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Disturbances and Disturbance Regimes
Disturbance ecology is an expansive topic complicated by the reality that it is a scientific discipline that also directly engages the general...
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Modeling Natural Disturbances in Boreal Forests
Natural disturbances such as wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windthrow are important processes sha** the structure and functioning of boreal...
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Disturbances and Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem servicesEcosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. Disturbances can have multiple, often negative, effects on...
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Synergistic effect of habitat loss and chronic anthropogenic disturbances on ant species richness
Habitat loss is an important factor in global biodiversity loss, but categorizing human-modified landscapes as fragments of natural or anthropogenic...
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Resilience to periodic disturbances and the long-term genetic stability in Acropora coral
Climate change is restructuring natural ecosystems. The direct impacts of these events on biodiversity and community structure are widely documented,...
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Selected Examples of Interactions Between Natural Disturbances
Understanding natural disturbance regimes and their impacts is crucial in designing ecosystem management strategies. However, disturbances do not...
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Disturbances and Disturbance Regimes
Disturbance ecology is a field of ecology, which includes vegetation ecology, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemistry of nutrient cycles. Here,...
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Stream habitats and human disturbances explain the diversity of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) assemblages in Neotropical Savanna headwater streams
The organisms of the infraorder Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) present complex habitat requirements in headwater streams, usually being related to local...
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Natural Disturbances from the Perspective of Forest Ecosystem-Based Management
Natural disturbances drive forest dynamics and biodiversity at different spatial and temporal scales. Forests in the boreal biome are shaped by...
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Wind Disturbances
Depending on windWinds speed and windWinds field, storms generate small- to large-scale disturbances, which affect forests more than other ecosystems...
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Impacts of Climate Change on Disturbances
Disturbances are climate-sensitive processes. If climatic conditions continue to change in the future as predicted, this will also cause changes in...
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Ecological thresholds of Odonata larvae to anthropogenic disturbances in neotropical savanna headwater streams
We evaluated whether ecological thresholds could be detected along gradients of disturbances by using larval Odonata genera. Morphological,...
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Ecological association of pheasants to predators, habitat, and disturbances in southern India
Resource availability, predator-prey interaction, anthropogenic disturbances, climatic and topographic factors often determine the ecological...
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Frequent pulse disturbances shape resistance and resilience in tropical marine microbial communities
The Johor Strait separates the island of Singapore from Peninsular Malaysia. A 1-kilometer causeway built in the early 1920s in the middle of the...
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Multi-scale assessments reveal changes in the distribution of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis and the role of disturbances
Seagrasses are threatened globally by multiple anthropogenic disturbances, and management of these threats requires detailed information on where...
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Cardiovascular Consequences of Metabolic Disturbances in Women
Metabolic disorders in humans are characterized by hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, impaired glucose intolerance,...
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Effect of anthropic disturbances on the activity pattern of two generalist mesocarnivores inhabiting Mediterranean forestry plantations
Humans have been altering the Mediterranean landscapes for millennia. To diminish the probability of encounters with domestic animals, humans and...
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Natural Disturbances are Essential Determinants of Tree-Related Microhabitat Availability in Temperate Forests
Assessing the impacts of natural disturbance on the functioning of complex forest systems are imperative in the context of global change. The...
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Change in Anthropogenic Disturbances and Its Influence on Wild Tea Survival in Shiiba, Japan
Change of Anthropogenic Disturbances and Its Influence on Wild Tea Survival in Shiiba, Japan. The use of traditional agricultural practices has been...
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Frequent disturbances and chronic pressures constrain stony coral recovery on Florida’s Coral Reef
Acute disturbances and chronic pressures have an important and increasing influence on the structure of coral reef communities. For the viability of...
