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Integrating improved ecosystem status assessment and ecosystem management urgency to identify important zones for ecological protection and restoration Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Yanping Zhao, Sheng Li, Tao Li, Xi Chen, Jian Chen, Kuan Wang
The implementation of ecological protection and restoration (EPR) aims to provide the corresponding ecosystem services (ESs) for the region’s long-term development. Ecosystem status, usually evaluated by ecosystem quality, is an important foundation for delineating EPR zones. However, previous assessment methods fail to consider the effects of site conditions on ecosystem status. Furthermore, if limited
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The transition from shifting cultivation to indigenous agroforestry as nature-based solution for land restoration in the Indian Eastern Himalayas Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Animekh Hazarika, Bandana Kurmi, Rosa Francaviglia, Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi, Venkatesh Paramesh, Ashesh Kumar Das, Arun Jyoti Nath
In the Indian Eastern Himalayas, shifting cultivation has long been a major cause of land degradation. However, indigenous communities, like the , have successfully transitioned from shifting cultivation to agroforestry systems such as pineapple agroforestry, leading to land restoration and increased household incomes. Despite these positive outcomes, little is known about how soil health indicators
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Functional richness mediates landscape and management effects on tree biomass and soil fertility during secondary forest succession Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Alex Josélio Pires Coelho, Heitor Mancini Teixeira, Pita Verweij, Fabio Antônio Ribeiro Matos, Pedro Manuel Villa, João Augusto Alvez Meira-Neto
Secondary forests can play a critical role in conserving plant biodiversity and sequestering carbon. However, intensive past management, fragmentation, and initial soil fertility can hinder forest recovery during secondary succession, especially in terms of tree species selection. In turn, tree species selection can negatively impact soil fertility recovery and may slow down the succession process
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Synergistic regional emission reductions in China: Network evolution, spatial and temporal characteristics, and driving factor Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Bin Liao, Caihong Tian, Tian Zhou, Lei Han
Synergistic regional emission reduction (SRER) is an important part of the strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. In this paper, a system efficiency value-added model is proposed to measure the strength of SRER network relationships for 40,186 sets of city pairs and the SRER levels of 284 cities in China from 2011 to 2021. Subsequently, the evolution characteristics of the SRER network, the spatial
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What are the dominant drivers and optimal thresholds for a healthy ecosystem in the Yellow River Basin, China? from a perspective of nonlinear nexus Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Shanshan Guo, Ling Li, Songling Wang, Junchang Huang, Xiaotong Xie, Yinghong Wang
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From protein waste to agriculture or the building sector: Exploring the environmental impact of new granulates on soil and water ecosystems Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Andrzej Rostocki, Magdalena Lasoń-Rydel, Dorota Wieczorek, Katarzyna Ławińska, Andrzej Obraniak
This article presents work to verify selected properties of granulates with added tanning shavings and to assess their ecosystem and environmental impact. Granulates were produced under the following process-aparatus conditions: disc diameter 0.55 m, disc angle 45°, speed 25 RPM, binding liquid was fed into the granulated bed by nozzle sprinkling. For comparative purposes, granulates without tanning
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Assessment of ecosystem stability in the agro-pastoral transitional zone for local sustainable management: A case study in Duolun County, northern China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Luwei Dai, Haiping Tang, Yunlong Pan, Linhao Zhang
Assessing the ecosystem stability and the influencing factors in the fragile ecosystem of the agro-pastoral transitional zone of Northern China (APTZNC) is essential for the sustainable provision of multiple ecosystem services and adaptive ecosystem management. In this study, we selected Duolun County in the APTZNC as the study area. The ecosystem stability was assessed in terms of resistance and resilience
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Passive acoustic monitoring and convolutional neural networks facilitate high-resolution and broadscale monitoring of a threatened species Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Adam Duarte, Matthew J. Weldy, Damon B. Lesmeister, Zachary J. Ruff, Julianna M.A. Jenkins, Jonathon J. Valente, Matthew G. Betts
Population monitoring is an essential component of biodiversity conservation and management, but low detection probabilities for rare and/or cryptic species makes estimating abundance and occupancy challenging. Passive acoustic monitoring combined with machine learning algorithms represents a potential path forward to effectively and efficiently monitor the occurrence of rare vocalizing species across
