Essays about: "refugia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word refugia.

  1. 1. Riparian plant biodiversity and community composition of ditches and straightened streams : identifying key environmental drivers in a boreal forest setting

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Rasmus Staaf; [2024]
    Keywords : artificial waterways; riparian zone; novel ecosystems; ; forestry; ditch network maintenance; species richness; hill-diversity; drainage ditches; coarse woody debris; ditch cleaning; ecology;

    Abstract : Modified ecosystems are typically seen as degraded and having no ecological value. In many cases, the modification of the ecosystem was done more than 100 years ago and may have had time to recover and become a refugia for species that were once more common in the landscape. READ MORE

  3. 2. Incorporation of climate effects in marine spatial planning. Possible Climate Refugia on the Swedish West Coast Based on Two Climate Scenarios

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för marina vetenskaper

    Author : Eric Strömberg; [2023-08-11]
    Keywords : Climate Refugia; Climate Change; Representative Concentration Patterns; Marine Spatial Planning; Geographical Information Systems; Temperature; Salinity; Marine Management; Swedish West Coast;

    Abstract : Climate change poses a significant threat to the survival and distribution of marine species and habitats. Identification and conservation of climate refugia have emerged as a strategy to safeguard vulnerable habitats and promote species resilience. READ MORE

  4. 3. Demography of Birch Populations across Scandinavia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Växtekologi och evolution; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Janek Sendrowski; [2022]
    Keywords : birch; betula; pubescens; pendula; betula pubescens; betula pendula; silver birch; downy birch; demography; population structure; distribution of fitness effects; DFE; dadi; UMAP; PCA; ADMIXTURE; polyDFE; ice age; glaciation; tree; boreal forest; climate change; adaption; tetraploid; diploid-tetraploid introgression; Scandinavia; genetic cluster; pipeline; snakemake; bioinformatics; reproducible; population genetics; postglacial population expansion; demographic history; FEEMS; site-frequency spectrum; SFS; last glacial maximum; LGM; workflow; python; population expansion; population growth; EST-SFS; 0-fold degenerate; 4-fold degenerate; maximum likelihood estimation; MLE; variant call format; VCF; single-nucleotide polymorphism; SNP;

    Abstract : Boreal forests are particularly vulnerable to climate change, experiencing a much more drastic increase in temperatures and having a limited amount of more northern refugia. The trees making up these vast and important ecosystems already had to adapt previously to environmental pressures brought about by the repeated glaciations during past ice ages. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Guardian Forest : sacred trees and ceremonial forestry in Japan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Oscar Nilzén; [2021]
    Keywords : sacred forests; shrine; Japan; religion; forest management;

    Abstract : Forests have played a major role in the development of human society across the world. It is therefore no surprise that a natural resource which is such an integral part of human life gave rise to religious beliefs, superstition and notions of the supernatural in connection to trees. READ MORE

  6. 5. Protecting biocultural refugia? : Political ecology perspectives on sustainable food production in the context of two Swedish biosphere reserves

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Ella Hagberg; [2021]
    Keywords : biosphere reserve; food production; political ecology; biocultural refugia; biocultural diversity; biocultural heritage; traditional ecological knowledge;

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