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Predictability and constraints on the structure of ecological communities in the context of climate change

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Barner, Allison K.

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Ecologists must increasingly balance the need for accurate predictions about how ecosystems will be affected by climate change, against the fact that making such predictions at the ecosystem-level may be infeasible. Although information about responses of individual species to a changing environment is increasing, scaling such information to the community...

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Advancing marine reserve science : from field experiments to marine conservation planning tools

Creator:

Leslie, Heather M.

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This dissertation focuses on science relevant to the design and implementation of marine reserves. The chapters explore a range of topics related to among-site variation in population, community, and ecosystem dynamics. My results demonstrate the value and feasibility of integrating this knowledge into more comprehensive conservation and management approaches. While...

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, Mark Denny, and George Somero graciously provided access to key equipment that made this work possible