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Sulfur dynamics in saline sodic soils: The role of paddy cultivation and organic amendments Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Tairan Zhou, Zihe Wang, Qilin Lv, Yiying Zhang, Shuming Tao, Xueqin Ren, Haixiang Gao, Zideng Gao, Shuwen Hu
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Housing-industry transformation development and rural revitalization path based on complex adaptive system in Three Gorges Reservoir Area of China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Lulu Qu, Jingyi Wang, Yurui Li
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Planning scale flood risk assessment and prediction in ultra-high density urban environments: The case of Hong Kong Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Xinyue Gu, Xintao Liu
Climate change has significantly increased the risks associated with urban flooding. However, most research on flood risk assessment focuses on large-scale climate changes and impacts, leaving a research gap in the high spatial resolution of flood risk assessment in inter-urban areas. This gap makes it difficult to guide regional planning for the government. Therefore, this study aims to explore the
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Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Roshani Sharma Acharya, Timothy Leslie, Joan Burke, Kusum Naithani, Emily Fitting, Kelly Loftin, Neelendra K. Joshi
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Spatiotemporal variations and driving forces analysis of ecosystem water conservation in coastal areas of China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Luyao Zhou, Wanglai Cui, Fan Yang
China's coastal zones, characterized by their ecological vulnerability and significant economic growth, demand effective water conservation management. Such management is pivotal not only for safeguarding water resources but also for ensuring ecological stability and promoting sustainable socio-economic development. In this study, based on the water balance model, the spatiotemporal dynamics of water
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Research on accurate and effective identification of ecosystem surface based on human footprint index Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Chun Dong, Song Qi, Zhaoxin Dai, Xin Qiu, Tao Luo
Ecosystem surface plays an important role in maintaining ecological balance and supporting economic development. Accurate and effective identification of ecosystem surface with different ecological uses allows for better categorization and management and contributes to the orderly restoration of ecosystems. In this study, the Human Footprint Index (HFI) is constructed by comprehensively considering
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Plant community stability, indicator species and their driving factors at a gradient of grazing intensity in an alpine meadow Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Lu Pei, Zhe Wu, Yongqiang Qian, Xiaoxia Li, Jinxin Zhang, Jian Sun, Yingxin Wang
On the Tibetan Plateau, most alpine meadows have undergone various degree of degradation due to heavy grazing practices. Assessing the progress of grazing succession, identify the indicator species for different grazing managements is crucial to facilitate the effective restoration of degraded alpine meadows. In this study, specific areas with varying levels of grazing intensity were selected to assess
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Spatiotemporal evolution and drivers of carbon inequalities in urban agglomeration: An MLD-IDA inequality indicator decomposition Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Bolin Yu, Zhenci Xu, Congcong Du, Jinghang Xu, Yuling Pan, Junfang Zhou, Yuli Shan
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Riverine wetland dynamics and health assessment: A case study in the urban agglomerations along the Yellow River in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Zuqiao Gao, Changbin Li, Songbing Zou, Xuhong Xie, Yifei Wang, Na Shen, Xuyang Zhang, Meijing Li
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Increasing duration of heatwaves poses a threat to oyster sustainability in the Gulf of Mexico Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Jeffrey D. Plumlee, Sean P. Powers, David L. Kimbro, John C. Lehrter, Jason Herrmann, John Mareska
The future of the wild oyster fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico is largely uncertain due to changing environmental conditions and declining abundance of harvestable oysters. Specifically, rising temperatures can directly impact the physiological thresholds of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) at all life history stages and alter the narrow ecological niche this oyster occupies. The impact
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Microplastics characteristics and environmental correlates of their presence in the nests of white stork: An evidence for biotransfer and biocirculation in the ecosystem Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Jarosław Lasota, Ewa Błońska, Adam Zbyryt, Michał Ciach
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Assessment of remote-sensed vegetation indices for estimating forest chlorophyll concentration Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Si Gao, Kai Yan, Jinxiu Liu, Jiabin Pu, Dongxiao Zou, Jianbo Qi, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan
Remote-sensed vegetation indices (VIs) have emerged as essential tools for retrieving forest chlorophyll concentration. Although VIs are widely used, some concerns regarding VIs for estimating chlorophyll remain to be addressed, such as saturation effect, leaf area index (LAI) disturbance, and soil brightness influence. Currently, a systematic study on such performance evaluation of chlorophyll-related
