Rapid assessment of soil erosion in the Rio Lempa Basin, Central America, using the universal soil loss equation and geographic information systems.

abstract：:This paper analyzes the human-nature interaction in a village in rural South Africa. It discusses preconditions, perceptions, and consequences of natural resource use, and places these findings into a regional and historical context. Applying an interdisciplinary perspective, the study uses interviews, questionnaires,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Haag F,Hajdu F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how large-scale bioenergy production can affect biodiversity and ecosystems is important if society is to meet current and future sustainable development goals. A variety of bioenergy production systems have been established within different contexts throughout the Pan American region, with wide-ranging ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kline KL,Martinelli FS,Mayer AL,Medeiros R,Oliveira CO,Sparovek G,Walter A,Venier LA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatio-temporal trends in infrastructure footprints, energy production, and landscape alteration were assessed for the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. The period of analysis was over four 2-year periods (2006-2014). Analyses used high-resolution imagery, as well as pipeline data to map EF infrastructure. Landscape conditio...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pierre JP,Young MH,Wolaver BD,Andrews JR,Breton CL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Greater Vancouver area has undergone significant land use and land cover (LULC) change over the past several decades, often adversely affecting stream health and water quality, particularly in those areas that have undergone the most urbanization. In this study 30 years of historical LULC and water quality data we...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Shupe S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migratory pastoralism is an adaptation to a harsh and unstable environment, and pastoral herders have traditionally adapted to environmental and climatic change by building on their in-depth knowledge of this environment. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, and particularly in the arid and semiarid areas of northern P...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Joshi S,Jasra WA,Ismail M,Shrestha RM,Yi SL,Wu N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ozegahara peatland, in the Nikko-Oze National Park in Japan, is ecologically significant because of its oligotrophic environment; it is one of the most strictly preserved areas in the country. The isotope ratio of nitrogen (15N/14N) and carbon (13C/12C) and C/N ratio of peat moss (Sphagnum spp.) and sundew (Droser...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Akagi T,Osawa K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic differences in the Posidonia oceanica meadow of Monterosso al Mare (NW Mediterranean, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) "Cinque Terre") were compared in three stations, at an increasing distance from a source of impact (beach nourishment) in the recent decade. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis showed a hig...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Micheli C,Cupido R,Lombardi C,Belmonte A,Peirano A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementing effective conservation requires an understanding of factors affecting deforestation and forest degradation. Previous studies have investigated factors affecting deforestation, while few studies have examined the determinants of both of deforestation and forest degradation for more than one period. To addr...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Htun NZ,Mizoue N,Yoshida S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desert springs, often the sole sources of water for wildlife and cattle, support wetland and wetland/upland transition ecosystems including rare and endemic species. In the basin and range province in Nevada, USA, springs in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts are sustained by interconnected deep carbonate and shallow ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Patten DT,Rouse L,Stromberg JC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While non-industrial private forest landowners have a significant amount of forest landholdings in the US, they are underrepresented in the California cap-and-trade market forest offset program. Additional participation could benefit both the market and non-industrial private forest landowners. We developed a mail que...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kelly EC,Gold GJ,Di Tommaso J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased interest in environmental change issues has led researchers to consider more integrated approaches to change dynamics. This paper examines change in terms of land degradation in north-central Botswana from both biophysical and human perspectives. Although seasonal and periodic droughts were prevalent, analys...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ringrose S,Chanda R,Nkambwe M,Sefe F

