Bioenergy Cropping Reduces the Spatiotemporal Scaling of Soil Bacterial Biodiversity
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Consistent with patterns observed in plant and animal communities, soil bacterial communities exhibit significant species–time–area and phylogenetic–time–area relationships independent of nested structure. Bioenergy cropping significantly reduces the spatiotemporal scaling rates, particularly in sandy loam soils.
Zhencheng Ye +19 more
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Corals and Reef‐Dwelling Fish Regulate Carbon Storage and Cycling Processes in Coral Reef Ecosystems
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots, yet their role in carbon storage and cycling remains poorly understood. Using field surveys and modeling in the South China Sea, we reveal the overlooked potential of carbon storage in reef ecosystems and how reef fish, corals, and surface sediment jointly shape reef carbon reservoirs.
Yiting Chen +8 more
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What is marine biodiversity? Towards common concepts and their implications for assessing biodiversity status [PDF]
, 2016 Biodiversity' is one of the most common keywords used in environmental sciences, spanning from research to management, nature conservation, and consultancy.
Angel Borja +10 more
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Protected areas and climate change<br> Reflections from a practitioner’s perspective
Utrecht Law Review, 2010 Protected areas classified under EU wildlife legislation have achieved real gains for biodiversity. Protected areas also safeguard the environmental conditions and functions that support diverse ecological communities.
Andrew Dodd +3 more
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Ecological values of the Miño estuary and good practices related to ornithology [PDF]
Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute, 2012 The Miño estuary (northwest of the Iberian Peninsula) is included in two natural protected areas of the EU Natura 2000 Galician network, one under the Habitats Directive (Site of Community Importance Baixo Miño), and other under the Birds Directive (Bird
FERREIRA Noe, POMBAL Manuel A.
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A sampling strategy for assessing habitat coverage at a broad spatial scale
Ecological Indicators, 2022 The quantitative assessment of habitat conservation status is a major task for European Union member states in compliance with Council Directive 92/43. One goal of the European 2030 Biodiversity Strategy is the effective management of habitats that show ...
Lorenzo Fattorini +5 more
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Nature conservation and urban development control in the portuguese planning system: a new impetus against old praxis? [PDF]
, 2008 Natura 2000 areas bring a new incentive to assess the performance of land-use planning in protecting environmental values from the impacts of development pressures.
Fidélis, Teresa, Sumares, David
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Towards a biodiversity law: the changing nature of wildlife law in Scotland [PDF]
, 2012 Attitudes towards nature have changed greatly in the last 60 years. Wildlife laws that contribute effectively to conserving biodiversity will look very different from the laws that were developed when wildlife was viewed simply as a resource to be ...
Reid, Colin T.
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang +9 more
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