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Reframing rangeland systems science research in Kenya : a synthesis of social-science mixed methods to inform integrative analysis of landscape pattern and process [PDF]

, 2023
Published online: 14 July 2023Context Interdisciplinary borrowing between ecology and the social sciences has produced numerous insights about pastoral livelihood practices and rangeland ecology, demonstrating how people practicing pastoralism constantly
UNKS, Ryan, Ryan Unks
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Tapping the tree-ring archive for studying effects of resin extraction on the growth and climate sensitivity of Scots pine

Forest Ecosystems, 2017
Background In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), resin tapping in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests was a major economic activity, and resin-tapped stands are frequently found up until this day.
Ernst van der Maaten, Annemarie Mehl, Martin Wilmking, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen   +3 more
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The importance of individual movement and feeding behaviour for long-distance seed dispersal by red deer: a data-driven model

Movement Ecology, 2020
Background Long-distance seed dispersal (LDD) has strong impacts on the spatiotemporal dynamics of plants. Large animals are important LDD vectors because they regularly transport seeds of many plant species over long distances.
Stephen J. Wright, Marco Heurich, Carsten M. Buchmann, Reinhard Böcker, Frank M. Schurr   +4 more
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As good as human experts in detecting plant roots in minirhizotron images but efficient and reproducible: the convolutional neural network “RootDetector”

Scientific Reports, 2023
Plant roots influence many ecological and biogeochemical processes, such as carbon, water and nutrient cycling. Because of difficult accessibility, knowledge on plant root growth dynamics in field conditions, however, is fragmentary at best ...
Bo Peters, Gesche Blume-Werry, Alexander Gillert, Sarah Schwieger, Uwe Freiherr von Lukas, Juergen Kreyling   +5 more
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Development of indicators for assessment of green infrastructure for a territorial network of ecological stability

Biosystems Diversity, 2023
Landscape structure and biotic indicators have a significant role in assessing the green infrastructure of a landscape and design of a territorial ecological network.
J. Špulerová, D. Štefunková, C. Kulcsár, H. Kalivoda, M. Vlachovičová, D. Kočický   +5 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Sustainable Electrochemical Synthesis of High‐Quality MXenes: Mechanistic Insights, Applications, Challenges, and Technological Prospects

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrochemical etching provides an eco‐friendly alternative to hazardous HF methods for MXene production. This approach facilitates the selective isolation of the A‐layer from MAX phases with tunable surface terminations. Controlling voltage, electrolytes, temperature, and duration enables the optimal structural integrity. Nevertheless, existing scale
Jagdeep Singh, Madhusudhana M Devadiga, Santosh K. Tiwari, AS Dhaliwal, Gurpreet Singh Selopal   +4 more
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An insight into the pivotal roles of ubiquitination in mediating plant responses to heat stress through diverse pathways and modules

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
Rising ambient temperatures associated with global climate change present a major threat to plant productivity by imposing heat stress (HS) that disrupts cellular, biochemical, and molecular processes in plants. HS leads to protein unfolding, aggregation,
Qaisar Khan, Wenxi Jia, Qi Shi, Zhijie He, Junxian Ye, Kangtong Xu, Yixi Wang, Hui Yang, Gengshou Xia, Yan Zhang   +9 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
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Natura 2000 sites as a crucial part of nature conservation? An analysis of landscape development in selected areas of the Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports
The Natura 2000 network is the key tool for preserving biodiversity in the EU. However, such a system of territorial protection is under increasing anthropogenic pressure and sites with no national designation are managed rather insufficiently across ...
Janík Tomáš, Zýka Vladimír, Havlíček Marek, Borovec Roman, Demková Katarína, Skokanová Hana, Lichová Anna, Mrkvová Barbora, Romportl Dušan   +8 more
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