21 documents found, page 1 of 3

Stakeholder perceptions of wildfire management strategies as nature-based solut...

Increased large and high-intensity wildfires cause large socioeconomic and ecological impacts, which demand improved landscape management approaches in which both ecological and societal dimensions are integrated. Engaging society in fire management requires a better understanding of stakeholder perceptions of wildfires and landscape management. We analyze stakeholder perceptions about wildfire-landscape intera...

On the development of a regional climate change adaptation plan: Integrating mo...

Climate change is expected to have strong social-ecological implications, with global but especially regional and local challenges. To assess the climatic vulnerability of a given territory, it is necessary to evaluate its exposure to climate change and its adaptive capacity. This study describes the development of an Action Plan for Adapting to Climate Change in the Tâmega and Sousa Region, a mountainous inter...

Can Niche Dynamics and Distribution Modeling Predict the Success of Invasive Sp...

Biological invasions are among the major contemporary threats to biodiversity. Biocontrol has a long history as a safe and effective strategy for the control of invasive species in several world regions, yet the life history and ecological requirements of biocontrol agents are often poorly understood. Species distribution models and assessments of niche overlap and dynamics constitute a way to quantify and comp...

Effective and cost-efficient monitoring of biological invasions under global ch...

Ecological monitoring programmes are designed to detect and measure changes in biodiversity and ecosystems. In the case of biological invasions, they can contribute to anticipating risks and adaptively managing invaders. However, monitoring is often expensive because large amounts of data might be needed to draw inferences. Thus, careful planning is required to ensure that monitoring goals are realistically ach...

Dynamic modelling in research and management of biological invasions

Invasive species are increasing in number, extent and impact worldwide. Effective invasion management has thus become a core socio-ecological challenge. To tackle this challenge, integrating spatial-temporal dynamics of invasion processes with modelling approaches is a promising approach. The inclusion of dynamic processes in such modelling frameworks (i.e. dynamic or hybrid models, here defined as models that ...

Previsão e Avaliação do Risco Associado às Invasões Biológicas

No mundo global em que vivemos, muitas das espécies de plantas, animais e outros organismos que nos rodeiam são originárias de outros territórios, de onde foram trazidas pelas mais variadas razoes. A essas espécies, “vindas de fora”, chamamos espécies exóticas1 (do grego exotikós, “de fora”). O transporte de organismos vivos e a sua introdução pelas actividades humanas fora da sua área de distribuição natural, ...

Stakeholder's perceptions towards non-native acacias and implications for their...

Humans act as drivers for the introduction of non-native trees. Some non-native species may become invasive and cause undesirable impacts, thereby motivating targeted decision-making and management actions. Australian acacias (or wattles; genus Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae) have been introduced worldwide, offering both opportunities and risks for local communities. Understanding how stakeholders perceive invasi...

Alien plant species: environmental risks in agricultural and agro-forest landsc...

Alien plant species have been essential for farming and agro-forestry systems and for their supply of food, fiber, tannins, resins or wood from antiquity to the present. They also contributed to supporting functions and regulating services (water, soil, biodiversity) and to the design of landscapes with high cultural and scenic value. Some of those species were intentionally introduced, others arrived accidenta...

Dynamic models in research and management of biological invasions

A multi-scale modelling framework to guide management of plant invasions in a t...

Background: Attention has recently been drawn to the issue of transboundary invasions, where species introduced and naturalized in one country cross international borders and become problematic in neighbouring countries. Robust modelling frameworks, able to identify the environmental drivers of invasion and forecast the current and future potential distribution of invasive species, are needed to study and manag...