Citation: Housset JM, Carcaillet C, Girardin MP, Xu H, Tremblay F and Bergeron Y (2016) In situ Comparison of Tree-Ring Responses to Climate and Population Genetics: The Need to Control for Local Climate and Site Variables. Front. Ecol. Evol. 4:123. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00123 In situ Comparison of Tree-Ring Responses to Climate and Population Genetics: The Need to Control for Local Climate an...

BACKGROUND Climate change poses a major public health threat. A survey of U.S. local health department directors in 2008 found widespread recognition of the threat, but limited adaptive capacity, due to perceived lack of expertise and other resources. METHODS We assessed changes between 2008 and 2012 in local public health departments' preparedness for the public health threats of climate cha...

sustainable architecture is known as an important strategy in recent years and all around the world are cooperating to achieve this by use of natural elements. there are many examples of residential buildings in iran s past and its traditional architecture that the architecture in the interim of paying attention to aesthetic issues and preserving the natural environment acts in a way that meets...

We examine how ocean climate variability influences the reproductive phenology and demography of the seabird Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) across approximately 2500 km of its breeding range in the oceanographically dynamic California Current System along the west coast of North America. Specifically, we determine the extent to which ocean climate conditions and Cassin's Auklet timin...

The effects of climate variability on Pacific salmon abundance are uncertain because historical records are short and are complicated by commercial harvesting and habitat alteration. We use lake sediment records of delta15N and biological indicators to reconstruct sockeye salmon abundance in the Bristol Bay and Kodiak Island regions of Alaska over the past 300 years. Marked shifts in population...

I. Climate Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 R A. Basic Concepts and Historical Patterns . . . . . . . . 210 R B. Climate-Change Trends and Projected Impacts at the Global Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 R C. Climate-Change Trends and Projected Impacts in the Pacific Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

In response to agriculture's vulnerability and contribution to climate change, many governments are developing initiatives that promote the adoption of mitigation and adaptation practices among farmers. Since most climate policies affecting agriculture rely on voluntary efforts by individual farmers, success requires a sound understanding of the factors that motivate farmers to change practices...

Environmental public health indicators (EPHIs) are used by local, state, and federal health agencies to track the status of environmental hazards; exposure to those hazards; health effects of exposure; and public health interventions designed to reduce or prevent the hazard, exposure, or resulting health effect. Climate and health EPHIs have been developed at the state, federal, and internation...