ecosystem dynamics and integrating paradigms

... used to restore and/ or maintain the functioning of ecosystems and the goods and services they provide is discussed The concept of ecosystem health is defined, and the ways in which ecosystems can ... (paperback) 10 Phylogeny and Conservation Edited by Andrew Purvis, John L Gittleman, Thomas Brooks 521 82502 (hardcover), 521 53200 (paperback) Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation ... light-demanding tree and shrub species? 203 F R A N S W M V E R A , E L I S A B E T H S B A K K E R A N D HAN OLFF Introduction The disappearance of light-demanding tree and shrub species Oak and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... Springer and Williams (1994); g, h, and i, Indo-Australian Archipelago (see text); j and k, Springer (1988) and Blum (1989); 1, Springer (1982); m and n, Blum (1989); o and p, Hastings and Springer ... Hastings and Springer (1994); b and c, Blum (1989); d, Springer and Williams (1994); e, Blum (1989) and Springer and Williams (1994); f, Winterbottom (1986), Springer (1988) Blum (1989), and Springer ... between morphology and performance on the one hand, and between performance and ecological patterns on the other hand, are the focus of ecomorphology, the study of the functional and ecological consequences...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21

... - and roles in creating - the Serengeti ecosystem While drawing heavily on Ehret’s (2002) inspiring grand canvas of the emergence and spread of different cultures and linguistic traditions and ... much-loved ecosystem has a human history and a human context that has driven its past and present forms and will dictate its future However, in a book subtitled Human impacts on ecosystem dynamics, ... use of land and wildlife and with generally very different levels of political clout and economic prosperity (see e.g work by Manfredo et Page of Homewood Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... AG, CF, DR and GCC conceived of the study, AZ and MM participated in its development, PT, AG and CF drafted the manuscript All authors contributed to write the manuscript, and then read and approved ... 122 Needham J: Order and life Yale University Press 1936 doi:10.1186/1742-4682-7-32 Cite this article as: Tieri et al.: Network, degeneracy and bow tie Integrating paradigms and architectures to ... guarantee robustness and evolvability Indeed, building blocks are modular (functionally independent) and can be recombined and reused through universal protocols to meet the demands of a rapidly...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... Biodosimetric Test Apparatus - 79 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.3, No.1, 2005 steel column 110 cm high and the reactors equipped with and lamps were made from a 210.3 mm (ID) stainless ... linear and fit the regression line ” Equation (8)” N/N0 =5 exp(-3.387φ) (8) Equation (8) was used to determine the reduction equivalent dose (RED) in off-site validation of UV reactor and computational ... four different reactors The each reactor was quipped with 3, 4, and germicidal lumps (100W) respectively The reactors equipped with and lamps were made from a 159.2 mm (ID) stainless Fig Schematic...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... production and water treatment and a detailed understanding of the nitrogen dynamics in VF constructed wetlands CONCLUSIONS In the experimental pots replicating VF constructed wetlands, a variety ... (3) where NHi and NOi represent NH4-N and NO2+3-N in the ith layer [g-N/m2], respectively, and Nrice is the rice nitrogen [g-N/m2] The terms radv,NH,i and radv,NO,i are the NH4-N and NO2+3-N inflow ... study The apparent density and porosity of the ando soil were 0.44×106 g/m3 and 0.676 m3/m3, respectively Gravels (diameter = ca to cm) were put into the gravel zone, and unwoven cloths were installed...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... role and value of biodiversity, and recognizes the dynamics and linkages between people, biodiversity and ecosystems Human activities have direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, ... recognizes the dynamics and linkages between people, biodiversity and ecosystems Human activities have direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, which in turn affects the ecosystem ... themes: biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation; incentives and institutions; governance; IPRs and protection of indigenous knowledge; and climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... methylation-mediated nucleosome dynamics S K Patra and M Szyf stretches of DNA repeats, replicates in late S phase and contains lower levels of acetylated histones and higher levels of DNA methylation ... growth and differentiation in eukaryotic cells [1,82] Despite profound improvements in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of action of the Ras proteins, the expanding ... FAS and the TNF receptor, TNFR1 (OMIM 191190) Natural ligands, cognate agonist antibodies and interactions of FADD with FAS at their respective death domains trigger apoptosis through FAS and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis Table Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters derived from amide H D exchange rates for a-CT and for the various lactose-a-CT and ... compilation ê 2006 FEBS 5313 R J Sola and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis modelling and structural dynamics simulation techniques (MD and GNM) we have provided structurally ... J Sola and K Griebenow Structural dynamics and serine protease catalysis Table Global energetic parameters and DebyeWaller temperature factors calculated for the protein portion of a-CT and the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 05:20

