abstract：:The scientific understanding of the recreation experience and the environmentally responsible behavior of nature-based tourists is limited. This study examines the relationship among the recreation experience, environmental attitude, biospheric value, and the general and site-specific environmentally responsible behav...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lee TH,Jan FH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to assess the biological water of the Iranian Tajan River using different metrics, i.e., a Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index (MMI) and a traits-based method. Twenty-eight physico-chemical parameters, 10 habitat factors, and abundance of macroinvertebrates were obtained for 17 sites....

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Aazami J,Esmaili Sari A,Abdoli A,Sohrabi H,Van den Brink PJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A numerical water quality criterion in the U.S. consists of three components representing magnitude, duration, and frequency. While magnitude and duration are well defined and conceptually unambiguous, the meaning of the frequency component is often debatable. We interpret the frequency component as a tool for account...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Qian SS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rivers in developing and emerging countries often lack good water quality. Tools to assess the water quality in rivers, including identification of possible sources of pollution, are therefore of increasing importance. The aim of this study is to apply mathematical material flow and spatial land use analyses to identi...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kupkanchanakul W,Kwonpongsagoon S,Bader HP,Scheidegger R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlations between perennials and the herbaceous productivity in patches occupied by them were previously studied and several descriptive models were defined. Yet these studies focused on either single or several species without analyzing higher numbers and ranking their effects. Here we describe a handy analyti...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mor-Mussery A,Leu S,Budovsky A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 30 years has seen an increase in environmental, socio-economic, and recreational objectives being considered throughout the forest planning process. In the Finnish context these are considered mainly at the regional level potentially missing out on more local issues and problems. Such local information would ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kangas A,Rasinmäki J,Eyvindson K,Chambers P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to understand the vulnerability of the water management system in south Florida and to determine the resilience and robustness of greater Everglades restoration plans under future climate change. The current climate models, at both global and regional scales, are not ready to deliver specific climatic ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Obeysekera J,Barnes J,Nungesser M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change will further exacerbate wetland deterioration, especially in the Mediterranean region. On the one side, it will accelerate the decline in the populations and species of plants and animals, this resulting in an impoverishment of biological abundance. On the other one, it will also promote biotic homogeni...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Faccioli M,Riera Font A,Torres Figuerola CM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dutch peatlands have been subsiding due to peat decomposition, shrinkage and compression, since their reclamation in the 11th century. Currently, subsidence amounts to 1-2 cm/year. Water management in these areas is complex and costly, greenhouse gases are being emitted, and surface water quality is relatively poor. R...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Brouns K,Eikelboom T,Jansen PC,Janssen R,Kwakernaak C,van den Akker JJ,Verhoeven JT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitated riparian zones in agricultural landscapes enhance environmental integrity and provide environmental services such as carbon (C) sequestration. This study quantified differences in organic matter input, soil biochemical characteristics, and soil respiration in a 25-year-old rehabilitated (RH), grass (GRS)...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Oelbermann M,Raimbault BA,Gordon AM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of human activity on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g., net ecosystem exchange (NEE), ecosystem respiration (R(eco)), and gross ecosystem exchange (GEE)) are crucial for projecting future uptake of CO2 in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how ecosystem that carbon fluxes respond to grazing exclusion is still under ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Chen J,Shi W,Cao J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enabling and enacting 'practical action' (i.e., purposeful and concerted collective action) in catchments is a key challenge in responding to a wide range of pressing catchment and natural resource management (NRM) issues. It is particularly a challenge in responding to 'wicked problems,' where generating action is no...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Patterson JJ,Smith C,Bellamy J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A map of ecological regions of the conterminous United States, first published in 1987, has been greatly refined and expanded into a hierarchical spatial framework in response to user needs, particularly by state resource management agencies. In collaboration with scientists and resource managers from numerous agencie...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Omernik JM,Griffith GE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring is essential to track the long-term recovery of endangered species. Greater emphasis on habitat monitoring is especially important for taxa whose populations may be difficult to quantify (e.g., insects) or when true recovery (delisting) requires continuous species-specific habitat management. In this paper,...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bried J,Tear T,Shirer R,Zimmerman C,Gifford N,Campbell S,O'Brien K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at determining, under field conditions, early interactions between planted cypress seedlings and their associated shrubs in a mesic area of Andean Patagonia and, in a nursery, the effects of increasing light availability on cypress performance when soil water was not a limiting factor. The field e...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Pafundi L,Urretavizcaya MF,Defossé GE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban ecosystems are increasingly influenced by residential yard care decisions. This had led researchers to focus on homeowner education programs when it comes to yard care. Typically, the success of programs designed to influence yard care is based on whether the target subject changes his or her behavior in a more ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Martini NF,Nelson KC,Dahmus ME

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As conservation increases its emphasis on implementing change at landscape-level scales, multi-agency, cross-boundary, and multi-stakeholder networks become more important. These elements complicate traditional notions of learning. To investigate this further, we examined structures of learning in the Landscape Conser...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Petersen B,Montambault J,Koopman M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial lighting along coastlines poses a significant threat to marine turtles due to the importance of light for their natural orientation at the nesting beach. Effective lighting management requires widespread support and participation, yet engaging the public with light reduction initiatives is difficult because...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kamrowski RL,Sutton SG,Tobin RC,Hamann M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecosystem-based approaches to aquaculture integrate environmental concerns into planning. Social-ecological systems research can improve this approach by explicitly relating ecological and social dynamics of change at multiple scales. Doing so requires not only addressing direct effects of aquaculture but also conside...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Benessaiah K,Sengupta R

