Ecosystem Analysis - Science topic

Is it very literally subbing in shannon wiener index values instead of species abundances?

Transdisciplinary research is an approach to inquiry that transcends disciplinary boundaries and integrates knowledge, methods, and perspectives from different disciplines to address complex problems. This type of research goes beyond interdisciplinary collaboration, aiming to create a holistic understanding that cannot be achieved within the confines of a single discipline. Here are some key aspects of transdisciplinary research:

In summary, transdisciplinary research is a collaborative and integrative approach that aims to break down disciplinary silos, tackle complex problems, and contribute to solutions that are both scientifically sound and socially relevant.

Transdisciplinary research is particularly well-suited to studying resilience in ecosystems due to the inherently complex and dynamic nature of ecological systems. Here are several reasons why this approach is beneficial:

In summary, the complexity of ecosystems and the multifaceted nature of resilience make transdisciplinary research a valuable approach. By integrating knowledge from diverse disciplines and engaging stakeholders, researchers can develop a more nuanced understanding of ecosystem resilience, leading to more effective conservation and management strategies.

This question is an extension and an attempt join the following papers:

It also aims to advance a decade long effort to formulate and articulate a new theory of learning as initiated by this visual essay/ research report:

Eudaimonia in ancient Greek philosophy and the Dao (Tao) in Chinese philosophy, particularly in Daoism (Taoism), share some similarities in their overarching themes and perspectives on living a meaningful and fulfilling life.

However, they arise from distinct cultural, philosophical, and historical contexts. Here are some comparisons between Eudaimonia and the Dao:

Eudaimonia: In Greek philosophy, living in harmony with nature is associated with the idea of aligning one's life with the order of the cosmos and with reason. It involves recognizing and fulfilling one's potential as a rational being.

Dao: Daoism emphasizes harmony with the Dao, which is often described as the fundamental principle or force that underlies and unifies the universe. Living in accordance with the Dao involves attuning oneself to the natural order and rhythms of existence.

Eudaimonia: Virtue is a central component of Eudaimonia, and philosophers like Aristotle identified specific virtues (e.g., courage, wisdom, justice) as essential for a flourishing life.

Dao: Daoism also values virtues, but it often emphasizes a more spontaneous and natural expression of virtue. Virtuous conduct is seen as flowing from being in harmony with the Dao rather than being rigidly prescribed.

Eudaimonia: While Greek philosophy emphasizes the importance of virtuous action and the development of one's potential, it doesn't explicitly advocate a concept similar to Daoism's wu wei (non-action or non-striving).

Dao: Wu wei is a central concept in Daoism, suggesting that one should act in accordance with the natural flow of the Dao, without unnecessary effort or force. It involves spontaneous and effortless action, aligning with the Dao's inherent order.

Eudaimonia: The focus in Greek philosophy is often on individual flourishing and the development of personal virtues within the context of the polis (city-state) and social life.

Dao: Daoism often takes a more cosmic and holistic perspective, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all things. The Dao is not just a personal path to follow but a universal principle that permeates everything.

Eudaimonia: Greek philosophy, particularly in the ethical teachings of philosophers like Aristotle, provides a systematic framework for moral reasoning and the cultivation of virtues.

Dao: Daoism, while valuing moral conduct, tends to approach ethics in a more intuitive and context-dependent manner, with an emphasis on spontaneity and responsiveness to the situation.

The holobiont is a biological concept that refers to a host organism and its associated community of symbiotic microorganisms, collectively known as the microbiota. This concept challenges the traditional view of an organism as an individual and emphasizes the interconnectedness between a host and its microbial inhabitants. Let's explore how the holobiont concept might relate to the synthesis of Eudaimonia and Dao:

In essence, the holobiont concept provides a biological metaphor that can be extended to philosophical and ethical considerations. It encourages a more interconnected and holistic perspective, aligning well with the synthesis of Eudaimonia and Dao that seeks to integrate individual virtues with a broader understanding of cosmic harmony and balance.

To integrate insights from Eudaimonia, Dao, and the holobiont concept to propose a holistic theory of learning that goes beyond traditional educational paradigms. This theory posits that learning is not merely an individual cognitive process but a symbiotic relationship between the learner, their virtues, the cosmic order (Dao), and the broader learning ecosystem.

Thus the Liquid (Holobiont) Learner theory envisions a symbiotic relationship between the learner, virtues, cosmic harmony, and the learning ecosystem. It embraces diversity, spontaneity, and adaptability, fostering not just the accumulation of knowledge but the development of virtuous individuals who contribute to the flourishing of the broader learning community and the cosmic order.

