The maintenance of landscape health in the midst of land use change

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Land use design maintains and restores, amidst land use change of moderate pace and scale, the attributes of landscape health, which are the working mechanisms of all open systems. The attributes of openness, self-regulation, storage and diversity are evident in the homeostatic behavior of forests, deserts and floodplains. The attributes of health provide guidelines for evaluating and planning land use.

Analysis, Forests and forestry, Forests, Floodplains, Landscape changes, Deserts

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Long-term change in village-scale ecosystems in China using landscape and statistical methods

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A variety of methods were used to obtain data on ecological changes in the Tai Lake Region of China, including household surveys, field surveys, historical sources and aerial photography. Declines were noted in land areas covered by rice paddy and fallow, at 12% and 8% respectively, while increases were found for infrastructure and buildings, at 7%.

China, Agricultural ecology, Villages

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Aquatic ecosystems: harbingers of endocrine disruption

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An assessment is presented on the impact of pollution on human endocrinology. The focus is on endocrine disruption, or the interference of synthetic chemicals in normal development and functions which are usually controlled by natural chemical messengers; these can include organochlorine chemicals and pesticides.

United States, Psychological aspects, Research, Pollution, Aquatic ecology, Reproduction (Biology), Freshwater ecology, Reproduction, Endocrinology, Environmentally induced diseases, Environmental illness

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