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Open GeosciencesCoastal zones have intense human activity and are ecologically fragile. Assessing ecological risks in coastal zones is crucial to promoting ecological safety and sustainable development for coastal cities.
Han Ying +3 more
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Ecological criterion effect on the forest road network longitudinal gradient
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013 The specific way in which a forest road is designed affects the management in the forest environment and timber transport. The aim of this study was to find out whether an inclusion of the ecological criterion in the forest road design will change the ...
Petr Hrůza
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Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Complex processes related to biotic and abiotic forces can impose limitations to assembly and composition of plant communities. Quantifying the effects of these constraints on plant functional traits across environmental gradients, and among communities,
Gianluigi Ottaviani +3 more
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LandUrbanization has significantly impacted ecological connectivity, making the optimization of ecological networks (ENs) crucial. However, many existing strategies focus on overall network structure and overlook the spatial concentration of local ecological
Yougui Feng +5 more
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LandHuman activities have caused different degrees of land-use change on different topographic gradients, with impacts on the landscape and ecosystem. Effectively preventing and addressing ecological risk (ER) and achieving harmonious coexistence between ...
Xuebin Zhang +6 more
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Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci, 2017 The paper deals with the floristic and ecological diversity of the riparian forest and scrub communities of the Sutjeska National Park in SE Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Đorđije Milanović, Vladimir Stupar
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Classification of Wetland Forests and Scrub in the Western Balkans
Diversity, 2023 Wetland forests and scrub (WFS) are conditioned by the strong impact of water. They consist of various vegetation types, depending on many factors such as type and duration of flooding, water table level and its fluctuation, river current strength ...
Dragan Koljanin +5 more
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Water ecological requirements of Characeae taxa in eastern Spain
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2023 Presence of Characeae taxa is limited by the existence of clear and oligotrophic waters. Some other chemical water parameters can also influence the distribution of taxa, which can thus be used as ecological bioindicators.
Borja SANZ +2 more
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Defining dual-axis landscape gradients of human influence for studying ecological processes
PLoS ONE, 2021 Ecological processes are strongly shaped by human landscape modification, and understanding the reciprocal relationship between ecosystems and modified landscapes is critical for informed conservation.
Benjamin Juan Padilla, Chris Sutherland
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Land, 2022 Land use changes induced by human activities change landscape patterns and ecological processes, threatening regional and global ecosystems. Terrain gradient and anthropogenic multi-policy regulation can have a pronounced effect on landscape components ...
Binpin Gao +7 more
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