Ecotones in a changing environment: Workshop on ecotones and global change
The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) has organized an international project to synthesize and advance current theory on the influence of ecotones, or transition zones between ecosystems, on biodiversity and flows of energy, nutrients, water, and project is other materials between ecosystems. In particular, the entire project is designed to evaluate the influence of global climate change and land-use practices on biodiversity and ecological flows associated with ecotones, and will assess the feasibility of monitoring ecotones as early indicators of global change. The later stages of the project will recommend landscape management strategies for ecotones that produce desirable patterns of biodiversity and ecological flows. The result of the project--a comprehensive body of information on the theory and management of biodiversity and ecological flows associated with ecotones--will be part of the planning for research to be carried out under the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG04-90ER61086
- OSTI ID:
- 437694
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/61086-T1; ON: DE97003024; TRN: 97:001216
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Feb 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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