Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang +3 more
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Pollen-based reconstruction of spatially-explicit vegetation cover over the Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation [PDF]
Earth System Science DataSpatiotemporally contiguous paleo-vegetation reconstructions are essential for studying climate-vegetation interactions, providing critical data for paleoclimate modeling, and refining past land cover in Earth System Models (ESMs) and scenarios of ...
P. Zhang +6 more
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang +9 more
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Impact of small-scale vegetation structure on tephra layer preservation. [PDF]
, 2016 The factors that influence tephra layer taphonomy are poorly understood, but vegetation cover is likely to play a role in the preservation of terrestrial tephra deposits.
Cutler, Nick A +3 more
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The Elephant Trunk Skin Inspires a Highly Sensitive and Deformable, Yet Robust, Armor Skin
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The study presents the elephant trunk‐inspired armor skin with tactile sensing (ETATS). The ETATS architecture stretches and compresses while resisting puncture and tear, and it enables optical detection of pressure and lateral strain. Morphology‐based decoupling of strain and pressure paves the way to sensitive and deformable, yet robust, soft‐robotic
Jun Chang Yang +3 more
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LandIn agro-pastoral transitional zones, monitoring vegetation fraction coverage (FVC) and understanding its relationship with land use and climate change are crucial for comprehending how complex land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) improves ecological ...
Hao Liu +8 more
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Grazing impact on soil chemical and biological properties under different plant cover types in a mountain area of Southern Italy. [PDF]
, 2006 Grazing can contribute to soil degradation by compaction due to roaming of livestock and loss of herbaceous cover, affecting also soil microbial community.
DASCOLI R +3 more
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HABITAT UTILIZATION BY THE TEXAS HORNED LIZARD (PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM) FROM TWO SITES IN CENTRAL TEXAS [PDF]
, 2017 The Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is found in a variety of habitats. Although several studies have been conducted on habitat use by this species, none have been performed in central Texas, a more mesic habitat than most of those previously ...
Anderson, Wesley M. +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A novel transcriptional module involving CsYABBY3 and CsAS1 is identified to regulate cannabinoid biosynthesis and trichome development. These factors mutually activate each other and form a protein complex via a conserved residue, acting synergistically to amplify metabolic flux through a coordinate feed‐forward mechanism.
Xuewen Zhu +18 more
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Quantifying the relative impacts of climate and human activities on vegetation change in Hunan Province between 2000 and 2015 [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesSince1999, Hunan Province has embarked on a series of ecological projects to return farmland to forests across the province to explore the impacts of anthropogenic policies and actions on changes in vegetation cover between 2000 and 2015.It is important ...
Zhang Qingbin, Qi Cuicui, Wang Hui
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