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Design of a register of melliferous plants in Bulgaria based on literature review and field‐validated records

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Melliferous vegetation in Bulgaria plays a key role in maintaining biodiversity and providing ecosystem services such as pollination. The diversity of melliferous vegetation is essential for the sustainable development of honeybee Apis mellifera colonies.
Nikolay Miroslavov Nikolov, Bilyana Bogomilova Borissova, Milena Milenova Tocheva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting belowground bud banks and their driving factors between alpine and temperate grasslands in China

Global Ecology and Conservation
Despite playing a fundamental role in plant population dynamics, the considerable variability and control of belowground bud banks in grasslands currently remain unknown globally.
Mi Zhang, Na Wang, Zhenya Liu, Xiaobing Yang, Yi Jiang, Derong Xiao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Quantification of soil erosion in the Alps : measurement and modeling [PDF]

, 2010
Alpine regions have a high potential for soil erosion associated to extreme climatic and topographic conditions. Because of aggressive development in the recent past, environmental damage enhanced by acid deposition, global warming and development ...
Konz Hohwieler, Nadine
core   +1 more source

Detecting social‐ecological fit in Natura 2000 governance and management: Evidence from LIFE projects focused on forest protected habitat types

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo, Elena Pisani, Mauro Masiero, Tommaso Sitzia, Thomas Campagnaro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Community Characteristics of Kengyilia thoroldiana Rhizosphere Soil in Different Topographic Habitats of the Yellow River Source Region and Their Response to Vegetation-Soil Factors

Microorganisms
This study aims to uncover the structural and functional characteristics of rhizosphere soil bacterial communities of Kengyilia thoroldiana under five types of topographic habitats in the source region of the Yellow River, and to explore the interaction ...
Liangyu Lyu, Pei Gao, Yunfei Xing, Jun Ma, Yan Liu, Zhijie Yang, Xin Wang, Jianjun Shi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Relative Precipitation Changes on Soil Microbial Community Structure in Two Alpine Grassland Ecosystems

Precipitation variability profoundly influences soil microbial diversity, community assembly processes, and co-occurrence networks. However, the responses of soil microbial structure to relative precipitation changes in alpine regions remain uncertain ...
Chengqun Yu, Gang Fu, Jianyu Xiao, Shaolin Huang, Zhishu Wang, Fusong Han   +5 more
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Pastoralist views and positions on coexistence with large carnivores. An overview from conflict areas across Europe

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While large carnivore expansion is a conservation success, it increasingly challenges pastoralism. Beyond economic value, pastoralism provides critical biodiversity and sociocultural benefits, recognized by the UN and the EU's ‘High Nature Value farming’ designation.
Valeria Salvatori, Estelle Balian, Katrina Marsden, Juliette C. Young   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harvesting of two alpine Artemisia: Effects of an amateur practice on wild plant dynamics

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild plants are consumed all over the world, and knowledge of the effects of harvesting is necessary to ensure the sustainability of this activity. Our 3‐year study of two closely related alpine Artemisia species in the Southern Alps revealed a positive impact of harvesting at the plant scale and on the short term.
Ninon Fontaine, Perrine Gauthier, Sophie Caillon, John D. Thompson, Isabelle Boulangeat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Variability of Precipitation and Biomass of Alpine Grasslands on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

Remote Sensing, 2019
The timing regimes of precipitation can exert profound impacts on grassland ecosystems. However, it is still unclear how the peak aboveground biomass (AGBpeak) of alpine grasslands responds to the temporal variability of growing season precipitation (GSP)
Meng Li, Jianshuang Wu, Chunqiao Song, Yongtao He, Ben Niu, Gang Fu, Paolo Tarolli, Britta Tietjen, Xianzhou Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source