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Sponges and their prokaryotic communities sampled from a remote karst ecosystem [PDF]

Daniel F. R. Cleary, Yusheng Huang, Ana R. M. Polónia, Martin van der Plas, Newton C. M. Gomes, Nicole J. de Voogd   +5 more
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Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Part II: Ecosystem Services and Management Under Risk of Climate Change and Land Use Intensification [PDF]

Groundwater in sufficient amounts and of suitable quality is essential for potable water supplies, crop irrigation and healthy habitats for plant and animal biocenoses.
Bjørn Kløve et al., Phoebe Koundouri   +1 more
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Distribution pattern and driving factors of mite communities in karst cave ecosystems

Ecology and Evolution
AbstractMites are among the most abundant invertebrates in subsurface ecosystems, and their community assemblages and distributions are often significantly influenced by the diversity of habitat resources. The cave ecosystem encompasses drastic changes in nonbiological factors, such as changes in lighting conditions from bright to extraordinarily dark ...
Yifan Fei, Zheng Shi, Yuanyuan Zhou, Qiang Wei, Ying Liu, Yan Shen, Hu Chen   +6 more
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Spatial differentiation characteristics and controlling factors of the epikarst thickness in Southwest China

Geoderma
The epikarst, a critical link between surface and subsurface in karst regions, plays a vital role in regulating groundwater cycle, sustaining biogeochemical cycles, and securing water resources.
Jinke Chen, Jianhong Li, Tao Zhang, Peng Chen, Shengxin Peng, Xinyu Kang, Xinlu Su, Wenqing Feng, Yaru Jiang, Alena Gessert, Nataša Ravbar, Eko Haryono, Junbing Pu   +12 more
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Long-term effects of land use conversion on soil microbial biomass and stoichiometric indices in Eastern Mediterranean Karst Ecosystems (1981–2018) [PDF]

Emre Babür, Turgay Dindaroğlu, Ömer Süha Uslu, Gafur Gözükara, Ekrem Ozlu   +4 more
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Islandness: Vulnerability and resilience in Oceania [PDF]

, 2009
Pacific and other islands have long been represented as sites of vulnerability. Despite this, communities on many Pacific islands survived for millennia prior to the intrusion of people from Europe into their realm. An examination of traditional disaster
Campbell, John
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New taxa of Xylariales from Karst Ecosystems in Southwestern China

Mycosphere
The order Xylariales consists of fungi that are widely distributed and commonly found on decaying wood, fallen branches, and trunks. Despite the taxonomic and morphological challenges in accurately identifying species within this group, interest in Xylariales has increased in recent years, largely due to their ecological significance and and species ...
LL Liu, YL Ren, K Habib, CT Lu, YP Wu, SH Long, Y Lin, X Zhang, YQ Kang, NN Wijayawardene, F Wang, AM Elgorban, S Al-Rejaie, MC Samarakoon, XC Shen, QR Li   +15 more
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Agroforestry Ecosystem Structure and the Stability Improvement Strategy in Control of Karst Desertification [PDF]

, 2023
Shilian Jiang, Kangning Xiong, Jie Xiao, Yiling Yang, Yun-Ting Huang, Zhigao Wu   +5 more
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Quantifying the spatiotemporal characteristics of multi-dimensional karst ecosystem stability with Landsat time series in southwest China

, 2021
Zhi Xiong Huang, Xiangnan Liu, Qin Yang, Yuanyuan Meng, Lihong Zhu, Xinyu Zou   +5 more
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Nutrient relations in coniferous forests [PDF]

, 2008
The environment controls physiological processes in plants and thus their growth. The question how forests will respond to global environmental changes is addressed with different approaches and using two coniferous tree species: Scots pine (Pinus ...
Ladanai, Svetlana
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