[HTML][HTML] Humans as niche constructors: Revisiting the concept of chronic anthropogenic disturbances in ecology

UP Albuquerque, PHS Gonçalves, WSF Júnior… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ecology has witnessed a strong conceptual shift regarding the transition from human-
free to human-dominated ecosystems. Nevertheless, human beings are still treated as …

Identification and evolution of territorial space from the perspective of composite functions

Q Hu, Z Zhang, L Niu - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
At present, China is in a stage of unbalanced and insufficient development, in which
territorial space with distinctive dominant functions, regional coordination, and reasonable …

Comparing biodiversity valuation approaches for the sustainable management of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

J De Valck, J Rolfe - Ecosystem services, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World-known, iconic environmental asset whose
complex functioning is largely ascribed to its outstanding biodiversity, ranging from genes to …

“There was a virgin forest here; it was all woods”: local perceptions of landscape changes in Northeastern Brazil

PH Gonçalves, AEM Rego… - Ethnobiology and …, 2019 - ethnobioconservation.com
This paper presents a case study to understand how people from a rural population that has
been undergoing intense anthropogenic transformations in recent decades perceive these …

Law reform for life: how to unleash the guiding principles of ecologically sustainable development to improve human relationships with (the rest of) urban biodiversity

L Penninkilampi - Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 2021 - elgaronline.com
Urbanization is arguably the most severe and irreversible driver of environmental change,
particularly with respect to biodiversity. This is the case even in Australia, a megadiverse …

A method to identify drivers of societal change likely to affect natural assets in the future, illustrated with Australia's native biodiversity

DA Pepper, H Lada, JR Thomson, KS Bakar… - Science of The Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human society has a profound adverse effect on natural assets as human populations
increase and as global climate changes. We need to envisage different futures that …