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Changes in the Landscape of Arctic Traditional...
This article, written by Tim Lougheed*, appeared first in Environmental Health Perspectives—the peer-reviewed, open access journal of the National Institute of... More »
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Population growth rate
Last Updated on 2013-03-28 at 16:31
Introduction
The population growth rate measures how populations change in size over time. The units of population growth rate are individuals per time. Population... More »
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Carrying capacity
Last Updated on 2013-03-25 at 14:11
In population ecology, the carrying capacity is the population size at which the population growth rate equals zero. Population size is constrained by food availability,... More »
Population
Last Updated on 2013-02-04 at 11:31
Population is the study of the character, number, and distribution of living organisms residing in or migrating through particular places. The study of populations is a... More »
From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The role of natural...
Last Updated on 2013-01-06 at 17:24
Rationale
Environmental factors are rarely, if ever, the sole cause of violent conflict. Ethnicity, adverse economic conditions, low levels of international trade and... More »
Global human appropriation of net primary production...
Last Updated on 2012-12-20 at 00:39
Introduction
Humanity’s impact on the biosphere’s structures (e.g., land cover) and functioning (e.g., biogeochemical cycles) is considerable. It exceeds... More »
Incorporating traditional knowledge in the Arctic
Last Updated on 2012-08-02 at 22:05
This is Section 10.2.7 of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Lead Author: Michael B. Usher; Contributing Authors:Terry V. Callaghan, Grant Gilchrist, Bill Heal, Glenn... More »
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