African tropical montane forests are facing fast and dynamic changes in land use. However, the impacts of these changes on stream water quality are understudied. This paper aims at assessing the effect of land use and physical catchment characteristics on stream water concentrations of dissolved ...
Jacobs, S.R.
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Breuer, L.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Pelster, David E.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Land use affects total dissolved nitrogen and nitrate concentrations in tropical montane streams in Kenya]
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Land use affects total dissolved nitrogen and nitrate concentrations in tropical montane streams in Kenya
Documenting the scale and intensity of fine-scale spatial genetic structure (FSGS), and the processes that shape it, is relevant to the sustainable management of genetic resources in timber tree species, particularly where logging or fragmentation might disrupt gene flow. In this study we assesse...
Smith, J.R.
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Ghazoul, J.
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Burslem, D.F.R.P.
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Itoh, A.
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Khoo, E
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Lee, S.L.
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Maycock, C.R.
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Nanami, S.
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Siong Ng, K.S.
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Kettle, C.J.
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[Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species?]
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Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species?
The diversity of small-scale irrigation in the Ethiopian Blue Nile basin comprises small dams, wells, ponds and river diversion. The diversity of irrigation infrastructure is partly a consequence of the topographic heterogeneity of the Fogera plains. Despite similar social-political conditions an...
Eguavoen, I.
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Derib, S.D.
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Deneke, T.T.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Otto, B. A.
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Billa, S.S.
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[Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.]
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Digging, damming or diverting?: small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.
Large-scale estimates of the area of terrestrial surface waters have greatly improved over time, in particular through the development of multi-satellite methodologies, but the generally coarse spatial resolution (tens of kms) of global observations is still inadequate for many ecological applica...
Fluet-Chouinard, E.
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Lehner, B.
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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Papa, F.
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Hamilton, S.K.
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[Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data]
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Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data
For millions of people living along the coastal fringe, sea level rise is perhaps the greatest threat to livelihoods over the coming century. With the refinement and downscaling of global climate models and increasing availability of airborne-lidar-based inundation models, it is possible to predi...
Albert, S.
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Abernethy, K.A.
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Gibbes B
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Grinham A
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Tooler N
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Aswani S
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[Cost-effective methods for accurate determination of sea level rise vulnerability: a Solomon Islands example]
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Cost-effective methods for accurate determination of sea level rise vulnerability: a Solomon Islands example
Temporal and spatial variabilities in rainfall, herbaceous production and biomass were studied over a 4-year period in a topographically diverse, arid pastoral region of northwest Kenya. A significant relation between rainfall and primary production was found, and this was applied in a manner tha...
Coughenour, M.B.
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Coppock, D.L.
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Ellis, J.E.
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[Herbaceous forage variability in an arid pastoral region of Kenya: Importance of topographic and rainfall gradients]
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Herbaceous forage variability in an arid pastoral region of Kenya: Importance of topographic and rainfall gradients
The Digital Elevation Model that has been derived from the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) has been one of the most important publicly available new spatial data sets in recent years. However, the ‘finished’ grade version of the data (also referred to as Version 2) still con...
Reuter, HI
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Nelson, A.
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Jarvis, Andy
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[An evaluation of void-filling interpolation methods for SRTM data]
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An evaluation of void-filling interpolation methods for SRTM data
This study demonstrated the capabilities of Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) data in regional mapping and characterization of inland valley (valley bottoms plus valley slopes or fringes) agroecosystems. A methodology was developed involving image enhancement, display and digitizing, as well as imag...
Thenkabail, Prasad S.
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Nolte, C.
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[Capabilities of Landsat 5 Thermatic Mapper data in regional mapping and characterization of inland valley agroecosystems in West Africa]
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Capabilities of Landsat 5 Thermatic Mapper data in regional mapping and characterization of inland valley agroecosystems in West Africa
Background: The impact of large dams on malaria has received widespread attention. However, understanding how dam topography and transmission endemicity influence malaria incidences is limited.
Methods: Data from the European Commission’s Joint Research Center and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission...
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Yan, G.
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[Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors]
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Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors
Lehner, Bernhard
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Verdin, Kristine
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Jarvis, Andy
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[New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data]
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New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data