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On 16.11.2022 at the UN Climate Summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, debates and speakers address, among other things, the issue of the loss of biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems caused by the increasingly rapid process of global warming caused by anthropogenic factors, i.e., primarily by civilization's greenhouse gas emissions. Due to the accelerating deforestation of forests, the burning and clearing of rainforests to create more areas to grow crops for export, the planet's biodiversity is rapidly declining. In addition, also due to the increasing scale of land and sea pollution, oceanic pollution and the accelerating process of global warming, the level of biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems is rapidly declining. Due to the predatory management of burning and clearing of the Amazon rainforest, the area of these natural boreal forests described as the natural lungs of the planet has been declining rapidly in recent years. In addition, due to the greenhouse effect, ocean water temperatures are also rising and coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef in Oceania, are dying. The decline in biodiversity noted in recent years correlates with the rapid mass die-off of many species of flora and fauna. In view of the above, it is necessary to urgently stop forest deforestation, including the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests and also other forest formations and natural ecosystems located in all climate zones. It is necessary to increase the scale of implementation of afforestation programs for civilization-degraded areas, post-mining heaps, wastelands, and the creation of additional urban parks in urban agglomerations. Besides, it is necessary to urgently carry out a full green transformation of the economy, including a pro-climate transformation of the energy sector by replacing the dirty energy of burning fossil fuels with clean energy based on renewable and emission-free energy sources. With the rapid development of ICT information technology, Industry 4.0, satellite analytics, 5G big data transfer, etc. as important elements of the current fourth technological revolution, it is possible to improve techniques and systems for monitoring the state of biodiversity of natural ecosystems.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of researchers and scientists:

What is your opinion on this issue?

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Particularly relevant issues concerning the problems of natural, social, economic and other negative consequences of the ongoing process of global warming, the negative effects of this process and, therefore, the need to increase the scale and accelerate the implementation of the process of green transformation of the economy, protection of the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet, I described in the following article:

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of The importance of biodiversity, the environment, environmental protection?

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I wonder that if I would know the mathematical relationship to find the root propagation of a fibrous rooted coconut tree (Coccus nucifera) or a tap rooted mango tree (Mangifera indica) then I can excavate the entire plant safely and install it in a better place if I need to have a building construction where already a tree was planted. This would be the most sustainable approach considering the human requirements and ecosystem wellbeing.

In many countries, in individual regions and urban agglomerations, tree planting projects are currently underway as part of afforestation programs for civilization-modified areas. In some countries afforestation of civilizational modified areas is considered one of the most important instruments to neutralize the negative effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The main premise of this thesis is the fact that certain species of trees and shrubs absorb significant amounts of CO2 and improve microclimate and water management in surface layers of soil. However, according to the results of scientific research in a situation of high greenhouse gas emissions, afforestation will not solve the problem of global warming. If in a given country, in a given agglomeration the majority of households, motor vehicles and enterprises from the energy sector relies on burning of minerals, the emission of greenhouse gases is so high that afforestation may reduce this emission to a very small extent. In this situation, apart from afforestation, other projects should be developed that will enable the implementation of the principles of sustainable, pro-ecological development based on the concept of a new, green economy. These other pro-ecological undertakings include, first of all, the development of renewable energy sources, increasing the efficiency of waste segregation, recovering secondary materials, development of electromobility in the automotive industry, development of programs for implementation, implementation and financing of eco-innovations, such as the construction of small household ecological power plants based eg on installing house roofs photovoltaic panels replacing stoves, in which often poor quality minerals are burned, etc. Therefore, afforestation does not solve the serious problem of global warming but should be developed as one of many instruments to reduce the negative greenhouse gas emission effects.

In addition, it is particularly important to protect existing forest resources, including natural forest ecosystems characterized by high biodiversity, and therefore a high biological value, such as rainforest, tropic rainforest of the Amazon. However, this is only an example of the largest, existing natural forest ecosystem on Earth. All other such ecosystems should be under strict protection and should be excluded from the predatory, devastating forest exploitation economy, i.e. harvesting timber from these natural forest ecosystems, because in the context of the problem of global warming they are one of the most important, most valuable resources of the planet Earth.

In view of the above, the current question is: Can the afforestation of civilization-modified areas significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

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Global warming affects many processes in biological ecosystems.

Different species of flora and fauna change their habitats and geographical areas according to climate change and specific geographical environments.

Areas of occurrence of specific species, for example insects in terrestrial areas and fish and arthropods in the seas and oceans, change.

For example bird habitats change, so migrations of some bird species may also be subject to modification. In the situation when forest areas dry out and turn into steppes and deserts, changes in natural habitats and areas of occurrence of species change and concern simultaneously many species of flora and fauna.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:

Please reply

I invite you to the discussion

Thank you very much

I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following article:

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of: Sustainable development of a pro-ecological new economy?

What do you think is an important topic for discussion?

