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Variation in perceptions of the stormwater social-ecological system in Puget Sound: insights for management across the land-sea interface.
Managing social-ecological systems that benefit both people and nature is the central challenge of natural resource management. Integrating multiple perspectives into decision-making is considered to add flexibility to ... -
Variation of Photosynthesis Along a Leaf in Zea mays L.
Maize leaves are characterized by a complex architecture. The maize leaves are curved and this keeps changing with increasing leaf age. Due to the curvature of a maize leaf the amount of light intercepted may vary on ... -
Very large wildfires in the western contiguous United States: probabilistic models for historical and future conditions
(2014-02-24)Wildfires, especially the largest ones, can have lasting ecological and social effects both directly on the landscape and indirectly on the atmosphere and climate. Both climate and fire regimes are expected to change into ... -
Volunteer Geographic Information Reporting System: A Cross-Case Comparison
Collaborating with volunteers to collect spatial information for environmental monitoring has been thought to be a socially-oriented mechanism for improving public participation and environmental decision-making when lacking ... -
The Water Monitor Lizard Varanus salvator: Behavior, Ecology, and Human Dimensions in Banten, Indonesia
The water monitor lizard, Varanus salvator, is a large, ecologically flexible species commonly found in areas of human disturbance throughout its Southeast Asian range. The presence of anthropogenic resource subsidies may ... -
What factors influence the quality of hazard mitigation plans in Washington State?
Hazard mitigation plans (HMPs) can help communities to reduce their losses of lives and property in the face of natural hazards, such as earthquakes and floods, and to qualify for federal funding if a disaster occurs. These ... -
When Technology Fails: Insights on Socially Sustainable Strategies in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector
Background: As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to a close, 783 million people still lack access to improved water (Onda et al., 2012). An estimated 30 - 40% of development efforts to improve access to water ... -
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke: Examining Population Exposure to PM2.5 from Prescribed Burning in Northeastern Washington
Prescribed burning is receiving wider scientific and political recognition as a tool for reducing wildfire risk and mitigating the impacts of future wildfires. Indeed, Washington DNR's 2017 Forest Health Strategic Plan set ... -
Wild American crows use funerals to learn about danger
University of Washington Abstract Wild American crows use funerals to learn about danger Kaeli Swift Chair of Supervisory Committee: Dr. John Marzluff School of Environmental and Forest Sciences While a growing number of ... -
Wildfire and fuel treatment effects on carbon storage, eastside Cascade Range, Washington, USA
(2012-09-13)Sequestration of carbon in forests has the potential to mitigate effects of global climate change by offsetting future emissions and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. In dry temperate forests, however, ... -
Wind stability of naturally regenerated and planted Douglas-fir stands in coastal Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia
(1998)Risk of wind damage is an important factor influencing forest management throughout the world. Managed forest landscapes of the coastal Pacific Northwest are undergoing a transition from dominance by naturally regenerated ...