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The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
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The winter 2023/2024 floods in the UK: a hydrological appraisal

Weather, EarlyView.
From October 2023 to March 2024, the UK saw a succession of named storms and low‐pressure weather systems, leading to widespread exceptional river flows throughout. Peak flow records were broken in several catchments, but this event was most notable for its duration and spatial footprint, which resulted in major impacts.
Eugene Magee, Rachael Armitage, Wilson Chan, Gayatri Suman, Amit Kumar, Lucy J. Barker, Stephen Turner, Jamie Hannaford, Catherine Sefton   +8 more
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Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop, Jiwei Li, Daryl L. Moorhead, Sasha C. Reed, Katherine E. O. Todd‐Brown, Alexi C. Besser, Dellena Evelyn Bloom, Thomas C. Ingalls, Alejandro Cueva   +8 more
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Ecohydrological characteristics of biocrusts explain divergent responses of biocrusts and grasses to rainfall reduction

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Drylands are mainly structured by both vascular plants and biological soil crusts (biocrusts), the latter often regarded as a self‐organizing component of these ecosystems.
Haoran Luo, Jiamin Shi, Qianhai Ye, Siqing Wang, Li Ma, Yali Ma, Linjie Qiao, Renyi Zhang, Yunyao Ma, Hao Wang, Xiaobo Yuan, Chao Song, Changming Zhao, Ning Chen   +13 more
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Integrating large mammalian herbivores into Dynamic Global Vegetation Models: Status and next steps

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Zoogeochemistry, the study of how animals influence elemental cycling within ecosystems, bridges the fields of zoology, ecology and biogeochemistry. Yet, most terrestrial ecosystem models, especially Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs), remain largely plant‐centric
Yue Cheng, Joanne Alice O'Keeffe, Andrew J. Abraham, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Frederik Nygaard Philipsen, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Fabio Berzaghi, Carsten W. Mueller, Lars Vesterdal, Jeppe A. Kristensen, Elizabeth Le Roux   +10 more
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Agricultural Vulnerability Assessment: Climate and Non‐Climate Interactions in Crop Production Systems

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent climate phenomena show that Spain is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, with varied regional effects from flash floods to drought. This study assesses the vulnerability of four major crops (cereal, rice, grape and olive) in Catalonia to climate change through a comprehensive vulnerability index incorporating
Mahdieh Khezri‐nejad‐gharaei, Bouali Guesmi, Jeroen Buysse, Jose Maria Gil Roig   +3 more
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Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient for Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Using Nonweighing Lysimeter Under Semiarid Climate of Melkassa, Ethiopia

Advances in Meteorology
The primary objective of irrigated agriculture is to produce crops with the help of irrigation. This field study was conducted during the 2017 and 2018 cropping seasons at the experimental farmland of Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia.
Tatek Wondimu Negash, Gobena Dirirsa Bayisa, Abera Tesfaye Tefera   +2 more
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Drivers of Mouse Plagues: Exceptional Rainfall Following Prolonged Drought Triggers Mouse Plagues in Southeastern Australia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study identified a specific sequence of an extended drought followed by exceptional rainfall as a necessary precursor for mouse plagues in southeastern Australia. Long‐term rainfall anomalies interact with ecological processes to reset population dynamics, creating conditions that support rapid mouse population growth following periods of ...
Peter R. Brown
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The Construction of an Environmental Villain: A Discourse Analysis of Upland Maize Farming in Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul, Cecilie Friis, Thilde Bech Bruun   +2 more
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The Effect of Mine‐Related Groundwater Use and Management on Surface Water in the Middle Humboldt River Basin

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Abstract The Humboldt River, in Northern Nevada, USA, is a source of water for agricultural, municipal, and industrial uses. Mining has been active in Nevada since the 1800s. The recognition that groundwater withdrawal for many purposes—including mining—has the potential to deplete streamflow has prompted studies of the Humboldt River Basin.
Matthew Tonkin, Marinko Karanovic, Jack Wang   +2 more
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