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Formulating a warning threshold for coastal compound flooding: A copula-based approach Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Mei-Ying Lin, Ming-Hwi Sun, Wen-Yih Sun, Huei-Syuan Fu, Wei-Bo Chen, Chih-Hsin Chang
To calculate warning thresholds for compound-flooding events triggered by heavy rainfall coupled with storm tides in Taiwan’s coastal urban areas, we applied copula-based analysis to observation data collected from 2001 till 2022 for Taipei City and New Taipei City and developed an empirical formula that accounts for both the capacity of the drainage infrastructure, which partially depends on the coastal
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A standard condition and threat indicator framework for benthic marine and estuarine condition assessment Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Charles Cadier, Julieanne Blake, Mike Ronan, Maria Zann, Arnon Accad, Daniela Ceccarelli, Mary Chang, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Sabine Dittmann, Christopher Doropoulos, Caitlin Fleck, Paul Groves, Valerie Hagger, Catherine E. Lovelock, Taryn McPherson, Megan I. Saunders, Nathan J. Waltham, Maria Fernanda Adame
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Spatiotemporal pattern of NPP and its response to climatic factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Lu Jia, Kunxia Yu, Zhanbin Li, Peng Li, Guoce Xu, Peijuan Cong, Binbin Li
Net primary productivity (NPP) of terrestrial ecosystems serves as a crucial carbon sink, playing a significant role in mitigating climate change. This study, focusing on the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB), a key area for both economic development and ecological conservation in China, evaluates the temporal and spatial changes in regional NPP and its responses to climatic factors against the backdrop
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Textural indices of aerial images reveal urban landscapes temporal dynamics and their effects on plants and birds Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Suzie Derminon, François Chiron, Audrey Muratet, Pierre-Alexis Herrault
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Identification of ecological restoration standard for lakes on the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Rong Ma, Peng Chen, Bing Zhang, Lefan Zhao, Kai Ning
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Decreasing temperature sensitivity of spring phenology decelerates the advance of spring phenology in northern temperate and boreal forests Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Tao Xiong, Shihong Du, Hongyan Zhang, Xiuyuan Zhang
The start of the growing season (SOS) plays a pivotal role in the intricate interplay between climate and terrestrial ecosystems. Since the late 1990 s, a slowdown in SOS advancing trend has been documented across numerous regions in the Northern Hemisphere. However, it remains uncertain whether a commensurate slowdown in the SOS advancing trend has manifested in northern temperate and boreal forests
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Demonstration of a novel, large scale and transferable approach to assess wetland hydrologic stress in south-east Australia Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Andrew John, Meghan Mussehl, Rory Nathan, Avril Horne
Wetlands are biodiversity hotspots, providing refuge to threatened species globally, and diverse ecosystem services for humans. Wetland values are threatened by changes to hydrological regimes caused by anthropogenic degradation and climate change. Utilizing improved, large-scale datasets to characterize regional trends in wetland stress allows us to identify regions of concern and prioritise conservation
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Estimating the aboveground biomass of the Hulunbuir Grassland and exploring its spatial and temporal variations over the past ten years Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Chang Chang, Yu Chang, Zaiping Xiong, Hongshun Liu, Rencang Bu
In the past 10 years, extreme weather phenomena have increased, and global warming has markedly advanced; moreover, the intensity of human activity has gradually increased. These have an impact on the growth of global vegetation. Related studies have focused on the Tibetan Plateau and some northern provinces of China to estimate grassland AGB at a large scale but a low resolution. Hulunbuir Grassland
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Identification of land use conflicts and dynamic response analysis of Natural-Social factors in rapidly urbanizing areas − a case study of urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of Yangtze River Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Liting Chen, Anlu Zhang
The prolonged and rapid urbanization has intensified land use conflicts, consequently escalating ecological risks. However, the current deficiency in acknowledging the adverse ecological impacts of these conflicts hampers effective identification and governance. Taking the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (UAMRYR) as an example, we analyzed regional land use conflicts
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Emergy-based environmental accounting of China’s nickel production Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Chang Su, Yong Geng, Gengyuan Liu, Aiduan Borrion, Jingjing Liang
