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simultaneous changes in the average and variance of temperature can either amplify or dampen the release of
carbon through soil respiration as climate regimes change. These effects depend on the degree of convexity of
the relationship between temperature and respiration and the magnitude of the change in temperature variance.
A potential consequence of this effect of variability would be higher respiration in regions where both the mean
and variance of temperature are expected to increase, such as in some low latitude regions; and lower amounts
of respiration where the average temperature is expected to increase and the variance to decrease, such as in
northern high latitudes.
Publication Biogeosciences Discussions
Volume 7
Issue 6
Pages 8979-9008
Date December 2010
Journal Abbr Biogeosciences Discuss.
DOI 10.5194/bgd-7-8979-2010
ISSN 1810-6285
URL http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/7/8979/2010/
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AMS Glossary of Meteorology
Type Book
Author Todd S. Glickman
Abstract Description: Forty-one years ago, the AMS published the Glossary of Meteorology. Containing 7900 terms,
more than 10,000 copies have been sold over four decades through five printings. It is a tribute to the editors of
the first edition that it has withstood the test of time and continued to be among the leading reference sources in
meteorology and related sciences. This is the electronic version of the second edition of the Glossary with more
than 12,000 terms. Along with the print version it should be the authoritative source for definitions of
meteorological terms for many years to come.
Edition 2nd edition
Place Boston, MA
Publisher American Meteorological Society
Date January 2000
# of Pages 850 p.
ISBN 9781878220349
URL http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary
Extra Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/G/bo8670114.html
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An adaptive approach to planning and decision-making
Type Journal Article
Author Gene Lessard
Abstract A formal process of adaptive management will be required to maximize the benefits of any option for land and
natural resource management and to achieve long-term objectives through implementation of ecosystem
management. The process itself is straightforward and simple: new information is identified, evaluated, and a
determination is made whether to adjust strategy or goals. While relatively straightforward, applying the concept
of adaptive management to complex management strategies requires answers to several critical questions. What
new information should compel an adjustment to the management strategy? What threshold should trigger this
adjustment? Who decides when and how to make adjustments? What are the definitions and thresholds of
acceptable results? Adaptive ecosystem management depends on a continually evolving understanding of causeand-effect
relationships in both biological and social systems. Planning for and adapting to surprise will provide
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