Search Results - "North America"

Climate change impacts and forest management adaptation measures in Sweden and British Columbia, Canada: : a case study of Swedish forest managers by Hooper, Robyn

“…Climate model analysis presented by International Panel on Climate Change project the surface air temperature to increase by about 2°C to 5°C by the end of the 21st century in western North America and northern Europe. The impact of such climate change on forest management and adaptation in British Columbia and Sweden is the focus of this paper. …”

Contortatallens odlingsvärde i Götaland by Johansson, Fredrik

“…It originates from the western part of North America and was brought here in the end of the 1920s. …”

The effect of migratory fish on freshwater ecosystem nutrient dynamics by Enbom, Magnus

“…Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) are known to contribute with MDN in the freshwaters of North America where they migrate to spawn and later die. …”

Socio‐ecological drivers of vertebrate biodiversity and human‐animal interfaces across an urban landscape by Hassell, James M., Bettridge, Judy M., Ward, Melissa J., Ogendo, Allan, Imboma, Titus, Muloi, Dishon M., Fava, Francesco P., Robinson, Timothy P., Begon, Michael, Fèvre, Eric M.

“…A wealth of studies have assessed biotic responses to urbanization in North America and Europe, but there is little empirical evidence that directly links human activities to urban biodiversity in the tropics. …”
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Citizen science in hydrological monitoring and ecosystem services management: State of the art and future prospects by Njue, N., Stenfert Kroese, J., Gräf, J., Jacobs, S.R., Weeser, B., Breuer, Lutz, Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Most of the programs are found in North America and Europe. Participation mostly comprises a contributory citizen science model, which engages citizens in data collection. …”
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Local to continent-scale variation in fitness and heritability in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars by MacQueen, Alice H., Khoury, Colin K., Miklas, Phillip N., McClean, Phillip E., Osorno, Juan M., Runck, Bryan C., White, Jeffrey W., Kantar, Michael, Ewing, Patrick M.

“…Three‐hundred and twenty‐seven common bean genotypes had seed yield measured at subsets of 70 sites across North America between 1981 and 2015, as part of the Cooperative Dry Bean Nursery (CDBN). …”
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A vision of a One Health system for Australia: On the need to rethink our health system by Steele, S.G., Toribio, Jenny-Ann, Mor, Siobhan M.

“…The virus was recently confirmed to be spreading in white-tailed deer in North America, and there are concerns that they may become a reservoir. …”
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Mining alleles for tar spot complex resistance from CIMMYT's maize Germplasm Bank by Willcox, Martha, Burgueño, Juan, Jeffers, Daniel, Rodríguez Chanona, Enrique, Guadarrama, Armando, Kehel, Zakaria, Chepetla, Daniel, Shrestha, Rosemary, Swarts, Kelly, Buckler, Edward S., Hearne, Sarah Jane, Chen, Charles

“…The tar spot complex (TSC) is a devastating disease of maize (Zea mays L.), occurring in 17 countries throughout Central, South, and North America and the Caribbean, and can cause grain yield losses of up to 80%. …”
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Mapping the information landscape of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Strategy by Meli, P., Schweizer, D., Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Chomba, S., Aynekulu, E., Guariguata, Manuel R.

“…Latin America, Africa, and North America were the most prominent regions in the literature, yet differed in the number of publications addressing each barrier. …”
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Capacity gaps in land-based mitigation technologies and practices: A first stock take by Bößner, Stefan, Xylia, Maria, Bilbao, Bibiana, Indriani, Siti N., Laub, Moritz, Rahn, Eric, Virla, Luis D., Johnson, Francis X.

“…This article investigates capacity gaps to successfully facilitate LMT adoption and/or scaling in the regions of Latin America, Europe, North America, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. …”
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Human adaptation to climate change in the context of forests: a systematic review by Paige Fischer, Alexandra, Aminur Rahman Shah, Mohammad, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Matavel, Custodio, Antwi-Agyei, Philip, Shang, Yuanyuan, Muir, Maegan, Kaufmann, Rachel, The Global Adaptation Mapping Team

“…Individuals and households received the most research attention, followed by national government, civil society, and local government. Europe and North America were the geographic foci of more research than other regions. …”
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The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri-environmental schemes: A systematic review by Schaub, Sergei, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Huber, Robert, Zhang, Wei, Sander, Adelaide, Rees, Charles, Banerjee, Simanti, Finger, Robert

“…We use a systematic review to explore the role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' decisions to participate in AESs in Australia, Europe and North America. Behavioural factors influence how farmers value and perceive options, while opportunity costs relate to farmers' forgone utility when choosing to participate in schemes. …”
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Genetic diversity in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] in relationship to geographic sources as assessed with RAPD markers by Gichuki, S.T., Berenyi, M., Zhang, D., Hermann, M., Schmidt, J., Glössl, J., Burg, J.

“…Available evidence shows that sweetpotato originated from either Central or South American lowlands with subsequent dispersal to North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the pacific islands. …”
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Global and regional pulse economies: Current trends and outlook by Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Rao, P. Parthasarathy

“…For developed countries—where production also grew—the center of production shifted from Europe to North America and Oceania. For developing countries, two new centers of production emerged in Eastern Africa and Southeastern Asia (Myanmar).…”
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Global anthropogenic effects on meteorological—hydrological—soil moisture drought propagation: historical analysis and future projection by Wang, S., Huang, S., Wang, C., Zhang, X., Wu, J., Gulakhmadov, A., Niyogi, D., Chen, N.

“…Furthermore, GHG emissions were found to markedly increase the probability, duration, and severity of propagated droughts, especially across northern North America, southern Africa, and northeastern Asia. …”
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LPA Brief no. 11. Livestock production, consumption and trade: Key indicators by Mengesha, Y., Ehui, Simeon K., Jabbar, M.A., Shapiro, Barry I.

“…For example, North Africa has been reported separately instead of under West Asia and North Africa (WANA); Sudan has been grouped in East Africa instead of North Africa; and Mexico has been grouped as part of Central America and the Caribbean instead of under North America.…”
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Climate adaptation as mitigation: the case of agricultural investments by Lobell, David B., Baldos ULC, Hertel, Thomas W.

“…Adaptation investments in high yielding, land scarce regions such as Asia and North America are more effective for mitigation.…”
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An investigation of binding ability of Ixodes persulcatus Schulze Salp15 with Lyme disease spirochetes by Murase, Y., Konnai, S., Yamada, S., Githaka, Naftaly W., Isezaki, M., Ito, T., Takano, A., Ando, S., Kawabata, H., Murata, S., Ohashi, K.

“…Salp15, a 15-kDa tick salivary gland protein, has several suppressive modes of activity against host immunity and plays a critical role in the transmission of Lyme disease spirochetes in Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus, major vectors of Lyme disease in North America and Western Europe. Salp15 adheres to Borrelia burgdorferi and specifically interacts with its outer surface protein C (OspC), protecting the spirochete from antibody-mediated cytotoxicity and facilitating infection in the mice. …”
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Evaluation of critical shattering time of early-maturity soybeans under early soybean production system by Zhang, L., Boahen, S.

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Primer registro de Eupteryx decemnotata (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) en la Argentina by De Borbon, Carlos Manuel, Catalano, María I., D'innocenzo, Sandra Haydeé

“…Then, it spread throughout most of Europe and reached North America. In this work it is recorded for the first time in Argentina. …”
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