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Impact of Oak and Pine Canopy Cover on Soil Biochemical and Microbial Indicators of Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Himalaya, India

, 2017
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is an ecological confined area having high diversity of plants and animals. Oak and pine are the dominant species in this sanctuary.
R.D. Singh, Arun Kumar, SK Sahu, Maninder Singh, A.K. Patra, AK Patra, RD Singh, S.K. Sahu   +7 more
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Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta, Eugenia Parodi, Celine Buschmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding urban atmospheric variability: Implications of vegetation (canopy cover) dynamics in Assam's urban landscapes

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Large-scale urbanization has altered city surface characteristics, significantly affecting heat balance and thermal environments. The role of vegetative and urban canopy cover in shaping metropolitan climates has gained considerable attention.This study ...
Rupjyoti Nath, Sujit Deka
doaj   +1 more source

Convolutional neural networks for accurate estimation of canopy cover

Smart Agricultural Technology
Canopy Cover (CC) is a key variable in agriculture, providing critical information on crop growth and health. RGB cameras can estimate CC, but conventional methods depend on vegetation characteristics, with color thresholds needing manual adjustments based on visual conditions.
F. Puig, R. Gonzalez Perea, A. Daccache, M.A. Soriano, J.A. Rodríguez Díaz   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and strategies in meeting urban tree canopy targets: A scenario discovery analysis to guide urban forest planning in new developments

Trees, Forests and People
With increasing urban populations worldwide, new developments face ambitious tree canopy cover targets to mitigate urban heat, reduce stormwater runoff, support biodiversity, and promote health benefits.
Raymundo Marcos Martinez, Natthanij Soonsawad, Mariana Dias Baptista, Stephen Cook, Guy Barnett, Joseph Chee, Tim Field, Tim Muster   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Annual maps of forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon from analyses of PALSAR and MODIS images [PDF]

Earth System Science Data
Many forest cover maps have been generated by using optical and/or microwave images, but these forest cover maps have large area and spatial discrepancies.
Y. Qin, X. Xiao, H. Tang, R. Dubayah, R. Doughty, D. Liu, F. Liu, Y. Shimabukuro, E. Arai, X. Wang, B. Moore III   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between home range and population density in mammals: the role of sociality, territoriality and habitat dimensionality

Ecography, EarlyView.
Organisms' energy requirements increase with body mass, leading to larger home range areas and lower population density. Previous research has highlighted the differential scaling of these variables in mammals, where species with large home ranges have higher density than expected due to increased home range overlap. Here we investigate this phenomenon
Luca Santini, Gianni Jacucci, Marlee A. Tucker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Field based analysis of vegetation and climate impacts on the hydrological properties of urban vegetated slope

Scientific Reports
The presence of vegetation in urban soil is both visually appealing and environmentally beneficial. Vegetation contributes to changes in soil water content (SWC) and soil suction (SS) through transpiration. These changes ultimately affect slope stability,
Manoj Kumar, Khresna Paramaputra, Ahmad Mousa, Sih Ying Kong, Ankit Garg, Vivi Anggraini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scale-Dependent Effects of Urban Canopy Cover, Canopy Volume, and Impervious Surfaces on Near-Surface Air Temperature in a Mid-Sized City

Land
Cities are significantly warmer than their surrounding rural environments. Known as the ‘urban heat island effect’, it can affect the health of urban residents and lead to increased energy use, public health impacts, and damage to infrastructure ...
Carson Ralls, Anne Y. Polyakov, Vivek Shandas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source