In my opinion, important questions concern the need to develop ecological and energy innovations that in the 21st century, economies should achieve sustainable development taking into account the dwindling resources and the development of civilizations and the negative effects of this development on the natural environment.

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In my opinion, the issue of ecology should be added or extended to educational programs, including issues related to greenhouse gas emissions, faster global warming process, indispensability of implementation and development of ecological energy innovations based on renewable energy sources, improvement of degraded reclamation techniques civilization of the natural environment, sorting garbage, recycling, the need to reduce the use of plastic in product packaging, etc.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:

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I pointed out the high level of relevance of the issue taken up in the above question in the article:

Please respond with what do you think about the issues described in this article?

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

The Amazon rainforest is the largest complex of the natural forest ecosystem of the planet Earth. The Amazon rainforest it is a natural complex of forest ecosystem with rich biodiversity. In these Amazonian ecosystems there are still many, millions of species of flora and fauna that have not yet been fully discovered or described.

The scale of felling and thinning stands in the Amazon's forest is so large that every day the scale of this unique biodiversity decreases and many species of living organisms cease to exist.

Human civilization in this way destroys one of the greatest achievements in the development of life, the evolution of ecosystems on Earth.

This is a very serious problem to solve in the 21st century.

Therefore, I am addressing you with an important question: What should you do to limit the devastation of Amazon rainforests?

Many studies show that the most effective organic farming consists in cultivating forest stands in a formula referring to natural, complex, biologically multispecies ecosystems.

The ecological forestry formula based on the cultivation of many different species of trees and shrubs adjacent to each other, referring to the formation of a natural ecosystem, allows to eliminate chemical measures to protect forest spruce and shrubs and reduce biological fertilization.

Only the application of biologically neutral machines and technical devices to crops to correct the functioning of organic forest crops would allow the improvement of this formula and striving to achieve sustainable forestry.

Only the question of the legitimacy of using or possibly resigning from the creation of new, more resistant to various diseases and pests, new varieties of cultivated trees and shrubs through the use of genetics engineering would remain to be considered.

It is not about creation of new species of plants or animals through genetic manipulation techniques, but about breeding newer varieties of forest trees and shrubs that are more resistant to diseases and pests as a perfecting formula of cultivation referring to the natural ecosystem.

Cultivation of forest stands referring to the formula of the natural biological ecosystem should be improved by creating and introducing to these complex crops these new varieties of trees and shrubs in order to restore biological balance, which was previously significantly reduced through the widespread use of forest and forestry monoculture carried out under classic forestry.

In this way, it is possible to recreate sustainable forestry in the future in areas where classical monocultural forest crops were previously grown or in reclaimed areas.

In view of the above, I would like to ask you: should sustainable chemistry and monoculture be reduced in sustainable forestry, and forestry techniques referring to natural ecosystems should be developed?

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In the multi-million year history of life on Earth there have been 5 great extinctions of species of fauna and flora.

In the context of human civilization activity and the rapidly progressing process of global warming, has the 6th species died out?

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Protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development?

In the context of growing and increasing environmental pollution and declining areas of natural ecosystems, the importance and need to improve environmental protection systems, natural ecosystems and biodiversity is increasing. Biodiversity is one of the most important issues of natural ecosystems and life on Earth. Maintaining high biodiversity on Earth should be a challenge and one of the main goals of human functioning on the Earth in the 21st century and in subsequent centuries.

In connection with the above, protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable ecological development. In some countries, the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development is implemented successively, primarily in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation techniques and recycling development. However, in many countries these issues are still insufficiently developed.

Still too small financial resources are allocated in many countries for the development of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation and recycling techniques. In addition to the private sector, besides enterprises implementing ecological innovations, it is necessary to increase expenditures and develop strategic pro-ecological reform projects, including restructuring of the mining industry of minerals supplying classic energy sources and development of energy based on renewable energy sources. This development should be supported and coordinated by environmentally friendly state intervention, and due to the high investment costs of construction of power plants producing electricity from renewable energy sources should be co-financed from the state public finance funds.

In this way, it will be possible to slow down the ongoing global warming process in the 21st century and thus slow down the process of devastating the natural environment, draining green areas characterized by high biodiversity. Biodiversity is a very important issue in the context of the analysis of ecology, sustainable development and the protection of the natural environment, including, in particular, the natural positions of biologically complex ecosystems, i.e. those that are characterized by high biodiversity. Maintaining biodiversity of natural ecosystems is one of the most important problems and tasks for people in the 21st century.

Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?

In the context of the above considerations, the following question is still valid:

Please reply

I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following articles:

Key aspects of the negative effects of the progressive process of global warming and the associated necessary acceleration of the processes of green transformation of the economy in order to decarbonize the economy, slow down the process of global warming, protect the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of natural ecosystems of the planet I described in the article:

In the following article, I included the results of the research conducted on the connection of the issue of sustainable development, the genesis and meaning of the Sustainable Development Goals, the essence of sustainable development in the context of social, normative, economic, environmental, climate aspects, as well as human rights, etc. The research also addressed the issue of key determinants of human existential security as an element of the concept of sustainable development.

