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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Machine Learning Vegetation Filtering of Coastal Cliff and Bluff Point Clouds

Remote Sensing
Coastal cliffs erode in response to short- and long-term environmental changes, but predicting these changes continues to be a challenge. In addition to a chronic lack of data on the cliff face, vegetation presence and growth can bias our erosion ...
Phillipe Alan Wernette
doaj   +1 more source

VALIANT: A Vision‐Authenticity Language Framework Through Integrated Experts and Aligned Numerical‐Textual Descriptors for Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Visual features, numerical descriptors, and controlled textual attributes extracted from smartphone images of Chenpi are integrated by VALIANT, a tailored multimodal framework for simultaneous storage‐age classification and authenticity verification. The workflow distinguishes genuine products from suspicious standard operating procedure mimics while ...
Simon C. K. Chan, Bingxin Huang, Hannah H. Kim, Wentao Yu, Yinqian Luo, Terence T. W. Wong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the relationship between remote sensing-based vegetation indices and land surface temperature through quantitative analysis [PDF]

Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
In an era of rapid urbanization, understanding the complex relationship between vegeta-tion dynamics and land surface temperature (LST) is crucial for addressing the challeng-es posed by urban heat island (UHI) and promoting sustainable urban development.
Ibrahim Olatunji Raufu
doaj   +3 more sources

Variability of vegetative indices in corn variability of vegetative indices in corn [PDF]

Savremena poljoprivredna tehnika, 2019
Vladimir Višacki, Jan Turan, Stanko Oparnica, Aleksandar Sedlar, Findura Pavol, Patrik Burg   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording, Erik W. Ertsgaard, David E. Giblin, Iris H. Dimpsey, Owen B. Bard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia [PDF]

Bush encroachment is one of the most extensive changes in land cover in Namibia and an urgent problem for cattle farming, rapidly reducing the productivity of the rangeland.
Matthias Schröter, Marcus Eichhorn, Roland Olbrich, Stefan Baumgärtner, Oliver Jakoby   +4 more
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Using vegetation and chlorophyll indices to model above ground biomass over time in an urban arboretum in subtropical Queensland

As urban forests grow, they can provide a range of ecosystem services, including by sequestering carbon in the form of above ground biomass (AGB). Data from satellites is starting to be used to estimate ecological functions of urban forests including AGB.
Ndehedehe, Christopher, Thinley, Jigme, Pickering, Catherine   +2 more
core   +1 more source