting the recovery and subsequent dynamics of the butterfly and ants at 78 sites.

Recovery of the ecosystem and culture of the marshes will likely depend on diplomatic efforts to secure sufficient water, Al - Mudaffar Fawzi says.

And according to the nonprofit Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team, «approximately 100 species of plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, butterflies and other insects are officially listed as «at risk» in these ecosystems» Ecosystems Recovery Team, «approximately 100 species of plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, butterflies and other insects are officially listed as «at risk» in these ecosystems» ecosystems» in Canada.

Marine scientists speaking at the conference said the return of the popular and highly visible porpoises that were once frequent fixtures reflect habitat recovery and improved ecosystem health.

A growing body of evidence tracked the cause of the delayed recovery of lakes to the continued lack of calcium in nearby soils, what some call «ecosystem osteoporosis».

Invasive mammals are the main obstacle to the complete recovery for Mauritius ecosystems and the potential revival of its unique extinct species.

While it's still early days for assessing Florida Bay's recovery, Davis» observations paint a different picture from the 2015 seagrass dieoff, when vast meadows of turtle grass that form the foundation of the ecosystem were completely scoured.

A new modeling study has identified 100 resilient reefs within the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem that, like mobile medical units, might help promote recovery of dead or dying sections.

She's also part of a recovery team that works with the black - footed ferret, an endangered species that has an important role in the prairie ecosystem.

Both diets modulated gut microbiome dysbioses increasing ecosystem diversity and supported the recovery of SCFA producers.

Both diets modulated gut microbiome dysbioses increasing ecosystem diversity and supported the recovery of a balanced community of health - promoting SCFA producers, such as Faecalibacterium, Roseburia, Lachnospira, Bacteroides and Akkermansia.

Target is committed to making its entire seafood selection 100 % sustainable and traceable by the end of 2015 through partnering with FishWise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the recovery of ocean ecosystems.

First established as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (otherwise known as the «stimulus» legislation), and now continued as a regular Department program in the fiscal 2012 year, i3 was intended to shift the innovation ecosystem toward greater quantity, rigor and diffusion of innovation, to thread innovation into the way the Department itself works (including the use of a «field scan» mechanism) and to align funding for the «supply» of innovation with the «demand» the U.S. Department of Education had created through other federal programs.

An Ecosystem Solution Without the ecosystem - level changes of pig removal and bald eagle restoration, fox recovery was notEcosystem Solution Without the ecosystem - level changes of pig removal and bald eagle restoration, fox recovery was notecosystem - level changes of pig removal and bald eagle restoration, fox recovery was not assured.

Arid Recovery is an ecosystem restoration initiative based in the South Australian outback and dedicated to the restoration of Australia's arid

Arid Recovery is an ecosystem restoration initiative based in the South Australian outback and dedicated to the restoration of Australia's arid lands.

But van Huissteden referred to recolonization of plants in thawed areas and the ensuing recovery of the ecosystem as a «neglected factor in carbon release by permafrost degradation.»

But in the Gulf, the amount of ocean truly protected (where even fish, shrimp and lobsters are safe) is a slim thread upon which to hang overall ecosystem integrity, let alone recovery from the latest blows.

A general meaning is «the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovery quickly.»

Superior results in terms of range ecosystem improvement, productivity, soil carbon and fertility, water holding capacity and profitability have been regularly obtained by ranchers using multiple paddocks per herd with short periods of grazing, long recovery periods and adaptively changing recovery periods and other management elements as conditions change [4,5].

«If droughts become more frequent, as expected, the time between droughts may become shorter than drought recovery time, leading to permanently damaged ecosystems and widespread degradation of the land carbon sink.»

Schwalm, C. R. et al. (2017) Global patterns of drought recovery, Nature, doi: 10.1038 / nature23021 Seneviratne, S. I. and Ciais, P. (2017) Trends in ecosystem recovery from drought, Nature

One of the expectations climate scientists have for a future including climate change is more droughts in some regions and now a new study in Nature shows that slow ecosystem recovery from those droughts may become more normal too.

The slow rate of recovery seen in Caribbean reefs [16], [24], [25] suggests that such high levels of mortality may determine the fate of coral reef ecosystems in this region for decades to come.

The potential impacts of increasing biomass recovery could include nutrient scarcity, loss of biodiversity and changes to ecosystem function.

With a healthier marine situation, rebuilding fish stocks and an end to the trawling that reduces the seabed to a bed of rubble, the marine ecosystems could possibly begin some auto - recovery.

From the article:... «It goes against my deepest notions of how fast ecosystem recovery can possibly happen,» Christopher Tonra, a research fellow with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C., told the Seattle Times.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

The abundance of life on these outer islands supports the emerging idea that there will be refugia of coral survival and recovery dotting the planet as we face an increasingly difficult ocean climate for reef ecosystems.

Jan developed recommendations to the Puget Sound Partnership on the use of innovative financial mechanisms for the recovery of the Puget Sound ecosystem, worked with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund to establish a payments for services pilot for nitrogen removal by shellfish in Puget Sound, assisted BC Hydro develop performance measures for their long term environmental goal, and led studies evaluating impacts of flow alteration on aquatic ecosystems for King County.

Although there is little chance of recovery for the Atlantic Forest, researchers say that some hope remains for the few persisting species clinging to life in the fragmented ecosystem.

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They defined «recovery» from drought, not as the renewed growth with fresh rainfall, but the slower return of the whole ecosystem to the full productivity it demonstrated before the drought.