This paper reviews the concepts of ecosystem resilience, resistance, and stability in forests
and their relationship to biodiversity, with particular reference to climate change. The report is …

Climate change affects forests both directly and indirectly through disturbances. Disturbances
are a natural and integral part of forest ecosystems, and climate change can alter these …

… of the world’s forests being intensively managed for meeting humanity’s need for wood, … In
the current review we assess available data on the structure and function of the world’s forests…

Background Sudden death from cardiac causes remains a leading cause of death among
patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Treatment with amiodarone or an implantable …

Interventions Twelve weeks of (1) fluoxetine alone (10 to 40 mg/d),(2) CBT alone,(3) CBT
with fluoxetine (10 to 40 mg/d), or (4) placebo (equivalent to 10 to 40 mg/d). Placebo and …

Background Loop diuretics are an essential component of therapy for patients with acute
decompensated heart failure, but there are few prospective data to guide their use. Methods In …

Each disturbance has both social and economic effects (Table 1). Estimating the costs of each
of these disturbances is very difficult; these estimates for the United States are illustrative …

… Th]s mechanism should saturate qUlckly, resulting in early increases in nitrate leaching. (b) …
We hypothesized that pools of available carbon in ~oi\s weTe driving increased microbial …

Northern mid-latitude forests are a large terrestrial carbon sink 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Ignoring nutrient
limitations, large increases in carbon sequestration from carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) fertilization …

Importance Studies in experimental and human heart failure suggest that phosphodiesterase-5
inhibitors may enhance cardiovascular function and thus exercise capacity in heart …