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Evaluating the post-fire natural regeneration of Mediterranean-type scrublands in Central Spain

Mediterranean Botany, 2021
We performed a five-year assessment of the natural vegetation restoration capacity following the 2012 fires in Valdemaqueda (Madrid, Spain) via the characterization of the post-fire and residual vegetation and the analysis of soil physico-chemical ...
Rosina Magaña Ugarte, María Manuela Redondo, Daniel Sánchez-Mata   +2 more
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Modeling the potential natural vegetation of Minnesota, USA

Ecological Informatics, 2017
Abstract Assessing the effects of human land use and management decisions requires an understanding of how temporal changes in biodiversity influence the rate of ecosystem functions and subsequent delivery of ecosystem services. In highly modified anthromes, the spatial distribution of natural vegetation types is often unknown or coarsely represented
Seth R. Fore, Michael J. Hill
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Human disturbance is the major driver of vegetation changes in the Caatinga dry forest region

Scientific Reports, 2023
Drastic changes in vegetation structure caused by exceeding ecological thresholds have fueled the interest in tropical forest responses to climate and land-use changes.
Helder F. P. Araujo, Nathália F. Canassa, Célia C. C. Machado, Marcelo Tabarelli   +3 more
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Effects of land use changes on soil organic carbon, nitrogen and their losses in a typical watershed of the Loess Plateau, China

Ecological Indicators, 2021
The “Grain for Green” programme has had a significant impact on land use change and carbon and nitrogen balance. However, it is unlear how vegetation restoration affects soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen (N) and their losses based on the grid measured ...
Guangyu Zhu, Zhouping Shangguan, Xinzhi Hu, Lei Deng   +3 more
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Vegetation NDVI Linked to Temperature and Precipitation in the Upper Catchments of Yellow River [PDF]

, 2012
Vegetation in the upper catchment of Yellow River is critical for the ecological stability of the whole watershed. The dominant vegetation cover types in this region are grassland and forest, which can strongly influence the eco-environmental status of ...
Ouyang, W., Hao, F., Zhang, X., Skidmore, A.K., Zhang, X, Quyang, Y., Toxopeus, A.G.   +6 more
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The map of potential natural vegetation as a basis for comparative studies and geobotanical regionalization

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
A method of typology and regionalization of landscape units of vegetation on the basis of a map of potential natural vegetation is presented. Particular attention has been paid to the methodical basis of the conducted division.
Joanna Plit
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Detecting the impact of the “Grain for Green” program on land use/land cover and hydrological regimes in a watershed of the Chinese Loess Plateau over the next 30 years

Ecological Indicators, 2023
To increase vegetation coverage and improve ecosystem services, the government has promulgated and implemented the “Grain for Green” policy since 1999. How and where vegetation cover increases and how land use/land cover (LULC) changes determine regional
Haijie Yi, Xiaoping Zhang, Liang He, Jie He, Qilong Tian, Yadong Zou, Zefeng An   +6 more
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Making environmental assessments of biomass production systems comparable worldwide

Environmental Research Letters, 2016
Global demand for agricultural and forestry products fundamentally affects regional land-use change associated with environmental impacts (EIs) such as erosion.
Markus A Meyer, Ralf Seppelt, Felix Witing, Joerg A Priess   +3 more
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Development of species composition in long term simulations with an individual-tree growth simulator

Journal of Forest Science, 2009
The spruce-fir-beech dominated forest stands in Litschau in the Austrian part of the Bohemian Massif were converted by former forest management practices into pure Norway spruce stands and are now discussed to be reconverted into the potential natural ...
M. Huber, H. Sterba
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Plant diversity drives soil carbon sequestration: evidence from 150 years of vegetation restoration in the temperate zone

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Large-scale afforestation is considered a natural way to address climate challenges (e.g., the greenhouse effect). However, there is a paucity of evidence linking plant diversity to soil carbon sequestration pathways during long-term natural restoration ...
Qilong Tian, Qilong Tian, Qilong Tian, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, Haijie Yi, Haijie Yi, Haijie Yi, Yangyang Li, Xiaoming Xu, Xiaoming Xu, Jie He, Liang He   +14 more
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