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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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A mosaic of microclimates: biodiversity outcomes and wildlife habitat potential in large‐scale solar facilities

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid global expansion of photovoltaic (PV) solar facilities, now comprising nearly 80% of the recent and projected growth of renewable electricity, represents one of the most significant land‐use changes of the 21st century. While PV facilities are critical for decarbonising energy systems, their large spatial footprint and infrastructure
Tom Armstrong, Caleb L. Loughran, Joshua R. Ennen, Kristoffer H. Wild, Eric J. Nordberg   +4 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Three new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from China [PDF]

ZooKeys
Three new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 are described from China: T. batang Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) and T. kangding Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Sichuan Province, and T. shennongjia Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂
Siyi Wang, Shuchong Bai, Yanfeng Tong, Dongju Bian, Shuqiang Li   +4 more
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Detecting Long-Term Urban Forest Cover Change and Impacts of Natural Disasters Using High-Resolution Aerial Images and LiDAR Data

Remote Sensing, 2020
Urban forests provide ecosystem services; tree canopy cover is the basic quantification of ecosystem services. Ground assessment of the urban forest is limited; with continued refinement, remote sensing can become an essential tool for analyzing the ...
Raoul Blackman, Fei Yuan
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UPSCALING OF SOLAR INDUCED CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE FROM LEAF TO CANOPY USING THE DART MODEL AND A REALISTIC 3D FOREST SCENE [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
Solar induced chlorophyll a fluorescence (SIF) has been shown to be an excellent proxy of photosynthesis at multiple scales. However, the mechanical linkages between fluorescence and photosynthesis at the leaf level cannot be directly applied at canopy ...
W. Liu, W. Liu, W. Liu, J. Atherton, M. Mõttus, A. MacArthur, H. Teemu, K. Maseyk, I. Robinson, E. Honkavaara, A. Porcar-Castell   +10 more
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The view from the forest canopy

Arnoldia, 2000
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Richard B. Primack, Melvin Goh, Meekiong Kalu   +2 more
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
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An approach to detect and map forest canopy layers in Swiss mountain forests using nationwide airborne laser scanning data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Understanding vertical forest structure is essential for forest management and is strongly linked to ecosystem functioning. In countries with protective forests, sustainable management is key to protecting humans and infrastructure from natural hazards ...
Alexander Bast, Martina L. Hobi, Christian Ginzler, Livia Piermattei, Christoph Fischer, Petia S. Nikolova, Leon J. Bührle, Tobias Kalt, Frank Graf   +8 more
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