The Statistical Evaluation of Ecological IndicatorsEcological Applications - Tập 6 Số 1 - Trang 132-139 - 1996
Paul A. Murtaugh
Ecological indicators are easily measured surrogates for underlying properties or responses of a system that are difficult to measure accurately and reliably. Methods from signal detection theory can be used to assess the usefulness of such indicators, based on pilot data sets in which some gold standard of the underlying response has been measured. For responses that can naturally be dich...... hiện toàn bộ
Spatial processes structuring riparian plant communities in agroecosystems: implications for restorationEcological Applications - Tập 26 Số 7 - Trang 2103-2115 - 2016
Bérenger Bourgeois, Eduardo González, Anne Vanasse, Isabelle Aubin, Monique Poulin
AbstractThe disruption of hydrological connectivity by human activities such as flood regulation or land‐use changes strongly impacts riparian plant communities. However, landscape‐scale processes have generally been neglected in riparian restoration projects as opposed to local conditions, even though such processes might largely influence community recovery. We s...... hiện toàn bộ
Fishers' knowledge identifies environmental changes and fish abundance trends in impounded tropical riversEcological Applications - Tập 23 Số 2 - Trang 392-407 - 2013
Gustavo Hallwass, Priscila F. M. Lopes, Anastácio A. Juras, Renato Azevedo Matias Silvano
The long‐term impacts of large hydroelectric dams on small‐scale fisheries in tropical rivers are poorly known. A promising way to investigate such impacts is to compare and integrate the local ecological knowledge (LEK) of resource users with biological data for the same region. We analyzed the accuracy of fishers' LEK to investigate fisheries dynamics and environmental changes in the Low...... hiện toàn bộ
Ecotone Dynamics and Boundary Determination in the Great Dismal SwampEcological Applications - Tập 4 Số 1 - Trang 189-203 - 1994
Virginia Carter, Patricia T. Gammon, Mary Keith Garrett
Data on hydrogeology, soils, and vegetation collected on four transects across the 48—km wetland—to—upland transition zone of the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia/North Carolina, USA, were used to analyze changes along the moisture/elevation gradient, to characterize the wetland—upland ecotone, and to select tentative wetland—upland boundaries based on these three parameters. Transition zone...... hiện toàn bộ
NITROGEN EXCESS IN NORTH AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS: PREDISPOSING FACTORS, ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIESEcological Applications - Tập 8 Số 3 - Trang 706-733 - 1998
Mark E. Fenn, Merrily Poth, John D. Aber, Jill S. Baron, Bernard T. Bormann, Dale W. Johnson, A. Dennis Lemly, Steven G. McNulty, Douglas F. Ryan, Robert Stottlemyer
Habitat damage, marine reserves, and the value of spatial managementEcological Applications - Tập 23 Số 5 - Trang 959-971 - 2013
Holly V. Moeller, Michael G. Neubert
The biological benefits of marine reserves have garnered favor in the conservation community, but “no‐take” reserve implementation is complicated by the economic interests of fishery stakeholders. There are now a number of studies examining the conditions under which marine reserves can provide both economic and ecological benefits. A potentially important reality of fishing that these stu...... hiện toàn bộ
MARINE RESERVE BENEFITS LOCAL FISHERIESEcological Applications - Tập 14 Số 2 - Trang 597-606 - 2004
Garry R. Russ, Angel C. Alcala, Aileen P. Maypa, Hilconida P. Calumpong, Alan T. White
The utility of no‐take marine reserves as fisheries‐management tools is controversial. It is hypothesized that marine reserves will help to sustain fisheries external to them by becoming net exporters of adults (the “spillover effect”) and net exporters of propagules (the “recruitment effect”). Local fishery benefits from spillover will likely generate support from fishing communities for ...... hiện toàn bộ