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Biomass DNA: An Emerging Building Block for Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biomass DNA is rapidly emerging from its traditional role as a genetic blueprint to serve as a versatile abundant, highly programmable polymeric building block. This review highlights the transformation of macroscopic bulk biomass DNA into next generation of functional materials, spanning from dynamic hydrogels, sustainable bioplastics, and high ...
Yuwei Hu, Itamar Willner, Li Niu
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Community based forest management and its impact on vegetation: a case study

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2009
The main focus of this case study was to reveal richness, uniqueness and economic importance of the minor forest producing species (MFPs). International Forest Resources and Institutions (IFRI) techniques were used to collect biophysical information ...
Kumar P, Hate S, Chaturvedi A
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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
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Opposing Responses of Bird Functional Diversity to Vegetation Structural Diversity in Wet and Dry Forest.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Disturbance regimes are changing worldwide, and the consequences for ecosystem function and resilience are largely unknown. Functional diversity (FD) provides a surrogate measure of ecosystem function by capturing the range, abundance and distribution of
Holly Sitters, Alan York, Matthew Swan, Fiona Christie, Julian Di Stefano   +4 more
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Recent Advances in Carbon Cathode Materials toward High‐Performing Zinc‐Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Aqueous zinc‐ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) have emerged as promising next‐generation electrochemical energy‐storage devices. Porous carbon materials have been extensively studied as cathodes, with advances in tailoring pore structures and material properties to enhance performance.
Take Hirooka, Zhaolin Liu, Ivan P. Parkin, Guanjie He   +3 more
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The invasion of Cassytha filiformis accelerated the litter decomposition of native plant communities in small tropical coral islands

BMC Plant Biology
Background Plant invasion affects plant community composition, biodiversity, and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in vulnerable ecosystems.
Qiang Li, Xiao Liu, Ke Liu, Hai Ren, Shuguang Jian, Hongfang Lu, Yuanhao Cheng, Qingchi Zou, Yao Huang   +8 more
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Analysis of forest vegetation changes in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and southeast regions using remote sensing and machine learning

Geography, Environment, Sustainability
Forest vegetation is pivotal for maintaining ecological equilibrium and providing essential ecosystem services, yet faces persistent decline, particularly in ecologically sensitive regions like Vietnam’s Central Highlands and Southeast.
Dung Trung Ngo, Duy Dinh Ba, Hieu Huu Viet Nguyen   +2 more
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Data of ecoenzyme activities in throughfall and rainfall samples taken at five subtropical forests in southern China

Data in Brief, 2019
The data presented in this article are referred to the research article “A potential source of soil ecoenzymes: From the phylllosphere to soil via throughfall” (Mori et al., 2019).
Taiki Mori, Senhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Jiangming Mo   +3 more
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Drought Stress Mediated Changes in Food Crops: Mechanisms and Remediation Strategies

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents a multi‐scale framework for flavonoid‐mediated drought tolerance in staple food crops, integrating ROS redox regulation, antioxidant defense, rhizosphere microbial interactions, and sustainable agronomic practices. This interdisciplinary model provides core insights to develop climate‐resilient cropping systems and enhance global ...
Xiaoyi Duan, Litao Wang, Tuuli‐Marjaana Koski, Lizhe An, Thomas Efferth, Yujie Fu   +5 more
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Plant Community Types and Spatial Distribution of Conservation-Value Forest Vegetation in Limestone Regions, Korea [PDF]

Geo Data
This study systematically classified and mapped the spatial distribution of plant communities of high conservation value in Korea’s limestone regions. We analyzed vegetation data from the 4th-5th National Ecosystem Survey and the Forest Site and Soil Map.
Sung Je Lee, Kwangjin Cho, Yong-Sik Hong
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