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...Jung and J.H. Kim. 2010. Application of World Ocean Atlas data for estimating the relative perfo... of life: Two centuries of mapping the natural history of Baja California. Journal of the Southwe...and I.H. Aalders. 2011. Automating land cover mapping of Scotland using expert system and knowle...and D.J. King. 2010. Multivariate forest structure modelling and mapping using high resolut...
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...Taxonomic Gaps d. Gaps in Spatial Coverage e. Limitations on Protection at Ecologically Relev... species once created some of the biggest natural spectacles on the planet: flocks of migrating bird... be one of the great wonders of the natural world, but as a biological concept it is surprisingly fl... of migratory birds that breed in northern forests and winter in the tropics but require stopover sit...
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... related threats to the well-being of the world's poor. . A new program for tropical forest protec... ecosystems underlie a vast array of natural services critical for the well-being of the rural ... may produce significant loss of forest cover in Amazonia because of decreased precipitation. (5...
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..., mouse-sized rodents that live in conifer forests and spend almost all of their time in the tree can...309-310), with a geographic range covering approximately 16.3 million acres (ac) (6.6 million...) referred to Stanley Jewett, a fellow naturalist, finding ``unmistakable evidence'' of red tree vol...Species of the World (2005, pp. 962-963), we note that this reference d...
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... analyzing decadal-scale changes such as forest succession and glacial recession (Butler and DeCha... determined by solar geometry and cloud cover can be both a signal of interest, e.g. a cartograp... are also being applied in the field of natural science. Examples include convective cloud trackin...Kleinberg. 2009. Mapping the world's photos. In Proceedings of the 18th International...
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I was heartened to read the words penned (or typed) by Mr. Jeremy Fryberger in this week's BW (BW, Letters, May 24). Until then, I was convinced that all Sun Valley area residents were arrogant elitists, perfectly content with mowing down the world around them to accomodate the multi-million-dollar homes and resorts that separate and insulate them from the rest of us. I'm glad I was wrong, and that there are indeed some who do understand that wolves, as well as grizzlies, coyotes and mountain lions, are an integral part of and play a vital role in the very ecosystem that is the reason many of us live in the Mountain West. Rarely does a day pass that I don't see the "Save 100 elk, kill a wolf" bumper sticker in my travels. My preferred version reads, "Save 100 elk, stop selling elk tags....
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... heating); and open biomass burning (e.g., forest fires), as well as diesel exhaust. (5) It is both anthropogenic and natural in origin. (6) Unlike carbon dioxide, which is ine... has alarming impacts on human health; the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that indoor ai... that changes in surface albedo, due to land cover changes and deposition of black carbon aerosols on...