Browsing by Subject "biodiversity"

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    • Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities 

      Wilcox, Kevin R.; Tredennick, Andrew T.; Koerner, Sally E.; Grman, Emily; Hallett, Lauren M.; ... more authors ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2017 , Other)
      Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability across spatial scales is important for land management and policy ...

    • Community perspectives on conservation of water sources in Tarkeshwar sacred groves, Himalaya, India 

      Jana, Purna; Pandey, Rajiv; Semeraro, Teodoro; Alatalo, Juha M.; Areteno, Roberta; ... more authors ( IWA PUBLISHING , 2021 , Article)
      Sacred groves have significance in socio-culture and biodiversity conservation. This study evaluated local people's perceptions regarding conservation of sacred groves for water services, through willingness-to-pay (WTP), ...

    • Decreased soil moisture due to warming drives phylogenetic diversity and community transitions in the tundra 

      Scharn, Ruud; Little, Chelsea J.; Bacon, Christine D.; Alatalo, Juha M.; Antonelli, Alexandre; ... more authors ( IOP Publishing , 2021 , Other)
      Global warming leads to drastic changes in the diversity and structure of Arctic plant communities. Studies of functional diversity within the Arctic tundra biome have improved our understanding of plant responses to ...

    • Diversity and Zonation of Benthic Amphipod Crustaceans Affected by the Mississippi Submarine Canyon in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 

      Soliman, Yousria S.; Rowe, Gilbert T.; Wicksten, Mary; Wei, Chih-Lin ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)
      Amphipod crustacean diversity and zonation are described from the large Mississippi Canyon that extends from the continental shelf across the entire continental margin. Benthic amphipods were sampled on four cruises from ...

    • Do changes in current flow as a result of arrays of tidal turbines have an effect on benthic communities? 

      Kregting, Louise; Elsaesser, Bjoern; Kennedy, Robert; Smyth, David; O'Carroll, Jack; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2016 , Article)
      Arrays of tidal energy converters have the potential to provide clean renewable energy for future generations. Benthic communities may, however, be affected by changes in current speeds resulting from arrays of tidal ...

    • Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf. 

      Fieseler, Clare M; Al-Mudaffar Fawzi, Nadia; Helmuth, Brian; Leitão, Alexandra; Al Ainsi, Mehsin; ... more authors ( Royal Society , 2023 , Article)
      The ecological state of the Persian or Arabian Gulf (hereafter 'Gulf') is in sharp decline. Calls for comprehensive ecosystem-based management approaches and transboundary conservation have gone largely unanswered, despite ...

    • Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi 

      Tedersoo, Leho; Mikryukov, Vladimir; Zizka, Alexander; Bahram, Mohammad; Hagh-Doust, Niloufar; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article)
      Fungi are highly diverse organisms, which provide multiple ecosystem services. However, compared with charismatic animals and plants, the distribution patterns and conservation needs of fungi have been little explored. ...

    • Investigating the biodiversity and current status of the historically renowned oyster beds of Qatar 

      Smyth, David; Al-Maslamani, Ibrahim; Giraldes, Bruno; Chatting, Mark ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)
      The "Pearl Oyster" Pinctada radiata has long been associated with the nation of Qatar. Historically pearl oysters were harvested in huge quantities in the Arabian Gulf with Qatari pearls making up a large percentage of the ...

    • Marine microbial bioprospecting: Exploitation of marine biodiversity towards biotechnological applications—a review 

      Hosseini, Hoda; Al-Jabri, Hareb M.; Moheimani, Navid R.; Siddiqui, Simil A.; Saadaoui, Imen ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)
      The increase in the human population causes an increase in the demand for nutritional supplies and energy resources. Thus, the novel, natural, and renewable resources became of great interest. Here comes the optimistic ...

    • Qatar’s vision of global problems, challenges and solutions 

      Abdel Bari, Ekhlas M.M. ( QScience - Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Since Qatar first signed the Biodiversity Convention in Rio in 1992, Qatar has been a strong advocate with keen interest in sustainability and the preservation of its biodiversity noting that advancement in industry should ...

    • Short-term herbivory has long-term consequences in warmed and ambient high Arctic tundra 

      Little, Chelsea J; Cutting, Helen; Alatalo, Juha; Cooper, Elisabeth J ( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2017 , Article)
      Climate change is occurring across the world, with effects varying by ecosystem and region but already occurring quickly in high-latitude and high-altitude regions. Biotic interactions are important in determining ecosystem ...

    • The potential impact of climate change on linkages between above and below ground communities in low diversity ecosystems in extreme environments 

      Alatalo, Juha Mikael ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      There is growing evidence that ecosystem function depend on biodiversity. For example, experimental studies with different number of plant species show that microbial biomass, fungal abundance and N mineralisation rates ...