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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
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Validation of a Simple MODIS Land Surface Temperature-Based Model for Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) using Long-Term Global Dataset

Journal of Agrometeorology
Accurate and usable potential evapotranspiration (PET) estimation is important for managing water resources around the world, planning agriculture, and adapting to climate change.
MOHAMMED EL-SHIRBENY
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Spatio-temporal Variation of Vegetation Cover and Its Driving Factors in Three-River Headwaters Region During 2001—2020

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022
[Objective] The change trend of vegetation cover in the Three-River headwaters region, and its ecological environment were analyzed, in order to provide a scientific basis for the macro layout and implementation of ecological construction projects in the
Xie Qili, Yang Xin, Hao Lina
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Vegetation trends and dynamics in Shada Mountain, Saudi Arabia, (1984–2023): insights from Google Earth Engine and R analysis

Frontiers in Environmental Science
This research analyses the long-term vegetation trends in Shada Mountain across six elevation zones, utilizing Landsat 5, 7, 8, and 9 imageries processed via Google Earth Engine and R. The study managed differences in images resolution through meticulous
Hanan F. Al-Harbi, Asma A. Alhuqail, Zubairul Islam, Habes Ghrefat   +3 more
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A deep learning approach for assessing environmental stress dynamics in the Makkah watersheds, Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Environmental Science
The integration of trend-based Environmental Stress Severity (ESS) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) modeling provides a robust framework for quantifying natural environment dynamics and forecasting stress in arid ecosystems.
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Zubairul Islam
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Multi-scale associations between vegetation cover and woodland bird communities across a large agricultural region. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Improving biodiversity conservation in fragmented agricultural landscapes has become an important global issue. Vegetation at the patch and landscape-scale is important for species occupancy and diversity, yet few previous studies have explored multi ...
Karen Ikin, Philip S Barton, Ingrid A Stirnemann, John R Stein, Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Sachiko Okada, David B Lindenmayer   +7 more
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Application of Principal Component and Multi-Criteria Analysis to Evaluate Key Physical and Chemical Soil Indicators for Sustainable Land Use Management in Arid Rangeland Ecosystems

Land
Vast areas of natural rangelands in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) suffer from deterioration due to the scarcity of vegetation cover and poor soil quality.
Hesham M. Ibrahim, Zafer Alasmary, Mosaed A. Majrashi, Meshal Abdullah Harbi, Abdullah Abldubise, Abdulaziz G. Alghamdi   +5 more
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Azolla filiculoides extract improved salt tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is associated with prompting osmostasis, antioxidant potential and stress-interrelated genes

Scientific Reports
The growth and productivity of crop plants are negatively affected by salinity-induced ionic and oxidative stresses. This study aimed to provide insight into the interaction of NaCl-induced salinity with Azolla aqueous extract (AAE) regarding growth ...
Asma A. Al-Huqail, Nagwa M. A. Aref, Faheema Khan, Sherien E. Sobhy, Elsayed E. Hafez, Asmaa M. Khalifa, Khalil M. Saad-Allah   +6 more
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Canada, Vegetation Cover

, 1993
Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows all of Canada classified into one of eight vegetation cover classes (for example, coniferous forest) using imagery with one kilometre resolution.
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Arsenic-induced phytotoxicity in Trigonella foenum-graecum and its regulation by thiol metabolism and ROS quenching enzymes

Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
Arsenic contamination of soils and groundwater affects nearly 106 countries, exposing an estimated 230 million people worldwide to a range of health risks including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc.
Javed Ahmad, Mohammad Affan Baig, Arlene Asthana Ali, Md. Amjad Beg, Asma A. Al-Huqail, Faheema Khan, Malik Zainul Abdin, Mohammad Irfan Qureshi   +7 more
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