Global assessment and mapping of ecological vulnerability to wildfires [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 Fire is a natural phenomenon that has played a critical role in transforming the environment and maintaining biodiversity at a global scale. However, the plants in some habitats have not developed strategies for recovery from fire or have not adapted to ...
F. Arrogante-Funes +2 more
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Earth transformed: detailed mapping of global human modification from 1990 to 2017 [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2020 Data on the extent, patterns, and trends of human land use are critically important to support global and national priorities for conservation and sustainable development.
D. M. Theobald +6 more
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The Glomeromycota in the Neotropics
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF—Glomeromycota) are a group of soil fungi with a widespread occurrence in terrestrial ecosystems where they play important roles that influence plant growth and ecosystem processes.
Sidney Luiz Stürmer, Karl Kemmelmeier
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Dendroclimatology in Latin America: A Review of the State of the Art
Atmosphere, 2022 The application of dendrochronology for understanding climatic variations has been of great interest to climatologists, ecologists, geographers, archeologists, among other sciences, particularly in recent decades when more dendrochronological studies ...
Oscar David Sánchez-Calderón +3 more
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Vulnerability of global forest ecoregions to future climate change
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 The vulnerability of global forest ecoregions to future climate change represents a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide. Therefore, it is important to investigate this vulnerability to improve the global conservation management network ...
Chun-Jing Wang +2 more
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Global-Scale Patterns of Forest Fragmentation
Ecology and Society, 2000 We report an analysis of forest fragmentation based on 1-km resolution land-cover maps for the globe. Measurements in analysis windows from 81 km 2 (9 x 9 pixels, "small" scale) to 59,049 km 2 (243 x 243 pixels, "large" scale) were used to characterize ...
Kurt Riitters +4 more
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The variability in sensitivity of vegetation greenness to climate change across Eurasia
Ecological IndicatorsClimate change is one of dominators driving the greening of vegetation worldwide, which is expected to enhance land carbon sink and mitigate global warming.
Zhipeng Wang +5 more
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Environmental exposure of terrestrial biomes to global climate change: An n‐dimensional approach
EcosphereTerrestrial biomes, defined by unique climatic conditions and evolutionary histories, are increasingly vulnerable to global climate change. This study evaluates the exposure of Earth's 14 terrestrial biomes to climate change by characterizing their ...
Carlos Luna‐Aranguré +4 more
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Impacts of urban and cropland expansions on natural habitats in Southeast Asia. [PDF]
Nat CommunZhang X, Wan W, Estoque RC.
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Effectiveness of perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for natural forest regeneration: a systematic review. [PDF]
Environ EvidGan JL +6 more
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