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Global Population Dynamics And Hot Spots Of Response To Climate Change, Eric Post, Jebediah Brodie, Mark Hebblewhite, Angela D. Anders, Julie A. K. Maier, Christopher C. Wilmers

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Understanding how biotic and abiotic factors influence the abundance and distribution of organisms has become more important with the growing awareness of the ecological consequences of climate change. In this article, we outline an approach that complements bioclimatic envelope modeling in quantifying the effects of climate change at the species level. The global population dynamics approach, which relies on distribution-wide, data-driven analyses of dynamics, goes beyond quantifying biotic interactions in population dynamics to identify hot spots of response to climate change. Such hot spots highlight populations or locations within species' distributions that are particularly sensitive to climate change, and identification …

Lectures On China’S Environment, Xuhui Lee

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

No abstract provided.

Hyperspectral Image Compression Using A Two-Stage Klt, Seton S. Schroeder

Master's Theses

A computationally efficient, lossy, bandwidth compression scheme for hyperspectral imagery is presented. In certain cases, the direct application of the standard KLT algorithm over an entire data set is not practical. The data may be too large for efficient processing by one encoder and so portions of the entire data set may necessarily be sampled by different encoders. The algorithm proposed handles such a limitation by leveraging the standard JPEG 2000 technology. The component decorrelation of the JPEG 2000 (extension 2) is replaced with a two-stage Karhunen-Loeve Transformation (KLT) operation resulting in a reduction in the computational complexity. At the …

Respect For Grizzly Bears: An Aboriginal Approach For Co-Existence And Resilience, Douglas A. Clarke, D. Scott Slocombe

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Aboriginal peoples’ respect for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is widely acknowledged, but rarely explored, in wildlife management discourse in northern Canada. Practices of respect expressed toward bears were observed and grouped into four categories: terminology, stories, reciprocity, and ritual. In the southwest Yukon, practices in all four categories form a coherent qualitative resource management system that may enhance the resilience of the bear-human system as a whole. This system also demonstrates the possibility of a previously unrecognized human role in maintaining productive riparian ecosystems and salmon runs, potentially providing a range of valued social-ecological outcomes. Practices of respect …

The Regulation Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions By New York State From A Legal Perspective: Is A Tax Or Market-Based System Optimal?, Christopher Aung

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lost In Austin -- "Why I Don't Blog", Thomas W. Leonhardt

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Transdisciplinary Green Engineering Education At San José State University, Belle Wei, Patricia Backer

Faculty Publications

Climate change is a pressing issue for the world today. There are an increasing number of technological by-products posing a threat to the stability and quality of the world environment. According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming appears to be accelerating, resulting in higher increases in global temperature and higher rises in the sea level. To effectively address this problem, there is a need for transdisciplinary, transnational approaches, reflecting the complexity of the problem and the interdependence of people’s lives around the world. Consequently, the Davidson College of Engineering at San José State University …

Regulating Nuclear Power In The New Millennium (The Role Of The Public), Anthony Z. Roisman, Erin Honaker, Ethan Spaner

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Interview With Ted Labbe, Depave, 2009 (Audio), Ted Labbe

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Ted Labbe by Chris Fogg in Portland, Oregon on May 31st, 2009.

The interview index is available for download.

Forest Canopy Height From The Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (Misr) Assessed With High Resolution Discrete Return Lidar, Mark Chopping, Anne Nolin, Gretchen G. Moisen, John V. Martonchik, Michael Bull

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Publications

In this study retrievals of forest canopy height were obtained through adjustment of a simple geometricoptical (GO) model against red band surface bidirectional reflectance estimates from NASA's Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), mapped to a 250 m grid. The soil-understory background contribution was partly isolated prior to inversion using regression relationships with the isotropic, geometric, and volume scattering kernel weights of a Li-Ross kernel-driven bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model. The height retrievals were assessed using discrete return lidar data acquired over sites in Colorado as part of the Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) and used with fractional crown cover retrievals …

Academic Calendar | Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2009, Fall [Full Fall Semester Session (Sbs)] | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Spokane Students Receive Um Scholarships, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2009-05-27, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Eden Prairie Student Receives Um Scholarship, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Granby Student Receives Um Scholarship, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Littleton Student Receives Um Award, Fellowship, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

2009 Spring Boise State University Commencement Program

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

University Of Montana Commencement Program, 2009, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Commencement Programs, 1898-2020

Commencement program from the University of Montana.