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

I would like to invite you to join me in scientific cooperation,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Climate change, i.e. the ongoing global warmin process, causes the drainage of many areas of the tropical and subtropical zones, and therefore freshwater resources are falling. This will probably be one of the most serious effects and problems of the global warming process that is progressing faster and faster. The issue of falling freshwater resources is one of the most serious problems and challenges for humanity in the 21st century. It is also a problem for biological ecosystems that undergo drying and, therefore, biodiversity, including biodiversity of flora and fauna on Earth, is also diminishing.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:

Please reply

I invite you to the discussion

Thank you very much

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What disciplines, areas of contemporary economic systems, industries, etc. will in the 21st century develop the model of sustainable pro-ecological economic development according to the concept of green economy?

In connection with the progressing global warming and the increase in the risk and frequency of climate disasters, it is necessary to implement pro-ecological reforms as soon as possible into economic processes. First of all, renewable energy sources should be developed, replacing the classic energy based on the burning of minerals. In addition, it is necessary to improve the technology of automation and robotization in the processes of waste segregation, recycling and re-use of various types of raw materials. Also, electromobility, ecological agriculture, zero-energy construction, etc. should be developed.

In recent years ecological innovations have been created mainly in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation techniques, recycling, treatment of polluted water, reclamation of a devastated natural environment, energy-efficient construction, electromobility etc. However, more and more eco-innovations, new technological solutions, technical improvements which is part of sustainable ecological development, is also created in many other fields of science.

In view of the above, are examples of pro-ecological undertakings, technological improvements compatible with sustainable ecological development or ecological innovations that are also created in one of the following or other related fields of science, for example: Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Anthropology Theory, Medicine, Electrical Engineering , Artificial Intelligence, Genetics, Business Administration, Risk Management, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Automation & Robotics, Climatology, Agriculture, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Medical Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Ecosystem Analysis, Power Engineering, Construction, Food production, Forest ecology, Biology, Geoscience, Government Programs, Behavioral Sciences, Biodiversity Assessment, Green Architecture, Greenhouse, Waste, Household Products, Information Society, Innovation Management, International Entrepreneurship, Internet Technologies, Knowledge Creation, Bioelectric Energy gy Sources, Business Model Innovation, Cataclysmic Variables, Chromatography, Clean Energy, Cleantech, Climate Prediction, Collaborative Innovation, Commercialization, Computational Intelligence, Computer Science and Engineering, Conservation Biology, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Governance, Creative Economy, Crisis Communication, Cyber Security, Data Analysis, Database Administration, Development Cooperation, Digital Ecosystems, Economic Ecoindicators, Ecosystem Ecology, Energy Industry, Ecological Modeling Ecological Economics, Ecological Indicators, Discovery, Earth Sciences, Earthquake Forecasting and Geocataclysm, Econometric Analysis, Economic Integration, Economics of Innovation, Ecosystem Engineering, Electricity, Electronic Systems, Energetic Materials, Energy Technologies, Environment, Environmental Biodegradation, Flora, Food Consumption Life Sciences, Logistics Management, Materials for Sustainable Energy, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nanomaterials, New Media Technology, Recycling, Physics of Global Warming, Plant Protection, Predicive Analytics, Production Planning, Project Development, Public Economics, Public Policy, Public Policy, Sociobiology, Space Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development Strategies, Technology Forecasting, Transport Economics, Water Resources, Weather Forecasting, Wildlife Conservation, World Economy, ...?

In view of the above, the current question is: What areas of knowledge will be involved in shaping sustainable pro-ecological economic development in the 21st century?

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Microplastics are environmental nuisance due to their ability to adsorb pollutants on the surface and carry contaminants to a long distance conveyed by air, water and soil. Therefore, contaminants are often found at a place which is not a source of such pollutants. Particle shape and size contribute to the transport pattern of microplastics borne contaminants in the environment. The concern is is mainly for the combined toxicity with the transport of hydrophobic organic compounds, heavy metals and pharmaceutically produced compounds. The absence of regulatory limits of microplastics in a watershed has made the problem acute in waterbodies. I am wondering if microplastics can be controlled in a watershed, if so, how.

