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Canadian boreal forest greening and browning trends: an analysis of biogeographic patterns and the relative roles of disturbance versus climate drivers

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Recent studies have used satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series to explore geographic patterns in boreal forest greening and browning. A number of these studies indicate that boreal forests are experiencing widespread
Damien Sulla-Menashe, Curtis E Woodcock, Mark A Friedl   +2 more
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Social‐ecological signatures in plant species composition across Swiss cities and urban green space types

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cities can harbor greater plant diversity than other ecosystems, yet how city sociocultural factors may determine differences in plant composition across equivalent urban green space types remains understudied. Here, we compare plant communities in five main urban greenspace types across three Swiss cities representing the country's French (Geneva ...
Joan Casanelles‐Abella, Sebastian R. Ruile, Ariel Bergamini, Gala Mona Louise Dädlow, Vivien Grothe, Bertrand Fournier, Kilian Perrelet, Marco Moretti   +7 more
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Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Defining nativity of species is crucial for their management. However, this is a complex task, especially for species that have been used and spread by humans for a long time. We combined paleoecological records with extensive genetic data to investigate the Holocene history of European larch—a common and economically important tree species in Central ...
Martin Prach, Petr Pokorný, Kristýna Hošková, Daniel Vondrák, Pavel Bednář, Jindřich Prach, Jana Hanzal Šedivá, Hana Drahošová, Kateřina Podrábská, Přemysl Bobek, Jan Smyčka, Tomáš Fér   +11 more
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The mammals of Northern Melanesia: biogeography, systematics and ecology

Frontiers of Biogeography, 2015
Northern Melanesia's mammals are poorly known, and perceived deficiencies in faunal records and taxonomic descriptions have, until now, hindered detailed analyses.
Tyrone Hamilton Lavery
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A new proposal for a statistically-derived biogeographical regionalization of Algeria, North Africa

Mediterranean Botany
Most proposals relating to the biogeographic regionalization of Algeria have been made by traditional qualitative method (geography, geology, climatology, vascular flora), on the basis of expert’s opinions. A new biogeographic regionalization of Algeria
Djilali Tahri, Rachid Meddour, Cyrille Chatelain, Frédéric Médail   +3 more
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WorldCuP: A database of checklists documenting the World's Cultivated Plants and their distributions

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Human life would be unrecognizable without the benefits of cultivated plants, including crops, ornamentals, or plants with other uses. Despite their importance in daily life and prevalence across landscapes, we know surprisingly little about global cultivated plant distributions.
Nicole L. Kinlock, Amy J. S. Davis, Mark van Kleunen   +2 more
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Effectiveness Assessment of Underwater Area Cruise Based on the ADC Method

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater area surveillance plays a crucial role in upholding national security, safeguarding strategic interests, and mitigating potential threats. Despite its significance, a notable gap persists in the availability of comprehensive models for assessing its effectiveness.
Qingwei Liang, Yuxin Lin, Mingyang Luo, Zhanghong Zeng   +3 more
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Scale dependence in remotely sensed biodiversity: Leveraging continental‐scale imaging spectroscopy from the National Ecological Observatory Network

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Imaging spectroscopy enables large‐scale biodiversity assessment, yet spectral diversity metrics are scale dependent. Across 15 NEON ecosystems, we find that spectral richness increases sub‐linearly from 3600 m2 to 4 km2, whereas spectral divergence shows weak or inconsistent scaling with area, underscoring the importance of scale‐aware interpretation ...
Meghan T. Hayden, Matthew W. Rossi, Laura E. Dee, Kyle Kovach, Cibele H. Amaral, Jacob Nesslage, Madeline Slimp, Rachel S. Meyer, E. Natasha Stavros   +8 more
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Brachiopods of the northern North Atlantic and Arctic, with a focus on Norwegian fauna

Fauna Norvegica
Ten species of Brachiopoda have been found living around Norway, including the Arctic Svalbard and Jan Mayen, while 26 are recorded here for the region extending from the Arctic Ocean in the North to the northernmost North Atlantic and Celtic Sea in the
Jesper Hansen
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Widespread Bomb Fishing in Indo‐Pacific Archipelago Revealed Through Machine Learning Accelerated Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
AI‐accelerated passive acoustic monitoring reveals extensive bomb fishing within the Spermonde Archipelago, with annual incidents numbering in the thousands. ABSTRACT Bomb fishing is recognised as the most destructive fishing practice that can be performed in our oceans.
Ben Williams, Mars Coral Restoration Project Monitoring Team, Aimee du Luart, Sonny Burniston, Tries B. Razak, Timothy A. C. Lamont, David J. Smith, Jamaluddin Jompa, David Curnick, Kate E. Jones   +9 more
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