Monitoring Natural Ecosystem and Ecological Gradients: Perspectives with EnMAP

Monitoring Natural Ecosystem and Ecological Gradients: Perspectives with EnMAP

In times of global environmental change, the sustainability of human–environment systems is only possible through a better understanding of ecosystem processes. An assessment of anthropogenic environmental impacts depends upon monitoring natural ecosystems. These systems are intrinsically complex and dynamic, and are characterized by ecological gradients. Remote sensing data repeatedly collecte...

Transnational Ecological Monitoring of the Sangha Basin: Natural Science Perspectives

This paper concerns monitoring the contiguous tropical forest biome that spans six central African countries (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo). The author offers a general overview of biological characteristics of central African forests, introducing a starting point from which to analyze regional approaches to biological...

Ecological Drivers of Ecosystem Diversity in Sahelian Rangeland of Niger

Description of vegetation patterns associated with environmental factors such as grazing, climate, landforms, substrate variables etc. are helpful for land management planning. This study used new synecological tools to investigate plants composition and to provide ecological descriptions of plants communities of communal pastures in Sahelian Ecological Zone of Niger. Vegetation and several env...

Baltic Sea ecosystem-based management under climate change: Integrating social and ecological perspectives

The Baltic Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed sea in northern Europe, and the second largest brackish-water area in the world, after the Black Sea. It is surrounded by industrialized nations, and has a catchment that is four times its sea area, with a large riverine outflow to the sea. Its southern and eastern half harbors have extensive areas of intensive agriculture. The Baltic Sea is also a hig...

Inversion Gradients and Natural Selection in Ecological Races of Drosophila Funebris.