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Adapted to Deforestation? Eastern Tree Hyraxes (Dendrohyrax validus) in Crevices in Pare Mountains, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Extensive forest exploitation decreases ecosystem integrity and forces species to adapt to changes in their habitats. Following thousands of years of human settlement in the Pare Mountains, less than 3% of the area remains covered with natural forests.
Hanna Rosti, Andreas Hemp, Henry Pihlström, Charles Joseph Kilawe, Ossian Witting, Linda Knapp, Claudia Hemp   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Instruments for assessing the biological diversity applied to socio-economic systems. Case study: Romanian regions of development [PDF]

Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2012
When referring to environmental diversity, the components (the variety of ecological systems and species, the genetic diversity, and the heterogeneity of anthropized and anthropic systems) vary at different spatial scales.
Ioan Ianoş, Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor
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THE GEODIVERSITY INDEX MAP AS A TOOL FOR GEOTOURISM PLANNING WITHIN THE SESIA VAL GRANDE UGGP

, 2023
To ensure the conservation of geodiversity and geoheritage, UNESCO Global Geoparks are increasingly recognised as a good strategy. Geoheritage refers to the elements of the natural geodiversity with some value for humanity, while geodiversity refers to the range of geological features and processes within a given area.
Guerini, Michele, Mantovani, Alizia, Khoso, Rasool Bux, Giardino, Marco   +3 more
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The Overlooked Link Between Different Resource Partitioning Strategies and Plant Species Richness in Tropical Alpine Ecosystems

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Species coexistence is based on resource partitioning and modulates biodiversity patterns across climates, latitudes and altitudes. Resource partitioning can occur via niche size or separation in the geographic range or ecological niche. While resource partitioning promotes biodiversity, the impact of different partitioning strategies on ...
Martha Kandziora, Diana L. A. Vásquez, Christian Brochmann, Abel Gizaw, Lovisa Gustafsson, Desalegn Chala, Mercè Galbany‐Casals, Filip Kolář, Petr Sklenář, Nicolai M. Nürk, Roswitha Schmickl   +10 more
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Mapping regional geodiversity in Brazil and Portugal [PDF]

, 2012
A methodology meant to be used in the quantitative assessment and mapping of geodiversity was defined for regional scale, following the initial proposal of Pereira et al. (2012). The method was tested in the Xingu Basin, Amazon, Brazil (about 510,000 km2)
Brilha, J. B., Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo, Rodrigues, Cleide, Santos, Leonardo, Silva, Juliana, Silva, Julio   +6 more
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Aperiodic Clustered and Periodic Hexagonal Vegetation Spot Arrays Explained by Inhomogeneous Environments and Climate Trends in Arid Ecosystems

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 21, 16 November 2025.
Abstract Due to climate change, overgrazing, and deforestation, arid ecosystems are vulnerable to desertification and land degradation. As aridity increases, vegetation cover loses spatial homogeneity and self‐organizes into heterogeneous vegetation patterns, a step before a catastrophic shift to bare soil.
David Pinto‐Ramos, Marcel Gabriel Clerc, Abdelkader Makhoute, Mustapha Tlidi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geoconservation education, research and outreach : the experience of the University of Minho (Portugal) [PDF]

, 2012
Geoconservation is an emerging geoscience. In order to gain recognition among the scientific community and in society in general, education lato sensu is of paramount importance.
Brilha, J. B., Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo   +2 more
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Combining biodiversity and geodiversity on landscape scale: A novel approach using rare earth elements and spatial distribution models in an agricultural Mediterranean landscape

Ecological Indicators
Landform diversity influences and interacts with both biodiversity and geodiversity and thus, they are key factors in the assessment of landscape resilience.
Samuel Pelacani, Michael Maerker, Simone Tommasini, Sandro Moretti   +3 more
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Quantification of a new water diversity index for large areas using GIS. Examples in Paraná State, Xingu river basin (Brazil) and Portugal [PDF]

, 2015
(Cuantificación de un nuevo index de diversidad hídrica para grandes áreas con SIG: ejemplos en lo estado del Paraná, en la cuenca del rio Xingú (Brasil) y en Portugal): Se presenta un método para la evaluación cuantitativa de la diversidad de recursos ...
Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo, Santos, Leonardo, Silva, Juliana   +3 more
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GeodiversitySome Considerations About Quantification and Evaluation of Spatial Distribution [PDF]

, 2012
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Manosso, Fernando, Pellitero Ondicol, Ramon   +1 more
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