(par 9.5.2.2.2) Trophic Cascades across diverse plant ecosystems
Trophic Cascades Across Diverse Plant Ecosystems http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/trophic-cascades-across-diverse-plant-ecosystems-80060347 By: Brian R. Silliman & Christine Angelini © 2012 Nature Education Citation: Silliman, B. R. & Angelini, C. (2012) Trophic Cascades Across Diverse Plant Ecosystems. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):44 Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance survival of the next lower trophic level. What […]
(par 9.5.3) What does the Future of Sustainability Look Like
What does the Future of Sustainability Look Like https://www.jerseygirlorganics.co.nz/post/what-does-the-future-of-sustainability-look-like By JERSEY GIRL ORGANICS Updated: Nov 8, 2021 Over 30 years, Our Common Future, otherwise known as the Brundtland Report, defined sustainable development in a way we are all most familiar with. The book, published by the United Nations, was the result of a 900-day exercise […]
(par 9.5.2.4) Thirsty Serengeti Wildlife to Get New Water Hole
Thirsty Serengeti wildlife to get new water hole: Lake Victoria https://www.reuters.com/article/us-foundation-climatechange-serengeti-idUSKBN0HA0W320140915 By Kizito Makoye, Thomson Reuters Foundation DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After decades of struggling to help the wildlife of Serengeti National Park cope with Tanzania’s increasingly intense droughts, the government is implementing a controversial plan to use Lake Victoria as an alternative […]