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Data-driven modelling approaches for socio-hydrology: Opportunities and challenges within the Panta Rhei Science Plan (2016)
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Mount, N. J., Maier, H. R., Toth, E., Elshorbagy, A., Solomatine, D., Chang, F., & Abrahart, R. J. (2016). Data-driven modelling approaches for socio-hydrology: Opportunities and challenges within the Panta Rhei Science Plan. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61(7), 1192-1208. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2016.1159683

© 2016 IAHS. “Panta Rhei - Everything Flows” is the science plan for the International Association of Hydrological Sciences scientific decade 2013-2023. It is founded on the need for improved understanding of the mutual, two-way interactions occurrin... Read More about Data-driven modelling approaches for socio-hydrology: Opportunities and challenges within the Panta Rhei Science Plan.

Monitoring plant functional diversity from space (2016)
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Jetz, W., Cavender-Bares, J., Pavlick, R., Schimel, D., Davis, F. W., Asner, G. P., …Ustin, S. L. (2016). Monitoring plant functional diversity from space. Nature Plants, 2(3), Article 16039. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.24

The world’s ecosystems are losing biodiversity fast. A satellite mission designed to track changes in plant functional diversity around the globe could deepen our understanding of the pace and consequences of this change and how to manage it.

A review of current energy systems and green energy potential in Kazakhstan (2016)
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Karatayev, M., & Clarke, M. L. (2016). A review of current energy systems and green energy potential in Kazakhstan. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 55, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.078

Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources including coal, oil, natural gas and uranium and has significant renewable potential from wind, solar, hydro-power and biomass. In spite of this, the country is currently dependent upon fossil fuels for power g... Read More about A review of current energy systems and green energy potential in Kazakhstan.

Phosphorus recovery as struvite from farm, municipal and industrial waste: feedstock suitability, methods and pre-treatments (2016)
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Kataki, S., West, H. M., Clarke, M. L., & Baruah, D. C. (2016). Phosphorus recovery as struvite from farm, municipal and industrial waste: feedstock suitability, methods and pre-treatments. Waste Management, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.003

Global population growth requires intensification of agriculture, for which a sustainable supply of phosphorus (P) is essential. Since natural P reserves are diminishing, recovering P from wastes and residues is an increasingly attractive prospect, p... Read More about Phosphorus recovery as struvite from farm, municipal and industrial waste: feedstock suitability, methods and pre-treatments.

The Southern Annular Mode determines inter-annual and centennial-scale fire activity in temperate southwest Tasmania, Australia (2016)
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Mariani, M., & Fletcher, M. (2016). The Southern Annular Mode determines inter-annual and centennial-scale fire activity in temperate southwest Tasmania, Australia. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(4), 1702-1709. doi:10.1002/2016GL068082

Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is the primary mode of atmospheric variability in the Southern Hemisphere. While it is well established that the current anthropogenic?driven trend in SAM is responsible for decreased rainfall in southern Australia, its ro... Read More about The Southern Annular Mode determines inter-annual and centennial-scale fire activity in temperate southwest Tasmania, Australia.

Geographically weighted evidence combination approaches for combining discordant and inconsistent volunteered geographical information (2016)
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Comber, A., Fonte, C., Foody, G. M., Fritz, S., Harris, P., Olteanu-Raimond, A., & See, L. (in press). Geographically weighted evidence combination approaches for combining discordant and inconsistent volunteered geographical information. Geoinformatica Polonica, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10707-016-0248-z

There is much interest in being able to combine crowdsourced data. One of the critical issues in information sciences is how to combine data or information that are discordant or inconsistent in some way. Many previous approaches have taken a majorit... Read More about Geographically weighted evidence combination approaches for combining discordant and inconsistent volunteered geographical information.

Impacts of forestry planting on primary production in upland lakes from north-west Ireland (2016)
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Stevenson, M. A., McGowan, S., Anderson, N. J., Foy, R. H., Leavitt, P. R., McElarney, Y. R., …Pla-Rabés, S. (2016). Impacts of forestry planting on primary production in upland lakes from north-west Ireland. Global Change Biology, 22(4), 1490-1504. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13194

Planted forests are increasing in many upland regions worldwide, but knowledge about their potential effects on algal communities of catchment lakes is relatively unknown. Here, the effects of afforestation were investigated using palaeolimnology at... Read More about Impacts of forestry planting on primary production in upland lakes from north-west Ireland.

Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s (2016)
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Legg, S. (2016). Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 34(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816633474

In this paper I situate Foucault’s governmentality analytics between his first lecture course (On the Will to Know, 1970-71) and his first course after his two “governmentality” lectures (On the Government of the Living, 1979-80). The lectures are in... Read More about Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s.

Working out across Canada: Is there a gender gap? (2016)
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Coen, S. E., Subedi, R. P., & Rosenberg, M. W. (2016). Working out across Canada: Is there a gender gap?. Canadian Geographer / Géographe canadien, 60(1), 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12255

Globally, boys and men are more physically active than girls and women. Despite geographical variation in physical activity participation and gender differences across types of physical activities, physical activity is frequently assessed at national... Read More about Working out across Canada: Is there a gender gap?.

