This study aimed to evaluate the effect of type of players on ecosystem accounting system using structural equations. In total, 84 activists in the field of environmental accounting (ecosystem) were selected through convenience sampling. Subjects filled the 22-item questionnaire of components of actor network and the 25-item questionnaire of ecosystem accounting. Given the fact that the signifi...

Loss of plant diversity influences essential ecosystem processes as aboveground productivity, and can have cascading effects on the arthropod communities in adjacent trophic levels. However, few studies have examined how those changes in arthropod communities can have additional impacts on ecosystem processes caused by them (e.g. pollination, bioturbation, predation, decomposition, herbivory). ...

There are rich deposits of mineral and fossil natural resources in the Arctic, which make this region very attractive for extracting industries. Their operations have immediate and vast consequences for ecological systems, which are particularly vulnerable in this region. We are developing a management strategy for Arctic watersheds impacted by industrial production. The case study is Lake Iman...

Technology platform strategies offer a novel way to orchestrate a rich portfolio of contributions made by the many independent actors who form an ecosystem of heterogeneous complementors around a stable platform core. This form of organising has been successfully used in the smartphone, gaming, commercial software, and other industrial sectors. While technology ecosystems require stability and ...

1. At the heart of the body of research on biodiversity effects on ecosystem function is the debate over whether different species tend to be functionally singular or redundant. When we consider ecosystem multi-function, the provision of multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously, we may find that seemingly redundant species may in fact play unique roles in ecosystems. 2. Over the last few dec...

Sustainability of ecosystems and ecosystem management are increasingly accepted societal goals. However projects of non-governmental conservation organizations (NGOs) and governments also are prone to becoming impractical impositions on local people. Can conservation programs be improved by incorporating local people’s understanding of ecosystems? The Kizilirmak Delta is one of Turkey’s most im...

The longleaf pine ecosystem includes some of the most species-rich plant communities outside of the tropics, and most of that diversity resides in the ground layer vegetation. In addition to harboring many locally endemic and otherwise rare plant species (Peet this volume) and enhancing habitat for the resident fauna (Costa and DeLotelle this volume), the ground layer vegetation produces fine f...

The interest to build ecosystem models is well acknowledged in order to improve the understanding of the sophisticated linkages between humans and natural species embedded within variable local and global environmental contexts. It is especially true when a complex temporal evolution intervenes as in population regulations. Ecological modellers usually resort to numerical models supported by ac...

Designing tomorrow’s digital identity solution is faced with unique challenges. Identity mechanisms overwhelmingly refer to and are used by people. They need to be usable and affordable, and address individual concerns of privacy and confidentiality. At the same time, to ensure trust they need to provide accountability and be strongly secure. Further, it is important to realize that no one plat...

The present study aims to provide insight into the value of different teacher roles in designing and implementing technology-rich learning activities for early literacy. Three cases, each with a different teacher role (executoronly, re-designer, co-designer) were examined. In the executor-only role, teachers implemented ready-made activities. In the re-designer role teachers collaboratively re-...