Moreover, life history traits have a strong influence on the magnitude of these impacts (Regan et al. 2012, Swab et al. 2012). Recent studies integrating life history traits (Keith et al. 2008, Dullinger et al. 2012, Fordham et al. 2012), demography and physiology (Fordham et al. 2013a), or intra-specific variability (Morin et al. 2008, Bennie et al. 2010, Wang et al. 2010, Garzón et al. 2011, ...

Many types of transportation systems, for example, public transit and commercial freight hauling and package delivery, may be categorized as being fleet operations. The environmental impacts of fleet operations such as these are affected by factors including the initial choice and selection of vehicles (types) comprising the fleet, vehicle age and maintenance, and the modal conditions under whi...

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org A light at night is globally widespread (Cinzano et al. 2001), rapidly expanding in spatial extent (Hölker et al. 2010), and shifting in its spectral characteristics (Davies et al. 2013a). Increasing concern over these trends has recently fuelled a surge in research toward understanding the ecological impacts of artificial light pol...

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Plants are sessile organisms that cannot escape from stressful environments, such as drought, high salinity, high temperature, and shortage of essential minerals in the soil. Hence, plants have evolved processes that protect them from these harmful conditions. One of these major processes is autophagy (whichmeans, “self-eating”), amechanism that destroys specific compounds that participate in e...

iran is among the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses in the world. agricultural sector has a remarkable role in non-renewable energy consumption and then, the environmental impacts in this country. in this regard, the environmental impacts of watermelon production as the most important melons produced in guilan province of iran were investigated through the life cycle assessment (lca) approa...

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Interbreeding between wild fish and escaped farmed fish (or deliberate releases in enhancement/ranching) could result in genetic changes in the wild populations that reduce overall fitness and productivity (Utter et al. 1993; Utter 1998). Although this problem has been discussed for a long time (e.g. Hindar et al. 1990; Skaala et al. 1990) experimental evidence of harmful effects from interbree...