Complexity and stability of ecological networks: a review of the theory

P Landi, HO Minoarivelo, Å Brännström, C Hui… - Population ecology, 2018 - Springer
Our planet is changing at paces never observed before. Species extinction is happening at
faster rates than ever, greatly exceeding the five mass extinctions in the fossil record …

Aligning learning objectives and approaches in global engineering graduate programs: Review and recommendations by an interdisciplinary working group

L MacDonald, E Thomas, A Javernick-Will… - Development …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite decades of global development programming, poverty persists in the low-and-
middle-income countries targeted by these efforts. Training approaches to global …

Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone

CW Fernandez, L Mielke, A Stefanski… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The interaction networks formed by ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and their tree hosts, which
are important to both forest recruitment and ecosystem carbon and nutrient retention, may be …

Addressing the challenges of preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis

R Beach - The Teacher Educator, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Teachers often lack adequate teacher preparation in knowledge and practices for engaging
their students to address the climate crisis, suggesting the need for an increased focus on …

A Gaian habitable zone

R Arthur, A Nicholson - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
When searching for inhabited exoplanets, understanding the boundaries of the habitable
zone around the parent star is the key. If life can strongly influence its global environment …

Emergence and causality in complex systems: A survey of causal emergence and related quantitative studies

B Yuan, J Zhang, A Lyu, J Wu, Z Wang, M Yang, K Liu… - Entropy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Emergence and causality are two fundamental concepts for understanding complex
systems. They are interconnected. On one hand, emergence refers to the phenomenon …

Unlocking ensemble ecosystem modelling for large and complex networks

SA Vollert, C Drovandi, MP Adams - PLOS Computational Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The potential effects of conservation actions on threatened species can be predicted using
ensemble ecosystem models by forecasting populations with and without intervention …

Literacy research, systems thinking, and climate change

R Beach - Research in the Teaching of English, 2023 - publicationsncte.org
This article posits the need for literacy research on teachers' and students' use of systems
thinking for studying climate change. Drawing on sociocultural activity theory of learning, it …

Edge disturbance shapes liana diversity and abundance but not liana‐tree interaction network patterns in moist semi‐deciduous forests, Ghana

B Ofosu‐Bamfo, P Addo‐Fordjour… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Edge disturbance can drive liana community changes and alter liana‐tree interaction
networks, with ramifications for forest functioning. Understanding edge effects on liana …

Integration of marine and terrestrial ecological economies in the cities of the Bohai rim, China, based on the concept of viscosity

Z Yu, X Chen, Q Di - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The integration of sea and land ecological economies is crucial for the development of a
high-quality sea–land economy. This study explores and proposes the concept of a sea …