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Comparative analysis of assessment models for rehabilitation potential of fish habitat Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jaeseung Seo, Donghyun Kim, Junhyeong Lee, Kyunghun Kim, Soojun Kim, Hung Soo Kim
A simple model that can assess the river rehabilitation using rehabilitation potential index (RPI) of fish habitat has been developed. This model calculates the RPI using three indicators: the habitat suitability index (HSI), niche breadth (NB), and niche overlap (NO). These indicators were estimated by using environmental factors that affect fish habitat in the river and then RPI was obtained by combining
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Evaluating water ecological health in dam-impacted river: A new approach framework Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Chao Zang, Jing Liu, Xin Wang, Qiuyu Liu, Xinyu Zhang
In multi-dam river systems, human disturbances can significantly disrupt river connectivity, fragment habitats, and harm aquatic ecosystems. Aiming at the comprehensive assessment of the spatial distribution of water ecological health, as well as the investigation of the impacts of human activities on river health, Shaying River in China between 2011 and 2015 was taken as a case study. Data on water
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Measuring food system sustainability in Ethiopia: Towards a Multi-Dimensional perspective Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Sewareg Adamu Demelash, Esubalew Abate Alemu
In the face of continuous population growth, environmental degradation, climate extremes and enduring abject poverty, ensuring sustainability of the food system is of crucial importance. As such, developing a comprehensive measure of sustainability has been of a great interest for both researchers and policy makers so as to measure progresses and evaluate the outcomes overtime. This paper attempts
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Nutrient enrichment decreased the Cross-Taxon congruence across bacteria, fungi, and zoobenthos in sediment Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Yabing Gu, Junsheng Li, Zhenghua Liu, Delong Meng, Min Zhang, Hetian Zhang, Zhaoyue Yang, Huaqun Yin, Nengwen Xiao
Eutrophication is a major problem currently affecting sediment biodiversity in different kingdoms. Surveys at different spatial scales have suggested that nutrient enrichment drove the congruence in biodiversity across different kingdoms. In this study, we examined the diversity indexes of bacteria, fungi, and zoobenthos in Dongting Lake, which is undergoing different trophic levels. The species richness
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Alpine wetland litter decomposition under wet and dry conditions: A comparative study of native vs. standardized litter Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Hao Tang, Qian Li, Qian Bao, Biao Tang, Kun Li, Yang Ding, Xiaojuan Luo, Qiushu Zeng, Size Liu, Xiangyang Shu, Weijia Liu, Lei Du
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Adaptation measures to global change in the Serpis River Basin (Spain): An evaluation considering agricultural benefits, environmental flows, and invasive fishes Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Rafael Muñoz-Mas, Hector Macian-Sorribes, Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna, Lorenzo Sangelantoni, Daniele Peano, Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Francisco Martínez-Capel
Damming and flow regulation ensure water availability during dearth periods, but they cause impacts on inhabiting biota and facilitate the establishment of Invasive Alien Species (IAS). Setting environmental flows (e-flows) has proven fundamental to ensure good ecological status of rivers, battle IAS, and sustain ecosystem services. However, ongoing climate change is further straining water resources
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How do morphology factors affect urban heat island intensity? an approach of local climate zones in a fast-growing small city, Yangling, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 He Zhang, Chongqing Wang, Huan Yang, Zhongxu Ma
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Forest ecosystem on the edge: Mapping forest fragmentation susceptibility in Tuchola Forest, Poland Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Sanjana Dutt, Amit Kumar Batar, Sławomir Sulik, Mieczysław Kunz
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Changes in wetland landscape and inundation patterns in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin from 1990 to 2020 Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Dongshuo Lu, Yichen Zheng, Xiaoning Liu, Jianbo Chang
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Ecological health assessment of an arid basin using the DPSIRM model and TOPSIS—A case study of the Shiyang River basin Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Chao Sun, Xinping Wang, Yafeng Zhang
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Overridingly increasing vegetation sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit over the recent two decades in China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Miao Liu, Guijun Yang, Wenping Yuan, Zhenhong Li, Meiling Gao, Yun Yang, Huiling Long, Yang Meng, Changchun Li, Haitang Hu, Heli Li, Zhanliang Yuan
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) shows significant spatial and temporal variability in the context of global climate change, which is important for studying the implications of climate change on the structure and function of ecosystems to analyze the effects of VPD on vegetation dynamics. Spatial patterns of vegetation sensitivity to VPD have been recently investigated, however, the feedback of different
