Effects of landuse change and forest fragmentation on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the tropical lowlands of sri lanka

... community composition and ecosystem functions The present study examines the effects of land use change and forest fragmentation on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Sri Lanka using community ... present study examines the effects of land use change and forest fragmentation 21 on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in t...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:49

... Sri Lanka, India Sri Lanka, India Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini ... Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini Onthophagini...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 06:37

... aware of the gender dimension of the ageing process Ageing will result in the growth of the elderly population, but more specifically of the female elderly population Currently 80% of Sri Lanka s ... economic profile of the elderly This chapter attempst to provide a comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic status of the elderly relative to oth...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... Publication No 607: Policy Regime Change and Corporate Credit in Bulgaria: Asymmetric Supply and Demand Responses No 606: Corporate Performance and Market Structure During Transition in Hungary No ... in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily of the organizations they are affiliated with POLICY REGIME CHANGE AND CORPORATE CREDIT...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... CLIMATE RISKS AND RESPONSE MEASURES IN SOUTH ASIA: THE CASE OF FLOODS AND DROUGHTS IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA M Monirul Qader Mirza Ian Burton 11 .1 11. 2 11 .3 11 .4 11 .5 11 .6 11 .7 11 .8 11 .9 11 .10 Introduction ... CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTH ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION M Monirul Qader Mirza Q K Ahmad 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 Introduction W...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... transport and morphological changes; estimating ground water and changes in ground water volume; forecasting flood volume, depth and duration; assessing changes in land-use; and assessing impacts of changes ... determined Step 4: Using the 196 7-1 9 92 mean rainfall and standard deviation, the 20 -year rainfall for each station was calculated by: 20 -year rainfall = (1....

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (+) No Change Kruskal-Wallis Mann-Whitney Change (-) Change (+) Change (+) No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change ... Change Change (+) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change No Change No Change Change (-) No Change Change (+) No Change Chang...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... scenarios Fig 4. 10 Panel A - Efficacy factor of protecting against modest flooding with or without protection against moderate or severe flooding inland from the river 4. 6 .4 TRUTH IN ADVERTISING - THE ... for Inter-Temporal Climate Climatic Change 41 (1999), pp.5 5-6 7 Smit, B., Burton, I., Klein, R J T and Wandel, J.: “An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change a...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... months (F3) Current 25. 0 33.0 42.0 CSIRO9 20.0 35. 0 45. 0 UKTR 14.0 31.0 55 .0 GFDL 15. 0 32.0 53 .0 LLNL 19 .5 35. 0 45. 5 Changes in land categories may affect cropping intensity in Bangladesh Farmers ... 6oC increases in temperature (Figs 5. 14, 5. 15, 5. 16, 5. 17 and Table 5. 10) At a 2oC temperature change, the CSIRO9 and LLNL models imply equal changes (-1 7%) fo...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... events in 1 964 , 197 0-1 972, 198 1-1 982 and 1988 (Fig 6. 7) in Tibetan Himalayas coincide roughly to 9-year or 10-year periodicity of climatic variation in temperature and precipitation (Xu and Quingua, ... 45 - 27° 50’ N 86 28’ E 4,580 55.1 131 3.2 0.5 1.39 76. 6 77 .6 45 - 28° 30’ N 84° 30’ E 4,1 46 41.8 81 2.0 0.45 0. 76 31.8 55.4 45+ - 27° 52’ N 86 35’ E...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... 44 40 17 12 37 32 2425 20 15 14 21 1511 15 -2 0 -1 3 -1 9-1 6 -1 2 -6 -9 Punjab Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi -3 -1 0 -1 1 -1 2 -2 5 -2 5 -4 0 -9 -1 5 Kerala East Madhya Pradesh -6 -1 8 -1 2 -1 5 -2 1 -2 8 North ... exchange of information on the state-of-the-art thinking about climate change and impacts on water resour...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... good water policy in Bangladesh The National Water Policy was finalized in 199 9 (Ministry of Water Resources, 199 9) In this policy it was noted, among others, that the lack of inter-agency coordination ... This can bring hardship to people living in areas with poor access to surface water and ground water resources There were severe droughts in Bangladesh in 197 9...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Gujarat and Neeru Meeru (Water and You) in AP 11. 8 FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, RISKS AND ADAPTATION 11. 8.1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISKS Discussions in the preceding section demonstrate that the South Asia ... non-structural measures include flood forecasting and warning, retention ponds, natural water bodies and drainage network, land-use planning and relief and r...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... history; for instance Yellowstone National Park in the USA, arguably the world’s first, was established in 1872, followed in 1879 by the Royal National Park in Australia south of Sydney and the ... livestock are herded are invariably situated inland because of the danger of animals wandering onto the sabka ’salt flats’ adjacent to the sea, falling through the salin...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... considered as the “father of apparel industry in Sri Lanka and has been recognized and awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka also encourage and facilitate the development ... to sustain in the country In 2013 the textile and apparel sector was responsible for 43% of total export earnings of Sri Lanka with...

Ngày tải lên: 15/08/2015, 01:53