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Scottish Natural Heritage
Archive•Edinburgh, United Kingdom•
About: Scottish Natural Heritage is a archive organization based out in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 230 authors who have published 495 publications receiving 16729 citations.
Topics: Population, Biodiversity, Habitat, Woodland, Threatened species
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TL;DR: Mitsch et al. as mentioned in this paper published a Journal of Ecological Engineering (JEE) article with the title of "The Future of Ecology: A Review of Recent Developments".
Abstract: Ecological Engineering: Journal of Ecotechnology. Editor-in-chief William J. Mitsch. Elsevier. 4/yr. DFL 361, $195.
1,161 citations
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Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University1, Centre national de la recherche scientifique2, Secretariat of the Pacific Community3, University of British Columbia4, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research5, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research6, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives7, Ocean Conservancy8, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration9, Australian Research Council10, University of Washington11, University of Oxford12, Scottish Natural Heritage13, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources14, International Atomic Energy Agency15, Harvard University16, Plymouth Marine Laboratory17
TL;DR: The physics, chemistry, and ecology of the oceans might be affected based on two CO2 emission trajectories: one business as usual and one with aggressive reductions, consistent with the Copenhagen Accord of keeping mean global temperature increase below 2°C in the 21st century.
Abstract: The ocean moderates anthropogenic climate change at the cost of profound alterations of its physics, chemistry, ecology, and services. Here, we evaluate and compare the risks of impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems—and the goods and services they provide—for growing cumulative carbon emissions under two contrasting emissions scenarios. The current emissions trajectory would rapidly and significantly alter many ecosystems and the associated services on which humans heavily depend. A reduced emissions scenario—consistent with the Copenhagen Accord’s goal of a global temperature increase of less than 2°C—is much more favorable to the ocean but still substantially alters important marine ecosystems and associated goods and services. The management options to address ocean impacts narrow as the ocean warms and acidifies. Consequently, any new climate regime that fails to minimize ocean impacts would be incomplete and inadequate.
1,053 citations
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TL;DR: A nonlinear time-series model shows that part of the required environmental synchronicity can be accounted for by large-scale weather variations and underline the importance of understanding the interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic influences on population dynamics.
Abstract: A major debate in ecology concerns the relative importance of intrinsic factors and extrinsic environmental variations in determining population size fluctuations1,2,3,4,5,6. Spatial correlation of fluctuations in different populations caused by synchronous environmental shocks2,7,8 is a powerful tool for quantifying the impact of environmental variations on population dynamics8,9. However, interpretation of synchrony is often complicated by migration between populations8,10. Here we address this issue by using time series from sheep populations on two islands in the St Kilda archipelago11,12,13. Fluctuations in the sizes of the two populations are remarkably synchronized over a 40-year period. A nonlinear time-series model shows that a high and frequent degree of environmental correlation is required to achieve this level of synchrony. The model indicates that if there were less environmental correlation, population dynamics would be much less synchronous than is observed. This is because of a threshold effect that is dependent on population size; the threshold magnifies random differences between populations. A refined model showsthat part of the required environmental synchronicity can be accounted for by large-scale weather variations. These results underline the importance of understanding the interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic influences on population dynamics14.
532 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented new high-precision 40Ar/39Ar ages on feldspar and biotite separates to establish the age, duration and extent of the larger Siberian Traps volcanic province.
459 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the international significance of upland heather moorland, changes in its Great Britain (GB) extent, and some management and policy objectives for nature conservation are reviewed.
385 citations
Authors
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Alex Rogers | 73 | 483 | 22094 |
Robert J. Cooper | 38 | 175 | 5572 |
Colin E. Adams | 37 | 190 | 6222 |
Rob W. Brooker | 36 | 92 | 6023 |
David McClintock Newbery | 30 | 75 | 3430 |
John E. Gordon | 29 | 77 | 2409 |
P. J. Boon | 27 | 46 | 2430 |
D. Philip Whitfield | 25 | 55 | 1739 |
Joyce Tait | 25 | 102 | 2686 |
Des B. A. Thompson | 24 | 47 | 2349 |
Colin W. Bean | 18 | 67 | 1140 |
David R. Genney | 16 | 32 | 1161 |
Richard Lindsay | 16 | 46 | 1007 |
Martin J. Gaywood | 15 | 22 | 866 |
Athayde Tonhasca | 14 | 19 | 670 |