An automatic method for removing empty camera trap images using ensemble learning
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Camera traps often produce massive images, and empty images that do not contain animals are usually overwhelming. Deep learning is a machine‐learning algorithm and widely used to identify empty camera trap images automatically. Existing methods with high
Deng‐Qi Yang +6 more
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The spatial variation of Asian dust and marine aerosol contributions to glaciochemical signals in central Asia [PDF]
, 1992 Short-term (6 months to 17 years) glaciochemical records have been collected from several glacier basins in the mountains of central Asia. The spatial distribution of snow chemistry in central Asia is controlled by the influx of dust from the large ...
Mayewski, Paul A, Wake, Cameron P
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Propitiating the \u3ci\u3eTsen,\u3c/i\u3e Sealing the Mountain: Community Mountain-closure Ritual and Practice in Eastern Bhutan [PDF]
, 2017 This interdisciplinary study examines a community ritual in Mongar, eastern Bhutan, in connection to its socio-ecological context. We provide an in-depth documentation of the tsensöl (btsan gsol) deity-propitiation ritual to ‘seal’ territory and prohibit
Gyeltshen, Dorji, Kuyakanon, Riamsara
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\u3ci\u3eManepa\u3c/i\u3e in Ladakh: The Revival of a Religious Tradition [PDF]
, 2020 Among Buddhist religious specialists in Ladakh, there were until recently people called manepa, the Ladakhi pronunciation of the Tibetan word manipa, literally ‘the one [who recites] mani’.
Dollfus, Pascale
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Exhumation history of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline along Dhauliganga-Goriganga river valleys, NW India: new constraints from fission track analysis [PDF]
, 2009 New apatite and zircon fission track data collected from two transects along the Dhauliganga and Goriganga rivers in the NW Himalaya document exhumation of the Higher Himalayan Crystalline units. Despite sharing the same structural configuration and rock
A. Carter +66 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck +14 more
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Organic Geochemical Characterization and Exploration Prospects of Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in Nepal
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.It provides a more detailed introduction to the current situation of oil and gas exploration in Nepal, as well as the properties and distribution characteristics of source rocks. ABSTRACT This study aims to evaluate the hydrocarbon generation potential and exploration prospects of hydrocarbon source rocks in the Dailekh to Dang–Tansen area of Nepal ...
Guoqiang Zhang +4 more
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COVID-19 Higher Mortality in Chinese Regions With Chronic Exposure to Lower Air Quality
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 We investigated the geographical character of the COVID-19 infection in China and correlated it with satellite- and ground-based measurements of air quality.
Riccardo Pansini +3 more
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Buck Wheat: Nutritional, Bioactive Characteristics, Health Benefits, and Side Effects
Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Micronutrient deficits have resulted from an over‐reliance on a small number of cereal crops for food security. The agricultural sector faces severe sustainability issues due to the rapid growth of the world's population and sudden climatic changes.
Momina Farooq +2 more
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