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Coppedge BR Engle DM Masters RE Gregory MS 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2006,118(1-3):125-145
We utilized landscape and breeding bird assemblage data from three Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) routes sampled from 1965–1995
to develop and test a grassland integrity index (GII) in a mixed-grass prairie area of Oklahoma. The overall study region
is extensively fragmented from long-term agricultural activity, and native habitat remnants have been degraded by recent encroachment
of woody vegetation, namely eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.). The 50 individual bird survey points along the BBS routes, known as stops, were used as sample sites. Our process first
focused on developing a grassland disturbance index (GDI) as a measure of cumulative landscape disturbances for these sites.
The GDI was based on five key landscape variables identified in an earlier species-level study of long-term avian community
dynamics: total tree, shrub, and herbaceous vegetation cover indices, overall mean landscape patch size, and grassland patch
core size. The GII was then developed based on breeding bird assemblage data. Assemblages were based on commonly used response
guilds reflective of five avian life history parameters: foraging mode/location, nesting location, habitat specificity, migratory
pattern, and dietary guild. We tested the response of 78 candidate assemblage metrics to the GDI, and eliminated those with
no or poor response or with high correlations (redundant), resulting in 13 metrics for use in the final index. Individual
metric scores were scaled to fall between 0 and 10, and the cumulative index to range from 0 to 100. Although broader application
and refinement are possible, the avian-based GII has an advantage over labor-intensive, habitat-based monitoring in that the
GII is derived from readily available long-term BBS data. Therefore, the GII shows promise as an inexpensive tool that could
easily be applied over other areas to monitor changes in regional grassland conditions. 相似文献
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Easter A. Coppedge Thomas J. Logan M. R. Midgett Richard C. Shores Michael J. Messner Robert W. Murdoch 《Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)》2013,63(12):1617-1619
ABSTRACT Fixed-roof tanks are used extensively at manufacturing, waste management, and other facilities to store or process liquids containing volatile organic compounds. Federal and state air standards require the control of organic air emissions from many of these tanks. A common practice used for some fixed-roof tanks that are required to use controls is to vent the tank through an activated carbon canister. When organic vapors are adsorbed on activated carbon, heat is released. Under certain conditions, the temperature of the carbon bed can increase to a level at which the carbon or organic vapors spontaneously ignite, starting a fire in the carbon bed. Bed fires in carbon canisters are not uncommon and can present a significant safety hazard at facilities if proper safety measures are not implemented. This article discusses how carbon adsorber bed fires occur and presents general guidance on safety measures for carbon canisters installed on fixed-roof tanks to reduce the likelihood of a carbon bed fire and to minimize the impact in the event of a fire. 相似文献
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