... PolyQ-expanded proteins and ALS-linked mutant SOD1 are structurally unstable [5,7] These proteins Dynamics of correctly folded monomer Detection of conformational change thus tend to aggregate and ... disease) SCA2, SCA6, SCA7 and SCA17 are also caused by polyQ expansion, and expansion of the polyQ repeat in the AR is responsible for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy The expanded polyQ tract is ... PolyQ-expanded proteins aggregate easily in vivo and in vitro, and these aggregates are very difficult to dissolve, even in the presence of strong detergents, such as SDS [33] PolyQexpanded proteins...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22

... Lakes Ecosystem changes and their ecological and socioeconomic impacts Developments in Hydrobiology 199 Series editor K Martens European Large Lakes Ecosystem changes and their ecological and socioeconomic ... large lake ecosystems under the inuence of anthropogenic and climatic stressors, (ii) enhancing the communication and exchange of ideas among scientists, water managers and politicians, and (iii) ... Prof Erik Jeppesen and Prof Dr Sven Erik Jứrgensen (Denmark), Prof Roger Jones and Prof Jouko Sarvala (Finland), Prof Ulrich Lemmin and Prof Dr Alfred Johny Wuest (Switzerland), Dr Mohiuddin...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21

... be influenced when taking such words into account (Kim and Woodland, 2004) The evaluation is performed using the metrics: Precision, Recall and SER (Slot Error Rate) (Makhoul et al., 1999) Only ... data and for language adaptation Conclusions and Future Work This paper shows that maximum entropy models can be used to perform the capitalization task, specially when dealing with language dynamics ... Joint SIGDAT Conference on EMNLP H Daumé III 2004 Notes on CG and LM-BFGS optimization of logistic regression J Kim and P C Woodland 2004 Automatic capitalisation generation for speech input...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... demands are imposed on the sensitivity and selectivity of the methodology, which should provide molecular structure and dynamics information In this article, we present the potential of Raman and ... equilibrium, and induce and align molecular dipoles in the macromolecule [6], thereby causing structural changes within the macromolecule that may eventually affect the reaction mechanism and dynamics ... alterations in the coordination sphere, such that these marker bands allow monitoring equilibria and dynamics of the spin, coordination and ligation configuration of cytochrome c [10,27] Third, when...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:20

... ecological and social/economic sides of the framework: ecosystem goods and their extraction, tangible and intangible ecosystem services and their use and waste discharge and alterations of landforms and ... Goods and Services A-1 A2: Rangeland Hydrologic and Atmospheric Ecosystem Goods and Services A-2 A3: Miscellaneous Rangeland Ecosystem Goods and Services A-3 B: Sustainable Rangelands ... Sustainable Rangelands: A Primer Ecosystem Goods and Services on U.S Rangelands Importance of Rangeland Ecosystem Goods and Services 10 Evaluating Ecosystem Goods and Services...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:21

... Aircraft W A Mair and D L Birdsall: Aircraft Performance M J Abzug and E E Larrabee: Airplane Stability and Control M J Sidi: Spacecraft Dynamics and Control J D Anderson: A History of Aerodynamics A ... Velocimetry G A Flandro, H M McMahon, and R L Roach: Basic Aerodynamics H Babinsky and J K Harvey: Shock Wave–Boundary-Layer Interactions Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity ... Leishman: Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics, 2nd Edition J Katz and A Plotkin: Low-Speed Aerodynamics, 2nd Edition M J Abzug and E E Larrabee: Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 20:20

... Process Dynamics and Control Modeling for Control and Prediction Brian Roffel University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Ben Betlem University of Twente, The Netherlands Process Dynamics and Control ... Control Process Dynamics and Control Modeling for Control and Prediction Brian Roffel University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Ben Betlem University of Twente, The Netherlands Copyright © ... In 1970, Brian Roffel and I started an undergraduate course on process dynamics and control, actually the first one for future chemical and material engineers in The Netherlands Our idea was to...

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Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 11:10

... Securing OpenVPN Tunnels and Servers Securing and Stabilizing OpenVPN Linux and Firewalls Debian Linux and Webmin with Shorewall Installing Webmin and Shorewall Preparing Webmin and Shorewall for the ... Lines Broadband Internet Access and VPNs How Does a VPN Work? What are VPNs Used For? Networking Concepts—Protocols and Layers Tunneling and Overhead VPN Concepts—Overview A Proposed Standard for ... The Command openvpn and its Configuration File covers the syntax and options of OpenVPN in detail, including many examples Chapter 8: Securing OpenVPN Tunnels and Servers introduces safe and secure...

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2014, 15:38

... 2.2 Dynamics for Two-Strategy Games 23 2.3 Monotone Selection Dynamics 27 2.4 Fictitious Play and Best Response Dynamic 31 2.5 Convergence and Stability: NE and ESS 34 2.6 Three-Strategy Game Dynamics ... or r in the left-hand subgame (i.e., when player one uses L) and either or r in the right-hand subgame Suppose that his random observation is of a player using in the left-hand subgame together ... if and only 3 if ε < and an NSS if and only if ε ≤ 0.24 Of particular interest to us is the relationship between this NE and the dynamic trajectories Let us first consider continuous-time dynamics...

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