The exchange of natural habitat for cultivated land has been largely beneficial to humanity thus far. At present, the oceans probably represent the clearest example of damage to natural assets. Around two-thirds of the ecosystem services the MA looked at (everything from fresh water to air, ...
Jennifer Cunningham
"Design for extreme environments"sounds like a new cable show, but it's actually a class at RISD that focuses on building habitats for truly challenging locations-like the moon. Last fall, NASA asked the students to design a mobile dwelling for its nex...
Habitats for humanity: Effects of visual affordance on the evolution of hominid antipredator communicationdoi:10.1002/evan.1029NicholasNicholasNicastroNicholasWileyEvolutionary Anthropology Issues News & ReviewsNicastro, N. 2001. Habitats for humanity: effects of visual affordance on the evolution of ...
The anthropogenic disturbance in Lake Dario was significant, as nearby businesses routinely removed freshwater macrophytes for recreation (e.g., fishing and/or boating). Additionally, in Lake Dario, the water levels were often modified via a culvert, and the native flora, around the periphery of ...
for the monitoring of vegetation succession by airborne remote sensing, both from quantitative (area, volume) and qualitative (plant species) perspectives. This is likely to become a very important issue for the effective protection of natural and semi-natural habitats and to advance conservation ...