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| Campbell, Bruce; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); b.campbell@cgiar.org; Sayer, Jeffrey A; WWF (World Wildlife Fund); jsayer@wwfint.org; Frost, Peter; Institute of Environmental Studies; pfrost@compcentre.uz.ac.zw; Vermeulen, Sonja; International Institute for Environment and Development; sonja.vermeulen@iied.org; Cunningham, Tony; World Wildlife Fund/UNESCO/Kew People and Plants Initiative; peopleplants@bigpond.com; Prabhu, Ravi; CIFOR Regional Office; r.prabhu@cgiar.org. |
| Assessing the performance of management is central to natural resource management, in terms of improving the efficiency of interventions in an adaptive-learning cycle. This is not simple, given that such systems generally have multiple scales of interaction and response; high frequency of nonlinearity, uncertainty, and time lags; multiple stakeholders with contrasting objectives; and a high degree of context specificity. The importance of bounding the problem and preparing a conceptual model of the system is highlighted. We suggest that the capital assets approach to livelihoods may be an appropriate organizing principle for the selection of indicators of system performance. In this approach, five capital assets are recognized: physical, financial, social,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Capital assets; Conceptual models; Decision support; Livelihoods; Modeling; Multivariate statistics; Natural resource systems; Performance; Zimbabwe. |
| Ano: 2001 |
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| Marmorek, David; ESSA Technologies Ltd.; dmarmorek@essa.com; Peters, Calvin; ESSA Technologies Ltd.; cpeters@essa.com. |
| Observed declines in the Snake River basin salmon stocks, listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), have been attributed to multiple causes: the hydrosystem, hatcheries, habitat, harvest, and ocean climate. Conflicting and competing analyses by different agencies led the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 1995 to create the Plan for Analyzing and Testing Hypotheses (PATH), a collaborative interagency analytical process. PATH included about 30 fisheries scientists from a dozen agencies, as well as independent participating scientists and a technical facilitation team. PATH had some successes and some failures in meeting its objectives. Some key lessons learned from these successes and failures were to: (1) build trust through independent... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Analytical framework; Collaborative process; Columbia River; Decision analysis; Endangered species; Hydrosystem; Multi-agency research; Salmon management; Snake River. |
| Ano: 2001 |
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| Gutman, Mario; Agricultural Research Organization; mgutman@shani.net; Noy-Meir, Imanuel; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; noymeir@agri.huji.ac.il; Pluda, Daniel C; Volcani Center;; Seligman, No'am; Volcani Center; noamseli@netvision.net.il; Rothman, Steven; ;; Sternberg, Marcelo; Tel Aviv University; MarceloS@tauex.tau.ac.il. |
| A two-year experiment was conducted in northeastern Israel to study the effects of various defoliation regimes on biomass partitioning between vegetative and reproductive structures in a perennial and an annual Mediterranean grass. Greater insight into the mechanisms regulating biomass partitioning after defoliation enables ecologists and rangeland managers to interpret and predict population and community dynamics in Mediterranean grasslands more efficiently. Two typical Mediterranean grasses, Triticum dicoccoides, an annual species, and Hordeum bulbosum, a perennial species, were grown in containers in the open. They were subjected to a series of defoliation treatments that comprised three clipping frequencies and three clipping heights in a full... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Annual vs. perennial grasses; Biomass partitioning; Defoliation treatments; Grasslands; Grazing response; Hordeum bulbosum; Israel; Mediterranean; Reproductive effort; Triticum dicoccoides; Vegetative vs. reproductive structures.. |
| Ano: 2001 |
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| Thomson, James D; University of Toronto; jthomson@zoo.toronto.edu. |
| Authors examining pollinator declines frequently discuss pollination deficits, either as contemporary evidence that declines have occurred or as a possible negative consequence of future declines. Because pollination deficits can be measured in short-term studies, it would be useful if such studies could somehow replace painstaking documentation of insect population trends. I examine the legitimacy of this type of substitution with reference to evolutionary theory and natural plant populations. Operationally, pollination deficits are detected through pollen supplementation experiments. Although simple, these experiments are subject to subtleties of interpretation because of biases and nonlinear responses, which I discuss. Although it has been found that,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
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