The long-leaf pines are part of an ecological system based on fire, said Dr. Walters.
In this paper we develop a minimal descriptive model of socio-ecological systems based on tourism, starting from the work of Casagrandi and Rinaldi [Casagrandi, R., Rinaldi, S., 2002. A theoretical approach to tourism sustainability. Conserv. Ecol. 6 (13, 13 (Online). URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss1/art33], and based on data from a real tourist destination in southern Italy.
Particularly, SHARP is designed to assess the resilience of agro-ecological systems based on 13 indicators developed by Cabell and Oelofse (2012).
According to the Water Framework Directive, Member States are required to develop lake ecological status assessment systems based on various characteristics of phytoplankton, macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish fauna.
If no alternative measures for biodiversity conservation were developed within intensive agriculture, we would share the concern of Ekroos et al. [43], who argued that segregation strategies could increase the existing negative effects on biodiversity, and even erode ecosystem services that could underpin sustainable, high-yielding farming systems based on ecological intensification [35].
This work presents a framework to assess the renewability of a production system based on the unified ecological evaluation method of embodied cosmic exergy analysis.
Ecological sites (ES) comprise a land classification system based on soil, topographic, and climate variations that can be readily applied by land managers to classify topoedaphic properties at monitoring locations.
Maui County Council Member Kelly King agrees that evolving from a plantation-era sweetheart deal for endless free water to a market system based on the County's economic, public and ecological interest is essential if Maui is to thrive.
