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  • Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation
    Alison Whipple / Robin Grossinger / San Francisco Estuary Institute
    This report describes the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Study, which was conducted to provide foundation information to develop sound large-scale restoration efforts in the Delta. The report documents early 1800s pattern and process in the Delta. Historical habitat type extent and distribution are described, the landscape context explored, and driving hydrolog...
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    57,41 €

  • Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation
    Samuel Safran / San Francisco Estuary Institute / Sean Baumgarten
    The Tijuana River Valley Historical Ecology Investigation synthesizes hundreds of historical maps, photographs, and texts to reconstruct the ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic conditions of the Tijuana River valley prior to major European-American landscape modification. How did the valley look and function before there was the state of California, the city of Tijuana, or...
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    27,90 €

  • Vision for a resilient Silicon Valley landscape
    April Robinson / Erin Beller / San Francisco Estuary Institute
    This document presents a preliminary vision for landscape resilience across the streams, hills, baylands, and urban areas of Silicon Valley. It is a product of Resilient Silicon Valley, a project of the San Francisco Estuary Institute to create a science-based vision for ecosystem health and resilience in Silicon Valley (resilientsv.sfei.org). The vision outlined here was dev...
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    10,13 €

  • Landscape Resilience Framework
    April Robinson / Erin Beller / San Francisco Estuary Institute
    The Landscape Resilience Framework is designed to facilitate application of resilience principles to ecosystem management by detailing the seven dimensions of a landscape that contribute to resilience. It represents a synthesis of thinking across empirical ecological studies and social-ecological resilience theory, and was reviewed by a team of expert advisors. Our goal was to ...
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    7,94 €

  • SHIFTING SHORES
    Julie Beagle / San Francisco Estuary Institute
    As sea level rise accelerates, our shores are increasingly vulnerable to erosion. This study is the first systematic analysis of the rates of marsh retreat (erosion) or expansion (progradation) over time for San Francisco Bay. Key findings include: • 60% of the marshes in San Pablo Bay have been expanding over the past two decades (1-4 m/yr) • 6% are retreating • Some areas ...
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    12,90 €

  • Mt. Wanda Historical Ecology Investigation
    San Francisco Estuary Institute / Sean Baumgarten
    This report describes a project funded by the National Park Service to collect and assess historical data about the Mt. Wanda unit of the John Muir National Historic Site south of downtown Martinez, CA. The report conducted an initial synthesis of the data to enhance understanding of early ecological conditions, and evaluate the potential benefits of further data collection and...
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    9,70 €

  • A Delta Transformed
    San Francisco Estuary Institute
    Recent state policy sets ambitious goals for ecosystem restoration in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. The Delta Plan and California Water Code, as well as other regional documents, identify the need to go beyond small-scale habitat restoration to create larger functional landscapes of interconnected habitats. Yet there is little quantitative guidance available to help design ...
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    21,08 €

  • Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology Investigation
    Erin Beller / San Francisco Estuary Institute / Sean Baumgarten
    The Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology Investigation reconstructs the landscape and ecosystem characteristics of northern San Diego County lagoons prior to the major modifications of the late 19th and 20th centuries. 3 ...
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    33,96 €