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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Government•Pretoria, South Africa•
About: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is a government organization based out in Pretoria, South Africa. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Adsorption. The organization has 5839 authors who have published 8108 publications receiving 173836 citations. The organization is also known as: CSIR.
Topics: Population, Adsorption, Catalysis, Nanocomposite, Alloy
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TL;DR: The results for 1990 and 2010 supersede all previously published Global Burden of Disease results and highlight the importance of understanding local burden of disease and setting goals and targets for the post-2015 agenda taking such patterns into account.
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TL;DR: Understanding of the widely observed increase in tree biomass following introduction of commercial ranching into savannas requires inclusion of interactions among browsers, grazers, and fires, and their effects on tree recruitment.
Abstract: Savannas occur where trees and grasses interact to create a biome that is neither grassland nor forest. Woody and gramineous plants interact by many mechanisms, some negative (competition) and some positive (facilitation). The strength and sign of the interaction varies in both time and space, allowing a rich array of possible outcomes but no universal predictive model. Simple models of coexistence of trees and grasses, based on separation in rooting depth, are theoretically and experimentally inadequate. Explanation of the widely observed increase in tree biomass following introduction of commercial ranching into savannas requires inclusion of interactions among browsers, grazers, and fires, and their effects on tree recruitment. Prediction of the consequences of manipulating tree biomass through clearing further requires an understanding of how trees modify light, water, and nutrient environments of grasses. Understanding the nature of coexistence between trees and grass, which under other circumstances...
2,436 citations
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University of Wisconsin-Madison1, Stanford University2, University of the West Indies3, University of the Philippines4, Columbia University5, National University of Cordoba6, Michigan State University7, United Nations8, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research9, University of Lisbon10, David and Lucile Packard Foundation11, National Autonomous University of Mexico12
TL;DR: New research is needed that considers the full ensemble of processes and feedbacks, for a range of biophysical and social systems, to better understand and manage the dynamics of the relationship between humans and the ecosystems on which they rely.
Abstract: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) introduced a new framework for analyzing social-ecological systems that has had wide influence in the policy and scientific communities. Studies after the MA are taking up new challenges in the basic science needed to assess, project, and manage flows of ecosystem services and effects on human well-being. Yet, our ability to draw general conclusions remains limited by focus on discipline-bound sectors of the full social-ecological system. At the same time, some polices and practices intended to improve ecosystem services and human well-being are based on untested assumptions and sparse information. The people who are affected and those who provide resources are increasingly asking for evidence that interventions improve ecosystem services and human well-being. New research is needed that considers the full ensemble of processes and feedbacks, for a range of biophysical and social systems, to better understand and manage the dynamics of the relationship between humans and the ecosystems on which they rely. Such research will expand the capacity to address fundamental questions about complex social-ecological systems while evaluating assumptions of policies and practices intended to advance human well-being through improved ecosystem services.
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National University of Cordoba1, Addis Ababa University2, National Autonomous University of Mexico3, State University of Campinas4, United Nations Environment Programme5, UNESCO6, United States Department of Agriculture7, Indiana University8, University of British Columbia9, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation10, University of Paris-Sud11, Landcare Research12, University College London13, Autonomous University of Madrid14, University of Cambridge15, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research16, University of Southern Denmark17, United Nations University18, Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment19, The Nature Conservancy20, University of the South Pacific21, University of East Anglia22, Kyushu University23, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology24, University of Washington25, Budapest University of Technology and Economics26, Environmental Law Institute27, Ankara University28, University of Portsmouth29, Chinese Academy of Sciences30, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay31, Kyoto University32, Joseph Fourier University33, National Scientific and Technical Research Council34, University of Yaoundé35, Polish Academy of Sciences36, University of São Paulo37, École Normale Supérieure38, University of Otago39, Stanford University40, University of Queensland41, Azim Premji University42, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ43, University of Ghana44, Corvinus University of Budapest45, Stockholm University46, Lakehead University47, Indian Institute of Forest Management48, Seoul National University49, Sofia University50
TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.
1,585 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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H. C. Chiang | 120 | 294 | 90092 |
David Wilson | 102 | 757 | 49388 |
Douglas M. Hawkins | 95 | 417 | 36326 |
Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós | 88 | 313 | 37512 |
Robert J. Scholes | 84 | 253 | 37019 |
Andrew Forbes | 83 | 931 | 26849 |
Michael M. Thackeray | 82 | 275 | 29082 |
Nathan Sharon | 79 | 339 | 30550 |
Anubha Mahajan | 75 | 253 | 28216 |
Kulamani Parida | 70 | 469 | 19139 |
Brian G. Williams | 70 | 226 | 21611 |
Antonio Pizzi | 68 | 818 | 22821 |
Malik Maaza | 68 | 561 | 13897 |
Daniel J. Smith | 68 | 314 | 16393 |
E. Dendy Sloan | 66 | 168 | 19477 |