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Free and Open Source Software underpinning the European Forest Data Centre [PDF]
Worldwide, governments are growingly focusing on free and open source software (FOSS) as a move toward transparency and the freedom to run, copy, study, change and improve the software.
A. Camia +6 more
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Urban expansion drives habitat fragmentation globally, while cities are conceived both as the problem and the solution. Growing recognition of land-use change points to the importance of holistic planning approaches, yet fine-scale analyses of historical
Simay Kırca Flores
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Rapid urbanization has led to the continuous degradation of natural ecological space within large urban agglomerations, triggering landscape fragmentation and habitat loss, which poses a great threat to regional ecological sustainability.
Tianlin Zhai, Longyang Huang
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Integrating regional-scale connectivity in habitat restoration: An application for amphibian conservation in eastern France [PDF]
International audienceHabitat restoration is one way of reducing landscape fragmentation, which is seen as a threat to biodiversity. It consists in renovating disused or degraded habitat patches or in creating new habitat patches in suitable areas ...
Bannwarth, Cyrielle +2 more
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Proposal of new Natura 2000 network boundaries in Spain based on the value of importance for biodiversity and connectivity analysis for its improvement [PDF]
The aim of the Natura 2000 Network is to ensure the conservation of habitats and species in their natural areas of distribution. Connectivity is an essential part of this conservation.
García-abril, Antonio +11 more
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Forests act as critical carbon sink ecosystems, with their carbon sequestration capacity influenced by multiple factors. However, the long-term relationship between forest spatial morphological patterns and carbon storage remains insufficiently explored.
Zixuan Yang +4 more
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The green areas of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Green areas, also known as green infrastructure or urban vegetation, are vital to urbanites for their critical roles in mitigating urban heat island effects and climate change and for their provision of multiple ecosystem services and aesthetics. Here, I
Olga M. Ramos-González
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Linking and Harmonizing Forest Spatial Pattern Analyses at European, National and Regional Scales for a Better Characterization of Forest Vulnerability and Resilience [PDF]
The project ¿Linking and harmonizing the forests spatial pattern analyses at European, national and regional scales for a better characterization of the forests vulnerability and resilience¿ (JRC contract 382391 F1SC) covers one of the seven topics to be
CHIRICI Gherardo +6 more
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Background With the increasing fragmentation of landscape induced by rapid urbanization, the construction of ecological networks is of great significance to alleviate the degradation of urban habitats and protect natural environments.
Yang-Yang Li +8 more
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The evaluation of ecological risk and the construction of ecological security patterns are significant for the conservation of World Natural Heritage sites with high outstanding universal value.
Xiaodong Chen +3 more
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