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecological compensation principle was introduced by the Dutch government in 1993. This principle is designed to enhance the input of nature conservation interests in decision-making on large-scale development projects and to counterbalance the ecological impacts of such developments when implemented. This article ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Cuperus R,Bakermans MM,De Haes HA,Canters KJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although changes in depth to groundwater occur naturally, anthropogenic alterations may exacerbate these fluctuations and, thus, affect vegetation reliant on groundwater. These effects include changes in physiology, structure, and community dynamics, particularly in arid regions where groundwater can be an important w...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Naumburg E,Mata-Gonzalez R,Hunter RG,McLendon T,Martin DW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the age of climate change, the demand and lack of pure water challenges many communities. Substantial amount of effort is put in every year to manage and restore degraded lakes while the long-term effects of those efforts are only poorly known or monitored. Oxygenation, or aeration, is used extensively for the rest...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Nygrén NA,Tapio P,Horppila J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Geomorphologically derived river styles provide an integrative framework for examining the interactions of biophysical processes in rivers throughout a drainage basin. Nine styles of river character and behavior are identified in Bega catchment, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Headwater streams abo...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Brierley GJ,Fryirs K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of disturbance from construction work around Cardiff Bay, south Wales, on the densities and feeding behavior of seven waterbird species was studied over an 11-year period. Construction of a barrage across the mouth of the bay has subsequently resulted in its impoundment; other major works included the const...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Burton NH,Rehfisch MM,Clark NA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive management leitmotiv of "learning to manage and managing to learn" sets out an attractive agenda for dealing with the overwhelming complexity of environmental phenomena that humans have problematized. To ensure that this rallying cry translates into effective action, it is important to give consideration ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stubbs M,Lemon M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Preisner M,Neverova-Dziopak E,Kowalewski Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the potential for landscape governance in large-scale commodity landscapes in Indonesia. It conceptualizes landscape governance as the spatialization of governance, which entails the interplay between natural-spatial conditions of place, public-private actor constellations, and policy responses. ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： van Oosten C,Moeliono M,Wiersum F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined long-term (10 years) meadow plant community responses to (1) livestock grazing under riparian grazing utilization limits; (2) suspension of livestock grazing; and (3) meadow site wetness and precipitation on the Inyo National Forest, California. Observed trends in meadow plant species richness, diversity, ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Freitas MR,Roche LM,Weixelman D,Tate KW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical requirement for a successful river restoration project in a dynamic gravel bed river is that it be compatible with natural hydraulic and sediment transport processes operating at the reach scale. The potential for failure is greater at locations where the influence of natural processes is inconsistent with ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： DeVries P,Aldrich R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An index based method is developed that ranks the subwatersheds of a watershed based on their relative impacts on watershed response to anticipated land developments, and then applied to an urbanizing watershed in Eastern Pennsylvania. Simulations with a semi-distributed hydrologic model show that computed low- and hi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kalin L,Hantush MM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial advances have been made in our understanding of the movement of species, including processes such as dispersal and migration. This knowledge has the potential to improve decisions about biodiversity policy and management, but it can be difficult for decision makers to readily access and integrate the growi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Barton PS,Lentini PE,Alacs E,Bau S,Buckley YM,Burns EL,Driscoll DA,Guja LK,Kujala H,Lahoz-Monfort JJ,Mortelliti A,Nathan R,Rowe R,Smith AL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:/ Because studies estimating density of gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have been labor intensive and costly, I demonstrate the use of line transect surveys to estimate gray squirrel density and determine the costs of conducting surveys to achieve precise estimates. Density estimates are based on four transects ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Hein EW

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further the understanding of climate change adaptation processes, more attention needs to be paid to the various contextual factors that shape whether and how climate-related knowledge and information is received and acted upon by actors involved. This study sets out to examine the characteristics of forest owners'...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： André K,Baird J,Gerger Swartling Å,Vulturius G,Plummer R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimates of potential and actual C sequestration require areal information about various types of management activities. Forest surveys, land use data, and agricultural statistics contribute information enabling calculation of the impacts of current and historical land management on C sequestration in biomass (in for...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Conant RT,Paustian K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recreational beach use with off-road vehicles is popular, but potentially harmful from an environmental perspective. Beaches are important habitats to invertebrates such as ghost crabs of the genus Ocyopde, which excavate extensive and elaborate burrows. Ghost crabs are sensitive to human pressures and changes in burr...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lucrezi S,Schlacher TA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that ecological restoration projects are more likely to gain public support if they simultaneously increase important human services that natural resources provide to people. River restoration projects have the potential to influence many of the societal functions (e.g., flood control, water quality...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Golet GH,Roberts MD,Larsen EW,Luster RA,Unger R,Werner G,White GG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the end of the 20th century, optimism existed that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can form an integral part in conservation and development strategies. However, there is limited knowledge on how the different stakeholders could relate to the state or to each other in promoting commercialization of NTFPs. Applyi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ndeinoma A,Wiersum KF,Arts B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragmentation of the forests affects forest ecosystems by changing the composition, shape, and configuration of the resulting patches. Subsequently, the prevailing conditions vary between patches. The exposure to the sun decreases from the patch boundary to the patch interior and this forms core and edge areas within ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Marušák R,Kašpar J,Hlavatý R,Kotek V,Kuželka K,Vopěnka P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00