Using social networks, we assess whether it is possible to obtain accurate data on bee distribution across the UK from photographic records submitted by untrained members of the public, and if these data are in sufficient quantity for ecological studies.
The outcomes indicated that, during the period 1985–2010, ESV of the study area decreased by 25.9%, from 12,194 to 9037 billion RMB¥, due to the losses of large quantities of ecological land (e.g., farmland and water body) to construction land.
On the basis of using habitat quantity to estimate ecological flows, this study introduced the landscape ecology method to take habitat quality into consideration.
Non-human animals adaptively calibrate fighting behavior to ecological variables such as resource quantity and resource distribution.
The inhibition of exotic plant species on soil ecological processes depended on litter quantity, litter degradation, litter biochemical characteristics, and species ecological characteristics (Allison and Vitousek 2004; Valéry et al. 2004; Scott et al. 2001; Wolfe et al. 2008).
The ecological impacts, lack of water quantity and deterioration in water quality are problems that need scientific means in order to improve watershed health.
Compared to the previous ecological flows considering only habitat quantity, the flows considering habitat quality seemed to be more ecologically meaningful.
We are influenced by, and influence, our ecological assets, which include "the presence, quantity, and accessibility of human, material, and social resources in the environment" (Lerner, 2005, p. 40).
Ecological or environmental status such as water quantity and quality and ecosystem service delivery are not the same.
It is also a common management problem, where alterations to sediment quantity and quality negatively impact ecological communities, increase flood hazard and shorten the lifespan of infrastructure.
