Sentence examples for changes in ecological processes from inspiring English sources

In the context of an ongoing monitoring study of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park (SE of Spain), we explored the use of soil respiration as an indicator of ecosystem functioning reflecting changes in ecological processes in semiarid environments.

Since temperature increase is expected to continue until the end of the twenty-first century, distinct effects on flora distribution are, thus, very likely and will result in changes in ecological processes, such as species migration or extinction, and in agricultural management.

These two examples illustrate how the RMCs have detected changes in ecological processes and responded with specific resource management decisions.

With changes in population size come long-recognized changes in ecological processes that act in a density-dependent fashion.

Dependent on the specific conservation goal, practitioners require the knowledge and tools to monitor the impact of conservation measures on ecosystem services and functions; assess and validate management and financial efficacy and sustainability; reduce non-target effects and be aware of substantial changes in ecological processes as a result of human intervention (e.g. Helmus et al. 2014).

Ants and dung beetles are focal indicators of change in several ecological processes and successional vegetation stages in Mediterranean landscapes.

The use of urban rural gradients has proven to be a useful tool for studying changes in ecological patterns and processes across urbanising landscapes.

These forest fragments suffer from edge effects, which cause changes in ecological and ecosystem processes, undermining habitat quality and the offer of ecosystem services.

Development of private forest and range lands also can have landscape-level implications for public lands, if accompanying changes in private forest owner behavior effect changes in ecological conditions and processes and in wildfire.

As shown here in the fisheries context, accounting for evolutionary changes in ecological properties and processes is vital to reliably predict population development in the future, assess the conservation status of the population and establish limits for sustainable harvesting (e.g. Kinnison and Hairston 2007).

Studies on the spatial pattern changes of S. alterniflora with different invasion ages will help to enhance our understanding of the effect of its invasion and reveal the relationship between spatial pattern changes and ecological processes in coastal wetlands.