Global warming affects many processes in biological ecosystems. Different species of flora and fauna change their habitats and geographical areas according to climate change and specific geographical environments. Areas of occurrence of specific species, for example insects in terrestrial areas and fish and arthropods in the seas and oceans, change. Bird habitats change, so migrations of some bird species may also be subject to modification. In the situation when forest areas dry out and turn into steppes and deserts, changes in natural habitats and areas of occurrence of species change and concern simultaneously many species of flora and fauna.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following question:

Please reply

I invite you to the discussion

Thank you very much

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" Pitfall trapping is the standard method for collecting ground-dwelling arthropods and soil fauna in studies of ecological and agricultural entomology " _{( Ruiz-Lupión et al. 2019).}

In my current research assistant position I am working on analysis of macro-fauna in forests. We use pitfall traps to assess the abundance of macro-fauna in a given area. I'm curious to learn more about other methods used for this sort of analysis.

In a study reviewing pitfall traps, Ruiz-Lupión et al. (2019) states the factors which should be considered by ecologists using pitfall traps. They state, "the capture rate of arthropods in pitfall traps is proportional to their activity, and the number of individuals that each trap catches may or may not reflect their true abundance, and instead just their activity. Thus, the rate of capture is proportional to the joint effects of abundance and activity, something that has very often been overlooked by ecologists for a long time... [Nonetheless,] activity estimates from pitfall trap catches can still be biased because of multiple factors such as the surrounding habitat structure or the environmental conditions such as temperature and water availability. Additional factors could be the vertical distribution of the soil and leaf litter layers, as well as the attraction or repulsion of preservative fluids, detergents, or baits, the effects of which vary according to the taxon, sex, season, and environment. Specifically, if a trap retains excessive amounts of water, it could act as an attractor for the fauna, especially during drought periods, therefore biasing the estimates of activity. "

What are the basic identifying characteristics or features of a freshwater swamp forest.

And what will be the appropriate tools to identify a forest or come to a decision about a forest that, it is a freshwater swamp forest.

First, natural ecosystems should be fully described and precisely presented in the media, including new online media. Then, natural ecosystems should be actively and widely promoted as models of sustainable development, including models of sustainable economic development on a national and global level.

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I need to understand the trend of biodiversity richness together with other parameters of the ecosystem.

In recent years, ecological innovations have also been created on the basis of other non-ecology science. Ecological innovations are mainly created, among others, in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation techniques, recycling, treatment of polluted water, reclamation of a devastated natural environment, energy-efficient construction, electromobility etc. However, more and more eco-innovations, new technological solutions, technical improvements that fit in sustainable pro-ecological economic development also arises in many other fields of science.

In view of the above, are examples of pro-ecological undertakings, technological improvements compatible with sustainable ecological development or ecological innovations that are also created in one of the following or other related fields of science, for example: Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Anthropology Theory, Medicine, Electrical Engineering , Artificial Intelligence, Genetics, Business Administration, Risk Management, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Automation & Robotics, Climatology, Agriculture, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Medical Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Ecosystem Analysis, Power Engineering, Construction, Food production, Forest ecology, Biology, Geoscience, Government Programs, Behavioral Sciences, Biodiversity Assessment, Green Architecture, Greenhouse, Waste, Household Products, Information Society, Innovation Management, International Entrepreneurship, Internet Technologies, Knowledge Creation, Bioelectric Energy gy Sources, Business Model Innovation, Cataclysmic Variables, Chromatography, Clean Energy, Cleantech, Climate Prediction, Collaborative Innovation, Commercialization, Computational Intelligence, Computer Science and Engineering, Conservation Biology, Consumer Behavior, Corporate Governance, Creative Economy, Crisis Communication, Cyber ​​Security, Data Analysis, Database Administration, Development Cooperation, Digital Ecosystems, Discovery, Earth Sciences, Earthquake Forecasting and Geocataclysm, Econometric Analysis, Economic Integration, Economics of Innovation, Ecosystem Engineering, Electricity, Electronic Systems, Energetic Materials, Energy Technologies, Environment, Environmental Biodegradation, Flora, Food Consumption Life Sciences, Logistics Management, Materials for Sustainable Energy, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nanomaterials, New Media Technology, Recycling, Physics of Global Warming, Plant Protection, Predictive Analytics, Production Planning, Project Development, Public Eco nomics, Public Policy, Public Policy, Sociobiology, Space Science, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development Strategies, Technology Forecasting, Transport Economics, Water Resources, Weather Forecasting, Wildlife Conservation, World Economy, ...?

In view of the above, the current question is: Will ecological innovations be created in the 21st century on the basis of other sciences besides ecology?

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The Amazon rain forest produces about 60 percent. global oxygen production necessary for the life of many different life forms on Earth, including humans and animals.

However, for several dozen years, Amazonia has been successively torn from tree stands. There are many known cases of killing indigenous peoples, Native Americans who try to protect the Amazon by devastation.

Fenced areas of the forest are quickly cut down, where the soil after tree felling is quickly eroded and reclamation of the degraded ecosystem is very difficult and in many areas impossible.

