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Kumar AJ Gough WA Karagatzides JD Bolton KA Tsuji LJ 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2001,69(3):221-230
The validity of a steady-state massbalance model (Arp et al., 1996; referred to asARP) was tested using physicochemical soil data fromthe Monitoring Acid Rain Youth Program (MARYP). FourARP sites were matched with ten MARYP sites accordingto proximity, bedrock type and subsoil pH to test thevalidity of the ARP model for critical loadexceedances. Soil solution pH, base concentration andAl concentration from MARYP sites, which were wellmatched to ARP sites, validated the modelled criticalload exceedances. Higher exceedance areas wereassociated with more acidic pH and lower base andhigher Al concentrations from matched MARYP sites andvice versa. One ARP site was inappropriately matchedwith MARYP sites and could not be validated using baseand Al concentrations. This study also confirmed thesouthern limit of the zero critical load exceedanceisopleth from the model. However, variability of theother exceedance isopleths was noted due to thelimited number of sites used in the model. Thevalidation of these sites in the ARP model and thezero critical load exceedance isopleth nonethelessallows greater confidence in using this model as amanagement tool for acidic deposition. 相似文献
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Both cooperation and conflict between the sexes are commonplace in monogamous mating systems. However, little is known about
how cooperation and competition varies seasonally in monogamous species that maintain permanent territories. We presented
territorial pairs of male and female New Zealand robins (Petroica australis) with a large supply of insect prey at monthly intervals for 2 years. Behavioural observations after food presentation were
then made to quantify seasonal and sexual differences in aggressive interactions over prey, prey acquisition rates, mate provisioning,
offspring provisioning, selfish food hoarding and cache retrieval. Data were used to evaluate sex-specific behavioural strategies
of mediating competition for food. Results showed that males aggressively excluded females from experimental food sources
year-round. Females only accessed food sources when males left them unattended. Consequently, females acquired fewer prey
than males. After controlling for differences in prey acquisition, both sexes consumed similar amounts of prey in the non-breeding
season. Even though males aggressively excluded females from accessing food sources directly, males fed large amounts of prey
to females during the breeding season. Both sexes provisioned young at similar rates. Males cached less prey than females
in the breeding season but more prey than females in the non-breeding season. Females showed similar caching intensities year-round.
Although males tried to defend their hoards, females frequently retrieved male-made caches. Overall, results showed that although
New Zealand robins cooperate to raise offspring during the breeding season, conflict between the sexes occurs year-round.
Males and females display different behavioural strategies to gain access to experimental food sources, which appear to lessen
male–female competition for food and evenly distribute food resources between the sexes. 相似文献
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Clair Gough Nuria Castells Silvio Funtowicz 《Environmental Modeling and Assessment》1998,3(1-2):19-29
Over recent years Integrated Assessment (IA) has been presented as a new and innovative approach to modern decision making. In this paper we explore some of the key features that we consider characterise IA; we present IA as a framework that allows a flexible approach to uncertainty in decision making and to which a broad palette of expertise can contribute. The example of the development of an international agreement to reduce acidic deposition is used to illustrate the current practical status of an IA. The scientific process leading to this agreement has previously been described as IA but we argue that, although it marks a change from traditional approaches, further progress is still required to satisfy the requirements for a successful and durable IA. 相似文献