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Land management to reconcile ecosystem services supply and demand mismatches—A case study in Shanghai municipality, China
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. City managers need to understand how land use and land cover (LULC) change in an urban landscape can affect future land degradation and conditions for ecosystem services (ESs) supply and ...
UV-Accelerated Photocatalytic Degradation of Pesticide over Magnetite and Cobalt Ferrite Decorated Graphene Oxide Composite
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Pesticides are one of the main organic pollutants as they are highly toxic and extensively used worldwide. The reclamation of wastewater containing pesticides is of utmost importance. For this purpose, GO-doped metal ...
Quantifying variations in ecosystem services in altitude-associated vegetation types in a tropical region of China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial plantations. This is leading to a decrease in ...
Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome
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Nature Research
, 2020 , Article)
The majority of variation in six traits critical to the growth, survival and reproduction of plant species is thought to be organised along just two dimensions, corresponding to strategies of plant size and resource ...
Impacts of rural tourism-driven land use change on ecosystems services provision in Erhai Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Tourism is an expanding activity worldwide, with vital implications for local economies but also for ecosystem management. Rural tourism in particular drives land use change, which results in ecosystem ...
Assessment of climate change pattern in the Pauri Garhwal of the Western Himalayan Region: based on climate parameters and perceptions of forest-dependent communities
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This study assessed the climate change in Pauri district, Uttarakhand, India, a region highly vulnerable to climate change with potentially high loss of livelihoods and lives. The ...
Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate-evaporite sedimentation in an arid eolian landscape: The Khor Al Adaid tide-dominated coastal embayment, Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The Khor Al Adaid embayment of southern Qatar represents a unique shallow-water mixed siliciclastic‑carbonate coastal depositional system that developed in a hyper-arid climatic setting over the past 6000 years. The ...
Survey and identification of date palm pathogens and indigenous biocontrol agents
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American Phytopathological Society
, 2020 , Article)
Fungal diseases are considered a major threat to plant growth and productivity. However, some beneficial fungi growing in the same environment protect plants from various pathogens, either by secreting antifungal metabolites ...
Framework of basin eco-compensation standard valuation for cross-regional water supply – a case study in northern China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Basin eco-compensation (BEC) helps balance development opportunities and ecological protection. With rising demand for water and severe ecological problems driven by rapid economic growth, an appropriate BEC standard is ...
Predicting litter decomposition rate for temperate forest tree species by the relative contribution of green leaf and litter traits in the Indian Himalayas region
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
We examined eight green leaf traits (leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter, leaf water content, leaf carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and chlorophyll) and eight litter traits (cellulose, lignin, litter carbon, ...