103rd ESA Annual Meeting: Preview and highlights

(Ecological Society of America) Extreme events are made worse by human activities. The ability of ecosystems to respond depends on how resilient they are, a characteristic also undermined by land-use practices that increase effects of extreme conditions. Clearly, the sustainability of ecosystem and human well-being depends on ecosystem resilience to extreme events. The following selected sessions and events at the Annual Meeting delve into this year's meeting theme.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 12, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news