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- Chapin, III F.S., et al.
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Resilience-based stewardship : Strategies for navigating sustainable pathways in a changing world.
- 2009
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In: Principles of ecosystem stewardship. - New York : Springer Verlag. - 9780387730332 ; , s. 319-337
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Book chapter (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Accelerated global changes in climate, environment, and social–ecological systems demand a transformation in human perceptions of our place in nature and patterns of resource use. The biology and culture of Homo sapiens evolved for about 95% of our species’ history in hunting-and-gathering societies before the emergence of settled agriculture. We have lived in complex societies for about 3%, and in industrial societies using fossil fuels for about 0.1% of our history. The pace of cultural evolution, including governance arrangements and resource-use patterns, appears insufficient to adjust to the rate and magnitude of technological innovations, human population increases, and environmental impacts that have occurred. Many of these changes are accelerating, causing unsustainable exploitation of ecosystems, including many boreal and tropical forests, drylands, and marine fisheries. The net effect has been serious degradation of the planet’s life-support system on which societal development ultimately depends (see Chapters 2 and 14.
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- Rockström, Johan, et al.
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A safe operating space for humanity
- 2013
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In: The Future of Nature. - : Yale University Press. - 9780300184617 ; , s. 491-501
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- Walker, Donald A., et al.
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Cumulative Effects of Rapid Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia
- 2011
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In: Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate. - New York : Springer Netherlands. - 9789048191178 - 9789048191185 ; , s. 207-236
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia is undergoing some of the most rapid land-cover and land-use changes in the Arctic due to a combination of gas development, reindeer herding, and climate change. Unusual geological conditions (nutrient-poor sands, massive ground ice and extensive landslides) exacerbate the impacts. These changes will likely increase markedly as transportation corridors are built to transport the gas to market. Understanding the nature, extent, causes and consequences (i.e., the cumulative effects) of the past and ongoing rapid changes on the Yamal is important for effective, long-term decision-making and planning. The cumulative effects to vegetation are the focus of this chapter because the plants are a critical component of the Yamal landscape that support the indigenous Nenets people and their reindeer and also protect the underlying ice-rich permafrost from melting. We are using a combination of ground-based studies (a transect of live locations across the Yamal), remote-sensing studies, and analyses of Nenets land-use activities to develop vegetation-change models that can be used to help anticipate future states of the tundra and how those changes might affect traditional reindeer herding practices and the thermal state of the permafrost. This chapter provides an overview of the approach, some early results, and recommendations for expanding the concept of cumulative-effects analysis to include examining the simultaneous and interactive effects of multiple drivers of change.
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- McGlone, F., et al.
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Affective touch and human grooming behaviours: Feeling good and looking good
- 2016
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In: Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents. Olausson H., Wessberg J., Morrison I., McGlone F. (eds.). - New York : Springer. - 9781493964185 ; , s. 265-282
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Grooming behaviours, whether directed at the self or at others, are ubiquitous within the animal kingdom-from bees to bonobos. Having evolved for hygienic purposes, it is in primates that grooming behaviours supersede their original role to one in which there is a clear social element: nurture, control of dominance relationships, facilitating group cohesion, etc. In humans, grooming has been seen traditionally as providing a functional, plus an aesthetic, benefit-we keep clean and we look good. However, there may be another factor driving these impulses to groom ourselves: one which is less overt and a consequence of grooming that actually makes us feel good as well. It is axiomatic that grooming involves touching and, as the previous chapters in this book have described, there exists in the skin of the body a population of unmyelinated mechanosensory nerves that respond optimally to precisely the kinds of touch that typify many grooming behaviours-gentle moving touch. © 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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