448 research outputs found
Moving beyond methods: the need for a diverse programme in climate change research
No full textUnderstanding effects of climate change on ecosystems will require a diverse range of approaches. We proposed using downscaled climate models to generate realistic weather scenarios as experimental treatments. Kreyling et al. propose a gradient approach to determine the shape of response functions. These approaches are different, but highly complementary.Fil: Thompson, Ross M.. University of Canberra. Institute for Applied Ecology; AustraliaFil: Beardall, John. Monash University. Faculty Of Science; AustraliaFil: Beringer, Jason. Monash University. Faculty Of Science; AustraliaFil: Grace, Mike. Monash University. Faculty Of Science; AustraliaFil: Sardiña, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Bahia Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas y Biomedicas del Sur; Argentin
N-fixing trees in restoration plantings: effects on nitrogen supply and soil microbial communities
No full textAbstract not availableM. Hoogmoed, S.C. Cunningham, P. Baker, J. Beringer, T.R. Cavagnar
Resource sustainability: Practices and promises : a document submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degrees of Master of Science (Natural Resources) and Master of Science (Water Resources Management) ...
No full textTania E. Hurie, Melissa M. Nagel, Jennifer E. Puntenney, Nompumelelo Tshabalala, Tara E. Ward, Wendy A. Woods, with Almut Beringer, Nandita Jain.; Thesis equivalent (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1989
Spinal cord injury and outdoor experiences
No full textAnecdotal evidence from spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation clients suggests that nature experiences and outdoor pursuits are valued ingredients in a SCI rehabilitation program, in particular for those individuals who were outdoor enthusiasts pre-injury and/or who sustained their injury during outdoor pursuits. Model SCI centres in North America offer outdoor activities as components of SCI rehabilitation. A literature review on the effects and dynamics of nature experiences and outdoor pursuits in SCI rehabilitation and adjustment reveals a lacuna of empirical research in this area. Studies on leisure and recreation following SCI offer insights into how nonvocational rehabilitation activities assist functional independence, quality of life, and community re-integration. Systematic research is needed to ascertain the value and contribution of outdoor experiences in SCI rehabilitation; further, research is needed to document how contact with 'blue-green nature' may assist in the identity reconstruction process and in adjustment to life with a physical disability.PT: J; CR: BERINGER A, 2000, 2 INT ADV THER C AUG BROWN M, 2002, TOPICS SPINAL CORD I, V7, P83 BROZLY H, 1987, STORIES SICKNESS CALDWELL LL, 1994, ANN THERAPEUTIC RECR, V5, P13 CARLSON D, 2002, TOPICS SPINAL CORD I, V7 CARPENTER C, 1994, PHYS THER, V74, P11 COYLE CP, 1990, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V24, P64 COYLE CP, 1993, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V27, P239 COYLE CP, 1994, REHABIL PSYCHOL, V39, P95 CUSHMAN L, 1991, J REHABIL, V57, P35 DATTILO J, 1998, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V32, P13 DIJKERS M, 2002, TOPICS SPINAL CORD I, V7 DUFF K, 1994, ALCHEMY ILLNESS FOUGEYROLLAS P, 2002, TOP SPINAL CORD INJ, V7, P1 FRUMKIN P, 2001, AM J PREV MED, V20, P234 GOLDSTEIN M, 1996, THESIS NEW YORK U GORDON WA, 1997, AM REHABILITATIONM, V23, P11 HANNAFORD S, 1985, LIVING OUTSIDE INSID HENDERSON KA, 1994, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V28, P73 HENDERSON KA, 1995, RES Q EXERCISE SPORT, V66, P151 KAHN PH, 2002, CHILDREN NATURE KENDALL E, 1998, J REHABIL, V64, P16 KIDNER DW, 1994, ENVIRON ETHICS, V16, P359 KLEIBER DA, 1995, J LEISURE RES, V27, P283 LAUWERS V, 2003, PARASAIL VISION QUES LEE Y, 1993, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V27, P200 LEE Y, 1996, J PHYS ED RECREATION, V67, P64 LEE Y, 1996, LEISURE SCI, V18, P209 LEE Y, 1999, THERAPEUTIC RECREATI, V33, P122 LYONS RF, 1987, J LEISURABILITY, V14, P4 LYONS RF, 1991, ADV PERSONAL RELATIO, V3, P233 LYONS RF, 1993, CANADIAN J REHABILIT, V6, P256 LYONS RF, 1995, RELATIONSHIPS CHRONI MACDONALD W, 1999, ONE STEP MCAWEENEY MJ, 1996, J REHABIL, V62, P29 METZNER R, PLACE STORY BIOREGIO MONTGOMERIE A, 1999, ABILITIES, V39, P46 MOORE T, 1991, CRY DAMAGED MAN MURPHY RF, 1987, BODY SILENT NELSON AL, 1990, SCI NURS, V7, P44 NELSON AL, 1990, THESIS U FLORIDA NOREAU L, 2002, TOPICS SPINAL CORD I, V7 NOSEK MA, 2001, J REHABIL, V67, P20 OSKAMP S, 2000, AM PSYCHOL, V55, P496 PASEK PB, 1995, AM J OCCUPATIONAL TH, V50, P24 ROHE DE, 1996, TOPICS SPINAL CORD I, V2 SACKS O, 1984, LEG STAND SACKS O, 1985, MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS SACKS O, 1990, AWAKENINGS SEYMOUR W, 1989, BODILY A LTERATIONS SEYMOUR W, 1998, REMAKING BODY REHABI SHIRADO O, 1995, AM J PHYS MED REHAB, V74, P408 SPENCER J, 1995, AM J OCCUP THER, V49, P53 STERN PC, 2000, AM PSYCHOL, V55, P523 STILGOE JR, 2001, AM J PREV MED, V20, P243 TAYLOR LPS, 1996, AM J OCCUP THER, V50, P39 TRIESCHMANN R, 1988, SPINAL CORD INJURIES TRIESCHMANN RB, 1992, PARAPLEGIA, V30, P58 WEBRE AW, 1990, CANOEING KAYAKING PE WELLMAN MR, 1996, CLIMBING BACK WINTER DDN, 2000, AM PSYCHOL, V55, P516; NR: 61; TC: 1; J9: INT J REHABIL RES; PG: 9; GA: 809XESource type: Electronic(1
