Assessing how environmental changes affect the distribution and dynamics of vegetation
and animal populations is becoming increasingly important for terrestrial ecologists to enable …

Climate influences a variety of ecological processes. These effects operate through local
weather parameters such as temperature, wind, rain, snow, and ocean currents, as well as …

Whereas the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects weather and climate variability
worldwide, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) represents the dominant climate pattern in the …

Climate influences a population through a variety of processes, including reproduction, growth,
migration patterns and phenology. Climate may operate either directly through metabolic …

… Ottersen and NC Stenseth, unpublished data), but with opposite effects. The correlation
between the NAO index and winter sea surface temperature (SST) and wind strength varies …

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is a large, cold-adapted teleost that sustains long-standing
commercial fisheries and incipient aquaculture 1 , 2 . Here we present the genome sequence of …

Wavelet analysis is a powerful tool that is already in use throughout science and engineering.
The versatility and attractiveness of the wavelet approach lie in its decomposition …

Models of climate change predict that global temperatures and precipitation will increase
within the next century, with the most pronounced changes occurring in northern latitudes and …

The nitrogen cycle has been radically changed by human activities 1 . China consumes nearly
one third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizers. The excessive application of fertilizers 2 , 3 and …

Climatologists tell us that Earth’s climate is changing (1): It currently seems clear that a warmer
climate is developing in the northern hemisphere, and that the weather will become more …