The Amazon rainforest is a globally unique ecosystem in which millions of different species of flora and fauna, unknown, not found in other regions of the world, live in natural biological balance.

these ecosystems were created for millions of years, they are unique, one of the greatest biologically treasurers of planet Earth, and man very quickly destroys this unique, species-rich ecosystem.

Progressing fast felling of trees and destruction are basically irreversible. Sometimes to cut a unique specimen of a tree, which grows for 100, 200 and more years, cutting machines, sawmill destroy many other trees only for the purpose of forming an access road for tartar machines to a specific, large, cut tree.

This is the economy of devastation and destruction of unique natural resources, species-rich ecosystems.

Paradoxically, man is responsible for this in the era of the 21st century civilization, it is very sad.

How to solve this problem, to change the economy of devastation into an ecological economy and to protect the unique resources of Amazonian ecosystems?

Time passes, and successively there is less and less time to solve this problem and find a way out of this patency sytauacji, the vicious circle of industrial exploitation, including the devastation of unique forest resources, rich in millions of species of natural Amazonian ecosystems.

If in the 21st century this problem is not effectively solved, subsequent generations of people will have much bigger problems in the matter of existence and life on Earth.

If in the 21st century mankind does not stop the progressing greenhouse effect on Earth and the devastating, predatory economy of forest clearing of the Amazon rainforest, then humanity in the XXII century will no longer have the conditions possible to survive on Earth.

Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?

In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:

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Why in the age of science and technology development, research on the development of modern ecosystems still neodarwninian concepts of evolution are not fully consistent?

In the history of the development of life on Earth, the emergence of particular types, phylacteries and species of flora and fauna according to the Darwin concept of evolutionary knowledge, global cataclysms repeatedly occurred on Earth, after which the majority of flora and fauna changed to a significant degree or completely. These stages of accelerated evolution leading to the relatively rapid emergence of many new life forms, characterized by completely new forms of life organization of particular types and species and entire ecosystems, are not fully fully understood, researched and explained. These gaps of knowledge are the source of dogmatic undermining of the entire Darwinite theory of evolution. In view of the above, the question still remains: Why in the age of science and technology development, research on the development of modern ecosystems still neodarwninian concepts of evolution are not fully consistent?

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Dear respected colleagues,

My heart is very saddened to hear the rampant incidences of floods reported in various parts of the world. My condolences to families that have lost dear loved ones and relatives as well as highly esteemed country men. My country Ghana has not been spared of the anger of the floods either.

Personally, I get annoyed at the unruly anthropogenic activities that disrupt the pathways of water bodies such as the construction of houses in the frontiers of rivers and other water bodies. I am incensed at companies that discharge their harmful industrial eflluents into the water bodies and irresponsible citizens who direct their domestic wastes into rivers. What kind of societies are we building that are so cruel to our environments?

We reap what we sow. The situation of floods taking lives and properties break my heart. Please, what can we do about this? What proper structures can we put in force to avert this situation?

In my city Kumasi, there is going to be a massive demolition exercise of houses and firms situated at wrong locations causing the floods, starting today.

Kindly share your valued views on how we can handcuff flooding to save the world. Kind regards

With due respect, I would hereby request the scientific brethren to provide me a formula with examples to calculate the "impact" or "degree of impact" of alien invasive plant species in the introduced ecosystem.

I, would, hereby like to re-state that I am in need of a formula. Although, I have found certain formulae, but the variables are not clearly defined.

For example, Parker et al. (1999) suggested I (overall Impact)= R (range) × A (abundance) × E (per capita impact). Now, how to calculate R & E, is not clear!

Again, Lockwood et al. (2007) states I = Ft × Fe × Fs × E; how to calculate Ft, Fe, Fs & E is not stated!

Ricciardi (2003) opines Impact = A × F (ecological function per capita effect) × C (composition of recepient community); but no clarity with respect to calcuation of F!

I am at a loss!!!

Thanking you.

Can you suggest/recommend any method(s)/model(s) for carbon sequestration comparatively at a large area (at country/national level) for all pools such as Above ground, Below ground, Soil, Litter and Deadwood etc. What input data would be required for that method/model?

The purpose is to know the annual change in carbon sequestration in these pools for 5 or 10 years.

Thank you in advance

Dynamic capability theory was so far mainly described as a firm’s level concept. Even if the dynamic capability theory acknowledges the presence of the business ecosystem in its analysis, to date, I couldn't find study which identifies the possibility that dynamic capabilities could be extracted from an ecosystem.

For studying water chemistry, phytoplankton analysis or microbial analyses? 

Thanks in Advance for the valuable answers. 

sincerely

Anila Ajayan 

Peterson Grab, small size for lake sampling

Sometimes new species can enhance an ecosystem rather than destroy it. 

How can human activity affect the ecosystem of rangeland?