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Anthropogenic disturbances in wetland ecosystems can alter the composition and structure of plant assemblages and affect system functions. Extensive oil and gas extraction has occurred in wetland habitats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast since the early 1900s. Activities involved with three-dimensional (3D) sei...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Howard RJ,Wells CJ,Michot TC,Johnson DJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban vegetation can mitigate increases in summer air temperature by reducing the solar gain received by buildings. To quantify the temperature-moderating influence of city trees and vine-covered buildings, a total of 13 pairs of temperature loggers were installed on the surfaces of eight buildings in downtown Toronto...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Millward AA,Torchia M,Laursen AE,Rothman LD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural resource planning processes on public lands in the United States are driven in large part by the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which dictates general processes for analyzing and disclosing the likely impacts of proposed actions. The outcomes of these processes are the result of ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Stern MJ,Martin CA,Predmore SA,Morse WC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdoor water use is a key component in arid city water systems for achieving sustainable water use and ensuring water security. Using evapotranspiration (ET) calculations as a proxy for outdoor water consumption, the objectives of this research are to quantify outdoor water consumption of different land use and land ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kaplan S,Myint SW,Fan C,Brazel AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In agricultural landscapes, studies that identify factors driving species richness and occupancy are important because they can guide farmers to use conservation practices that minimize species loss. In this context, anurans are threatened by habitat loss because they depend on the characteristics of both local water ...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Prado VH,Rossa-Feres Dde C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is protected by conservation policy throughout its range. Efforts to protect the species from further decline demand detailed understanding of its habitat requirements, which have not yet been rigorously defined. Current methods of identifying gopher tortoise habitat typically...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kowal VA,Schmolke A,Kanagaraj R,Bruggeman D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land-use change from one type to another affects soil carbon (C) stocks which is associated with fluxes of CO2 to the atmosphere. The 10-years converted land selected from previously cultivated land in hilly areas of Sichuan, China was studied to understand the effects of land-use conversion on soil organic casrbon (S...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Zhang JH,Li FC,Wang Y,Xiong DH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the heightened pace and extent of human interactions with landscapes, there is increasing recognition of the interdependence of hydrogeomorphological, ecological, and human systems in understanding human-landscape interactions. There is also widespread agreement for greater integration across disciplinary bounda...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Gerlak AK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transportation infrastructure in national parks has historically been designed for the automobile. With more vehicles in the parks, visitors found themselves in circumstances more reminiscent of a city than a park. Traffic jams, overcrowding, illegal parking, horn honking, and idling vehicles became common, creating s...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Mace BL,Marquit JD,Bates SC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research addresses the need to improve our knowledge on the demand for national forests for recreation and offers an in-depth data analysis supported by the complementary use of count data and ordered models. From a policy-making perspective, while count data models enable the estimation of monetary welfare measu...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Simões P,Barata E,Cruz L

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:This article investigates the involvement of local stakeholders in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes of Ghana's first off-shore oil fields (the Jubilee fields). Adopting key informants interviews and documentary reviews, the article argues that the public hearings and the other stakeholder engagement...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Bawole JN

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of many shorebird species are declining; habitat loss and degradation are among the leading causes for these declines. Shorebirds use a variety of habitats along interior migratory routes including managed moist soil units, natural wetlands, sandbars, and agricultural lands such as harvested rice fields. L...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Lehnen SE,Krementz DG

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formulation of standards of quality in parks and outdoor recreation can be guided by normative theory and related empirical methods. We apply this approach to measure the acceptability of a range of use levels in national parks in Turkey and the United States. Using statistical methods for comparing norm curves across...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Sayan S,Krymkowski DH,Manning RE,Valliere WA,Rovelstad EL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red sesbania is an invasive South American shrub that has rapidly expanded its range along California waterways, emphasizing the need to prioritize eradication sites at a regional scale. To accomplish this, we updated baseline location data in summer 2010 using field surveys throughout the state. We collected relevant...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Robison R,Barve N,Owens C,Skurka Darin G,DiTomaso JM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a close relationship between ports and reef areas, mainly because reefs provide protection to vessels against extreme weather events like storms and hurricanes. This historical relationship has generated severe impacts on reef ecosystems. In order to identify the main impacts from the construction of port fac...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Valadez-Rocha V,Ortiz-Lozano L

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological impacts associated with nature-based recreation and tourism can compromise park and protected area goals if left unrestricted. Protected area agencies are increasingly incorporating indicator-based management frameworks into their management plans to address visitor impacts. Development of indicators requir...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Walden-Schreiner C,Leung YF

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since wetland construction projects are becoming more commonplace, meaningful follow-up studies are needed to evaluate how these systems change over time. To that end, the objective of our study was to examine the temporal changes in plant community composition and water chemistry in two constructed wetlands. We inves...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Kearney MA,Fickbohm S,Zhu W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent greening of the Sahel region and increase in vegetation cover around pastoral settlements previously described as "man-made deserts", have raised important questions on the permanency of land degradation associated with the over-exploitation of woody plants. Evidence presented is mostly on increased wetness...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Roba HG,Oba G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the causes of forest fires, and of the main driving factors of ignition, is an indispensable step towards effective fire prevention policies. This study analyses the factors driving forest fire ignition in the Mediterranean region including the most common human and environmental factors used for modellin...

journal_title：Environmental management

authors： Ganteaume A,Camia A,Jappiot M,San-Miguel-Ayanz J,Long-Fournel M,Lampin C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00