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Warming summers limit reindeer grazing, weakening herbivory pressure in the mountain tundra

Ecography, EarlyView.
Climate change is predicted to alter species interactions by exposing ecosystems to increasingly frequent and intense warm spells. In the mountain tundra, grazing by large herbivores, particularly reindeer, can limit shrub expansion and preserve Arctic plant diversity.
Marianne Stoessel, Akiko Kato, Regina Lindborg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Landscape Design on Urban Microclimate and Thermal Comfort in Tropical Climate

Advances in Meteorology, 2018
A climate-responsive landscape design can create a more livable urban microclimate with adequate human comfortability. This paper aims to quantitatively investigate the effects of landscape design elements of pavement materials, greenery, and water ...
Wei Yang, Yaolin Lin, Chun-Qing Li
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigation technologies for counteracting the UHI effects and for improving outdoor thermal comfort in mediterranean urban open spaces: a study of vegetation and cool materials effects on pedestrian comfort in Rome [PDF]

, 2017
The present study investigates the influence of building materials, traditional as well as innovative, and vegetated urban surfaces on the urban microclimate and on pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort in a typical Mediterranean city: Rome.
Battisti, A., Laureti, F.
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Vegetation on the move: elevational shifts and greening dynamics across the Himalayan alpine zone

Ecography, EarlyView.
This study investigates alpine ‘vegetation line' (the upper limit of continuous plant community) dynamics in the Himalayan alpine zone (HAZ) over a 24‐year timescale (1999–2022) using maximum NDVI products derived from Landsat series datasets, adjusted for sampling bias using phenological modelling.
Ruolin Leng, Stephan Harrison, Dominic Fawcett, Achyut Tiwari, Mike Harrison, Karen Anderson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rice panicle temperature and crop microclimate in stressful thermal environments: toward a model of spikelet sterility [PDF]

, 2011
Rice inflorescences are sensitive to chilling and heat, resulting in spikelet sterility. It is not the air temperature itself, however, that causes the stress but the temperature of the sensitive tissues during specific developmental stages.
Dingkuhn, Michaël, Julia, Cécile
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Habitat structure: a fundamental concept and framework for urban soil ecology [PDF]

, 2007
Habitat structure is defined as the composition and arrangement of physical matter at a location. Although habitat structure is the physical template underlying ecological patterns and processes, the concept is relatively unappreciated and underdeveloped
BC Scharenbroch, BE Wolfe, C Kremen, C Milesi, CA Martin, D Hope, D Hope, DA Wardle, DM Green, DT Bolger, E Shochat, E Shochat, EC Mueller, ED McCoy, ED McCoy, EJ Rebek, GA Langellotto, GG Whitney, GW Korthals, H Gibb, J Tews, JI Nassauer, JL Avondet, JM Grove, JP Kaye, JP Kaye, JP Kaye, K Lorenz, K Thompson, LA Baker, LB Byrne, LB Byrne, LB Byrne, Loren B. Byrne, M Alberti, M Guerra, MA Pavao-Zuckerman, MJ McDonnell, MM Carreiro, MW Beck, NB Grimm, NE Golubiewski, NE McIntyre, NL Law, PJ Craul, PM Groffman, PM Shrewsbury, R Geiger, R Pouyat, RD Bornstein, RS Ostfeld, SB Celestian, SH Faeth, SH Faeth, SK Bramen, SS Bell, STA Pickett, T Miyashita, T Montague, TP Nuhn, VT Eviner, W Zhu, Y Natuhara   +62 more
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Harnessing the power of machine and deep learning for transferring joint species distribution models considering the structure of biotic interactions

Ecography, EarlyView.
The transferability of single or joint species distribution models ((j)SDMs) depends on their ability to predict beyond the observed environmental range and to remain consistent despite shifts in biotic interactions. Transfer accuracy may be improved by recent advances in the application of deep learning that provide greater flexibility and potentially
Marco Basile, Maximilian Pichler, Francesco Valerio, Lorenzo Balducci, Francesco Chianucci, Sérgio Godinho, Francesco Rota, Frédéric Archaux, Christophe Bouget, Gediminas Brazaitis, Thomas Campagnaro, Ettore D'Andrea, Luc De Keersmaeker, Wouter Dekoninck, Pallieter De Smedt, Zoltán Elek, Itziar García‐ Mijangos, Frédéric Gosselin, Marion Gosselin, Andrin Gross, Elena Haeler, Sebastian Kepfer‐ Rojas, Nathalie Korboulewsky, Daniel Kozák, Thibault Lachat, Carlos Miguel Landivar Albis, Anja Leyman, Xiang Liu, Anders Mårell, Radim Matula, Martin Mikoláš, Péter Ódor, Yoan Paillet, Kastytis Šimkevičius, Tommaso Sitzia, Silvia Stofer, Nicolas Strebel, Miroslav Svoboda, Flóra Tinya, Mariana Ujházyová, Kris Vandekerkhove, Kris Verheyen, Michael Wohlwend, Fotios Xystrakis, Sabina Burrascano   +44 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Housing Systems: Microclimate, Production Performance, and Economic Efficiency in Broiler Housing System

Animal Production: Indonesian Journal of Animal Production
Microclimate conditions significantly influence broiler production efficiency in tropical climates. This study evaluated microclimate conditions and their impact on production and economic efficiency in open, semi-closed, and closed housing systems.
Roni Fadilah, Elly Tugiyanti, Rosidi, Ismoyowati, Novie Andri Setianto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aeromycology: studies of fungi in aeroplankton [PDF]

, 2014
Air is a natural environment for spores of many genera and species of fungi. Despite its small size and a significant dispersion they have a great impact on human health and different areas of our activities, such as agricultural production. The study on
Jędryczka, Małgorzata
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Over three‐quarters of earthworm species lack protection in China, a crisis exacerbated by climate change

Ecography, EarlyView.
Earthworms, as ‘ecosystem engineers', play a crucial role in regulating ecosystem functions and shaping community structures. Due to climate change, earthworms face severe survival pressures and extinction risks. However, whether conservation efforts targeting aboveground biodiversity can cover the long‐neglected earthworm diversity remains unknown. To
Yajie Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Wen Qin, Zhuoyi Wu, , Shaolin Peng, Ting Zhou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source