{"id":193,"date":"2009-12-07T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T20:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2009-12-07T13:28:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T20:28:05","slug":"measuring-regional-ecological-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/measuring-regional-ecological-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Regional Ecological Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Measuring%20Regional%20Ecological%20Changes&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeMeasuring Regional Ecological Changes\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/measuring-regional-ecological-changes\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/measuring-regional-ecological-changes\/\" title=\"Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"193\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"bfee5f93c6\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_197\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calt4234trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-197\" title=\"Highway construction.  Reno, Nevada\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calt4234trb-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Highway construction.  Reno, Nevada\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calt4234trb-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/calt4234trb.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highway construction.  Reno, Nevada<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Laboratory for Regional Ecological Activities is an interesting group working out of Stanford that monitors the regional effects of ecological changes.\u00a0 They can be found on the web <a title=\"Regional ecological studies at Stanford University\" href=\"http:\/\/asnerlab.stanford.edu\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 To quote their site:<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"style6\">We study how ecosystems and the services they provide to people are changing at regional levels.<\/span> <span class=\"style6\">Our group consists of ecologists, remote sensing specialists, biogeochemists and land-surface modelers, working together scientifically to support conservation, management, and policy development.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are many links to interesting articles on their site.\u00a0 One study on <a title=\"Selective logging in the Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2006\/08\/060801-amazon.html\">selective logging in the Amazon<\/a> determined that &#8220;that nearly one-third of the areas that were logged selectively were completely deforested for grazing and other uses within four years&#8230;Sixteen percent of selectively logged forests were cleared within just one year&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Measuring%20Regional%20Ecological%20Changes&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeMeasuring Regional Ecological Changes\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2F07%2Fmeasuring-regional-ecological-changes%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/measuring-regional-ecological-changes\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/07\/measuring-regional-ecological-changes\/\" title=\"Measuring Regional Ecological Changes\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"193\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"bfee5f93c6\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Laboratory for Regional Ecological Activities is an interesting group working out of Stanford that monitors the regional effects of ecological changes.\u00a0 They can be found on the web here.\u00a0 To quote their site: We study how ecosystems and the &hellip; 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