Hello,

Firstly, congratulations by your project. I am an ecologist, enthusiast about agroecosystems, and now professor at Mato Grosso Federal Institute. I would like to ask you how you intent to characterize the agroecosystems targered for your project. Specially, do you intent to evalue socioeconomics, biodiversity and productivity of the systems? Which do you think be the best protocol to do such characterization?

Best wishes,

Denis.

I am studying mammals and their functional diversity and I came across the ecosystem functionality related to performance species. I raised the question:  how is this functionality and this performance measure?

Thanks in advance

Hi, how many species were used in your project for monitoring ?

I am interested in both its commercial value and its intrinsic value. I am interested in analyses of value and price of forests as related to changes in forest legislation.

At the first sight, LI-COR sensors are more precise but EGM-5 is more suitable for field work because EGM-5 is waterproof, can store data, has internal pump and accumulator and can work in autonomous mode (while LI-COR is just a sensor without pump, data storage and etc.). Perhaps, EGM brakes down more often and has shorter life time than LI-COR.

The task is to measure soil CO₂ fluxes using chambers in different ecosystems.

What are the software applications you intend to use to analyse the ecosystem? 

What software are more advance and accurate for biodiversity indices calculations now a days in Plant sciences?

I am specially interested about the environmental threats.

Does anybody know if researchers are using drones to study vascular epiphytes? If somebody can recommend papers would be great! Canopy ecological research with drones

I wish to inquire about the fundamental of Hills and Mountains.

How can we call Mountains, Hills and Hillocks collectively?

and I couldn't figure out a particular term used in "geography-geomorphology-geology"  to categorize all the hills and mountains altogether.)

I have conducted a redundancy analysis in R, to look at the variance across invertebrate assemblages, in relation to the percentage cover of an invasive plant species. I have the rda scores to provide a general idea of association between individual taxa and the percentage cover of the plant. However, I was wondering if it's possible to obtain the variance within each taxa, explained by the plant cover as a percentage?

See tables 2-4 in Kelly et al 2015 "Effects of Elodea nuttallii on temperate freshwater plants, microalgae and invertebrates: small differences between invaded and uninvaded areas" for an example.

Seeking alternatives to a Cessna 172 aircraft capable of being fitted with VHF antennae to complete radio-tracking surveys in remote terrain. Ideally I am looking for examples of successful use of twin-engine, turbine aircraft.

I would like to learn about the mechanisms that determine the behavior of aquatic ecosystems near critical values of external influences. Can anybody recommend an approach for the description of homeostasis violations for aquatic ecosystems?

Does anyone know how to estimate out of sample prediction power of RPL or latent class model in Limdep/Nlogit? I thought to divide my sample to 80% and 20% of overall sample and then estimate the model for the first half and use the estimated coefficients for the second half. However, I ‘m not sure how to make Nlogit to do it. BTW can I use ; Prlist command?

Thank you in advance

A share of the so called rare, endangered or threatened species may diminish in number due to natural evolution, we may not have to restore the species by which we are altering the natural process

In regards to the methodology to quantify the services especially in forest and agroforest systems.

Dear restoration enthusiasts

I am currently working on my master thesis concerning the application of cheap microcontrollers in ecosystem and landscape restoration monitoring. One main target is to assess the feasibility of low-cost, adaptable monitoring devices. To enhance the output of my thesis, I designed a short survey, designated to include knowledge and experience from restoration enthusiasts all over the world. Therefore I wanted to ask, if you could take a few minutes of your time to fill in my survey. You won’t only help me, but possibly enable broader monitoring, improve efficient use of limited funding and thereby enhance future knowledge. If you have any questions, just contact me.

You can access the survey at:

If you know other people involved in ecosystem and landscape restoration, feel free to send them the survey too.

Thanks a lot for your time

Best regards

Lukas Gemperle – ETHZ - Switzerland

Our research team is deeply involved in building indices to assess ecological quality (integrity or condition); we have worked a lot in rivers, especially working on biotic indices but also using rapid assessment methods (QBR, SVAP). Indices or specific protocols are good for initial screening, educational purposes and citizen science. But using rapid assessment methods to assess the quality of landscapes is more complicated. However like river ecosystems they do have many attributes that can provide visual signals of quality when they are visually assessed from say a vista. Colleagues and our team are exploring an effort to build a landscape assessment index (non-urban areas) and would really be grateful for any advice or references. 

In the provisioning forest ecosystem services the classifications used such as Timber and NTFPs, Woody and non woody products, Direct use values and indirect use values etc. For example; I have market values for the Timber (construction wood), house use furniture (chairs, tables, cupboards etc), fire/fuel wood, medicinal plants, thatching materials, and packing materials. How I should classify these forest products as Timber and NTFPs to avoid double counting? Which classification method for the provisioning  services of forest is valid and updated ?