2009 Ursinus College Commencement Program, Ursinus College

Ursinus College Commencement Programs

This Ursinus College Commencement program from 2009 contains the list of speakers and order of events for the day.

Negotiating Heritage: Heritage Organizations Amongst The Isleños Of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana And The Use Of Heritage Identity To Overcome The Isleño/Tornero Distinction , Jonathan Joseph West

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The Isleños of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana trace their ancestry to eighteenth century settlers from the Canary Islands. Currently, St. Bernard Parish is home to two separate Canarian heritage organizations: Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society and the Canary Islands Descendents Association. This thesis examines how the Isleños are currently renegotiating their cultural identity through the use of heritage via the structure of heritage organizations. I argue that under mounting economic, environmental, and political pressure, people of Canarian descent in St. Bernard Parish have begun to adjust Isleño cultural identity in order to make it more widely inclusive. This is …

Circulation Control Improvements To Rotor Lift Asymmetry Due To Reverse Flow, Michael J. Lyons

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Circulation control has been applied to airfoils since the late 1960's, and has been proven to change the aerodynamic performance by altering the interaction of the streamlines without changing the physical characteristics of the airfoil itself. This has many applications in fluid dynamics; the focus of this application is for the replacement of the conventional helicopter rotor blade system with a fly-by-wire, active circulation controlled system. Conventional helicopters use a swashplate and a series of mechanical linkages, bearings, and dampers to create a fully articulated rotor hub system. This system is required to achieve the blade characteristics required for stable …

Using Author Studies To Incorporate Multicultural Literature Across The New Jersey Core Curriculum, Carol Lynn Raines-Sapp

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to incorporate one author's work of multicultural literature to determine its significance in other subject areas within the New Jersey Core Curriculum exclusive of Language Arts/Literacy curriculum. It was to provide media specialists and classroom teachers with integral skills, concepts and ideas found in multicultural literature. The study used one author study, Virginia Hamilton, and one culture, African American in its evaluation within the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. The study showed that readability level of the selected works by Virginia Hamilton was excellent for students in grades four through six. Also, it …

May 11, 2009 - Passed - Resolution On Promotion And Tenure Guidelines, Ohio University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Resolutions

No abstract provided.

Ohio University Faculty Senate Minutes May 11, 2009, Ohio University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

School Of Law Commencement: May 9, 2009, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

School of Law Commencement program from May 9, 2009.

Center Of Ecological Studies Feasibility Project, Suzanne Williams, Jill Leonard

Grant

No abstract provided.

Planning At Bates, 05-07-2009

Occasional Publications

No abstract provided.

The Walter And Inger Rice Center For Environmental Through Time: A Study In Environmental Change, Human Land Use And Its Effects Along The Lower James River, Chris Egghart

Theses and Dissertations

Historic cartographic sources, historical accounts, and ethnographic and archaeological data are used help reconstruct past settlement patterns and land uses that together acted to shape the changing cultural landscape of the Virginia Commonwealth University Walter and Inger Rice for Environmental Studies (Rice Center). The Rice Center is located in Charles City County along the north bank of the James River between Richmond and Williamsburg. Presented is a baseline description of the present day condition of the Rice Center property. This is followed by a detailed account of the physiographic and ecological changes that occurred along the Lower James River since …

Curriculum Minutes 05/06/2009, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Response To Colehour And Jelev, Roopali Phadke

Macalester Civic Forum

No abstract provided.