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Topic: Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation Practices to the Effects of Land Degradation on Livelihoods in Semi‐Arid Ghana

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah, Raymond Agyepong Antwi, Miriam Afi Kosi, Makemie Jumanne Mabula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel approach for mapping exposure to land cover at the small statistical geography level. [PDF]

Int J Health Geogr
Garrett JK, Elliott LR, Lovell R, Wheeler BW, Marshall T, Kibowski F, Phillips BB, Gaston KJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Estimating Land Degradation Level Using Remote Sensing Data and Fuzzy AHP Technique

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land degradation is a critical global environmental concern that significantly impacts ecosystem services, agricultural productivity, weather patterns, human livelihoods and overall well‐being. Prompt and precise assessments of land degradation status are crucial for environmental governance and sustainable development. Remote sensing data can
Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Hamed Faroqi
wiley   +1 more source

Juvenile Gadoid Distributions Are Driven by Patch Boundaries and Habitat Combinations. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Cullen G, Bailey DM, Hopkins CR, Burns NM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ecological Restoration of Degraded Mining Soils Through Key‐Layer Construction Using Industrial By‐Products: A Comprehensive Analysis of Soil Physics, Microbiology, and Maize Yield

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coal mining severely degrades soil profiles and ecosystem functions, highlighting the need for effective reclamation. Reconstructing soil profiles with industrial solid wastes offers a promising waste‐to‐resource approach, but the ecological effects of different engineered key‐layer materials remain unclear.
Yi‐Jie Quan, Yan Yang, Ying Dong, Ling Hu, Huo‐Feng Zhang, Xue Dong‐He, Wei Wang, Hui‐Juan Bo, Wen‐Jing Zhang, Wen‐Juan Jin, Bian‐Hua Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Ming‐Gang Xu, Dong‐Sheng Jin   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Replicated urban mosaics reveal trait- and species-specific shifts in carotenoid and structural plumage colouration of two passerines. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Janas K, Chatelain M, Corsini M, Da Silva A, Wardecki Ł, Szulc J, Szulkin M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asymmetric Responses of Ecosystem Health to Urbanization in a Typical Karst City: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Mechanisms in Guilin, China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion can substantially reshape ecosystem structure and functioning, especially in ecologically fragile Karst landscapes. Clarifying how ecosystem health (EH) responds to urbanization and identifying the factors that drive spatial variation in EH are important for regional sustainability.
Jinlong Hu, Zhenhong Bin, Yingxue Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Native Perennial Vegetation Buffer Strips Improve Structural Indicators of Riparian Protection in Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riparian zones in Mediterranean agroecosystems are highly vulnerable to degradation because cultivation often reaches stream edges and annual vegetation senesces during the late‐summer dry period, leaving soils exposed when the first erosive autumn rains occur.
Marcelo Sternberg, Shir Greenberg, Felicia Orah Rein, Roey Egozi, Ofer Cohen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanization Facilitates Bullfrog Invasion Success and Exacerbates Native Amphibian Declines: A Natural Experiment From the COVID-19 Lockdown. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Shi J, Wang K, He Z, Sun Q, Liu M, Wang S, Zhang C, Sun Y, Zhao N, Wang S.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Characterising fine‐scale habitat associations for range expanding species with limited data: a case study on the West Nile Virus vector, Culex modestus

Oikos, EarlyView.
The ecological and epidemiological consequences of species expanding into new areas are growing concomitantly with climate change. Those aiming to monitor species expanding in range must make optimal use of finite resources to deliver effective surveillance capable of detecting new incursions and range expansions.
Susanna Cant, Owen Jones, Maisie Vollans, Maximilian Ayling, Nyall Jamieson, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Jolyon M. Medlock, Thomas Ward, Julie Day, Robert S. Paton   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source