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compensate for permitted wetland losses. These mitigation wetlands can provide ecosystem services similar to original wetlands if … in the Army Corps permit files represent actual wetland creation, ecosystem services value is estimated using a wetland … is used for the analysis. The results indicate that cumulative ecosystem services value per acre per year is in the range …
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Land cover change impacts ecosystem function across the globe. The use of land cover data is vital in the detection of …
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The Adelaide-Mt Lofty Region of South Australia is an exemplar, in microcosm, of the issues confronting biodiversity conservation in a world of increasing population and a drying, fire-prone environment. At just 0.1% of Australia’s terrestrial land mass, this area is largely peninsular and...
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density under different land use/land cover (LULC) types, altitudinal zones and aspect directions in a montane ecosystem of …
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In this article, we argue that research on land reform in the nation of Zimbabwe has overlooked possibilities of integrating geospatial methods into analyses and, at the same time, geographers have not adequately developed techniques for this application. Scholars have generally been captured...
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Changes in the hydrology of sediments in tidal marshes or landfills may affect the uptake of metals in the vegetation. Leaf and stem samples of <i>Salix cinerea</i> (grey sallow) were collected during four consecutive growing seasons at six contaminated plots on a polluted dredged sediment landfill and...
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This paper proposes the use of agent-based models (ABMs) as “interested amateurs” in policy making, and uses the example of the SWAP model of soil and water conservation adoption to demonstrate the potential of this approach. Daniel Dennett suggests experts often talk past or misunderstand...
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, thereby impacting significantly on ecosystem services delivered by the natural system. …
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Interacting land use demands and competing interests originating from fields such as agriculture, housing, mobility and nature conservation call for integrated governance approaches that incorporate disciplinary perspectives and arbitrate between them. The German research program “Sustainable...
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This study deals with the landscape evolution reflected in the changes of land cover in the suburban area of Marathon, Attica, Greece. The study was based on remote sensing images covering the time period between 1945 and 2007. Several other types of data were also used, such as a digital...
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