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Biodiversity : Shallow and littoral zones

, 2016
2016
Mannio, Jaakko, Lehtonen, Kari, Jørgensen, Kirsten, Kankaanpää, Harri, Korneev, Oleg, Mehtonen, Jukka, Roots, Ott, Vallius, Henry, Vuorinen, Pekka, Äystö, Lauri, Fedorova, Natalia, Keinänen, Marja, Lukki, Tiit, Lyachenko, Oksana, Rybalko, Alexander, Salo, Simo, Söderström, Sara, Turja, Raisa, Zhakovskaja, Zoya   +18 more
openaire   +13 more sources

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

Crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring fills gaps in global plant trait mapping

Nature Communications
Plant functional traits are fundamental to ecosystem dynamics and Earth system processes, but their global characterization is limited by available field surveys and trait measurements.
Daniel Lusk, Sophie Wolf, Daria Svidzinska, Carsten F. Dormann, Jens Kattge, Helge Bruelheide, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Gabriella Damasceno, Álvaro Moreno Martínez, Cyrille Violle, Daniel Hending, Georg J. A. Hähn, Solana Tabeni, Shyam Phartyal, Fernando Gonçalves, Holger Kreft, Marco Schmidt, Han Chen, Behlül Güler, Jiri Dolezal, Remigiusz Pielech, Anaclara Guido, Ciara Dwyer, Francesca Napoleone, Jacob Willie, André Luís Gasper, Manuel J. Macía, Milan Chytry, Jonathan Lenoir, Dinesh Thakur, Jürgen Dengler, Sebastian Świerszcz, Jan Altman, Ladislav Mucina, Ashish N. Nerlekar, Kaoru Kakinuma, Pravin Rawat, Zvjezdana Stančić, Riccardo Testolin, Mohamed Z. Hatim, Flávio Rodrigues, Jürgen Homeier, Marcia C. M. Marques, James K. McCarthy, M. A. El-Sheikh, Kirill Korznikov, Kilian Gerberding, Teja Kattenborn   +47 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Monitoring Gross Primary Productivity and Evapotranspiration in Tidally-Influenced Coastal Salt Marshes

Remote Sensing
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) offers significant potential as a novel approach for quantifying carbon and water cycling in coastal wetland ecosystems across multiple spatial scales.
Jianlin Lai, Ying Huang
doaj   +1 more source

On the community and ecosystem level consequences of warming

, 2010
PhDThe carbon cycle modulates climate change, via the regulation of atmospheric CO2, and it represents one of the most important ecosystem services of value to humans.
Yvon-Durocher, Gabriel
core  

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

A First Verification of Sim2DSphere Model’s Ability to Predict the Spatiotemporal Variability of Parameters Characterizing Land Surface Interactions at Diverse European Ecosystems

Sensors
Land–atmosphere interactions (LSIs) involve intricate complex processes that drive critical exchanges of energy and matter that influence ecosystem and climate dynamics, with variations in ecosystem responses and feedback effects depending on their ...
Christina Lekka, George P. Petropoulos, Spyridon E. Detsikas   +2 more
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

Implications of current ecological thinking for biodiversity conservation: A review of the salient issues

, 2005
Given escalating concern worldwide about the loss of biodiversity, and given biodiversity's centrality to quality of life, it is imperative that current ecological knowledge fully informs societal decision making.
Wallington, T.J., Tabatha J. Wallington, Wallington, T. J., Hobbs, R. J., Hobbs, R.J., Moore, S. A., Moore, S.A., Susan A. Moore, Richard J. Hobbs   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard): An Aerial Robotic Swarm for Autonomous Detection and Entrapment of Rogue Multirotors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard) is introduced as a four‐drone swarm that autonomously detects, tracks, and safely captures rogue drones using a coordinated net system. Computer vision and leader–follower control architecture enable synchronized enclosure, while integrated failsafes enhance system reliability. Validated through closed‐environment
Joshua Hastings, Levanya Dewanarayana, Iline Shaju, Haider Al‐Wizni, Sampson Marquis, Weicheng Huang, Pooya Sareh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source