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Effects of Driving Factors on Forest Aboveground Biomass (AGB) in China’s Loess Plateau by Using Spatial Regression Models

Remote Sensing, 2022
Forests are the main body of carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems and forest aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important manifestation of forest carbon sequestration.
Shichuan Yu, Quanping Ye, Qingxia Zhao, Zhen Li, Mei Zhang, Hailan Zhu, Zhong Zhao   +6 more
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Shifts in soil nutrient concentrations and C:N:P stoichiometry during long-term natural vegetation restoration [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background Ecological stoichiometry (C:N:P ratios) in soil is an important indicator of the elemental balance in ecological interactions and processes.
Rentian Ma, Feinan Hu, Jingfang Liu, Chunli Wang, Zilong Wang, Gang Liu, Shiwei Zhao   +6 more
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Assessment of the Permanent Gully Morphology Measurement by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Photogrammetry with Different Flight Schemes in Dry–Hot Valley of Southwest China

Drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry technique offers significant potential for generating highly detailed digital surface models (DSM) of gullies. However, different flight schemes can considerably influence measurement accuracy.
Ji Yang, Yifan Dong, Jiangcheng Huang, Xiaoli Wen, Guanghai Wang, Xin Zhao   +5 more
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Transboundary Differences in Fractional Vegetation Cover in the Red River Basin from 2000 to 2023

Remote Sensing
The vegetation cover in the Red River Basin (RRB) has undergone considerable changes over the past 20 years. Identifying vegetation cover and its transboundary differences is crucial for assessing the ecological health of the region.
Yiwei Zhang, Jintao Mao, Yun Zhang, Bailan Zhou, Zejian Qiu, Yifan Dong, Ronghua Zhong   +6 more
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Overgrazing depresses soil carbon stock through changing plant diversity in temperate grassland of the Loess Plateau

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2018
This study mainly estimates the effect of grazing on plant diversity and soil storages on the northern Loess Plateau of China. Four grazing intensities of ungrazed (UG), light (LG), moderate (MG), and heavy (HG) grassland were selected according to the ...
Guangyu ZHU, Zhuangsheng TANG, Lei CHEN, Zhouping SHANGGUAN, Lei DENG   +4 more
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Satellite Observations Reveal Northward Vegetation Greenness Shifts in the Greater Mekong Subregion over the Past 23 Years

Remote Sensing
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) economic cooperation program is an effective and fruitful regional cooperation initiative for socioeconomic development in Asia; however, the vegetation change trends and directions in the GMS caused by rapid ...
Bowen Deng, Chenli Liu, Enwei Zhang, Mengjiao He, Yawen Li, Xingwu Duan   +5 more
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Formation of litter crusts and its multifunctional ecological effects in a desert ecosystem

Ecosphere, 2018
Desertification is one of the major issues in global environmental change, and it is of great concern to scientists and policy‐makers in the world. Litter crusts can be of great importance for the restoration and management of desert ecosystems.
Chao Jia, Yu Liu, Honghua He, Hai‐tao Miao, Ze Huang, Jiyong Zheng, Fengpeng Han, Gao‐Lin Wu   +7 more
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Influence of Operating Parameters on Slurry Erosion of Stainless Steel F6NM

Tribology in Industry, 2020
This work is an investigation on slurry erosive wear resistance of stainless steel F6NM used as hydro-turbine material in Dul-Hasti power plant using erodents collected from the same hydro power station dam site located in Kashmir, India.
I.A. Maekai, G.A. Harmain
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Effect of Activated Water Irrigation on the Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Winter Wheat under Irrigation Deficit

Agronomy, 2022
Activated water irrigation has been widely investigated as an effective production increasing measure. However, the response of activated water irrigation in plant growth and water use efficiency (WUE) with the irrigation amount is not well understood ...
Huan Wang, Jun Fan, Wei Fu
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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