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Linking distribution and return‐on‐investment models to optimize woody management for prairie grouse in Nebraska

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We modeled prairie grouse abundance across Nebraska and projected future woody encroachment to estimate population losses. By combining predicted gains from woody treatments with avoided losses and treatment costs, we mapped return on investment to identify areas for woody treatments that maximize benefits to greater prairie‐chickens and sharp‐tailed ...
Kevin W. Barnes, Bryan J. O'Connor, Andrew A. Bishop, Roger C. Grosse, Gregory Brinkman, Clinton B. Leach, Neal D. Niemuth, Kevin L. Pope, Bradly S. Thornton, John Laux   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating biodiversity into the Water Energy Food Land Climate Nexus for holistic sustainability assessment of agriculture

Discover Sustainability
Rising food demand intensifies pressure on resources and ecosystems, necessitating holistic sustainability assessments. While the Nexus frameworks evaluate resource interlinkages and identify hotspots, existing tools prioritize water, energy, land, and ...
Haseeb Akbar, Shabbir H. Gheewala
doaj   +1 more source

Land Use and Land Cover Analysis for Solid Waste Management in NCT Delhi Using Fusion Aware Segformer

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) analysis is a fundamental requirement for urban solid waste management (SWM); however, conventional LULC analysis methods are not well suited to the spatio‐temporal variability, multi‐sensor heterogeneity, and seasonal variations of highly dynamic urban environments.
Rubeena Vohra, Ashish Kumar
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Soil Erosion in a Typical Karst Region: A Model Improved by Bedrock Exposure Rate in Guizhou Province

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion is a major environmental challenge in karst regions of Southwest China, where thin soils and high bedrock exposure accelerate land degradation. This study modified the RUSLE model by incorporating bedrock exposure rate to improve erosion simulation in Guizhou Province from 2000 to 2024.
Ning Niu, Jihui Fan, Yiying Li
wiley   +1 more source

Global prioritization schemes vary in their impact on the placement of protected areas.

PLoS ONE
In response to global declines in biodiversity, many global conservation prioritization schemes were developed to guide effective protected area establishment.
Katie Tjaden-McClement, Robin Naidoo, Angela Brennan, A Cole Burton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Ecosystem Service Benefits to Assess Ecosystem Health and Its Response to Land Spatial Structure Conflicts in Anning River Basin, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land spatial structure conflicts (LSSC) weaken the actual benefits of ecosystem services by inducing trade‐offs among them, directly threatening regional ecosystem health (EH) and sustainable development. However, most studies have failed to incorporate ecosystem service benefits (ESB) into EH assessments and have overlooked their response to ...
Weijie Li, Jinwen Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Divergent Blue Carbon Trajectories in the Yellow River Delta Post‐1976 Diversion: Hydrological Stability and Human Disturbance Contrasts Revealed by Multi‐Source Remote Sensing (1984–2023)

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coastal wetlands are critical blue carbon sinks, yet their spatiotemporal dynamics under environmental change remain insufficiently quantified. Taking the Yellow River Delta (YRD) as a natural laboratory, this study synthesizes multi‐source remote sensing data, including optical and radar imagery spanning from 1984 to 2023, to explore the ...
Mengqian Jiang, Haotian Liu, Zhenfang He, Zhaosheng Wang, Xuanjie Gai, Qingchun Guo, Shaowei Su   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of flowering plants: Biodiversity hotspots and coldspots. [PDF]

Plant Divers, 2023
Qian H, Zhang J, Jiang M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Harnessing Spatial and Multi‐Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to Optimize Land Suitability for Kenaf Cultivation in Kelantan: Pathways for Sustainable Economic Development

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kelantan, entrenched land degradation and extensive idling of agricultural lands exacerbate rural poverty. Current top‐down planning often overlooks local geographic and social constraints, despite state initiatives to convert idle lands and strengthen rural livelihoods.
Nur Afiqah Ariffin, Zainol Jamil, Yaniza Shaira Zakaria, Nur Ain Che Mat Ali, Azizul Ahmad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots. [PDF]

Anim Microbiome, 2022
Greenspan SE, Peloso P, Fuentes-González JA, Bletz M, Lyra ML, Machado IF, Martins RA, Medina D, Moura-Campos D, Neely WJ, Preuss J, Sturaro MJ, Vaz RI, Navas CA, Toledo LF, Tozetti AM, Vences M, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Pienaar J, Becker CG.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source