Öko-effiziente Dienstleistungen sind ein Konzept, mit dem negative Umweltwirkungen des Wirtschaftens reduziert werden können, ohne Kunden zu vernachlässigen oder Wettbewerbschancen zu vergeben. Das Wohnen hat weitreichende ökologische Folgewirkungen und ist von großer ökonomischer...

1. We analysed time-series data from populations of red kangaroos (Macropus rufus, Desmarest) inhabiting four areas in the pastoral zone of South Australia. We formulated a set of a priori models to disentangle the relative effects of the covariates: rainfall, harvesting, intraspecific...

This dissertation links the natural and social sciences, using modeling techniques to enhance understanding of the functioning of a complex ecosystem and its relevance to humans. For this purpose, I developed a Regional Unified Metatomodel of the Brazilian Amazon (RUMBA) to simulate the Amazon...

The allocation of limited resources to competing body parts during development may affect both the absolute and relative sizes of physical traits, creating potentially dramatic consequences for the evolution of morphology. While negative correlations between the sizes of body parts...

Sustainable development and the Triple Bottom Line integrated sustainability concept focus on the choices between the imperatives of economic efficiency, social development and environmentalsustainability. Corporate governance is being imposed by stakeholders and corporate socialresponsibility...

There are many crises in today's world and most of them are interconnected and interrelated and contribute to what Brown (2007) recently referred to as 'dark times'. The list seems endless - climate change, pollution and loss of bio-diversity, social inequality and injustice, organized crime and...

Invasive alien trees and shrubs pose significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services in South African fynbos ecosystems. An ambitious initiative, the Working for Water program, commenced in 1995 to reduce the extent and impact of plant invasions. Despite substantial progress, the...