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The art of avoidance: bedsite use, antipredator strategies, and predation risk in white‐tailed deer fawns

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Horizontal visibility, rather than concealment cover, drove fawn bedsite use and predation risk. Greater field of view decreased the odds of coyote predation, likely by facilitated by early detection. As fawns transitioned from hiders to followers, they shifted from using dense overstory concealment to more open overstory that favored improved escape ...
Tyler R. Obermoller, Eric S. Michel, Joseph K. Bump   +2 more
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River temperature response to atmospheric heatwaves is modulated by discharge and meltwater. [PDF]

Commun Earth Environ
van Hamel A, Janzing J, Brunner MI.
europepmc   +1 more source

Greening and Divergent Stability Responses in Central Asian Mountain Grasslands Under the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy of China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mountain grasslands of Central Asia, recognized as a globally significant biodiversity hotspot and a vital pastoral resource, are presently experiencing profound transformations driven by climate change and evolving grazing practices. This study investigated the multidimensional dynamics of ecosystem stability in the Bayinbuluk grassland of ...
Xiaokang Liu, Yanming Gong, Yanyan Liu, Anwar Mohammat, Kaihui Li, Xuejun Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glacial Legacies-How Refugial Dynamics Shaped the Evolution of the Alpine Endemic Bush-Cricket Anonconotus italoaustriacus. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
Kirschner P, Kranebitter P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Snow cover modeling on glaciers

, 2017
With the growing importance of the earth’s climate and how it is evolving over recent decades, glaciers, since they are good indicators of predominant climate conditions, are of growing interest for scientific research. One of the most meaningful variables describing a glaciers development is its mass balance.
openaire   +1 more source

Discriminating Arid Ecosystems and Tracking Desertification Dynamics: Evidence From Grain‐Size End‐Member in the Manas River Basin, Northern Tianshan Mountains

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecosystem of the Manas River Basin, composed of mountains, oases, and deserts, constitutes an ideal natural laboratory for investigating surface processes and environmental evolution in arid regions. Elucidating the provenance, transport dynamics, and climate response mechanisms of surface sediments in this system is critical for advancing
Jiangyong Wang, Qingcao Tian, Ao Yan, Xudong Liu, Ziyi Jiao, Zhankui Bai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolically flexible microorganisms rapidly establish glacial foreland ecosystems. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Ricci F, Bay SK, Nauer PA, Wong WW, Ni G, Jimenez L, Jirapanjawat T, Leung PM, Bradley JA, Eate VM, Hall M, Stubbusch AKM, Fernández-Marín B, de Los Ríos A, Cook PLM, Schroth MH, Chiri E, Greening C.   +17 more
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The Aridity Threshold of Soil Organic Carbon Density Along the Climate Aridity Gradient in the Alpine Ecosystem of the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil organic carbon density (SOCD) is a key indicator for evaluating the stability of soil carbon pools, especially in alpine ecosystems that are sensitive to climate change. However, research on the response of SOCD to different aridity gradients is still limited. Therefore, we conducted extensive sampling along different aridity gradients of
Qiao Cui, Zongxing Li, Xufeng Wang, Juan Gui, Baijuan Zhang, Yunying Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Snow avalanche susceptibility, hazard, and exposure assessment in the Western Himalaya using machine learning and numerical modelling. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abhinav A, Sattar A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil and Forest Degradation Driven by Cattle Grazing and Selective Logging in Sub‐Antarctic Nothofagus Ecosystems of Patagonia

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil and forest degradation driven by chronic land‐use pressures is an increasingly widespread process in forested landscapes worldwide, yet its empirical characterization remains limited, particularly in temperate and sub‐Antarctic ecosystems.
Carlos Zamorano‐Elgueta, Susana Valle, Simona Landi, José Dörner, Luis Cayuela   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source