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View article: Evaluating the Performance of Multiple Precipitation Datasets over the Transboundary Ili River Basin Between China and Kazakhstan
Evaluating the Performance of Multiple Precipitation Datasets over the Transboundary Ili River Basin Between China and Kazakhstan Open
The Ili River Basin is characterized by complex topography and diverse climatic zones with limited in situ observations. This study evaluates the performance of six widely used precipitation datasets, CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed…
View article: The Heartland Environmental Alliance for Resilience & Transformation (HEART) – Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of People Across the Heartland Through Environmental Change Resilience Research, Education, and Outreach
The Heartland Environmental Alliance for Resilience & Transformation (HEART) – Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of People Across the Heartland Through Environmental Change Resilience Research, Education, and Outreach Open
HEART is a university‐led alliance of institutions, agencies, and industries committed to voicing the needs of the states in the central land area of the US and advancing research to develop innovative environmental solutions that strength…
View article: Selected Macroeconomic Indicators and Economic Wellbeing in Nigeria
Selected Macroeconomic Indicators and Economic Wellbeing in Nigeria Open
This study examines selected macroeconomic indicators and economic well-being in Nigeria. It focuses on the effects of exchange rate fluctuation, inflation, balance of payments, unemployment and literacy rate in both short and long run on …
View article: Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID): Community Insights for Scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology Field Campaign in Drylands
Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID): Community Insights for Scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology Field Campaign in Drylands Open
Dryland ecosystems cover 40% of our planet's land surface, support billions of people, and are responding rapidly to climate and land use change. These expansive systems also dominate core aspects of Earth's climate, storing and exchanging…
View article: Community Insights for scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology field campaign in drylands: ARID
Community Insights for scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology field campaign in drylands: ARID Open
Dryland ecosystems cover 40% of our planet’s land surface, support the lives of billions of people, and are responding dramatically to the combined effects of climate and land use change. These expansive and diverse systems also dominate c…
View article: Publishing in <scp>ESA</scp> Journals Supports Critical Programs for Science Communication, Training, and Diversity
Publishing in <span>ESA</span> Journals Supports Critical Programs for Science Communication, Training, and Diversity Open
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America is the official record of business of the Ecological Society of America, publishing non-refereed articles that cover ecological events, news and reports.
View article: The Global-DEP: A Research Programme to Promote Sustainability of Dryland Social-Ecological Systems
The Global-DEP: A Research Programme to Promote Sustainability of Dryland Social-Ecological Systems Open
In light of the escalating pace and heightened intensity of contemporary climate change and human interventions, a more systematic and comprehensive approach to research has become imperative for the realization of the Sustainable Developm…
View article: Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Americas
Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Americas Open
American drylands account for circa 20% of the global drylands and form a critical part of the global ecosystems. This study comprehensively assessed the ecology and socio-economic status of American drylands by analyzing original and publ…
View article: ESA Council Meeting February 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT Hosted on Zoom Meeting Report
ESA Council Meeting February 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT Hosted on Zoom Meeting Report Open
meeting of the new Council under the 2022 Bylaws.Council leadership team members were recognized, and others were introduced.Ariane encouraged everyone "rename" themselves
View article: Ten facts about land systems for sustainability
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability Open
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system sci…
View article: Looking Beyond Stockholm +50: The Ecological Science and Moving toward Solutions
Looking Beyond Stockholm +50: The Ecological Science and Moving toward Solutions Open
A summary of Symposium 2, held at the 2021 ESA Annual Meeting Part 1. Looking Beyond Stockholm +50: The Ecological Science: What have we learned and How is ecology being applied Part 2. Looking Beyond Stockholm +50: Moving toward Solutions…
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Dispatches • High-tech gear an increasing threat to fish • Polar vortex may tilt toward Eurasia next century • Biden administration to reverse Trump-era ESA rules • More Grauer's gorillas than known • Improving the resilience of Africa's d…
View article: Leveraging the anthropause
Leveraging the anthropause Open
In March 2020, the world went into lockdown in response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, outcomes have included quarantines and restrictions, which decimated the global economy; the exposure of frightening inequities; the dea…
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cial materials of these nests make their ecosystem functionality questionable.Thoemmes and Cove (Ecosphere,
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The common mistfrog from the Australian Wet
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report on the use of automated detection devices set up before, during, and aft er the shutdown as one of the primary tools researchers can use to evaluate how urban wildlife have responded to global shift s in human activity due to COVID-…
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used a thermal imaging camera to measure heat transfer between bison and their environment.The authors found that increasing ambient heat loads decreases growth rates and thus decreases body size of bison.Additionally, using Watts of energ…
View article: Assessing precipitation, evapotranspiration, and<scp>NDVI</scp>as controls of U.S. Great Plains plant production
Assessing precipitation, evapotranspiration, and<span>NDVI</span>as controls of U.S. Great Plains plant production Open
Productivity throughout the North American Great Plains grasslands is generally considered to be water limited, with the strength of this limitation increasing as precipitation decreases. We hypothesize that cumulative actual evapotranspir…
View article: Grounding simulation models with qualitative case studies: Toward a holistic framework to make climate science usable for US public land management
Grounding simulation models with qualitative case studies: Toward a holistic framework to make climate science usable for US public land management Open
Policies directing agencies and public land managers to incorporate climate change into management face several barriers. These stem, in part, from a disconnect between the information that is produced and the information needs of local re…
View article: The signature of sea surface temperature anomalies on the dynamics of semiarid grassland productivity
The signature of sea surface temperature anomalies on the dynamics of semiarid grassland productivity Open
We used long‐term observations of grassland aboveground net plant production (ANPP, 1939–2016), growing seasonal advanced very‐high‐resolution radiometer remote sensing normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data (1982–2016), and si…
View article: The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board(VIACS AB v1.0) contribution to CMIP6
The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services Advisory Board(VIACS AB v1.0) contribution to CMIP6 Open
This paper describes the motivation for the creation of the Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for the Sixth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), its initial activities, an…
View article: The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation, and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for CMIP6
The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation, and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board for CMIP6 Open
The Vulnerability, Impacts, Adaptation, and Climate Services (VIACS) Advisory Board was created to provide a strong bridge between climate change applications experts and climate modelers for the Sixth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercompa…
View article: Appendix B. Lifeform-varying biogeochemistry module parameters.
Appendix B. Lifeform-varying biogeochemistry module parameters. Open
Lifeform-varying biogeochemistry module parameters.