Browsing Botany (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Ecology"
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Building capacity for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into environmental policy and landscape planning
(2020)Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a term often used to refer to adequate green infrastructure that provides multiple benefits to society whilst addressing societal challenges. They are defined as actions to protect, sustainably ... -
Development of Hybrid Models to Estimate Gross Primary Productivity at a Near-Natural Peatland Using Sentinel 2 Data and a Light Use Efficiency Model
(2023)Peatlands store up to 2320 Mt of carbon (C) on only ~20% of the land area in Ireland; however, approximately 90% of this area has been drained and is emitting up to 10 Mt C per year. Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a ... -
Ecology and mode-of-life explain lifespan variation in birds and mammals.
(2014)Maximum lifespan in birds and mammals varies strongly with body mass such that large species tend to live longer than smaller species. However, many species live far longer than expected given their body mass. This may ... -
The ecology and native status of pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Ireland
(2006)Research to determine the native status of Pinus sylvestris in Ireland has so far produced ambiguous results. P. sylvestris is included in the Native Woodland Scheme, which is administered by the Forest Service and provides ... -
Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming.
(2013)Recent global warming is acting across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems to favor species adapted to warmer conditions and/or reduce the abundance of cold-adapted organisms (i.e., “thermophilization” of ... -
Modelling Hurricane Exposure and Wind Speed on a Mesoclimate Scale: A Case Study from Cusuco NP, Honduras.
(2014)High energy weather events are often expected to play a substantial role in biotic community dynamics and large scale diversity patterns but their contribution is hard to prove. Currently, observations are limited to the ... -
Mycorrhizal symbiosis in the Paleozoic seed fern Glossopteris from Antarctica
(2013)Mycorrhizal associations occur in almost all modern plant groups and are probably one of the most important forms of symbioses in the context of terrestrial ecology and evolution. Surprisingly, there is a paucity of ... -
Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect-flower interaction networks and pollination
(2011)1. Pollination interactions comprise a network of connections between ?owers and insect visitors. They are crucial for reproductive success in many angiosperms but are threatened by intensive agricultural practices. ... -
Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key Questions for future research
(2011)To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from different areas of pollination ecology and ... -
The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness
(2014)Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant–pollinator networks from 28 studies representing ... -
Spring foraging resources and the behaviour of pollinating insects in fixed dune ecosystems
(2014)In temperate climates, foraging resources for pollinating insects are especially important in early spring when animals emerge from hibernation and initiate annual life cycles. One habitat, protected under EU law, which ...