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Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Geodiversity refers to the variety of geological and physical elements as well as to geomorphological processes of the earth surface. Heterogeneity of the physical environment has an impact on plant diversity.
Natalie De Falco +5 more
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Geodiversity Assessment with Crowdsourced Data and Spatial Multicriteria Analysis
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 This paper presents an approach to geodiversity assessment based on spatial multicriteria analysis. Instead of relying solely on weighted linear combination (WLC) for aggregating factor ratings and weights to compute a synthetic measure of geodiversity ...
Piotr Jankowski +2 more
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THE GREAT SUMATRAN FAULT DEPRESSION AT WEST LAMPUNG DISTRICT, SUMATRA, INDONESIA AS GEOMORPHOSITE FOR GEOHAZARD TOURISM [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2023 Two approaches can be taken to understand geotourism, namely the geological approach and the geographical approach. This approach will lead to the creation of new geotourism products, initiatives, and experiences, one of which is geohazard tourism ...
Prahara IQBAL +4 more
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Omnidiversity Consolidation of Conservation Assessment: A Case Study of Tasmanian Coastal Geoconservation Sites [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2022 The exclusivity of biodiversity and geodiversity assessment hinders conservation outcomes, evidenced by the prioritization of biodiversity in conservation literature, and lagging developmental state in geodiversity assessment approaches, geoconservation ...
Jake Crisp +2 more
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Diversity, 2022 Bioerosion caused by boring mussels (Mytilidae: Lithophaginae) can negatively impact coral reef health. During biodiversity surveys of coral-associated fauna in Curaçao (southern Caribbean), morphological variation in mussel boreholes was studied ...
Bert W. Hoeksema +6 more
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Diversity, 2022 The presence of associated endofauna can have an impact on the health of corals. During fieldwork on the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao in 2021, the presence of an unknown coral-dwelling worm snail was discovered, which appeared to cause damage to ...
Bert W. Hoeksema +6 more
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Diversity, 2022 Some coral-associated invertebrates are known for the negative impact they have on the health of their hosts. During biodiversity surveys on the coral reefs of Curaçao and a study of photo archives of Curaçao, Bonaire, and St.
Bert W. Hoeksema +6 more
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Resource Partitioning by Corallivorous Snails on Bonaire (Southern Caribbean)
Diversity, 2022 A biodiversity survey on three corallivorous snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) was performed at 28 sites around the island of Bonaire to assess their distribution patterns and associated host corals.
Lukas Verboom, Bert W. Hoeksema
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Geosciences, 2022 The interest in the cartographic representation of geodiversity has grown in recent years. However, the application of geodiversity maps in nature conservation and territorial management policies is still under study, especially concerning quantitative ...
Jéssica Gonçalves +4 more
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Land, 2023 Geodiversity and geosystem services are essential concepts for conservation efforts in mountain regions. Approaches that integrate both natural and human dimensions of mountain abiotic nature are best suited for this purpose; however, geodiversity ...
Kyler B. Stanley +2 more
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