Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems [PDF]
Ecography, Volume 43, Issue 7, Page 967-978, July 2020., 2020 Disturbance regimes are changing in forests across the world in response to global climate change. Despite the profound impacts of disturbances on ecosystem services and biodiversity, assessments of disturbances at the global scale remain scarce.
Aakala, Tuomas +24 more
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Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 635-644, May 2022., 2022 Wood density and carbon concentration across decay classes of coarse woody debris were estimated for Asian montane tropical mixed forests. Abstract The role of coarse woody debris (CWD) in the global carbon (C) cycle is growing under increasing tree mortality driven by climate variability and disturbances.
Ekaterina Shorohova +6 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2021., 2021 Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) currently serves as the multilateral environmental framework for protecting biodiversity. Parties to the CBD are required to develop and submit National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and National Reports.
Shelby D. McCay, Thomas E. Lacher Jr
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III All-Russian scientific conference (with international participation) “Scientific bases of sustainable forest management” [PDF]
Вопросы лесной науки, 2019 The article has been presents the review of the work of the III All-Russian Scientific Conference (with international participation) “Scientific basis for sustainable forest management”.
A.V. Gornov, A.P. Geraskina
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Validation of transfer functions predicting Cd and Pb free metal ion activity in soil solution as a function of soil characteristics and reactive metal content. [PDF]
, 2007 According to recent insight, the toxicity of metals in soils is better related to the free metal ion (FMI) activity in the soil solution than to the total metal concentration in soil.
Groenenberg, J.E. +3 more
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Age estimation and body size of the Parsley Frog, Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger, 1896 from Lake Borçka Karagöl, Turkey [PDF]
, 2023 In this study, we described age structure, body size, body mass and the relationships among these parameters for a population of P. caucasicus from Lake Borçka Karagöl, Artvin, Turkey. The mean SVL with standard error was 45.87 mm ± 0.55 (range: 39.98-50.
Dursun, Cantekin +2 more
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China: a rich flora needed of urgent conservation [PDF]
, 2004 41 p.[EN] China is one of the richest countries in plant biodiversity in the world. Besides to a rich flora, which contains about 33 000 vascular plants (being 30 000 of these angiosperms, 250 gymnosperms, and 2 600 pteridophytes), there is a ...
López-Pujol, Jordi, Zhao, A-Man
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Threats from urban expansion, agricultural transformation and forest loss on global conservation priority areas [PDF]
, 2017 Including threats in spatial conservation prioritization helps identify areas for conservation actions where biodiversity is at imminent risk of extinction. At the global level, an important limitation when identifying spatial priorities for conservation
Di Minin, Enrico +2 more
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Farmer Field Schools for Improving Farming Practices and Farmer Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page i-335, 2014., 2014 This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of farmer field schools in improving intermediate outcomes (such as knowledge and pesticide use) and final outcomes (such as agricultural yields, incomes and empowerment) in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), as well as implementation factors associated with programme success and failure.
Hugh Waddington +6 more
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Micro-habitat distribution drives patch quality for sub-tropical rocky plateau amphibians in the northern Western Ghats, India. [PDF]
, 2018 The importance of patch quality for amphibians is frequently overlooked in distribution models. Here we demonstrate that it is highly important for the persistence of endemic and endangered amphibians found in the threatened and fragile ecosystems that ...
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