Ecological effects of environmental change

ED ITOR IAL Ecological effects of environmental change

Gloria M. Luque,* Michael E. Hochberg, Marcel Holyoak, Martine Hossaert, Franc oise Gaill and Franck Courchamp Abstract This Special Issue of Ecology Letters presents contributions from an international meeting organised by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Ecology Letters on the broad theme of ecological effects of global environmental change. The objectives of these arti...

environmental effects of gol-e-gohar iron ore mine on groundwater of the area

gol-e-gohar iron ore mine of sirjan in southern part of iran is a large open pit that operates below the groundwater table and during mining operation, dewatering is required to prevent operation processes from flooding. current operation is going on by digging wells in or out of the pit and pumping to prevent flooding. as a result of the former dewatering operation a vast deep cone of depressi...

Environmental change makes robust ecological networks fragile

Complex ecological networks appear robust to primary extinctions, possibly due to consumers' tendency to specialize on dependable (available and persistent) resources. However, modifications to the conditions under which the network has evolved might alter resource dependability. Here, we ask whether adaptation to historical conditions can increase community robustness, and whether such robustn...

Exporting the ecological effects of climate change

global anthropogenic climate change is contributing to the considerable economic imbalance between rich and poor nations. the changing climate will inevitably influence natural resources, but it is the poorest countries—where humans rely most directly on natural systems for their liveli­ hoods—that are expected to experience the greatest changes. Accordingly, the resources, economies and societ...

Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental Change