I am trying to map the ecosystem services values of a multi-functional wetland.

I am using monetary values to convert the concerned services into monetary units for convenient overlapping in the following mapping step. So far, provisioning, regulating and supporting, all of which provide directly or indirectly products having market goods, making them convertible into monetary units. As for cultural values i.e. temples, landscapes, values. I am concerned about the hidden values that could not be captured by stated preference methods. 

Please kindly help with your experience and expertise

It would be great if the species would be found in tropical countries such as the Philippines. 

Also, I would like to know the mechanism by which they are able to withstand large amounts of chromium

Thank you!

I need an estimate of the global area of temperate shrubland. The IPCC provides only maps as far as I know? Can anybody help?

Mussel watch concept is a modern method of  assessment of health of an ecosystem. But is it really a reliable method?

Due to some lack in materials I am in need of the protocols for the same. If anyone has this or know about the them, please let me know.

I would like to analyze data from different LTER sites in order to evaluate the effect of climate change on different ecosystems. The problem is that each site collected data with different study design and with different response variables (diversity of different taxa, variations in snow cover, biogeochemical cycles, ecc.).

I just came across a paper that is very interesting discussing iron - sulfur dynamics in the presence of iron reducing bacteria. In the Everglades, the system I am interested in, iron concentrations are relatively low (generally) while in some areas sulfur (as sulfate) is extremely high.

I study plant ecosystem dynamics using Landsat images in my work. One of the useful indices is GVI. I know it can be counted for Landsat 8 images but don't know how. Can anyone help me?

We are having a workshop in Auckland in 2 weeks to consider urban pressures on the horizon.  The challenge is to think of new ideas, or issues poorly studied, rather than the usual problems or exacerbators of the usual problems. Your ideas would be welcome.

I wonder if anyone know pathways  or conceptual frameworks concerning to construction of successful ecosystems for innovation in emerging economies.

Pls. provide the relevant full text or aiticle link

Hi all,

We have been working with a termite species from the genus Odontotermes. We'd like to permanently remove termites from some mounds to observe their potential cascading ecosystem effects. Has anyone tried to do this?

It seems like one option to remove termites would be with insecticides, but we're worried this effect would only be temporary and termites may recolonize. One thing we've seen is people using plaster of Paris as a way to study mound architecture. Do you think we might be able to use plaster to permanently "plug" termite mounds? Anyone have any experience with these methods?

They are supposedly a way to treat wastewater without using chemicals, but instead by creating an "ecosystem", whose constituent organisms filter the water. I gathered from this paper http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/nr385c/resources/documents/The%20design%20of%20living%20technologies%20for%20waste%20treatment.pdf

that "the ideal closed system as having three major components or subsystems. It consists of a sunlight-based,

photosynthetically driven system that is connected to an animal consumer component, which in turn, is connected to a detritus/bacterial system.

Our experience supports the Adey and Loveland (1991) requirement of a minimum of three distinct subecosystems. We have found it is best to house the subsystems in distinct cells separated in space but connected by flows." 

He has a company: http://www.toddecological.com/eco-machines/

which installs these for a fee....Can anyone comment on if this is a viable method for the future? It seems almost "too good to be true" - an all natural way to deal with the waste products of society purely relying on "natural" processes..

I would be greatful if someone could give ideas on the most important issues regarding the dynamics of an ecosystem of innovation in developing countries.

It is known that woody encroachment is occurring in grassland worldwide. I want to know which factors will affect this process, please give me some relating references.

In non-riparian plant ecosystems, if you measure percentage plant cover, mathematical models and equations could be produced, to describe the spatial interactions between plant species. Is anyone doing anything like that?

Over the years I have been working, I have been compiling a presence only list (coordinates) of a rare tree species from my area. I have good reason to believe (from industry experts and the literature) that my list may be one of the most comprehensive that exists. As well as compiling this info for submission to flora databases, I wanted to put in some time to help develop the knowledge of the species, as well as learn some skills myself. I was hoping to undertake some form of species modelling to determine the species original extent (prior to european settlement which resulted in extensive clearing) and combining that with extant layers of native vegetation to get an idea on how many may still be present in remnant populations (I believe the number of trees left is far different to that commonly stated). I may even try and field truth the predictions. The species occupies a relatively narrow area of (approximately) 300x100 kilometers. 

When I browse through the literature in this topic, I am overwhelmed. I am hoping to get some direction on the type of modelling I should do with some good guidance on how to go about it (seeing as I have limited experience in the field). Software suggestions (I am an independent researcher so free would be ideal), type of analysis to run, and guides on using the software would be ideal. I have a moderate skill set with ESRI products but again, because I am not affiliated with a university, i can not afford extensions. I know I am probably underestimating the difficulty of this task but I am willing to treat this as a learning exercise and put in the time.