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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"disturbance-recovery"”.
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Characterizing Impacts of and Recovery from Surface Coal Mining in Appalachian Forested Landscapes Using Landsat Imagery
… from the other prevalent forest-replacing disturbances through analysis of an interannual chronosequence of Landsat images. Disturbances were classified using descriptors of the disturbance/recovery trajectories: disturbance minimum, recovery slope and recovery maximum. Three vegetation …
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Disturbance effects of boat-based tourism on waterbirds at the Ramsar-designated De Hoop Vlei, Western Cape, South Africa
… in order to generate revenue. However, disturbance effects brought about through encounters between humans and wildlife can have negative consequences, which conflict with conservation goals. De Hoop Vlei is a large coastal lake within the De Hoop Nature Reserve. It is a Ramsar site as …
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Real-Time Self-Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Legged Robots
… generates feasible arm motions that improve disturbance recovery in real-time. Finally, the framework is extended for hardware implementation on the MIT Humanoid with an additional controller that solves for joint velocities to avoid swing-leg collisions in hardware experiments.
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The Effects of Benthic Organisms on Intertidal Sediment Erodibility
… transport, a critical process during small-scale disturbance recovery. The erosion of surface sediments is also vital to benthic-pelagic coupling, where resuspended microbes and organic material become available to suspension feeders and/or transported to adjacent habitats. On sandflats, the …
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Ecological niche responses of small mammals to gypsy moth disturbance
… sites at four different stages of gypsy moth disturbance: a high tree mortality site, a disturbance in process site, a disturbance recovery site, and an undisturbed reference site. More specifically, the study was designed to identify changes in habitat structure that would influence small …
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Trends in Forest Recovery After Stand-Replacing Disturbance: A Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Productivity in Southeastern Pine Forests
… in this region's duration or rate of forest recovery has consequential economic and ecological ramifications. Despite the need for forest recovery monitoring in this region, a spatially comprehensive evaluation of forest spectral recovery through time has not yet been conducted. Remote …
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Tīmata whakaora, kickstarting recovery - Using bivalves to bioremediate degraded estuarine sediments
… that they provide. Once degraded, natural recovery can take years due to the loss of long-lived, functionally important benthic species. These species are important in maintaining internal feedback loops, thereby facilitating resilient communities that underpin critical ecosystem functions. …