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Measuring the success of reforestation for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem functioning [PDF]

, 2016
Summary 1.Effective assessment of the success of ecological restoration projects is critical in justifying the use of restoration in natural resource management as well as improving best practice.
Derhé, Mia, Menendez Martinez, Maria Rosa, Monteith, Geoff, Murphy, Helen   +3 more
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Multiple Classifiers Based Semi-Supervised Polarimetric SAR Image Classification Method

Sensors, 2021
Polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) image classification has played an important role in PolSAR data application. Deep learning has achieved great success in PolSAR image classification over the past years.
Lekun Zhu, Xiaoshuang Ma, Penghai Wu, Jiangong Xu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into invasion and restoration ecology : time to collaborate towards a holistic approach to tackle biological invasions [PDF]

, 2012
The aim of our study is to provide an integrated framework for the management of alien plant invasions, combining insights and experiences from the fields of invasion and restoration ecology to enable more effective management of invasive species.
Esler, Karen J., Fisher, Judy L., Gaertner, Mirijam, Sharma, Gyan P.   +3 more
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Multi-Mode Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) Method to Measure the Potential Spatial Accessibility of Healthcare Services

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
While great progress in the development of a methodological approach to measure the accessibility of healthcare services has been made, the exclusion of the complex multi-mode travel behavior of urban residents and a rough calculation of travel costs ...
Jianhua Ni, Ming Liang, Yan Lin, Yanlan Wu, Chen Wang   +4 more
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Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration [PDF]

, 2014
Manipulating community assemblages to achieve functional targets is a key component of restoring degraded ecosystems. The response-and-effect trait framework provides a conceptual foundation for translating restoration goals into functional trait targets,
Laughlin, Daniel C.
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Determinants of plant species richness along elevational gradients: insights with climate, energy and water–energy dynamics

Ecological Processes
Background Understanding the patterns and processes of species distributions has long remained a central focus of biogeographical and ecological research. While the evidence for elevational patterns in species richness is widespread, our understanding of
Abhishek Kumar, Meenu Patil, Pardeep Kumar, Anand Narain Singh   +3 more
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Valuing New Hampshire Salt Marshes: An Approach to Measuring Ecosystem Services [PDF]

, 2013
David Burdick presented work a method for estimating the ecosystem services benefits of salt marsh restoration. The approach combines ecological valuation, which uses structural and functional indicators to measure the marshes response to restoration ...
Burdick, David M.
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Ecosystem restoration strengthens pollination network resilience and function. [PDF]

, 2017
Land degradation results in declining biodiversity and the disruption of ecosystem functioning worldwide, particularly in the tropics. Vegetation restoration is a common tool used to mitigate these impacts and increasingly aims to restore ecosystem ...
A Guisan, A Traveset, Andrew E. Whittington, B Walker, C Tur, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury, CL Morales, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, CN Kaiser-Bunbury, DP Vázquez, J Bengtsson, J Ghazoul, J Memmott, J Ollerton, James Mougal, Jens M. Olesen, JM Olesen, JM Tylianakis, JN Thompson, K Fleischmann, K McCann, M Devoto, M Hagen, M Larsson, M Schleuning, MHM Menz, ML Forup, MS Araújo, N Blüthgen, N Blüthgen, Nico Blüthgen, R Aguilar, R Heleno, RH Gibson, Ronny Gabriel, S Nakagawa, SG Potts, SHM Butchart, T van Hengstum, Terence Valentin, TH Oliver, WF Morris   +45 more
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Establishing a Model Precursor System: Over a Decade of Research on Carbon Dots from the Citric Acid‐Urea System

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The citric acid/urea (CA‐Urea) precursor system offers a versatile, scalable route to carbon dots with tunable luminescence and multifunctionality. Mechanistic insights into precursor chemistry and reaction parameters have enabled doping, surface modification, and hybridization strategies, yielding CDs for luminescent devices, sensing, catalysis ...
Yupeng Liu, Zhiqi Cai, Xiangxin Sun, Hanyi Zhang, Yiming Hao, Jun Wu, Zekun Yan, Xue Wu, Yiqi Liang, Liming Wang, Songnan Qu   +10 more
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Divergence in Gut Bacterial Community Structure between Male and Female Stag Beetles Odontolabis fallaciosa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)

Animals, 2020
Odontolabis fallaciosa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is a giant and popular stag beetle with striking sexual dimorphism and male trimorphism. However, little is known about their intestinal microbiota, which might play an indispensable role in shaping the ...
Xia Wan, Yu Jiang, Yuyan Cao, Binghua Sun, Xingjia Xiang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source