Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

MP Perring, RJ Standish, JN Price, MD Craig… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human
wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other …

Spatio-temporal dynamics of regulating ecosystem services in Europe–the role of past and future land use change

J Stürck, CJE Schulp, PH Verburg - Applied Geography, 2015 - Elsevier
Land use is a main driver for changes in supply and demand of regulating ecosystem
services (ES). Most current ES inventories are static and do not address dynamics of ES …

Strategic floodplain reconnection for the Lower Tisza River, Hungary: Opportunities for flood-height reduction and floodplain-wetland reconnection

RJ Guida, TL Swanson, JWF Remo, T Kiss - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
During the late 19th Century, the Tisza River's vast floodplain-wetland system was largely
disconnected by levees, facilitating “reclamation” for agriculture and resulting in an …

Trade-off and synergy among ecosystem services in the Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Region of China

K Qin, J Li, X Yang - International journal of environmental research and …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Natural ecosystems provide society with important goods and services. With rapidly
increasing populations and excessive utilization of natural resources, humans have been …

Performance of methods to select landscape metrics for modelling species richness

S Schindler, H von Wehrden, K Poirazidis… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Landscape metrics are commonly used indicators of ecological pattern and processes in
ecological modelling. Numerous landscape metrics are available, making the selection of …

Biodiversity and its drivers and pressures of change in the wetlands of the Upper Paraguay–Guaporé Ecotone, Mato Grosso (Brazil)

CJ Da Silva, KNS Sousa, SK Ikeda-Castrillon… - Land Use Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
The biogeographic regions Amazonia and the Pantanal, two areas of high biodiversity
importance, have a link to each other through an ecotone formed by the upstream part of the …

Setting priorities for urban forest planning. A comprehensive response to ecological and social needs for the metropolitan area of Rome (Italy)

G Capotorti, B Mollo, L Zavattero, I Anzellotti… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Urban forests represent key elements of green infrastructure and provide essential
ecosystem services in both the ecological and social spheres. Therefore, forestation …

[PDF][PDF] LTER-AUSTRIA WHITE PAPER

M Mirtl, M Bahn, T Battin, A Borsdorf… - Zu Lage und …, 2015 - academia.edu
1.1 AIM AND BACKGROUND OF THE WHITE PAPER: KEY MESSAGES 6 1.2 LTER AS A
GLOBAL AND EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK 7 1.3 “NEXT GENERATION LTER” 10 1.4 …

[PDF][PDF] Lower Danube 4D Reconnection—Strategic Framework for LU/Climate Change Adaptation

I Nichersu, M Staras, I Nichersu - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Nowadays, about 80% of the Danube floodplain—Romanian sector are embanked and
arranged with desiccation works and locally with drainage. Once with increasing pressures …

[PDF][PDF] La Cuenca Matanza-Riachuelo

A Faggi, J Breuste - Una mirada ambiental para recuperar sus …, 2015 - academia.edu
Los servicios ecosistémicos incluyen todas las funciones y procesos que benefician a la
sociedad en términos económicos o de calidad de vida. En general, se clasifican en cuatro …