Review
Behavioral Sciences
Gerald Kerth
Summary: Animal species vary greatly in longevity, with long-lived species of high conservation concern and scientific interest. Long-term field studies on mammals are rare due to the resources required and the career and funding regime in science. However, these studies provide valuable insights into animal behavior and data for protecting populations.
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katherine A. Culbertson, Mark S. Garland, Richard K. Walton, Louise Zemaitis, Victoria M. Pocius
Summary: Research indicates that Eastern North American monarch butterflies are showing a significant delay in migration timing, which may be related to warming temperatures. While there is no significant change in population at the study location, data from overwintering sites in Mexico show a substantial decline in monarch abundance over the same period.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Cheng Liu, Youwen Sun, Changgong Shan, Wei Wang, Justus Notholt, Mathias Palm, Hao Yin, Yuan Tian, Jixi Gao, Huiqin Mao
Summary: Long-term observations of atmospheric constituents are significant for understanding climate change and carbon budget impact in China. This study provides an overview of China's first ground-based high-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometry observation station in Hefei, which can observe more than 30 atmospheric constituents.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Teresa Lo Feudo, Riccardo Alvise Mel, Salvatore Sinopoli, Mario Maiolo
Summary: Nearshore marine systems play a crucial role in providing economic and ecological services to human communities. This study examines the climatology of the Marine Experimental Station of Capo Tirone, Italy through a 70-year wave climate analysis. The findings indicate the need for extensive monitoring and protection of marine protected areas to support the sustainable development of coastal regions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior, Mendelson Lima, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Jose Francisco de Oliveira-Junior, Fernando Saragosa Rossi, Beatriz Miky Funatsu, Weslei Butturi, Thais Lourenconi, Aline Kraeski, Tatiane Deoti Pelissari, Francielli Aloisio Moratelli, Damien Arvor, Iago Manuelson dos Santos Luz, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro, Vincent Dubreuil, Vinicius Modolo Teixeira
Summary: The Amazon Basin is experiencing environmental degradation due to deforestation and an increase in fires. The fires are made worse by anomalously dry periods in the region.
Article
Entomology
James Cane
Summary: This study focuses on the annual emergence dates of four species of ground-nesting bees, finding that they exhibit a similar emergence range as wildflowers and are related to temperature cues. Global warming is affecting seasonal events, but native bees seem to have the phenological flexibility to adapt to the changing climate and maintain their pollination services.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Terence A. Palmer, Andrew G. Klein, Stephen T. Sweet, Paul A. Montagna, Larry J. Hyde, Jose Sericano, Terry L. Wade, Mahlon C. Kennicutt, Jennifer Beseres Pollack
Summary: Improved waste management at McMurdo Station in the 1980s led to decreases in PAH and metal contamination in adjacent marine sediments. However, the recovery of macrobenthic communities did not show significant improvement and was more correlated with climatic and sea ice dynamics than contaminant concentrations. Continuing environmental vigilance and considering climate effects are necessary for determining the impact of human activities in Antarctica on ecological systems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jeffrey R. R. Propster, Egbert Schwartz, Michaela Hayer, Samantha Miller, Victoria Monsaint-Queeney, Benjamin J. J. Koch, Ember M. M. Morrissey, Michelle C. C. Mack, Bruce A. A. Hungate
Summary: Increases in Arctic temperatures have thawed permafrost and accelerated tundra soil microbial activity, releasing greenhouse gases that amplify climate warming. Warming over time has also accelerated shrub encroachment in the tundra, altering plant input abundance and quality, and causing further changes to soil microbial processes. Short-term and long-term warming had different effects on the growth responses of individual bacterial taxa, with short-term warming increasing average growth rates across the assemblage and long-term warming more significantly increasing growth rates, mainly attributed to taxa that co-occurred in the ambient temperature controls.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Cenk Donmez, Marcus Schmidt, Ahmet Cilek, Meike Grosse, Carsten Paul, Wilfried Hierold, Katharina Helming
Summary: Long-Term Field Experiments (LTEs) were used to study the long-term effects of different management practices. The objective of this study was to quantify the expected changes in agro-climatic conditions at German LTE sites. A framework combining climate data and LTE metadata was developed to identify possible climatic changes and facilitate future agricultural research.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fatemeh Khosravi, Andrea Taylor, Yim Ling Siu
Summary: Decision-makers can use climate information to adapt to the risks of climate variability and change, but the climate products need to be tailored according to users' specific information needs. Water managers in China require climate data with different timescales and variables, primarily obtaining historical, weather, and seasonal forecasts data from the China Meteorological Administration. By using external sources of climate change projections, users in China can critically evaluate the climate services provided by the CMA and understand the limitations of current services such as limited variables and timescales.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
N. Cannone, M. Guglielmin, S. Ponti
Summary: Antarctic vegetation has been recognized as a valuable bio-indicator for tracking climatic and environmental changes. This study evaluates the applicability and limitations of ground-based remote sensing in monitoring vegetation changes in continental Antarctica. The results show that remote sensing methods provide accurate estimations for total vegetation coverage, especially for high cover moss. However, these methods are not suitable for determining the cover of dominant species. The study also highlights the importance of considering seasonality in remote sensing to accurately quantify vegetation cover.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Charles J. J. Krebs, Alice J. J. Kenney, B. Scott Gilbert, Rudy Boonstra
Summary: This study reports 50 years of monitoring and experimentation on the red-backed vole population in the North American boreal forest. The population has shown consistent 3-4-year cycles, with peak densities increasing since 2000. The study found that food resources, predator numbers, and winter weather affect density changes, and social interactions at high density may be a missing piece in understanding the cycles.
INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Andrew J. Felton, Robert K. Shriver, Michael Stemkovski, John B. Bradford, Katharine N. Suding, Peter B. Adler
Summary: Rapid climate change can exceed ecosystems' adaptability, with consequences for ecosystem functioning often overlooked in climate change impact projections. Uncertainties related to climate disequilibrium are found to be a dominant source of uncertainty in long-term ecological response projections, with the importance of understanding and regulating climate disequilibrium processes emphasized for improving predictions and management.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ian R. Young, Agustinus Ribal
Summary: A long-duration, multi-mission altimeter dataset was analyzed to evaluate its accuracy in measuring long-term trends in significant wave height. Two calibration methods were investigated, with the altimeter-altimeter approach showing larger positive trends globally. However, both methods are affected by temporal non-homogeneity between altimeter missions. The study concluded that the accuracy in determining trends in significant wave height is limited to approximately +/- 0.2 cm/year. The sampling pattern of the altimeters was also examined, and it was found that under-sampling can bias trend estimates at the 99th percentile level, but not significantly at lower percentiles (90th and mean).
Article
Economics
Matthew E. Kahn, Kamiar Mohaddes, Ryan N. C. Ng, M. Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi, Jui-Chung Yang
Summary: The study shows that persistent changes in temperature can negatively impact economic activity, while changes in precipitation do not have a statistically significant effect. Losses from climate change vary significantly across countries.
Article
Ornithology
Kristen E. Dybala, Melanie L. Truan, Andrew Engilis
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Annie E. Schmidt, Kristen E. Dybala, Louis W. Botsford, John M. Eadie, Russell W. Bradley, Jaime Jahncke
Review
Ornithology
Nathaniel E. Seavy, Kristen E. Dybala, Mark A. Snyder
Article
Ecology
Kristen E. Dybala, Thomas Gardali, John M. Eadie
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kristen E. Dybala, John M. Eadie, Thomas Gardali, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Mark P. Herzog
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kristen E. Dybala, Virginia Matzek, Thomas Gardali, Nathaniel E. Seavy
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kristen E. Dybala, Kristin Steger, Robert G. Walsh, David R. Smart, Thomas Gardali, Nathaniel E. Seavy
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Diana L. Humple, Renee L. Cormier, T. Will Richardson, Ryan D. Burnett, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Kristen E. Dybala, Thomas Gardali
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Ornithology
Mark D. Dettling, Kristen E. Dybala, Diana L. Humple, Thomas Gardali
Summary: Protected areas in the San Francisco Bay Area of California have shown effectiveness in safeguarding bird populations and aiding in their recovery. Both strong riparian vegetation associated species and migratory species can benefit from protected areas in the region.
ORNITHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Gregory H. Golet, Kristen E. Dybala, Matthew E. Reiter, Kristin A. Sesser, Mark Reynolds, Rodd Kelsey
Summary: This study used bioenergetics modeling to estimate the food energy needs of shorebirds in the Central Valley of California and analyzed the contributions of habitat incentive programs in meeting these needs. The results showed a consistent pattern of habitat shortfalls for shorebirds, especially in the fall and spring seasons. Strategies such as increasing habitat investments, adjusting the timing of habitat programs, and implementing a dynamic conservation approach were recommended to address these energy deficits.
ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Thomas Gardali, Kristen E. Dybala, Nathaniel E. Seavy
Summary: Multiple-Benefit Conservation is defined as conservation efforts designed to simultaneously benefit local communities, enhance ecological function, and improve habitat quality for fish and wildlife. Key features include setting multiple goals at the outset and achieving them simultaneously.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Kristen E. Dybala, Andrew Engilis, John A. Trochet, Irene E. Engilis, Melanie L. Truan
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
(2018)
