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First fossil turtle from Hainan Island, China [PDF]

open access: yesResearch & Knowledge, 2015
Although Hainan Island is one of the richest regions for living turtle species in China, no fossil turtle had hitherto been discovered there. In this paper we report on a partial turtle shell from the Middle Pleistocene of Xinchong Cave, Changjing ...
Lu Li   +3 more
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Biogeographical Evidences Help Revealing the Origin of Hainan Island. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Both the continental or island origin of Hainan, and the Indo-Malaysian or East Asian affinity of its flora, are debatable. In this study, 196 families, 1283 genera and 3894 species of Hainan plants were recognized.
Hua Zhu
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Spatiotemporal change of habitat quality in Hainan Island of China based on changes in land use

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Hainan Island has undergone rapid landscape transformation leading to habitat fragmentation.Thus, exploring the spatiotemporal change from its past habitat quality provides insights into its future ecological protection.
Jinrui Lei   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Mapping Height and Aboveground Biomass of Mangrove Forests on Hainan Island Using UAV-LiDAR Sampling

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2019
Hainan Island is the second-largest island in China and has the most species-diverse mangrove forests in the country. To date, the height and aboveground ground biomass (AGB) of the mangrove forests on Hainan Island are unknown, partly as a result of the
Dezhi Wang   +5 more
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Malaria elimination on Hainan Island despite climate change [PDF]

open access: yesCommunications Medicine, 2022
Abstract Background Rigorous assessment of the effect of malaria control strategies on local malaria dynamics is a complex but vital step in informing future strategies to eliminate malaria. However, the interactions between climate forcing, mass drug administration, mosquito control and their effects on the incidence of
Huaiyu Tian   +17 more
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Genetic delimitation of Oreocharis species from Hainan Island [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 2020
Hainan Island harbours an extraordinary diversity of Gesneriaceae with 14 genera and 23 species, amongst which two species and one variety are recognised in the genusOreocharis. These threeOreocharistaxa are all Hainan-endemics and show a complex geographical distribution pattern with considerable morphological intermixtures. In this study, we combined
Shao-Jun Ling   +4 more
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How far can one go? : how distance matters in island development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Island development trajectories are heavily impacted by their relevance, similarity, complementarity and value in relation to continental development pathways.
Baldacchino, Godfrey
core   +1 more source

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2020
The primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015 consists of seven species that are distributed in Hainan Island, China and southern Vietnam. Of the seven species, five are known from Hainan Island.
Li Yu   +5 more
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Spatial-temporal Evolution and Prediction of Ecosystem Carbon Storage on Hainan Island by Coupling InVEST and FLUS Models

open access: yesShuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] The influence of land use changes on carbon storage were studied under the expansion of urbanization in Hainan Island to reveal the spatial-temporal evolution pattern of carbon storage and to predict future development trends in order to ...
Fang Zanshan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water resource utilization characteristics and driving factors in the Hainan Island

open access: yesJournal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 2023
The scarcity of water resources caused by the unique topography and uneven rainfall distribution in Hainan Island has become a major factor restricting local development.
Dun Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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