ECCB 2018: Recent submissions
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Ecosystem services of soil microorganisms and microbiological component condition assessment of the quarry Pechurki.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The obligatory component of any biogeocenosis is soil microorganisms, which perform a number of cruical metabolic and ecophysiological functions. They participate in plant cover recovery and in circulation of elements, ... -
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe and Central Asia – status, trends and future scenarios
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a science-policy platform administered by the United Nations Environment Programme, at its third plenary in January 2015, in Bonn, requested ... -
Natural disturbance regime as the basis of forest conservation and ecosystem management
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Forest disturbance regime, i.e. the spatio-temporal occurrence pattern of varied disturbances in a given area, is a key factor shaping forest ecosystem structure, species assemblages and processes. Over the past decades, ... -
Preaching to the Unconverted: The Human Benefits of Ecoligical Intensification
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Although ecological intensification methods have some demonstrable benefits to production and the potential to enhance long-term sustainability, farmers still face an uncertain trade-off by implementing them over more ... -
People, pollution and pathogens – Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Mountain catchments provide for the livelihood of more than half of humankind, and have become a key destination for tourist and recreation activities globally. Mountain ecosystems are generally considered to be less complex ... -
Building evaluation capacity in small/medium-sized conservation projects
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Small/medium-sized projects make up a key component of the work of many conservation organisations. Given the challenges facing global biodiversity it is essential that we are able to evaluate and learn from the outcomes ... -
Ecosystem services of the Pechurki quarry
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)One of the actual problem is definition of targets for ecological restoration. Recovery at the quarry a lot of specialists see differently, someone sees it in increasing biodiversity, other, species from red list on the ... -
Where science meets art: using science-fiction as a medium for science communication
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)As the world becomes more urbanized than ever before, society has continued to grow dissociated from nature and our impact on it. Too often, nature is taken for granted and treated as a luxury: we retreat into nature to ... -
Landowners´ preferences, motivations and needs to inform voluntary private land conservation policy in a conservation priority area
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Uruguayan savanna ecoregion in South America is considered critically endangered mostly because of land use change and intensification to commercial agriculture and afforestation. In Uruguay, the National System of ... -
Addressing ecological light pollution at a national scale.
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Natural sources of lighting are a major environmental cue that help structure ecological systems, yet these are undermined by artificial lighting which disrupts key processes such as migration, pollination and reproduction. ... -
Hunting as a source of alien species: a European review
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Invasive alien species (IAS) have been identified as one of the most important direct drivers of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and ecosystem service changes. The threats posed by IAS have consequently been ... -
Biodiversity accounting in life cycle assessment – a novel method
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Biodiversity accounting in life cycle assessment – a novel method Life cycle assessment (LCA) of products may be an indispensable tool in the transition towards a sustainable lifestyle and planetary wellbeing – but parameter ... -
Human Wellbeing – Nature relationships in rural Sub-Saharan Africa – developing a protocol for the consideration of the natural environmental in multi-dimensional poverty indices
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The natural environment is included in several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the first SDG of eradicating poverty. In countries like Rwanda and Malawi, despite repeated emphasis of the dependence on natural ... -
Finding the best compromises for wind power locations in Finland via spatial prioritization modeling
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Anthropogenic climate warming is a great threat to the future wellbeing of nature and people alike. Therefore decreasing greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible is of utmost importance. Wind power is one of the ... -
The distribution of Great Grey Shrike in Republic of Moldova
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) is the largest species from the Laniidae family, with a wide distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, across Europe, Asia and North America. Because the species occupies a large ... -
EU LIFE PROGRAMME Contributing for Nature Conservation in Practice
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The LIFE programme is the European Union’s funding instrument exclusively devoted to the environment. Since its establishment in 1992, the LIFE “Nature and Biodiversity” strand has co-financed more than 1600 projects. This ... -
Half a century of multiple anthropogenic stressors has altered northern forest understory plant communities
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The boreal forests constitute the largest forest biome in the northern hemisphere. These forests are under increasing anthropogenic impact from intensified forest management, eutrophication and climate change, which may ... -
Connectivity Conservation of Large Carnivores' Habitats in the Carpathians
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The Carpathian Mountains forming an arc roughly 1.500 km across seven states provide the habitat for some of the largest European populations of brown bears, grey wolves and Eurasian lynx, with the highest concentration ... -
A nation-wide census for future conservation actions
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)Citizen science is a type of research which could be crucial for wildlife monitoring in the developing countries due to low funding opportunities and trained specialists. In the Republic of Moldova, this concept is not ... -
British butterflies differ in micro-temperature and habitat preferences, and in their ability to buffer body temperature against changes in air temperature – consequences for reserve management
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)The ecological impacts of global warming are clear, with changes in species’ ranges, interactions between species, and species’ declines observed and predicted to continue. A key factor exacerbating these impacts is ...