Sentences with phrase «which ecosystem functions»

Tom Oliver and colleagues analyse trends in the abundance of more than 4,400 species of birds, mammals, invertebrates and plants in Great Britain over the past 40 years, and identify which ecosystem functions are being performed by each species.

Not exact matches

As ecosystems of the human environment change during development, pregnancy, or with changing diets, which bacterial species remain or how these microbial species function may shift is slowly becoming understood.

Steve: You are actually on the National Academy of Sciences Oversight Committee on Restoration of the greater Everglades Ecosystem, which is a lot of words, but it is pretty clear that that's a very important function.

Often they play a fundamental role in maintaining the functioning of ecosystems on which people depend.

As the climate continues to warm, Whiteman said there is a particular urgency to understand the functioning of organisms and ecosystems that are threatened by climate change, which can inform conservation efforts.

Prof. Jean Paul Metzger from the University of Sao Paulo, another lead author of the study, said: «Our study shows a clear threshold of biodiversity losses with deforestation; below this threshold, not only many species disappear, but the functions they perform in the ecosystem will also decline, many of which are highly beneficial to humans.

The key lies in organic materials found in fossil bones, which contain evidence for how ancient ecosystems functioned, according to a new study available online and in the September issue of the Journal of Herpetology.

As the human population climbs, these cumulative changes will ultimately affect our economies and our well - being, because natural ecosystems perform — free of charge — many functions which we take for granted, such as purification of our wastes, production of harvestable resources, regulation of our climate, and restoration of the oxygen that we breathe.»

The new study provides data to assist scientists in understanding how changes in the environment trigger long - term changes in coral reef growth and ecosystem function, which is a critical challenge to coral - reef conservation.

The way in which fishing alters size - structured food web interactions has implications for the structure and function of kelp forest ecosystems.

The team measured monthly changes in seven functions for which coastal ecosystems are highly valued.

The role played by biodiversity in the ability of ecosystems to continue functioning during extreme weather events, which are increasingly frequent as a result of climate change, remains poorly understood.

The researchers have published their findings in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, which is dedicated to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in dynamic landscapes.

«Ecosystems have multiple functions which are all important.

«This biodiversity is key to retaining the tree of life or functioning ecosystems, which nicely fits declared international policy goals.

Duffy, meanwhile, is spearheading the Smithsonian's Marine Global Earth Observatory program, which he says is a «major opportunity to map out the links between diversity and functioning of marine ecosystems on a global scale».

Achberger will be continuing the research to sequence the DNA, which will show just what types of microbial life they found and how each of these function in the ecosystem.

We will also undermine ecosystem functions (e.g., pollination which is critical for food production) and ecosystem resilience (when losing keystone species in food chains), as well as reduce functional diversity (critical for the ability of ecosystems to respond to shocks and stress) and genetic diversity that plays an important role for development of new medicines, materials, and sources of energy.

The same study noted that when your microbial ecosystem is in a state of dysbiosis, gut bacteria can produce substances like D - lactic acid and ammonia, which can exert neurotoxic properties and impede the function of the nervous system.

Far less limiting than GTA's urban metropolises, which — because so much of those cities» interior spaces were inaccessible — always felt constructed out of paper houses, Red Dead Redemption's settings are fully, thrillingly alive, their functioning ecosystems, sudden dramatic occurrences, and operative economy all helping to create a sense of participating in a universe that operates independent of (rather than revolves around) you.

Education systems must take care to protect and respect minority cultures and their associated languages, which contain vital information about the functioning of ecosystems.

His suggested method may still cause a stir: Eco-System Services Could be Traded for Profit After warning attendees at a gala function in London that an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch (which is bigger than an US Football field...) is chopped down every four seconds, he suggested that setting up a new «ecosystems market» could be used to prevent deforestation.

We can surmise that there are probably more than 10 million extant species (or there were, when humans began to seriously undermine the helath and functioning of the ecosystems upon which these taxa depend).

sensitivity the degree to which a system will respond to a change in climatic conditions (e.g., the extent of change in ecosystem composition, structure and functioning, including net primary productivity, resulting from a given change in temperature or precipitation)

This framework considers the coping conditions and critical thresholds of natural and human environments beyond which external pressures (including climate change) cause harm to water resources, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function.

What are the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, of which added CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a part, but also from other social and environmental issues?

We will also undermine ecosystem functions (e.g., pollination which is critical for food production) and ecosystem resilience (when losing keystone species in food chains), as well as reduce functional diversity (critical for the ability of ecosystems to respond to shocks and stress) and genetic diversity that plays an important role for development of new medicines, materials, and sources of energy.

Perhaps the most notable of these at the international level is the Convention on Biological Diversity's Decision XIII / 14 para 6 which notes «that more transdisciplinary research and sharing of knowledge among appropriate institutions is needed in order to better understand the impacts of climate - related geoengineering on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, socio - economic, cultural and ethical issues and regulatory options.»

-- Responsibility Report 2004 Business for Social Responsibility «The global consequences of climate change — some of which we are seeing already — threaten to both disrupt natural ecosystem functions and jeopardize the natural capital that provides the economy's resource base.»

If that's just a bunch of international relations - speak to you, this is why this is important: The idea behind ecosystem services payments is that in exchange for preserving intact (or at least not entirely degraded) ecosystems, which perform valuable social functions such as improving air quality, flood protection, traditional medicines, sequestering carbon emissions, et cetera, nations should be compensated.

The Earth System performs the functions («ecosystem services») of providing both the sources of these material and energy inputs to the human economy, as well as the sinks which absorb and process the pollution and waste outputs of the human economy.

Our goal is to use satellite data to analyze the whole Arctic tundra and develop classifications of vegetation types and how they function in the ecosystem broadly, as compared to what we've done thus far, which is primarily trying to determine what plant species are there.

The biotic pump concept (and more generally the theory of the biotic regulation of the environment of which the former is a part) for the first time quantifies the stabilizing environmental function of natural ecosystems with respect to the hydrological cycle and pinpoints the physical mechanism that is responsible for this function.

Built into this is a function to reward miners with a share of the ecosystem they're helping to power, which makes everything economically sustainable.

Together, these functions and events make ethereum tokens work the same almost everywhere within the ethereum ecosystem, which means that almost all of the wallets that support the ether currency also support ERC - 20 compliant tokens.