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How Does Changing Land Cover and Land Use in New Zealand relate to Land Use Capability and Slope? [PDF]

Land cover and use are critical for climate change, water quality and use, biodiversity and soil conservation as well as important drivers of rural economic activity and the evolution of rural communities.
Maribeth Todd, Suzi Kerr
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Learning Highly Dynamic Skills Transition for Quadruped Jumping Through Constrained Space

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A quadruped robot masters dynamic jumps through constrained spaces with animal‐inspired moves and intelligent vision control. This hierarchical learning approach combines imitation of biological agility with real‐time trajectory planning. Although legged animals are capable of performing explosive motions while traversing confined spaces, replicating ...
Zeren Luo, Jiahui Zhang, Yimin Han, Ji Ma, Minghao Lu, Ioannis Havoutis, Peng Lu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote Sensing to Better Understand Savanna Landscape Dynamics in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Land, 2013
This research examines the integration and potential uses of linkages between climate dynamics, savanna vegetation and landscape level processes within a highly vulnerable region, both in terms of climate variability and social systems.
Jane Southworth, Lesley Rigg, Cerian Gibbes, Peter Waylen, Likai Zhu, Shannon McCarragher, Lin Cassidy   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population Growth and Land Use Dynamics along Urban–Rural Gradient [PDF]

In this study we apply a spatial conditional logit model to determine factors influencing land cover change in three contiguous counties in West Georgia between 1992 and 2001 using point (pixel) based observations of land characteristics.
Polyakov, Maksym, Zhang, Daowei
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Review of existing information on the interrelations between soil and climate change. (ClimSoil). Final report [PDF]

, 2008
Carbon stock in EU soils – The soil carbon stocks in the EU27 are around 75 billion tonnes of carbon (C); of this stock around 50% is located in Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom (because of the vast area of peatlands in these countries) and ...
Alm, Jukka, Bellamy, Patricia, Billett, Mike, Emmett, Bridget, Evans, Chris, Hiederer, Ronald, Jandl, Robert, Kuikman, Peter, Lindner, Marcus, Liski, Jari, Palosuo, Taru, Schils, Rene, Smith, Pete, Somogyi, Zoltan, Van den Akker, Jan, Van Oijen, Marcel, Webb, Jim   +16 more
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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, X. Ma   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desertification and Climate Change in Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Desertification has increased in African drylands in recent decades, led by land use change, climatic variability and poor land management practices. People living in drylands in Africa are highly vulnerable to desertification and climate change, because
Africa Group of Negotiators Expert Support
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Magnetic Field Driven Microrobot Based on Hydrogels

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hydrogel‐based magnetic microrobots synergize remote magnetic control with the biocompatibility of flexible hydrogels, emerging as promising tools for minimally invasive biomedicine. This enables remotely controllable, untethered navigation within complex biological microenvironments.
Juncai Song, Yubing Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying suitable forested areas and protected forests for the conservation of white-thighed (Colobus vellerosus) and king (C. polykomos) colobus monkeys under climate change in West Africa

Global Ecology and Conservation
Colobus vellerosus and Colobus polykomos are closely related, parapatric species endemic to West Africa. Both species face severe threats from illegal hunting and habitat destruction, with population declines exceeding 80 % for C. vellerosus and 50 % for
F. Darius Accrombessi, S.S. Mireille Toyi, Inza Kone, Dietmar Zinner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source