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Digital Elevation Models and Orthomosaics of the Dutch Noordwest Natuurkern Foredune Restoration Project

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Coastal dunes worldwide are increasingly under pressure from the adverse effects of human activities. Therefore, more and more restoration measures are being taken to create conditions that help disturbed coastal dune ecosystems regenerate or recover ...
Gerben Ruessink, Dick Groenendijk, Bas Arens   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka, Anna L. Berka, Karen F. Hytten, Florentine D. van Noppen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Significant Coastal Dune Loss Challenges California's Climate Resilience and Biodiversity Goals

Earth's Future
Coastal sand dunes support unique biodiversity and buffer beaches and communities against storm impacts. However, these sensitive and dynamic ecosystems are increasingly threatened by erosion, sea‐level rise (SLR), and encroaching coastal development ...
T. I. Baxter, I. J. Walker, J. E. Dugan, D. M. Hubbard, L. Engeman, K. A. Emery, S. Vitousek, K. K. Johnston, A. J. Pickart, S. Smith, D. R. Fee, D. Willett, J. Wisniewski   +12 more
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Effects of off‐highway vehicle activity on Arizona wildlife: a systematic literature review

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
The published literature indicates that off‐highway vehicles (OHVs) predominantly negatively affect native Arizona amphibians, mammals, and reptiles, while effects of OHVs on native Arizona birds are mostly unknown or neutral. Abstract Off‐highway vehicle (OHV) recreation has dramatically increased in Arizona, USA, prompting concerns about potential ...
Hayden K. Hutcherson, Cassidy A. Klovanish, Samuel D. Lisak, Esther S. Rubin, Reilly T. Jackson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulated Root Exudation Gradient Reveals Dosage‐Dependent Carbon Sequestration in Desertification Ecosystems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Root exudates serve as a key driver for the restoration of soil organic carbon (SOC), particularly in aeolian desertification ecosystems where aboveground litter retention is limited. While Salix cupularis is widely planted as an effective pioneer shrub for ecological rehabilitation on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau, how the quantity of its root ...
Ran Xue, Xuemei Fang, Dongming Chen, Fei Yan, Aomei Jia, Zhouwen Ma, Yongheng Gao, Jiqiong Zhou, Jian Zhang, Lin Liu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal protection and conservation on sandy beaches and dunes: context‐dependent tradeoffs in ecosystem service supply

Ecosphere, 2017
Managing multiple ecosystem services (ESs) across landscapes presents a central challenge for ecosystem‐based management, because services often exhibit spatiotemporal variation and weak associations with co‐occurring ESs.
Reuben G. Biel, Sally D. Hacker, Peter Ruggiero, Nicholas Cohn, Eric W. Seabloom   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early successional microhabitats allow the persistence of endangered plants in coastal sand dunes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Many species are adapted to disturbance and occur within dynamic, mosaic landscapes that contain early and late successional microhabitats. Human modification of disturbance regimes alters the availability of microhabitats and may affect the viability of
Eleanor A Pardini, Kyle E Vickstrom, Tiffany M Knight   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological Performance of Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Coastal Dunes with Rocky and Geotextile Tube Cores under Storm Conditions

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Coastal dune restoration projects are increasingly seen as a means of protecting the coast against storms, especially with the use of natural (plants), artificial (geotextile tube cores) and hybrid (plants and geotextile tube) elements.
Carmelo Maximiliano-Cordova, Rodolfo Silva, Edgar Mendoza, Valeria Chávez, M. Luisa Martínez, Rusty A. Feagin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source