scholarly journals The risk of invasion by angiosperms peaks at intermediate levels of human influence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JCF Falcão ◽  
LG Carvalheiro ◽  
R Guevara ◽  
A Lira-Noriega
Keyword(s):  
Human Influence

scholarly journals Herbivore diets and the anthropogenic environment of early farming in southern Scandinavia

The Holocene ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt J Gron ◽  
Peter Rowley-Conwy
Keyword(s):  
Early Period ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Domestic Species ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
Early Farming ◽  
Dietary Variation ◽  
Funnel Beaker Culture ◽  
Feeding Environments

Farming practice in the first period of the southern Scandinavian Neolithic (Early Neolithic I, Funnel Beaker Culture, 3950–3500 cal. BC) is not well understood. Despite the presence of the first farmers and their domesticated plants and animals, little evidence of profound changes to the landscape such as widespread deforestation has emerged from this crucial early period. Bone collagen dietary stable isotope ratios of wild herbivores from southern Scandinavia are here analysed in order to determine the expected range of dietary variation across the landscape. Coupled with previously published isotope data, differences in dietary variation between wild and domestic species indicate strong human influence on the choice and creation of feeding environments for cattle. In context with palynological and zooarchaeological data, we demonstrate that a human-built agricultural environment was present from the outset of farming in the region, and such a pattern is consistent with the process by which expansion agriculture moves into previously unfarmed regions.

scholarly journals What does it mean to be wild? Assessing human influence on the environments of nonhuman primate specimens in museum collections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea R. Eller ◽  
Stephanie L. Canington ◽  
Sana T. Saiyed ◽  
Rita M. Austin ◽  
Courtney A. Hofman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nonhuman Primate ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Human Influence

scholarly journals Examining the human influence on global climate using an empirical model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Patrick Hope ◽  
Laura Anne McBride ◽  
Timothy P. Canty ◽  
Brian F Bennett ◽  
Walter R Tribett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Model ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Human Influence

Assessing Collembola Biodiversity Under Human Influence at Three Gorges Area, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Huang ◽  
Tianle Wang ◽  
Yongzheng Luo ◽  
Shi Chen ◽  
Ke Chung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Three Gorges ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Three Gorges Area

Ecological change in fragile floodplain wetland ecosystems, natural vs human influence: The Macquarie Marshes of eastern Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Yu ◽  
Adriana García ◽  
Allan R. Chivas ◽  
John Tibby ◽  
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Change ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Floodplain Wetland ◽  
Wetland Ecosystems ◽  
Eastern Australia

scholarly journals Does human influence on coastal grasslands habitats affect predation pressure on snakes?

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 366-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Beux dos Santos ◽  
Mauro Cesar Lamim Martins de Oliveira ◽  
Tatiane Penteado Gonçalves ◽  
Francis de Mattos Almeida ◽  
Daniel Loebmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
Predation Rate ◽  
Predation Pressure ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Real Effect ◽  
The Real ◽  
Disturbed Areas ◽  
Predation Rates

The loss and modification of habitats by humans have been considered key factors in the decline of diversity of species worldwide. However, the real effect caused by these disturbances on the biota is still poorly understood. The assessment of the changes in the network of interspecific interactions, such as predation rates on the native fauna, can be an important tool to diagnose the functionality of disturbed ecosystems. In this study we evaluate the predation rate on snakes in coastal grasslands in South America under human influence. Predation rate of artificial snakes, unlike that obtained in other studies, was lower in human-altered areas than preserved ones. Our findings may be due to a reduction in the abundance and/or richness of species of native predators in more disturbed areas.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the butterflies on various forms of land uses

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szyszko-Podgórska
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Fallow Land ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Numerous Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Human Economic Activity ◽  
Trees And Shrubs

Abstract The purpose of the work was to identify the occurrence of butterflies depending on landform uses and human influence on the population domination structure. The research was conducted in the ‘Krzywda’ field-and-forest Site occupying 172 ha. The area consists of the land leaving in fallow, meadows and wasteland including about 68 ha of swamps that are strongly eutrophic due to human economic activity. The area is subjected to artificial succession inhibition processes in the form of mowing and cutting of trees and shrubs. 32 species of butterflies were recorded during the research, that is, 20% of all species within this group occurring in Poland. The research has approved the great spatial and quantitative diversification of the occurring area of butterflies depending on the form of the land uses. The greatest number of species and their greatest populations were found in the land laying in fallow without the removal of the biomass. The least number of species and their specimens were collected in the unmown laying fallow land. Lycaena virgaureae was the most numerous species collected. The correct domination structure characterized by a small number of numerous species and a large number of species consisting of a low number of specimens. Processes observed in the studied Site subjected to various types of land use influence the occurrence diversity of this group of insects.

scholarly journals IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Influence ◽  
Ecological Traits ◽  
Ecological Functions

Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of species, genetic diversity, ecosystem services, sustainable development and human well-being. The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is a hierarchical classification system that, in its upper levels, defines ecosystems by their convergent ecological functions and, in its lower levels, distinguishes ecosystems with contrasting assemblages of species engaged in those functions. This report describes the three upper levels of the hierarchy, which provide a framework for understanding and comparing the key ecological traits of functionally different ecosystems and their drivers. An understanding of these traits and drivers is essential to support ecosystem management.

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