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Contrasting taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity responses to forest modifications: comparisons of taxa and successive plant life stages in South African scarp forest.

PLoS ONE, 2015
The degradation of natural forests to modified forests threatens subtropical and tropical biodiversity worldwide. Yet, species responses to forest modification vary considerably.
Ingo Grass, Roland Brandl, Alexandra Botzat, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Nina Farwig   +4 more
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Cultivar Differences in the Response of the Fruiting Characteristics of Camellia oleifera Abel to the Concentration of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate during Foliar Spraying

Horticulturae
One of the main reasons for the low yield of Camellia oleifera Abel is the large number of flowers and fruits that fall off before ripening. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of foliar spraying of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4)
Huiyun Liu, Jiawei Wang, Huijie Zeng, Zhihua Ren, Li Cheng, Yunyu Zhang, Qinhua Cheng, Xueyun Shi, Zengliang Zhou, Dongnan Hu   +9 more
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Embryonic development of the Mediterranean starfish Hacelia attenuata

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Starfish play essential ecological roles as predators and ecosystem regulators; however, detailed developmental descriptions exist for only a handful of species, none of which are from the Mediterranean Sea. Results In this study, we provide the first full account of the development of the Mediterranean starfish Hacelia attenuata ...
Silvia Caballero‐Mancebo, Laurent Gilletta, Janet Chenevert, Stefania Castagnetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of stand structure and soil depth on soil properties in Cryptomeria japonica plantations

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Stand structure plays a crucial role in forest management, directly influencing the physicochemical properties of forest soils and, consequently, forest health and productivity.
Laicong Luo, Kang Lin, Lingjian Tao, Chao Luo, Jianming Wang, Tianze Duan, Yubing Liu, Xiaobin Fu, Siqin Guo, Yuanqiu Liu   +9 more
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SUBTROPICAL FOREST BIOMASS ESTIMATION USING AIRBORNE LiDAR AND HYPERSPECTRAL DATA [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Forests have complex vertical structure and spatial mosaic pattern. Subtropical forest ecosystem consists of vast vegetation species and these species are always in a dynamic succession stages.
Y. Pang, Z. Li
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Increase in plant productivity in the tundra in Sweden is not related to increasing presence of warm‐adapted vascular plant species

Ecography, EarlyView.
Over the past decades, Arctic and alpine biomes have warmed faster than the global average. Substantial vegetation changes have been reported as a response to this warming, including increased productivity and the spread of warm‐adapted (thermophilic) species that are less resistant to grazing pressure into higher latitudes and altitudes.
Tim Horstkotte, Jakob Assmann, Henrik Hedenås, Signe Normand, Johan Olofsson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic structure of conifers in regional floras in relation to climate and environmental heterogeneity worldwide

Ecography, EarlyView.
Despite having only about 670 species worldwide, conifers are one of the ecologically and economically most important plant groups. They have a rich fossil record and previous studies have shown that their current diversity is the result of past radiations, extinction, and dispersal events, restricting many genera to either the Northern or Southern ...
Hong Qian, Michael Kessler, Shenhua Qian
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Camellia yuhsienensis Hu, a resilient shrub with strong floral fragrance

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Camellia yuhsienensis Hu is an economically valuable species in the genus Camellia. It is widely used for breeding ornaments and oil varieties. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of C.
Ziyan Nie, Xingzhao Huang, Zhikang Hu, Xinlei Li, Hengfu Yin, Jiyuan Li   +5 more
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