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Multidimensional measurement of the High-Quality development of city Clusters: Dynamic Evolution, regional differences and trend forecasting--based on the basic connotation of Chinese-style modernization Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Qingwen Li, Zhichen Yang, Zaoli Tian, Qianlin Yin
Chinese-style modernization has led to new requirements for city clusters strategies, which is highly important for the high-quality development (HQD) of city clusters and new urbanization. Based on the basic connotation of Chinese-style modernization, an evaluation index system for the HQD of city clusters is constructed from five dimensions, namely, demographic advantages, coordinated regional development
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Effects of drip and flood irrigation on soil heavy metal migration and associated risks in China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Muyesaier Tudi, Li Wang, Binggan Wei, Linsheng Yang, Jiangping Yu, Fengqing Jiang, Yuan Xue, Hairong Li, Fang Wang, Linfeng Li, Qiming Jimmy Yu, Huada Daniel Ruan, Des Connell
Different irrigation methods have variable effects on the physiochemical properties of soils. The predicted widespread replacement of flood irrigation with drip irrigation will alter the micro-environment of the associated soils in terms of migration, transformation, morphology, and toxicology of heavy metals and pesticides. The dynamics of heavy metals in soil under drip irrigation have only been
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Spatiotemporal effect and influencing factors of the total factor energy efficiency: Evidence from the urban agglomerations in China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Xu Wei, Qixin Ma, Huiwei Su
Amidst the ongoing global energy quandary, the imperative to augment energy efficiency emerges as a strategic response to counteract energy profligacy and propel sustainable development initiatives. This study aims to assist policymakers in gaining a more accurate understanding of the temporal and spatial complexity and dominant variables of total factor energy efficiency at the urban agglomeration
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Ecosystem services provided by green areas and their implications for human health in Brazil Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Vitória Rodrigues Ferreira Barbosa, Reizane Maria Damasceno, Mariana Andreotti Dias, Francisco Jablinski Castelhano, Henrique Llacer Roig, Weeberb J. Requia
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Analysis of trends in productivity metrics in assessing land degradation: A case study in the Campania region of southern Italy Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Marco Di Leginio, Antonietta Agrillo, Luca Congedo, Michele Munafò, Nicola Riitano, Fabio Terribile, Piero Manna
Land degradation is a critical issue at a global level and its progressive increasing greatly reduces soil ecosystem services. In this context, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, defined the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and indicated some targets of particular interest for a territory to be integrated into short- and medium-term
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Assessing the potential of red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence for drought monitoring in different growth stages of winter wheat Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Litao Zhou, Jingyu Lin, Jianjun Wu, Ruohua Du, Meng Chen, Bingyu Zhao, Rui Yang
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The spatiotemporal effects on ecosystem services supply-demand from industrial transformation and upgrading: Promotion or inhibition? Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Tongning Li, Daozheng Li, Yaobin Liu, Guoen Wei, Chenghao Liu, Junhua Wang
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The interaction between nutrients and heavy metals in lakes and rivers entering lakes Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Shuhang Wang, Xizhi Li, Xia Jiang, Yang Zhang, Jinbo Zhang, Yanxiao Liu, Huaicheng Guo, Zheng Li, Zhenghui Fu
This study investigated the conditions and modes of interaction between nutrients and heavy metals within river and lake environments under multivariate conditions. Nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients were categorized into dissolved phosphorus, inorganic phosphorus, dissolved nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, and nitrate nitrogen based on their chemical composition. Their correlations with heavy metal elements
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Systematic design of habitat services network (HSsN) for updating conservation areas in iran's arid and Semi-Arid ecosystems Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Neda Mohammadpour, Fatemeh Jahanishakib, Zahra Asadolahi
Threats caused by human activities have reduced the quantity and quality of wildlife habitats connectivity. This research seeks to protect habitat biodiversity by creating a network of high quality habitats that remained. Therefore, it is very necessary to know about the dynamic effects of changes in the landscape pattern on the quality of the habitat, because it helps to preserve biodiversity, guarantee
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Plant traits mediate agroecological outcomes in restored agricultural lands Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Andres G. Rolhauser, Marney E. Isaac
