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Forest landscape restoration in the drylands of Latin America [PDF]

, 2012
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) involves the ecological restoration of degraded forest landscapes, with the aim of benefiting both biodiversity and human well-being.
del Castillo, R.F, Echeverría, C., Geneletti, D., González-Espinosa, M., Malizia, L.R., Newton, Adrian, Premoli, A.C., Rey Benayas, J.M., Smith-Ramírez, C., Williams-Linera, G.   +9 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Semiaquilegia guangxiensis, a rare and endemic herb in Guangxi, China

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Semiaquilegia guangxiensis was assembled and the phylogenetic relationship with other species in Trib. Isopyreae was inferred in this study. The chloroplast genome is 164,047 bp in length.
Xin-Mei Qin, Zhang-Ping Huang, Yong-Bin Lu, Qiang Zhang   +3 more
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Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated soils by Arundo donax L. enhanced with Earth Total Support (ETS)

Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 2023
Applying microbial fertilizer to assist phytoremediation using high production energy crops is a promising method to improve the removal efficiency of metals contaminated soils. The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Earth Total Support (ETS,
Danjuan Zeng, Gaozhong Pu, Xiaxia Chen, Keyi Wang, Ling Mo, Jianxiong Liao   +5 more
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Vegetation Re-development After Fen Meadow Restoration by Topsoil Removal and Hay Transfer [PDF]

, 2009
We investigated the effects of different restoration treatments on the development of fen meadow communities: (1) depth of topsoil removal, with shallow (circa 20 cm) and deep (circa 40 cm) soil removal applied, (2) transfer of seed-containing hay, and ...
Bakker, Bakker, Bakker, Bakker, Chase, Cobbaert, Cousins, Couvreur, Donath, Eckstein, Facelli, Foster, Foster, Grootjans, Grootjans, Hirst, Hobbs, Hölzel, Isselstein, Jensen, Kardol, Kiehl, Kiehl, Klimkowska, Klimkowska, Klötzli, Kotanen, Kotowski, Lenssen, Lepš, Matus, Moles, Mouissie, Mouissie, Muller, Nuttle, Olde Venterink, Oświt, Pakeman, Pakeman, Patzelt, Podbielkowski, Poschlod, Pywell, Ramseier, Rasran, Rasran, Ross, Schmidt, Schächtele, Sousa, Suding, Tallowin, Ter Heerdt, Thompson, Van Diggelen, Van Duren, Verhagen, Wassen, Wright, Xiong, Young, Żurek   +62 more
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Local indigenous knowledge about some medicinal plants in and around Kakamega forest in western Kenya [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/UDNyBK]

F1000Research, 2012
Kakamega forest is Kenya’s only rainforest and is distinguishably rich in biodiversity but threatened by agricultural encroachment and other forms of human activity.
Nickson Erick Otieno, Caleb Analo
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Wind power compensation is not for the birds : an opinion from an environmental economist [PDF]

, 2011
This article advocates for better implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) framework as applied to wind power development, with a particular focus on improving compensatory restoration scaling.
Cole, Scott
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Findings from a survey of wildlife reintroduction practitioners [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2or]

F1000Research, 2014
Wildlife reintroduction programs are a type of conservation initiative that seek to re-establish viable populations of a species in areas from which they have been extirpated or become extinct.
Alexandra E. Sutton, Roel Lopez
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Ecological Restoration in Conservation Units

, 2015
Forest ecosystems have rapidly been transformed into areas for the occupation of the human population and for economic purposes [1]. Rainforests distributed around the planet have been cleared because of a complex set of factors, which vary according to the characteris‐ tics of each region [2]. Among the factors are deforestation for alternative use of
Marcuzzo, Suzane Bevilacqua, Viera, Márcio   +1 more
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Can aggregate quarry silt lagoons provide resources for wading birds? [PDF]

, 2017
Wading birds have declined across Europe as the intensification of lowland agriculture has resulted in the loss and degradation of wetland areas. Lowland aggregate extraction sites that incorporate areas of fine, waste sediments deposited in silt lagoons
Day, George, Hull, Susan L., Mayes, William M., Wheeler, Philip M.   +3 more
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Cladonia lichens on extensive green roofs: evapotranspiration, substrate temperature, and albedo [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2v4]

F1000Research, 2014
Green roofs are constructed ecosystems that provide ecosystem services in urban environments. Shallow substrate green roofs subject the vegetation layer to desiccation and other environmental extremes, so researchers have evaluated a variety of stress ...
Amy Heim, Jeremy Lundholm
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