Beam on elastic foundation theory is widely employed when studying railway track
behaviour, for applications such as track dynamics, and noise and vibration. At a basic level …

A framework for exploring regional-scale trade-offs among ecosystem services and
biodiversity protection has been established for some time, and it is clear that optimizing …

Land-use intensification can increase provisioning ecosystem services, such as food and
timber production, but it also drives changes in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity loss …

Coral reefs can provide significant coastal protection benefits to people and property. Here
we show that the annual expected damages from flooding would double, and costs from …

Trade-offs and synergies in the supply of forest ecosystem services are common but the
drivers of these relationships are poorly understood. To guide management that seeks to …

Human-driven threats are changing biodiversity, impacting ecosystem services. The loss of
one species can trigger secondary extinctions of additional species, because species …

Estudio sobre los orígenes del conflicto social armado, razones de su persistencia y sus
efectos más profundos en la sociedad Page 1 1 Comisión Histórica del conflicto y sus víctimas …

Mangrove species are uniquely adapted to tropical and subtropical coasts, and although
relatively low in number of species, mangrove forests provide at least US $1.6 billion each …

The concept of ecosystems services has become an important model for linking the
functioning of ecosystems to human welfare. Understanding this link is critical for a wide …

Research on ecosystem services has become a dominant field within environmental
management, framing the way in which human–nature relationships are understood and …