Reporting Dashboard Collection
Reporting Dashboard
Title | Description | Tags | Creation Date |
---|---|---|---|
Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the 2003 European heatwave | Socio-economic stress from the unequivocal warming of the global climate system(1)could be mostly felt by societies through weather and climate extremes (2). Th... | Dire warnings, Human civilization, Extreme risk, Climate Change, Economics, Heat wave, Extreme scenarios, Heat, Extremes, Atmospheric CO2, Human health, Return ... | Feb 19, 2015 03:41 PM |
Residents Encouraged to Participate in Appalachian Bat Survey | Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists are seeking assistance from residents in a regional monitoring effort to collect bat maternity colony data this summer. ... | Disease | Jun 13, 2013 07:15 AM |
Beaver (Castor canadensis) mitigate the effects of climate on the area of open water in boreal wetlands in western Canada | Shallow open water wetlands provide critical habitat for numerous species, yet they have become increasingly vulnerable to drought and warming temperatures and ... | Disturbance, Aquatic ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Conservation priority, Conservation, Environmental Policy, Riparian Habitat Restoration, Riparian Restorati... | Oct 21, 2014 03:24 AM |
Controls on Annual Forest Carbon Storage: Lessons from the Past and Predictions for the Future | The temperate forests of North America may play an important role in future carbon (C) sequestration strategies. New, multiyear, ecosystem-scale C cycling studi... | Disturbance, Carbon stocks, Forest Management, Climate Change, Forests, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon cycle, Forest biomass, Carbon sequestration, Successi... | Oct 20, 2014 11:47 PM |
Conservation in a social-ecological system experiencing climate-induced tree mortality | We present a social-ecological framework to provide insight into climate adaptation strategies and diverse perspectives on interventions in protected areas for ... | Disturbance, Climate Change, Land Use, Snow loss, Forests, Snow cover, Public opinion, Cedar, Mortality, Cultural Resources, Dieoff, Human Dimensions, Protected... | Oct 26, 2015 10:27 AM |
Animal Versus Wind Dispersal and the Robustness of Tree Species to Deforestation | Studies suggest that populations of different species do not decline equally after habitat loss. However, empirical tests have been confined to fine spatiotempo... | Disturbance, Diversity, Habitat loss, Climate Change, Land Use, Forests, Dispersal, Dispersal by animals, Birds, Distribution, Dispersal by wind | Oct 21, 2014 06:02 AM |
Temporal dynamics of a commensal network of cavity-nesting vertebrates: increased diversity during an insect outbreak | Network analysis offers insight into the structure and function of ecological communities, but little is known about how empirical networks change over time du... | Disturbance, Forest dieoff, Cavity, Forests, Snag, Mortality, Models, Nesting, Scientific Publications, Legacy effect, Squirrels, Habitat quality, Biodiversity,... | Jun 30, 2015 09:04 PM |
Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the Western Hemisphere | As they have in response to past climatic changes, many species will shift their distributions in response to modern climate change. However, due to the unprece... | Rapid, Human–wildlife interactions, Extinction risk, Environmental stress, Megafauna, Disturbance, Limit to adaptation, Defaunation, Predicted change, Climate... | Oct 21, 2014 04:43 AM |
Ecosystem Disturbance, Carbon, and Climate | Models of climate change effects should incorporate land-use changes and episodic disturbances such as fires and insect epidemics. | Disturbance, Land atmosphere coupling, Insects, Climate Change, Land Use, Forests, Carbon cycle, Land management, Ecosystems, Carbon storage, Land use change, C... | Oct 21, 2014 05:03 AM |
Disturbance−diversity models: what do they really predict and how are they tested? | The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) and the dynamic equilibrium model (DEM) are influential theories in ecology. The IDH predicts large species number... | Disturbance, Productivity, National Parks, Models, Climate Change, Intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH), Predicted change, Species richness, Biodiversity, ... | Oct 21, 2014 04:49 AM |
Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems | Biodiversity in rangelands is decreasing, due to intense utilization for livestock production and conversion of rangeland into cropland; yet the outlook of rang... | Disturbance, Temperature, Consumption, Land cover, Livestock production, Food suppy, Land surface, Management, Environmental Policy, Habitat degradation, Federa... | Oct 21, 2014 04:42 AM |
Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate | Climate change is expected to drive increased tree mortality through drought, heat stress, and insect attacks, with manifold impacts on forest ecosystems. Yet, ... | Disturbance, Warmer and wetter, Dynamic global vegetation model, Biosphere–atmosphere feedbacks, Trophic interactions, Carbon cycle, Slowing growth, Maple | Oct 23, 2015 10:12 AM |
Harvard University | Universities, Diversity, University, Environmental Studies, Equity and Inclusion, Education | Aug 07, 2023 01:10 PM | |
Biodiversity Under Global Change | Many common plant species, such as prairie grasses, have evolved traits for the efficient capture and use of two key resources that limit terrestrial productivi... | Diversity loss, Biodiversity, Aquatic ecosystems, Nitrogen yield, Community composition, Climate Change, Nitrogen fertilization, Plant community, CO2 fertilizat... | Oct 21, 2014 05:09 AM |
Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss | The extent to which biodiversity change in local assemblages contributes to global biodiversity loss is poorly understood. We analyzed 100 time series from bio... | Diversity loss, Biodiversity, Diversity, Habitat, Homogenization, Community composition, Climate Change, Range shift, Conservation priority, Models, Conservatio... | Oct 21, 2014 05:27 AM |
Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity | The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants,... | Diversity loss, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Ecosystems | Oct 21, 2014 04:03 AM |
Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction | The overlapping of biodiverse areas and fossil fuel reserves indicates high-risk regions. | Diversity loss, Fragmentation, Climate Impacts, Extinction risk, Consumption, Fossil fuel, Climate Change, Cumulative, Fracking, CO2, Disturbance, Biodiversity,... | Oct 21, 2014 01:53 AM |
Domesticated Nature: Shaping Landscapes and Ecosystems for Human Welfare | Like all species, humans have exercised their impulse to perpetuate and propagate themselves. In doing so, we have domesticated landscapes and ecosystems in way... | Domestication of landscapes and ecosystems, Human priorities, Consumption, Individual gardens, Environmental Policy, Human civilization, Human-occupied landscap... | Oct 21, 2014 12:44 AM |
Climate Change Hot Spots Mapped Across the United States | Taking some of the fuzziness out of climate models is revealing the uneven U.S. impact of future global warming; the most severely affected region may be emergi... | Downscaling, Climate Change, Regional change, Climate Impacts, Hot spots | Oct 21, 2014 04:58 AM |
Driptorch Digest May 2021 | The May Driptorch Digest is Now Available! | NC State University, Newsletter, Southeast Prescribed Fire Update, News, Driptorch Digest | May 19, 2021 04:51 PM |