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Securing tropical forest carbon: the contribution of protected areas to REDD [PDF]

, 2010
Forest loss and degradation in the tropics contribute 6-17% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Protected areas cover 217.2 million ha (19.6%) of the world's humid tropical forests and contain c.
Alison Campbell, Barney Dickson, Campbell, Coad, Hansen, Holly K. Gibbs, Igor Lysenko, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Lera Miles, Matthew C. Hansen, Neil D. Burgess, Nelson, Ruesch, Valerie Kapos   +13 more
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PRELIVE: A Framework for Predicting Lipid Nanoparticles In Vivo Efficacy and Reducing Reliance on Animal Testing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
PREdicting LNP In Vivo Efficacy (PRELIVE) framework enables the prediction of lipid nanoparticle (LNPs) organ‐specific delivery through dual modeling approaches. Composition‐based models using formulation parameters and protein corona‐based models using biological fingerprints both achieve high predictive accuracy across multiple organs.
Belal I. Hanafy, Chuan‐En Lu, Kai Liu, Audrey Gallud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gradients of Aliveness and Engineering: A Taxonomy of Fungal Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This paper explores the potential of fungal engineered living materials (ELMs), examining fungal biology and growth mechanisms, which underpin their development. It presents a classification framework based on aliveness, scaffold composition, and engineering degree. Unique properties such as self‐healing, biosensing, and bioremediation are highlighted,
Elise Elsacker, Jara Saluena Martin, Annah‐Ololade Sangosanya, Anouk Verstuyft, Aurélie Van Wylick, Eveline Peeters   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardized Assessment of Biodiversity Trends in Tropical Forest Protected Areas: The End Is Not in Sight

PLoS Biology, 2016
Extinction rates in the Anthropocene are three orders of magnitude higher than background and disproportionately occur in the tropics, home of half the world’s species.
L. Beaudrot, J. Ahumada, T. O'Brien, P. Álvarez-Loayza, K. Boekee, A. Campos‐Arceiz, D. Eichberg, S. Espinosa, E. Fegraus, C. Fletcher, Krisna Gajapersad, Chris Hallam, Johanna Hurtado, P. Jansen, Amit Kumar, E. Larney, M. Lima, C. Mahony, Emanuel H. Martin, A. McWilliam, B. Mugerwa, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba, J. Razafimahaimodison, Hugo Romero‐Saltos, F. Rovero, J. Salvador, Fernanda Santos, D. Sheil, W. Spironello, M. Willig, N. Winarni, A. Zvoleff, S. Andelman   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heidi Asbjornsen Associate Professor of Natural Resources, COLSA, travels to Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2012
Experiential Student Learning and Collaborative Research: Understanding Tropical Ecosystem Response to Climate Change from Leaves to Landscapes. During January 2012, I traveled to Costa Rica to visit potential field sites for a future UNH J-term course ...
Asbjornsen, Heidi
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Multifunctional Bamboo Based Materials Empowered by Multiscale Hierarchical Structures—A Critical Review

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the latest progress in transforming renewable bamboo resources into high‐value functional materials. It emphasizes how to leverage bamboo's multiscale hierarchical structures to realize innovative applications in energy, construction, environment, and medicine, providing key insights for developing high‐performance bio‐based ...
Yuxiang Huang, Juan Hu, Yahui Zhang, Yanglun Yu, Daihui Zhang, Qiumei Jing, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Saddick Donkor, Chi Chen, Chuan Wei Zhang, Ximin He, Ben Bin Xu, Shengbo Ge, Wenji Yu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological and Biologically Inspired Functional Nanostructures: Insights into Structural, Optical, Thermal, and Sensing Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biological and biologically‐inspired functional nanostructures with structural, thermal, optical, and sensing applications are reviewed. The role of nanoscale features in biological materials on performance is described, and their blueprints are used for bio‐inspired nanomaterials, synthesized using advanced techniques (i.e., photolithography, bio ...
Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung, Taige Hao, Herry Fang, Andrew Tran Nguyen, Valentina Perricone, Haitao Yu, Wei Huang, Ezra Sarmiento, Adrian Francisco Duran Ornelas, Derek Lublin, Ric Wehling, Sanaz Farajollahi, Atsushi Arakaki, Dhriti Nepal, Nathan Patrick Lord, David Kisailus   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperate and Tropical Forest Canopies are Already Functioning beyond Their Thermal Thresholds for Photosynthesis

, 2018
Tropical tree species have evolved under very narrow temperature ranges compared to temperate forest species. Studies suggest that tropical trees may be more vulnerable to continued warming compared to temperate species, as tropical trees have shown ...
Alida C. Mau, S. Reed, T. Wood, M. Cavaleri   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecology of Nitrogen Fixing, Nitrifying, and Denitrifying Microorganisms in Tropical Forest Soils

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Soil microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen cycling within forest ecosystems. Current research has revealed that a wider variety of microorganisms, with unexpected diversity in their functions and phylogenies, are involved in the nitrogen cycle ...
S. Pajares, B. Bohannan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nature‐Inspired Design Strategies for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review presents advances in bioinspired atmospheric water harvesting systems, emphasizing how structural motifs such as wettability gradients, directional transport, and hierarchical porosity have been translated into engineered fog‐collection and vapor‐sorption strategies for enhanced water uptake, accelerated transport, and energy‐efficient ...
Yunchan Lee, Shouhong Fan, Shu Yang
wiley   +1 more source