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Nutritional indicators and their uses in ecology [PDF]

Ecology Letters, 2013
AbstractThe nutrition of animal consumers is an important regulator of ecological processes due to its effects on their physiology, life‐history and behaviour. Understanding the ecological effects of poor nutrition depends on correctly diagnosing the nature and strength of nutritional limitation.
Nicole D, Wagner, Helmut, Hillebrand, Alexander, Wacker, Paul C, Frost   +3 more
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Evaluating the ecological health of aquatic habitats in a megacity through a multimetric index model based on macroinvertebrates

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Globally, urban water bodies suffer from a variety of ecological pressures which profoundly change freshwater ecosystem services and pose a great threat to aquatic biodiversity.
Congcong Wang, Xiongdong Zhou, Mengzhen Xu, Linyuan Zhang, Xinjue Hou, Zhongsuo Wang, Yao Yang, Yaqi Luo   +7 more
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Can economic growth and urban greenness achieve positive synergies during rapid urbanization in China?

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Rapid urban expansion reflects the increasing economic growth in China. As an original conceive for urban sustainability, economic growth contributes to vegetation changes.
Min Cheng, Shaohua Wu, Canying Zeng, Xiaolu Yu, Jingyi Wang   +4 more
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Further exploring the driving mechanism of ecological carrying capacity changes at the urban agglomeration level

Ecological Indicators, 2023
The regional ecological carrying capacity (ECC) has been proposed to be strongly affected by human activities. However, the key drivers and driving patterns of ECC, especially among different regions, still lack deep understanding.
Chang Liu, Tianhua Ni
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Study on suitability assessment of waterbird habitats along the Bohai Rim

Ecological Indicators, 2023
In recent years, due to rapid economic development, the Bohai Rim has become a focus of attention. The area has abundant waterbird resources, however, the coastal wetlands in the Bohai Rim are currently under serious threat and waterbird conservation ...
Zhimei Huang, Yalan Lu, Weiqing Meng, Xunqiang Mo, Wenbin Xu, Haofan Yun, Mengxuan He, Yidong Wang   +7 more
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Aquatic invertebrate diversity profiling in heterogeneous wetland habitats by environmental DNA metabarcoding

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Invertebrates play vital roles in maintaining biodiversity and food web structure. However, it is difficult to identify invertebrate taxa across complex habitats due to the limitation of traditional morphology. In subtropical wetlands, environmental DNA (
Tuan-Tuan Wang, Xiao-Di Wang, Ding-Ying Wang, Shi-Di Fan, Sai Wang, Zhong-Bing Chen, En-Ni Wu, Yang Zhang, Cong-Cong Jin, Zhuo-Luo Ma, Wen-Tong Xia, Ling Mo   +11 more
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Detecting the impact of the “Grain for Green” program on land use/land cover and hydrological regimes in a watershed of the Chinese Loess Plateau over the next 30 years

Ecological Indicators, 2023
To increase vegetation coverage and improve ecosystem services, the government has promulgated and implemented the “Grain for Green” policy since 1999. How and where vegetation cover increases and how land use/land cover (LULC) changes determine regional
Haijie Yi, Xiaoping Zhang, Liang He, Jie He, Qilong Tian, Yadong Zou, Zefeng An   +6 more
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The invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) as a bioindicator of microplastic pollution: Insights from Lake Candia (northwestern Italy)

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Microplastic pollution has become pervasive. Identifying a bioindicator species to track the occurrence and effects of microplastics (MPs) on ecosystems is crucial for determining their impact on the environment.
Paolo Pastorino, Serena Anselmi, Anna Zanoli, Giuseppe Esposito, Fabio Bondavalli, Alessandro Dondo, Alessandra Pucci, Elisabetta Pizzul, Caterina Faggio, Damià Barceló, Monia Renzi, Marino Prearo   +11 more
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Lotka-Volterra analysis of river Ganga pollution in India

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Water quality indices (WQI) are a useful tool to assess river water pollution. We defined pollution shares (indicating the relative importance of pollutants) from a WQI and studied their dynamics.
Norbert Brunner, Sukanya Das, Markus Starkl   +2 more
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Evaluation of the water resource carrying capacity in Heilongjiang, eastern China, based on the improved TOPSIS model

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Assessments and analyses of the water resource carrying capacity provide practical guidance for regional water resource planning and water resource management.
Bo Lv, Changrong Liu, Tianxiao Li, Fanxiang Meng, Qiang Fu, Yi Ji, Renjie Hou   +6 more
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