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Flow network indices signal a directional change in ecosystems: Evidence from a small mountain lake (Lake Santo, northern Italy)

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Empirical evidence of the theoretically expected trends of ecosystem development is scarce so far. In this research, we used long-term empirical data about the plankton community of a small mountain lake (Lake Santo, northern Apennines, Italy) to ...
Marco Scotti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neighbourhood Modelling for Urban Sustainability Assessment

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
Climate change is becoming a dominant concern for advanced countries. The Paris Agreement sets out a global framework whose implementation relates to all human activities and is commonly guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
J. Orozco-Messana   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improvement of Soil Microbial Diversity through Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Its Evaluation by -Omics Approaches: A Perspective for the Environment, Food Quality and Human Safety

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Soil is one of the key elements for supporting life on Earth. It delivers multiple ecosystem services, which are provided by soil processes and functions performed by soil biodiversity.
Marta Bertola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localizing Indicators of SDG11 for an Integrated Assessment of Urban Sustainability—A Case Study of Hainan Province

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
Rapid urbanization has brought many problems, including housing shortages, traffic congestion, air pollution, and lack of public space. To solve these problems, the United Nations proposed “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which contains 17 ...
Chi Zhang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Euryhaline Aliens Invading Italian Inland Waters: The Case of the Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Alien invasive species represent a major threat in Italian freshwaters. Despite national and European regulations aimed at the control and prevention of new invasive species, the number of allochthonous species is increasing and so is the rate of spread.
Massimiliano Scalici   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the climate impacts of oat straw as a raw material

open access: yesCleaner Materials, 2022
Straw is an interesting renewable feedstock for various high-value products, such as textile fibers. However, straw encompass to soils maintains a good soil structure, fertility, and carbon storage.
Lauri Leppäkoski   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Effective Environmental Sustainability Reporting in the Large Industrial Sector of Bahrain

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The industrial sector plays a vital role in economic development; therefore, there is a necessity to integrate sustainability into industrial development to maintain the economy and avoid any degradation impacts on the environment, and thereafter on ...
Abdulkarim Hasan Rashed   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Soil Arthropod Community in Spruce Forests (Picea abies) Affected by a Catastrophic Storm Event

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
At the end of October 2018, the “Vaia” storm hit the eastern sector of the Italian Alps, causing major damage to forests. The resulting changes in habitat and resource availability are expected to shape the structure and abundance of soil communities. In
Cristina Menta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Sustainability in Traditional Agriculture: Indicators for Monitoring the Conservation of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Japan

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
The advent of modern technology in agriculture has increased the efficiency of our food production but also poses pressures on the sustainability of our planet.
S. R. Reyes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ventricular Repolarization and Calcium Transient Show Resonant Behavior under Oscillatory Pacing Rate

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2022
Cardiac EC coupling is triggered by rhythmic depolarizing current fronts originating from the sino-atrial node, and the way variability in rhythm is associated with variability in action potential duration (APD) and, in turn, in the variability of ...
Massimiliano Zaniboni
doaj   +1 more source

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