In search of the sacred: a conceptual analysis of spirituality
No full textA conceptual analysis of spirituality reveals "the sacred" to be fundamental to understanding spirituality, discusses the two notions of broad and specific spirituality, considers modes of human consciousness and functioning that make spiritual experience possible, and alerts experiential educators of the implications of venturing into spiritual experience and spiritual/religious education. (Contains 50 references.) (Author/TD
Acoustic Sensor, Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo, 2015
No full textAcoustic sensors provide an effective means for monitoring biodiversity at large spatial and temporal scales. The Australian SuperSite Network (SuperSites) provides the research community with national scale acoustic sensor data collected at each SuperSite. Acoustic sensors are configured to record for 12 hours per day (6 hours around dawn and 6 hours around dusk).This data package contains acoustic sensor data recorded at the TERN Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo. Data is in WAV format recorded at 22,050 Hz in stereo.Recordings are available for listening and download at http://bioacoustics.supersites.net.au
BASE Contextual, Soil Physico-Chemical Data, Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo, Core 1 ha, 2013
No full textSoil collection and analysis of chemical and physical attributes was carried out to provide contextual data for the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments (BASE) soil microbial diversity project (http://www.bioplatforms.com/soil-biodiversity/).
Nine discrete soil samples from a 25 m x 25 m quadrat, sampled at two depth ranges (0 – 10cm and 20 – 30cm). Eight samples were taken at the corners and mid-points of the 25 m x 25m sides of the quadrat, with sample taken at the centre. The nine subsamples were combined for each depth, to return a single surface and deeper soil sample per quadrat. Samples for chemical and physical analysis were air-dried and transported to CSBP laboratories, Perth, Australia
Acoustic Sensor, Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo, 2016
No full textAcoustic sensors provide an effective means for monitoring biodiversity at large spatial and temporal scales. The Australian SuperSite Network (SuperSites) provides the research community with national scale acoustic sensor data collected at each SuperSite. Acoustic sensors are configured to record for 12 hours per day (6 hours around dawn and 6 hours around dusk).This data package contains acoustic sensor data recorded at the TERN Victorian Dry Eucalypt SuperSite, Whroo. Data is in WAV format recorded at 22,050 Hz in stereo.Recordings are available for listening and download at http://bioacoustics.supersites.net.au
Means and extremes: building variability into community-level climate change experiments
No full textExperimental studies assessing climatic effects on ecological communities have typically applied static warming treatments. Although these studies have been informative, they have usually failed to incorporate either current or predicted future, patterns of variability. Future climates are likely to include extreme events which have greater impacts on ecological systems than changes in means alone. Here, we review the studies which have used experiments to assess impacts of temperature on marine, freshwater and terrestrial communities, and classify them into a set of ‘generations’ based on how they incorporate variability. The majority of studies have failed to incorporate extreme events. In terrestrial ecosystems in particular, experimental treatments have reduced temperature variability, when most climate models predict increased variability. Marine studies have tended to not concentrate on changes in variability, likely in part because the thermal mass of oceans will moderate variation. In freshwaters, climate change experiments have a much shorter history than in the other ecosystems, and have tended to take a relatively simple approach. We propose a new ‘generation’ of climate change experiments using down-scaled climate models which incorporate predicted changes in climatic variability, and describe a process for generating data which can be applied as experimental climate change treatments.Fil: Thompson, Ross M.. University of Canberra. Institute for Applied Ecology; Australia. Monash University; AustraliaFil: Beardall, John. Monash University. Australian Center for Diversity; AustraliaFil: Beringer, Jason. Monash University. Australian Center for Diversity; AustraliaFil: Grace, MiKe. Monash University. Australian Center for Diversity; AustraliaFil: Sardiña, Paula. Monash University. Australian Center for Diversity; Australia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnológico Bahia Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas y Biomedicas del Sur; Argentin
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