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Identification and optimization of ecological security pattern in arid inland basin based on ordered weighted average and ant colony algorithm: A case study of Shule River basin, NW China

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Optimization of ecological security patterns (ESP) is an important way to implement land space restoration and maintain regional sustainable development.
Jinghu Pan, Jia Liang, Chengcheng Zhao
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Looking for hopeful purpose in England's environmental education policy: An analysis of the National Education Nature Park

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation represent profound global challenges. Education holds a unique role in enabling all young people to navigate uncertainty, participate meaningfully in decision‐making and contribute to more just and sustainable ways of living.
Julie Robinson, Elizabeth A.C. Rushton, Emma Towers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Network Construction of a National Park Based on MSPA and MCR Models: An Example of the Proposed National Parks of “Ailaoshan-Wuliangshan” in China

Land, 2022
The establishment of ecological networks facilitates genetic exchange among species in national parks and is an effective means of avoiding habitat fragmentation.
Caihong Yang, Huijun Guo, Xiaoyuan Huang, Yanxia Wang, Xiaona Li, Xinyuan Cui   +5 more
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Alessandro Tarullo, Marco Abbiati, Eugenio Fossi, Federica Costantini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning approaches to identify hydrochemical processes and predict drinking water quality for groundwater environment in a metropolis

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: The study area is located in the urban area of Chongqing City, the largest metropolis in southwestern China. Study focus: Various hydrochemical processes and water quality prediction are unknown, hampering the sustainable development of ...
Zhan Xie, Weiting Liu, Si Chen, Rongwen Yao, Chang Yang, Xingjun Zhang, Junyi Li, Yangshuang Wang, Yunhui Zhang   +8 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating morphological spatial pattern analysis and the minimal cumulative resistance model to optimize urban ecological networks: a case study in Shenzhen City, China

Ecological Processes, 2021
Background With the increasing fragmentation of landscape induced by rapid urbanization, the construction of ecological networks is of great significance to alleviate the degradation of urban habitats and protect natural environments.
Yang-Yang Li, Yu-Zhe Zhang, Zhi-Yun Jiang, Cheng-Xuan Guo, Ming-Yue Zhao, Zhi-Guang Yang, Ming-Yan Guo, Bing-Yue Wu, Quan-Ling Chen   +8 more
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Construction and Optimization of Ecological Security Pattern in the Loess Plateau of China Based on the Minimum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) Model

, 2022
With accelerating urbanization, the regional ecological security pattern (ESP) faces unprecedented threats. The situation is particularly serious in the Loess plateau of China (LPC) due to the fragile ecological environment and poor natural conditions ...
Penghui Li, Haoyang Jiao, Hong Wei, Jun Chen, Liyang Xiong, Hui Zhu   +5 more
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Data‐Driven Analysis of Green Logistics Strategies for the Logistics and Transportation Companies: A Bipolar Fuzzy Methodology

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global imperatives, such as climate change, environmental concerns, and carbon emissions, make green transformation an inevitability in the logistics sector. Green logistics strategy formulation is an economic choice problem, but it also turns out to be a multicriteria decision‐making (MCDM) process that encompasses the triple bottom line (TBL)
Ömer Faruk Görçün, Abhijit Saha, Fatih Ecer   +2 more
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