Titre : | AMBIO 44(8) - DEC 2015 |
Type de document : | Bulletin |
Paru le : | 01/12/2015 |
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Article
Roman Seidl, Auteur
The participation of nonscientists in modeling projects/studies is increasingly employed to fulfill different functions. However, it is not well investigated if and how explicitly these functions and the dynamics of a participatory process are r[...]

Article
Michael Coughlan, Auteur
Fire-use and the scale and character of its effects on landscapes remain hotly debated in the paleo- and historical-fire literature. Since the second half of the nineteenth century, anthropology and geography have played important roles in provi[...]

Article
Michael Nassl, Auteur ;
Joerg Loeffler, Auteur
Both the 'cascade model' of ecosystem service provision and the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response framework individually contribute to the understanding of human-nature interactions in social-ecological systems (SES). Yet, as several points [...]

Article
Anne Brogi, Auteur ;
Claire Agnès Pernollet, Auteur ;
Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Auteur ;
Matthieu Guillemain, Auteur
Winter-flooding of ricefields provides foraging habitat to waterfowl, which in return may bring agronomic benefits to farmers. Our study experimentally tested the effect of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) on the standing stalks and weed seed bank [...]

Article
Yiwen Sun, Auteur ;
Tiejun Wang, Auteur ;
Andrew K. Skidmore, Auteur ;
Qi Wang, Auteur ;
Changqing Ding, Auteur
Traditional agriculture benefits a rich diversity of plants and animals. The winter-flooded rice fields in the Qinling Mountains, China, are the last refuge for the endangered Asian crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), and intensive efforts have been[...]

Article
Wilfredo Y. Licuanan, Auteur ;
Maricar S. Samson, Auteur ;
Samuel S. Mamauag, Auteur ;
Laura T. David, Auteur ;
Roselle Borja-del Rosario, Auteur ;
Miledel Christine C. Quibilan, Auteur ;
Fernando P. Siringan, Auteur ;
Ma Yvainne Y. Sta Maria, Auteur ;
Norievill B. Espana, Auteur ;
Cesar L. Villanoy, Auteur ;
Rollan C. Geronimo, Auteur ;
Olivia C. Cabrera, Auteur ;
Renmar Jun S. Martinez, Auteur ;
Porfirio M. Alino, Auteur
We present a synoptic, participatory vulnerability assessment tool to help identify the likely impacts of climate change and human activity in coastal areas and begin discussions among stakeholders on the coping and adaptation measures necessary[...]

Article
Paul Jepson, Auteur ;
Richard J. Ladle, Auteur
Apps are small task-orientated programs with the potential to integrate the computational and sensing capacities of smartphones with the power of cloud computing, social networking, and crowdsourcing. They have the potential to transform how hum[...]

Article
Susmita Dasgupta, Auteur ;
Md Moqbul Hossain, Auteur ;
Mainul Huq, Auteur ;
David Wheeler, Auteur
This paper estimates location-specific soil salinity in coastal Bangladesh for 2050. The analysis was conducted in two stages: First, changes in soil salinity for the period 2001-2009 were assessed using information recorded at 41 soil monitorin[...]

Article
Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, Auteur ;
Timothy Alexander Mousseau, Auteur ;
Ahmad Termizi Ramli, Auteur ;
Yakubu Aliyu Bununu, Auteur
The tin mining activities in the suburbs of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, have resulted in technical enhancement of the natural background radiation as well as higher activity concentrations of primordial radionuclides in the topsoil of mining si[...]

Article
Michael G. Sorice, Auteur ;
C. Josh Donlan, Auteur
The promise of environmental conservation incentive programs that provide direct payments in exchange for conservation outcomes is that they enhance the value of engaging in stewardship behaviors. An insidious but important concern is that a nar[...]

Article
Tero Mustonen, Auteur
This article explores the pioneering potential of communal visual-optic histories which are recorded, painted, documented, or otherwise expressed. These materials provide collective meanings of an image or visual material within a specific cultu[...]