Phosphorus recovery as struvite: recent concerns for use of seed, alternative Mg source, nitrogen conservation and fertilizer potential (2016)
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Kataki, S., West, H. M., Clarke, M. L., & Baruah, D. C. (2016). Phosphorus recovery as struvite: recent concerns for use of seed, alternative Mg source, nitrogen conservation and fertilizer potential. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.12.009

Finite availability of phosphorus (P) resources makes recovery of this non-substitutable plant nutrient from alternative waste sources an increasingly attractive option of renewed interest. In this context, feasibility of struvite (MgNH4PO4·6H2O) rec... Read More about Phosphorus recovery as struvite: recent concerns for use of seed, alternative Mg source, nitrogen conservation and fertilizer potential.

Biogeographic ranges do not support niche theory in radiating Canary Island plant clades (2016)
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Steinbauer, M. J., Field, R., Fernández-Palacios, J., Irl, S. D., Rüdiger, O., Schaefer, H., & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2016). Biogeographic ranges do not support niche theory in radiating Canary Island plant clades. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(7), 792-804. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12425

Aim: Ecological niche concepts, in combination with biogeographic history, underlie our understanding of biogeographic ranges. Two pillars of this understanding are competitive displacement and niche conservatism. The competitive displacement hypothe... Read More about Biogeographic ranges do not support niche theory in radiating Canary Island plant clades.

A practitioner's guide to thermal infrared remote sensing of rivers and streams: recent advances, precautions and considerations (2016)
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Dugdale, S. J. (2016). A practitioner's guide to thermal infrared remote sensing of rivers and streams: recent advances, precautions and considerations. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 3(2), 251-268. doi:10.1002/wat2.1135

Stream temperature is a key habitat variable controlling all physical and biological river processes. In light of the threat of climate change to fluvial environments, growing importance is being placed on the need to gain a better understanding of s... Read More about A practitioner's guide to thermal infrared remote sensing of rivers and streams: recent advances, precautions and considerations.

The scale of VGI in map production: a perspective of European National Mapping Agencies (2016)
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Olteanu-Raimond, A., Hart, G., Foody, G. M., Touya, G., Kellenberger, T., & Demetriou, D. (in press). The scale of VGI in map production: a perspective of European National Mapping Agencies. Transactions in GIS, https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12189

The perspective of European National Mapping Agencies (NMA) on the role of citizen sensing in map production was explored. The NMAs varied greatly in their engagement with the community generating volunteered geographic information (VGI) and in their... Read More about The scale of VGI in map production: a perspective of European National Mapping Agencies.

Unbalanced reduction of nutrient loads has created an offshore gradient from phosphorus to nitrogen limitation in the North Sea: Offshore gradient from P to N limitation (2016)
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Burson, A., Stomp, M., Akil, L., Brussaard, C. P. D., & Huisman, J. (2016). Unbalanced reduction of nutrient loads has created an offshore gradient from phosphorus to nitrogen limitation in the North Sea: Offshore gradient from P to N limitation. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(3), 869-888. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10257

Measures to reduce eutrophication have often led to a more effective decline of phosphorus (P) than nitrogen (N) concentrations. The resultant changes in riverine nutrient loads can cause an increase in the N : P ratios of coastal waters. During four... Read More about Unbalanced reduction of nutrient loads has created an offshore gradient from phosphorus to nitrogen limitation in the North Sea: Offshore gradient from P to N limitation.

Insights into the transfer of silicon isotopes into the sediment record (2016)
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Panizzo, V. N., Swann, G. E., Mackay, A., Vologina, E., Sturm, M., Pashley, V., & Horstwood, M. (2016). Insights into the transfer of silicon isotopes into the sediment record. Biogeosciences, 13(1), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-147-2016

The first δ30Si diatom data from lacustrine sediment traps are presented from Lake Baikal, Siberia. Data are compared with March surface water (upper 180 m) δ30SiDSi compositions for which a mean value of +2.28‰ ±  0.09 (95 % confidence) is derived.... Read More about Insights into the transfer of silicon isotopes into the sediment record.

Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of atmospheric circulation reconstructions over the earth (2016)
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Allan, R., Endfield, G., Damodaran, V., Adamson, G., Hannaford, M., Carroll, F., …Bliuc, A. (2016). Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of atmospheric circulation reconstructions over the earth. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 7(2), 164-174. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.379

Climate change has become a key environmental narrative of the 21st century. However, emphasis on the science of climate change has overshadowed studies focusing on human interpretations of climate history, of adaptation and resilience, and of explor... Read More about Toward integrated historical climate research: the example of atmospheric circulation reconstructions over the earth.

On the shifting spatial logics of socioeconomic regulation in post-1949 China (2016)
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Lim, K. F. (in press). On the shifting spatial logics of socioeconomic regulation in post-1949 China. Territory, Politics, Governance, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2015.1099466

This paper argues that new rounds of socioeconomic reforms in post-1949 China, each with their distinct geographical expressions, constitute a complex palimpsest rather than a straightforward process of historical succession. Drawing on a review of e... Read More about On the shifting spatial logics of socioeconomic regulation in post-1949 China.