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Monitoring and Mapping Vegetation Cover Changes in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas Using Remote Sensing Technology: A Review

Remote Sensing, 2022
Vegetation cover change is one of the key indicators used for monitoring environmental quality. It can accurately reflect changes in hydrology, climate, and human activities, especially in arid and semi-arid regions.
Raid Almalki, Mehdi Khaki, Patricia M. Saco, Jose F. Rodriguez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Vegetation Dynamics and Soil Seed-Bank Relationships in Rawdat Nourah, King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia

Land
Vegetation in desert ecosystems is strongly affected by seasonal climatic fluctuations and soil physical and chemical properties. Rawdat Nourah is a natural watershed depression within the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve in Saudi Arabia.
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Abdullah M. Alowaifeer, Turki S. Alsaleem, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mangroves trend and their impact on surface temperature in Al-Wajh Lagoon: a study aligned with Saudi Arabia's vision 2030

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Mangrove ecosystems are vital to arid environments like Saudi Arabia, offering crucial ecological services and enhancing biodiversity. This study investigates the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of mangrove coverage in the Al Wajh lagoon area,
Asma A. Al-huqail, Zubairul Islam, Hanan F. Al-Harbi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The comprehensive evaluation of how water level fluctuation and temperature change affect vegetation cover variations at a lake of ecological importance (Poyang Lake), China

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Wetland vegetation is crucial to ecosystem services provided by lake wetlands worldwide. While environmental elements like hydrological factors and temperature have a wide impact on vegetation cover changes in lake wetlands, their effects on vegetation ...
Minghao Chen, Sidong Zeng, Bo Jiang, Zhaofei Wen, Jian Wu, Jun Xia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation between aboveground vegetation composition and soil seed bank of Raudhat desert habitat: a case study of Raudhat Alkhafs, Saudi Arabia

BMC Plant Biology
Plant diversity in arid environments is very important for ecosystem function and services. Raudhat habitat is among the most important ecosystems in the arid regions which is characterized by its rich biodiversity and specific environmental conditions ...
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Hanan F. Al-Harbi, Abdullah M. Alowaifeer, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Abdulaziz M. Assaeed, Turki S. Alsaleem, Hazem S. Kassem, Omar M. Azab, Basharat A. Dar, Jahangir A. Malik, Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vegetation Cover Estimation in Semi-Arid Shrublands after Prescribed Burning: Field-Ground and Drone Image Comparison

Drones, 2022
The use of drones for vegetation monitoring allows the acquisition of large amounts of high spatial resolution data in a simple and fast way. In this study, we evaluated the accuracy of vegetation cover estimation by drones in Mediterranean semi-arid ...
Antonio J. Pérez-Luque, María Eugenia Ramos-Font, Mauro J. Tognetti Barbieri, Carlos Tarragona Pérez, Guillermo Calvo Renta, Ana Belén Robles Cruz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating in a Foreign Land: Understanding the Curious Interactions Between Intracellular Mitochondria and Internalized Nanoparticles

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Therapeutic nano‐drug delivery systems interact with cellular mitochondria in a multitude of ways. While the complexity of such interactions disrupts the mitochondrial electron transport chain and increases reactive oxygen species production, thereby contributing to nanoparticle toxicity, they also present unique theranostic opportunities in diseases ...
Sourav Bhattacharjee
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Stress Modeling to Conserve Mangrove Ecosystem Along the Jazan Coast of Saudi Arabia

Land
Mangrove ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and coastal development, making precise ecological stress modeling essential for informing conservation strategies.
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Zubairul Islam, Hanan F. Al-Harbi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

In Situ Integrated Titanium Oxide Synaptic Phototransistor Enabling Multimodal Plasticity and Noise‐Robust Selective Attention

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An in situ integrated TiO2/SiOx/Al2O3 synaptic phototransistor couples ultraviolet and electrical stimuli within a scalable, CMOS‐compatible oxide stack. Multimodal plasticity, spike‐timing‐dependent learning, and bee‐inspired associative conditioning are achieved through trap‐mediated temporal dynamics.
Youngbin Yoon, Jaehee Lee, Jeongwook Kwon, Yongki Kim, Myunghun Shin, Jung Wook Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI-driven mangrove mapping on Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia: enhancing the detection of dispersed patches with ML classifiers

Scientific Reports
Mangroves provide essential ecological benefits, and accurate classification is vital for their protection. This study used 2023 Landsat 8 SR data within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to classify mangrove and non-mangrove areas in the Farasan ...
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Zubairul Islam, Hanan F. Al-Harbi, Faheema Khan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source