A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 9 Số 10 - Trang 552-560 - 2011
Elizabeth Mcleod, Gail L. Chmura, Steven Bouillon, Rodney V. Salm, Mats Björk, Carlos M. Duarte, Catherine E. Lovelock, William H. Schlesinger, Brian R. Silliman
Recent research has highlighted the valuable role that coastal and marine
ecosystems play in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2). The carbon (C) sequestered
in vegetated coastal ecosystems, specifically mangrove forests, seagrass beds,
and salt marshes, has been termed “blue carbon”. Although their global area is
one to two orders of magnitude smaller than that of terrestrial forests, the
contributi... hiện toàn bộ
The history of public participation in ecological researchFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 10 Số 6 - Trang 285-290 - 2012
Abraham J. Miller‐Rushing, Richard B. Primack, Rick Bonney
Members of the public have for centuries recorded their observations of the
natural world, including plant and animal distribution and phenology, water
quality, weather data, and astronomical phenomena. Given the relatively recent
growth of ecological research as a professional field of study, the historical
contributions of amateurs to ecology can be easily overlooked. To better
understand long‐t... hiện toàn bộ
Bridging the nature gap: can citizen science reverse the extinction of experience?Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 16 Số 7 - Trang 405-411 - 2018
Stephanie Schuttler, Amanda E. Sorensen, Rebecca Jordan, Caren B. Cooper, Assaf Shwartz
Opportunities for people to interact with nature have declined over the past
century, as many now live in urban areas and spend much of their time indoors.
Conservation attitudes and behaviors largely depend on experiences with nature,
and this “extinction of experience” (EOE) is a threat to biodiversity
conservation. In this paper, we propose that citizen science, an increasingly
popular way to i... hiện toàn bộ
Large‐scale trade‐off between agricultural intensification and crop pollination servicesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 12 Số 4 - Trang 212-217 - 2014
Nicolas Deguines, Clémentine Jono, Mathilde Baude, Mickaël Henry, Romain Julliard, Colin Fontaine
Unprecedented growth in human populations has required the intensification of
agriculture to enhance crop productivity, but this was achieved at a major cost
to biodiversity. There is abundant local‐scale evidence that both pollinator
diversity and pollination services decrease with increasing agricultural
intensification. This raises concerns regarding food security, as two‐thirds of
the world's ... hiện toàn bộ
Ecological homogenization of urban USAFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 12 Số 1 - Trang 74-81 - 2014
Peter M. Groffman, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Neil D. Bettez, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Jarlath O’Neil‐Dunne, Laura A. Ogden, Diane E. Pataki, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Meredith Steele
A visually apparent but scientifically untested outcome of land‐use change is
homogenization across urban areas, where neighborhoods in different parts of the
country have similar patterns of roads, residential lots, commercial areas, and
aquatic features. We hypothesize that this homogenization extends to ecological
structure and also to ecosystem functions such as carbon dynamics and
microclimat... hiện toàn bộ
Rising stream and river temperatures in the United StatesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 8 Số 9 - Trang 461-466 - 2010
Sujay S. Kaushal, Gene E. Likens, Norbert A. Jaworski, Michael L. Pace, Ashley M Sides, David A. Seekell, Kenneth T. Belt, David H. Secor, Rebecca L. Wingate
Water temperatures are increasing in many streams and rivers throughout the US.
We analyzed historical records from 40 sites and found that 20 major streams and
rivers have shown statistically significant, long‐term warming. Annual mean
water temperatures increased by 0.009–0.077°C yr−1, and rates of warming were
most rapid in, but not confined to, urbanizing areas. Long‐term increases in
stream w... hiện toàn bộ
Declining streamflow induces collapse and replacement of native fish in the American SouthwestFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Tập 14 Số 9 - Trang 465-472 - 2016
Albert Ruhí, Julian D. Olden, John L. Sabo
Water scarcity is a global threat to freshwater biodiversity, but connecting
variation in streamflow to viability of imperiled faunas remains a challenge.
Here we combined time‐series modeling techniques on long‐term ecohydrological
data to quantify flow–ecology relationships on native and non‐native riverine
fish in the American Southwest, and simulate likely fish trajectories and
“quasi‐extincti... hiện toàn bộ