Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity. [PDF]
Abstract Widespread insect losses are a critical global problem. Mitigating this problem requires identifying the principal drivers across different taxa and determining which insects are covered by protected areas. However, doing so is hindered by missing information on most species owing to extremely high insect diversity and difficulties in ...
Sinclair JS +27 more
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Mapping the density of giant trees in the Amazon. [PDF]
Summary Tall trees (height ≥ 60 m) are keystone elements of tropical forests, strongly influencing biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their density and spatial distribution remain poorly quantified, especially in remote Amazonian regions, limiting our understanding of their ecological roles and contribution to forest–climate ...
de Lima RB +20 more
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Conservation benefits of a large marine protected area network that spans multiple ecosystems. [PDF]
Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely implemented tools for long‐term ocean conservation and resource management. Assessments of MPA performance have largely focused on specific ecosystems individually and have rarely evaluated performance across multiple ecosystems either in an individual MPA or across an MPA network.
Smith JG +23 more
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Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical forests. [PDF]
Abstract Climate change and land‐use alterations are driving forest fires to unprecedented frequencies and intensities worldwide. Even wet tropical forests—historically rarely subjected to fire—are increasingly experiencing fire disturbances. The impact of wildfires on these forests is likely large, since many of their tree species are not adapted to ...
Pacuk D +3 more
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La baja eficiencia de la propagación vegetativa del cacao a partir de esquejes obliga al uso de enraizantes. Esto motivó un estudio cuyo objetivo fue: optimizar la dosis de oligogalacturónidos en la propagación vegetativa de dos clones de cacao en ...
Juan José Reyes-Pérez +3 more
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Threshold responses of floating meadow fish communities to floodplain forest cover in the lower Amazon River. [PDF]
Abstract Forest cover is positively associated with fish biomass and fisheries yield in the Amazon River floodplain, and many species enter flooded forests to feed, spawn, or seek refuge from predation. Floating macrophyte beds, known as floating meadows, in Amazon floodplains support high fish diversity and serve as nursery habitat for many fishes of ...
Grinstead S +6 more
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Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean. [PDF]
Abstract Coral reefs and their fish communities below scuba diving depth (>30 m), in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) (∼30–150 m), in rariphotic (150–300 m), and in upper bathyal waters (300–500 m) are often underexplored, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Stefanoudis PV +12 more
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Drying suppresses fine root production to 1 m depths and alters root traits in four distinct tropical forests. [PDF]
Summary Drying and drought in tropical forests, which have some of the highest net primary productivity on Earth, are likely to alter root dynamics, ecosystem function, and carbon (C) storage. We used a chronic drying experiment in four lowland Panamanian forests to investigate whether soil drying shifts tropical forest root production from surface to ...
Cordeiro AL +7 more
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Propozycja organizacji systemu przetwórstwa biomasy rolniczej na terenie województwa lubelskiego
W artykule przedstawiono model systemu gromadzenia, przetwórstwa i dostaw biomasy na tle uwarunkowań środowiska przyrodniczego oraz czynników społecznych.
Jacek Dobrowolski +2 more
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Producción de biomasa en cultivos de maíz: Zona central de la costa de Ecuador
La reducción de la brecha entre el rendimiento actual y el alcanzable de maíz, representa una oportunidad para incrementar los beneficios de los productores, para el efecto como primer paso, es pertinente evaluar la producción de biomasa del maíz.
Gregorio Humberto Vásconez Montúfar +3 more
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