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Optimizing biodiversity offsetting for habitat succession and colonization dynamics

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity offsetting aims to compensate for ecological losses from development through conservation and restoration. However, its long‐term outcomes under repeated impact–offset cycles remain uncertain. Using a conceptual forest succession model, we evaluated how offset outcomes are affected by interactions among compensation scale ...
Konstans Wells, Luca Börger, Miguel Lurgi, Kevin Watts, James M. Bullock   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Change in habitat over time for the rare, endemic Pediocactus paradinei

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Pediocactus paradinei is a rare endemic cactus on the Colorado Plateau that may be increasingly vulnerable to ongoing ecological and climatic change. In 2022, we resampled ecological monitoring plots originally surveyed in 2005 to assess changes in vegetation, habitat conditions, and characteristics related to pollinator habitat across the species ...
Sarah C. Colombo, Sara Souther, Karen A. Haubensak, Clare E. Aslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Simulation of Jujube Sapling Transplanter [PDF]

, 2011
This paper is aiming at designing a novel jujube transplanter with mechanic arms, which can support the sapling for a while when other operations is going on. It improves uniformity and stability. Pro-E software has been used for the design process, by which transplanting process has been analyzed and simulated.
Wangyuan Zong, Wei Wang, Yonghua Sun, Hong Zhang   +3 more
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Generation Rather Than Sex Shapes Wing Morphology in Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera, Crambidae): Insights From Geometric Morphometrics and Climate‐Based Projections

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
An integrated framework combining geometric morphometrics and ecological niche modeling was applied to Cydalima perspectalis to assess intergenerational morphological variation, test sexual dimorphism, and predict future distribution under climate scenarios. Wing shape effectively discriminated between generations but not between sexes.
Nurver Altun, Cantekin Dursun, Serkan Gül   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sapling-NeRF: Geo-Localised Sapling Reconstruction in Forests for Ecological Monitoring

CoRR
Saplings are key indicators of forest regeneration and overall forest health. However, their fine-scale architectural traits are difficult to capture with existing 3D sensing methods, which make quantitative evaluation difficult. Terrestrial Laser Scanners (TLS), Mobile Laser Scanners (MLS), or traditional photogrammetry approaches poorly reconstruct ...
Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Bañón, Nived Chebrolu, Sruthi M. Krishna Moorthy, Yifu Tao, Fernando Torres, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Maurice F. Fallon   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Dragonfly functional connectivity responses are dynamic relative to drought

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
During drought, dragonfly species richness decreases. Yet, dragonfly assemblages show a higher propensity for dispersal during drought. Dispersal pathways vary among the wet and dry periods, and relative to temporal changes in the landscape. While some dragonfly species can traverse plantation compartments, conservation corridors facilitate functional ...
Charl Deacon, Michael J. Samways, James S. Pryke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential of Spectral Indices in Detecting Various Stages of Afforestation over the Loess Plateau Region of China

Remote Sensing, 2018
China has the greatest afforestation area in the world, mainly due to the implementation of various ecological restoration projects, which have taken place over several decades.
Jing Guo, Peng Gong
doaj   +1 more source

Canadian boreal restored mining sites sustain diverse pollinator communities, including species of conservation concern

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Revegetated mine tailing storage facilities support pollinator abundance, diversity, richness and evenness comparable to recently logged boreal forest sites. Agronomic and spontaneous revegetation strategies host similar pollinator and Bombus community structures, indicating multiple rehabilitation approaches can effectively restore pollinator habitat.
Anne‐Sophie Caron, Julia Mlynarek, Marie Guittonny   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Doing Autoethnography, Teaching Autoethnography as a White Woman Architect‐Educator‐Researcher in South Africa

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This autoethnographic study lies at the intersection of architectural, teaching and research practice through the lens of an architect‐teacher‐researcher working in post‐Apartheid South Africa. The research traces a shift from unconscious design practice to a more conscious, critical and careful practice through practice‐based design research ...
Sandra Felix
wiley   +1 more source

Development of an Artificial Liquid Diet for Allelochemical Delivery in Lycorma delicatula

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula White (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), is an invasive phloem‐feeding planthopper native to Asia, which poses a growing threat to US agriculture due to its broad host range and rapid spread since its 2014 detection. To better understand how L.
Brian F. Ruether, Mariana Gelambi, Kate A. Burgiss, Alejandra Caballero, Sherry B. Hildreth, Dorothea Tholl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source