Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

Organisms influence their environments through activities that range from bioturbation to
modification of redox gradients and construction of structures. Some of these activities …

Carrying Capacity (CC) was first coined in biology and ecology in the 1920s, and later
developed rapidly in related sciences such as natural resources science and environment …

This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building,
evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of …

Abstract 'Ecological Civilization'is a Chinese characteristic concept. It is an important
pathway for China to achieve sustainable development and has become a key strategy to …

With the rapid economic growth and social development in China, conflicts over water
resources between human and nature are continuously increasing which is attracting the …

Urban resources environment carrying capacity (URECC) is considered as a significant
yardstick for guiding the practice towards sustainable urban development. It helps measure …

Parks and Carrying Capacity is an important new work for faculty, graduate and
undergraduate students, and researchers in outdoor recreation, park planning and …

Population limitation is a fundamental tenet of ecology, but the relative roles of exogenous
and endogenous mechanisms remain unquantified for most species. Here we used multi …

In recent years resilience has emerged as a key concept in public policy. After September 11
in particular, resilience has become an increasingly central organizing metaphor within the …