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Documenting at‐risk status of terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical North America
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) is an emerging global standard for ecosystem risk assessment that integrates data and knowledge to document the relative risk status of ecosystem types.
Patrick J. Comer +2 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Nature conservation policies require up-to-date and accurate biodiversity monitoring. Innovative synoptic information products such as Remote Sensing-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables (RS-enabled EBVs) could complement field observations in ...
M.C. Lock +3 more
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Defining ecological liabilities and structuring ecosystem accounts to support the transition to sustainable societies [PDF]
One Ecosystem, 2023 Harnessing reliable and relevant information on ecosystems requires focusing and prioritising information acquisition on dimensions of interest. As a boundary object between ecosystem monitoring, research and public decision-making, ecosystem accounting ...
Yann Kervinio +3 more
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Mapping the distribution and extent of India's semi-arid open natural ecosystems
Journal of Biogeography, 2021 Abstract Aim Non‐forested open natural ecosystems (ONEs) support high biodiversity as well as livelihoods of millions of pastoralists, but are highly threatened due to land conversion. To improve the recognition of their value, we generated a high‐resolution (30 m) map of ONEs in the low ...
M. D. Madhusudan, Abi Tamim Vanak
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Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The seagrass Posidonia oceanica is the main habitat-forming species of the coastal Mediterranean, providing millennial-scale ecosystem services including habitat provisioning, biodiversity maintenance, food security, coastal protection, and carbon ...
Dimosthenis Traganos +13 more
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National Forest Inventories capture the multifunctionality of managed forests in Germany
Forest Ecosystems, 2021 Background Forests perform various important ecosystem functions that contribute to ecosystem services. In many parts of the world, forest management has shifted from a focus on timber production to multi-purpose forestry, combining timber production ...
Nadja K. Simons +28 more
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Hierarchical classification system of Germany’s ecosystems as basis for an ecosystem accounting – methods and first results [PDF]
One Ecosystem, 2020 Information on changes in the area of different ecosystems is needed in order to establish an accounting system for ecosystem conditions and services. Currently, there are no comprehensive field mappings for the German federal states that obey a uniform ...
Karsten Grunewald +6 more
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Extent, impacts, and drivers of oystershell scale invasions in aspen ecosystems [PDF]
NeoBiotaInvasive herbivores that kill foundation tree species pose a major threat to forest ecosystem sustainability. One important foundation tree species in the interior western United States is quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ), which is threatened by recent outbreaks of an invasive insect ...
Connor D. Crouch +5 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Intro: Combating AMR is a major challenge in current era. This study aims to investigate the distribution of AMR and the Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) among livestock, wild animals and environment in an ecosystem with a high density of ...
B.M.Y.I. Basnayake +10 more
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Economics and Environment, 2023 The paper introduces the principles of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting. The aim of the work is to present the application of the conceptual framework of linking ecosystem services, benefits and economic sectors.
Marta Sylla
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