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Grip and Grasp: Lizard Claw Inspired Robotic Manipulators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Our study identifies the most effective lizard claw shape for use as an end effector in a bioinspired robotic manipulator. By examining key geometric features and combining them into comparative indices, the Crotaphytus collaris claw is found to be the best fit.
Hyeon Lee, Kate Douglas, Asyiah Bray, Andrea Rummel, Parvez Alam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

America's North Coast: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes [PDF]

, 2007
Examines the baseline ecological conditions of the Great Lakes and offers a plan for the area's environmental protection and restoration.
John C. Austin, Paul N. Courant, Robert E. Litan, Soren Anderson   +3 more
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Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions [PDF]

, 2011
We compare the soil and plant community development during heathland restoration on improved farmland when achieved through soil stripping with that achieved through soil acidification.
Diaz, Anita, Evans, Damian, Green, Iain D.   +2 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Picea asperata pioneer and fibrous roots have different physiological mechanisms in response to soil freeze-thaw in spring

Biologia Plantarum, 2017
About 70 % of the total land area in the world are affected by soil freeze and thaw (FT) cycles. Root is the first organ of plant to sense soil environment and it is unclear how it copes with the soil FT.
C. Yin, Q. Xiao, Y. Sun, Q. Liu, X. Pang
doaj   +1 more source

Forest landscape restoration in the drylands of Latin America [PDF]

, 2012
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) involves the ecological restoration of degraded forest landscapes, with the aim of benefiting both biodiversity and human well-being.
del Castillo, R.F, Echeverría, C., Geneletti, D., González-Espinosa, M., Malizia, L.R., Newton, Adrian, Premoli, A.C., Rey Benayas, J.M., Smith-Ramírez, C., Williams-Linera, G.   +9 more
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Generalized Mechanism Model for Ecosystem Hysteresis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A simplified model examines ecosystem transitions into alternative states after disturbances by leveraging positive and negative feedbacks. It identifies critical tipping points and quantifies hysteresis. Tests conducted on lakes, grasslands, and pitcher‐plant leaves align closely with empirical data and enable the prediction of recovery trajectories ...
Yanbin Hao, Xin Wang, Jie Liu, Mingzi Wu, Jianqing Du, Kai Xue, Xiaoning Song, Xiaoyong Cui, Tong Zhao, Yanfen Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological restoration in Hamilton City, North Island, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2004
Hamilton City (New Zealand) has less than 20 hectares of high-quality, indigenous species dominated ecosystems, and only 1.6% of the original indigenous vegetation remains within the ecological district.
Clarkson, Bruce D., McQueen, Joanna C.
core   +1 more source

Microenvironment Self‐Adaptive Nanoarmor to Address Adhesion‐ and Colonization‐Related Obstacles in Impaired Intestine Promote Bacteriotherapy Against Parkinson's Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A microenvironment self‐adaptive nanoarmor is developed to effectively address the adhesion‐ and colonization‐related challenges posed by multiple physiological and pathological characteristics in the intestine. L. plantarum@MPN@CS showed significant therapeutic potential in treating Parkinson's disease (PD), a model for extraintestinal disorders, as ...
Limeng Zhu, Yuyu Wu, Yingjie Chen, Xiyi Chen, Xingjie Zan, Yanlong Liu, Wujun Geng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on Ecological Restoration Zoning of the Ebinur Lake Basin Based on the Evaluation of Ecological Function Importance and Ecosystem Sensitivity

Land
The Ebinur Lake Basin, a key ecological security barrier for windbreak and sand control in northern Xinjiang, is crucial to the ecological safety of western China and the northern sand-prevention belt.
Jiaxiu Zou, Yiming Feng, Lei Xi, Zhao Qi, Xiaoming Cao, Lili Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source