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Needs Assessment for Climate Information on Decadal Timescales and Longer
(Elsevier, 2010)
Societal needs for climate information on decadal timescales is confirmed in terms of its potential value and relevance as a driver in sector decision-making, but such information is currently lacking. Predictions and ...
Can livestock and fires convert the sub-tropical mountain rangelands of central Argentina into a rocky desert?
(Australian Rangeland Soc, 2013-03)
Soil erosion, as a result of livestock grazing, has been widely reported for arid and semi-arid ecosystems, but information is lacking in more mesic ecosystems where erosion is generally studied in relation to agriculture. ...
Postfire responses of the woody flora of Central Chile: insights from a germination experiment
(Public Library Science, 2017)
Fire is a selective agent shaping plant traits and community assembly in fire-prone ecosystems. However, in ecosystems with no fire history, it can be a cause of land degradation when it is suddenly introduced by humans, ...
Vulnerability of small forest patches to fire in the Paraiba do Sul River Valley, southeast Brazil: Implications for restoration of the Atlantic Forest biome
(2020-06-01)
The Atlantic Forest biome, a biodiversity hotspot historically threatened by deforestation and human disturbance, has recently seen a net gain in native forest cover due to changes in land use, enactment of new laws, and ...
A 55-year-old natural experiment gives evidence of the effects of changes in fire frequency on ecosystem properties in a seasonal subtropical dry forest
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019-02)
Fire frequency has been highlighted as an important component of fire effects on ecosystems; nevertheless, there is scarce information about how fire modulates changes in ecosystem properties, particularly for subtropical ...
Identificación y análisis de los factores de riesgo en el municipio de Carmen de Carupa - Cundinamarca, para el fortalecimiento del esquema de ordenamiento territorial
(Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ingeniería. Ingeniería Ambiental y Sanitaria, 2018)
An evaluation of direct seeding for reforestation of degraded lands in central São Paulo state, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2001-10-15)
As part of a larger study evaluating several silvicultural techniques for restoring tropical moist forests on abandoned agricultural lands in southeastern Brazil, direct seeding with five early-successional Atlantic forest ...
An evaluation of direct seeding for reforestation of degraded lands in central São Paulo state, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2001-10-15)
As part of a larger study evaluating several silvicultural techniques for restoring tropical moist forests on abandoned agricultural lands in southeastern Brazil, direct seeding with five early-successional Atlantic forest ...
Biodiversity responses to land-use and restoration in a global biodiversity hotspot: Ant communities in Brazilian Cerrado
(2019-04-01)
Given that land-use change is the main cause of global biodiversity decline, there is widespread interest in adopting land-use practices that maintain high levels of biodiversity, and in restoring degraded land that ...