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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does landscape-scale conservation management enhance the provision of ecosystem services? [PDF]

, 2014
Biodiversity conservation approaches are increasingly being implemented at the landscape-scale to support the maintenance of metapopulations and metacommunities.
Newton, Adrian, Cantarello, Elena, Hodder, Kathryn H., Perrella, L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

From ecosystem ecology to landscape ecology: A progression calling for a well-founded research and appropriate disillusions

Landscape Online, 2008
In this paper, 1) a delineation of main theoretical, methodological and applicative issues of landscape ecology, 2) a comparison between landscape and ecosystem ecology, 3) a critical overview of actual limits of landscape ecology, are depicted.
Ireneo Ferrari, Alessandro Ferrarini
doaj   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stand structure and species diversity regulate biomass carbon stock under major Central Himalayan forest types of India

Ecological Processes, 2021
Background Data on the impact of species diversity on biomass in the Central Himalayas, along with stand structural attributes is sparse and inconsistent.
Siddhartha Kaushal, Ratul Baishya
doaj   +1 more source

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

Measuring overall functional diversity by aggregating its multiple facets: Functional richness, biomass evenness, trait evenness and dispersion

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Human activities induce environmental changes, which can affect individuals' traits thereby leading to changes in functional diversity and finally in ecosystem functioning.
Laurie Anne Wojcik, Ursula Gaedke, Ellen vanVelzen, Toni Klauschies   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optical remote spectral acquisition of elemental stoichiometry

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Optical remote sensing (RS) enables the study of the elemental composition of Earth’s surface over broad spatial extents by detecting reflected electromagnetic radiation. Covalent bonds of macromolecular structures often reflect electromagnetic radiation
Jamie T. Reeves, Sarah S. Hasnain, Sarah S. Hasnain, Mark P. Nessel, Ceara J. Talbot, Eleanor R. Thomson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs.

New Phytologist, 2020
The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere are key determinants of terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding plant belowground components, we are still only beginning to explore the ...
G. T. Freschet, C. Roumet, L. Comas, M. Weemstra, A. Bengough, B. Rewald, R. Bardgett, G. D. De Deyn, David Johnson, J. Klimešová, M. Lukac, M. L. McCormack, I. C. Meier, L. Pagès, Hendrik Poorter, I. Prieto, N. Wurzburger, M. Zadworny, A. Bagniewska-Zadworna, E. Blancaflor, I. Brunner, A. Gessler, S. Hobbie, C. Iversen, L. Mommer, C. Picon-Cochard, J. Postma, Laura Rose, P. Ryser, M. Scherer‐Lorenzen, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, T. Sun, O. Valverde‐Barrantes, A. Weigelt, L. York, A. Stokes   +35 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In Vivo Microplastic Detection With Photoacoustic Imaging

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics are posing an escalating threat to both ecological systems and human health. Yet, current methods for investigating their bioaccumulation are highly invasive, requiring destructive analysis of ex vivo tissues via mass spectrometry, dye labelling, or Raman microspectroscopy.
Joseph C. Bear, Olumide Ogunlade, Jayvian Mavi, Emily J. Deniszczyc, Daolong Chen, Heeva Javaheri, Paul Beard, Mark F. Lythgoe, Daniel J. Stuckey, P. Stephen Patrick   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source