Culturally grounded indicators of resilience in social-ecological systems
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Impact of the invasive plant, Lantana camara, on bird assemblages at Male Mahadeshwara Reserve Forest, South India
Lantana camara is an invasive species that is widespread in India. Using birds as an indicator taxon, we investigated whether Lantana invasion was correlated with changes in ecosystem health of the moist and dry deciduous forests at the Male Madeshwara Hills, Karnataka. We studied Lantana at four densities, low, medium, and high, and a no-Lantana c...
Case studies on heavily modified waters in Germany / Fallstudien zu erheblich veraenderten Gewaessern in Deutschland
In a 2-year research project the designation of heavily modified water bodies according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been examined on the basis of four case studies, namely the river basin districts of the Elbe, Lahn, Seefelder Aach and Dhuenn, in order to concretise the WFD requirements in Germany. In particular, the purpose...
Fallstudien zu erheblich veraenderten Gewaessern in Deutschland
Germany
Radiation protection research projects. Programme report 2002 Summary of results from recent research projects of the BM...
The Federal Office of Radiation Protection awards research projects in the field of radiation protection on the behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The findings of these projects serve as decision-making aids in the development of radiation protection regulations as well as in the fulfilment of the B...
Impact of cropping methods on biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems in Sumatra, Indonesia
The sustainable management of biodiversity and productivity in forested lands requires an understanding of key interactions between socioeconomic and biophysical factors and their response to environmental change. Appropriate baseline data are rarely available. As part of a broader study on biodiversity and profitability, we examined the impact of ...
Strahlenschutzforschung. Programmreport 2002 Bericht ueber das vom Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz fachlich begleitete und...
Germany
Schwarze Elster, Mulde und Saale: Fischereibiologische Untersuchungen sowie Schadstoffbelastung von Brassen, Aal und Zan...
Germany
A new index to measure roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) browsing pressure on woody flora
To improve the management of cervid populations various indicators of ecological change have been formulated and notably the Index of browsing Pressure on the Flora (IPF), proposed to monitor roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, browsing pressure on woody vegetation. We show that the IPF (the browsing pressure defined for a series of sampling plots as th...
Schwarze Elster, Mulde and Saale: fishery biological studies and pollutoin stress on bream, eal and zander in the lower ...
Der vorliegende Bericht dokumentiert die Befunde von fischereibiologischen und von Schadstoffuntersuchungen an ausgewaehlten Fischarten aus den Unterlaeufen der drei Elbenebenfluesse Schwarze Elster, Mulde und Saale. Im Gegensatz zu einer aehnlichen im Jahr 1997 durchgefuehrten Befischung werden aktuell die Ergebnisse der fischbestandskundlichen Au...