Despite being cultivated with annual crops, marginal agricultural lands are usually more suitable for grasses, trees, or other perennial vegetation with persistent roots that are better adapted to unfavorable growth conditions. Replacing crops with perennial grassland vegetation (i.e., grassland restoration) on such marginal land can also contribute to realizing positive agroecological outcomes. However
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Integrating ecosystem service supply–demand and ecological risk assessment for urban planning: A case study in Beijing, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Shunxiang Fan, Min Yan, Linfei Yu, Bowei Chen, Li Zhang
The balance between ecosystem service supply–demand and landscape ecological risk are two crucial aspects influencing the sustainable development of regional ecosystems. Current evaluations ignore these aspects and lead to partial landscape planning in urban areas. As a result, a framework was built for regional planning in urban areas based on multidimensional evaluations of ecosystems for high-efficiency
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The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric: An evidence-based online tool to report and improve management of biodiversity at farm scale Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Liam P. Crowther, Sarah H. Luke, Eduardo C. Arellano, Caitlin G. McCormack, Vinina Ferreira, Jonathan Hillier, Richard Heathcote, Henk Kloen, Andrés Muñoz-Sáez, Patricia Oliveira-Rebouças, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Nadia Rojas-Arévalo, Natalia Zielonka, Lynn V. Dicks
Halting biodiversity loss and achieving food security are both aims of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but there is complex interplay between them. Agriculture drives biodiversity loss, but biodiversity provides benefits to agriculture. There is substantial potential to develop ‘win-win’ solutions for biodiversity and people within productive farmland, by boosting wildlife
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Estimating the chromium concentration of farmland soils in an arid zone from hyperspectral reflectance by using partial least squares regression methods Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Xayida Subi, Mamattursun Eziz, Qing Zhong, Xinguo Li
Heavy metal contamination of farmland soils is a severe concern worldwide.Chromium (Cr), a major environmental carcinogen, is a crucial indicator of farmland soil pollution. Compared with conventional chemical analysis, the hyperspectral analysis is superior in accurately and rapidly surveilling heavy metals in soils. However, various heavy metals, and types or geochemical traits of soils often affect
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Assessment of health risks posed by toxicological elements of the food chain in a typical high geologic background Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Zhaoqi Cai, Bozhi Ren, Qing Xie, Xinping Deng, Wei Yin, Luyuan Chen
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Prediction of daily river water temperatures using an optimized model based on NARX networks Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Jiang Sun, Fabio Di Nunno, Mariusz Sojka, Mariusz Ptak, You Luo, Renyi Xu, Jing Xu, Yi Luo, Senlin Zhu, Francesco Granata
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Impacts of hydrometeorological controls on vegetation productivity: Evidence from satellite observations and reanalysis Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Yangxiaoyue Liu, Yang Wang, Yaping Yang, Hao Jiang, Wenlong Jing
Climate change notably boosts terrestrial hydraulic redistribution pattern, which could directly affect the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of vegetation productivity. However, the spatiotemporal evolution pattern of long-term hydrometeorological controls of vegetation productivity is still not fully understood. This paper comprehensively explored the impacts of hydrometeorological controls
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Hill numbers everywhere. Does it make ecological sense? Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Carlo Ricotta, Enrico Feoli
A supposed weakness of most diversity measures is their non-linearity with respect to species addition. Even for a community where all species have equal abundance, each added species usually leads to a smaller increment in the diversity measure than the species added before it. A recent proposal to solve this problem was to transform classical diversity measures to ‘effective numbers of species’ or
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Coupling coordination analysis of urbanization and ecological environment in Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Xiangqi Lei, Hanhu Liu, Shaoda Li, Qingqu Luo, Sizhi Cheng, Guyue Hu, Xiao Wang, Wenqian Bai
As the fourth pole of China's economic growth, the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration plays a significant role in reinforcing the ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and is crucial for ecological and environmental protection strategies. In this paper, Google Earth Engine (GEE) and the MODIS images from 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2022 were utilized to construct the Improved
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Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) detection through surface-sourced eDNA: A promising approach for monitoring deep-diving cetaceans Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Ginevra Boldrocchi, Livia Conte, Paolo Galli, Roberta Bettinetti, Elena Valsecchi