The Human Impact on the Natural Environment

By P. Risser, A. Goudie. 2018

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Silicon Retention in River Basins: Far-reaching Effects on Biogeochemistry and Aquatic Food Webs in Coastal Marine Environments (2000, background): “Today, about 36 000 dams are in operation (54), 20% of the global river flow is dammed or diverted (55).”
The values of soil animals for conservation biology (2006, background): “Disturbance associated with land management practices are extremely diverse, going from decrease in refuges or trophic resources in case of firewood harvesting ([59,97]) or modifications of soil microclimate following periodic fires ([25,34,41,55]), to high mortality of soil fauna consequently to ti”
Sustainable landscapes: contradiction, fiction or utopia? (2006, background): “The interaction between nature and culture is considered as an essential characteristic of landscapes (Naveh, 1995; Antrop, 1997, 2000; Palang and Fry, 2003) and forms an important property of sustainability in traditional agricultural landscapes (Austad, 2000; Goudie, 2000; Haines-Young, 2000; Gr”
Dear enemies or nasty neighbors? Causes and consequences of variation in the responses of group-living species to territorial intrusions (2018, background): “We provide an example of each case, though the effects of human activities are likely to be wide-reaching (Goudie 2013).”