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Formation and functions of arbuscular mycorrhizae in coastal wetland ecosystems: A review Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Xing-Qiang Wang, Yan-Hong Wang, Yao-Bin Song, Ming Dong
ABSTRACT Context Coastal wetlands are ecotones interspaced by land and ocean and are among the most sensitive and vulnerable ecosystems worldwide. They are unique in hydrological, edaphic, atmospheric, and biological characteristics, and play important roles in maintaining the ecological security and ecosystem services of coastal zones. Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) are symbiont composed of plant roots
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Bridging experimental and monitoring research for visible foliar injury as bio-indicator of ozone impacts on forests Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Barbara Baesso Moura, Elisa Carrari, Laurence Dalstein-Richier, Pierre Sicard, Stefan Leca, Ovidiu Badea, Diana Pitar-Silaghi, Anumol Shashikumar, Marie-Lyne Ciriani, Elena Paoletti, Yasutomo Hoshika
ABSTRACT Tropospheric ozone (O3) is a phytotoxic air pollutant and the O3-induced visible foliar injury (O3 VFI) is a biomarker. A recently developed Free-air O3 eXposure (FO3X) is a promising facility to verify field-observed “O3-like” VFIs and to establish a flux-based threshold for the O3 VFI onset. The present study compared O3-like VFI registered in the southern European forest sites with actual
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Can microplastics mediate soil properties, plant growth and carbon/nitrogen turnover in the terrestrial ecosystem? Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Yao Yao, Wang Lili, Pan Shufen, Li Gang, Liu Hongmei, Xiu Weiming, Gong Lingxuan, Zhao Jianning, Zhang Guilong, Yang Dianlin
ABSTRACT Microplastic (MP) pollution, a global environmental problem, has been recently studied in marine and freshwater environments. However, our understanding of MP effect on terrestrial ecosystems, especially carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) turnover remains poor. This review summarizes the sources and distribution characteristics of MPs in terrestrial ecosystems and explores their effects on soil properties
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Spatiotemporal distribution of size-fractioned phytoplankton in the Yalu River Estuary, China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Yin. Liu, Lun. Song, GuangJun. Song, JinHao. Wu, Kun. Wang, ZaoHui. Wang, SuXuan. Liu
ABSTRACT The grain size structure of phytoplankton has great influence on shellfish culture. The present study aimed to assess the spatial and temporal variation in the phytoplankton community structure in the Yalu River Estuary and to explore the relationship between the phytoplankton community structure and various environmental parameters in 2020. High-throughput sequencing was used in this study
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Plugging urban ecology science into design practice: a research perspective Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Chundi Chen
ABSTRACT There is a broad consensus that urban ecology science needs to be more effective in informing and supporting urban planning and design. How to bridge the two disciplines is still a grand challenge because scientific research often cannot find its way into practice. Underlying reasons have often been explored around governance, policies and institutional aspects. From a scientific research
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Development of a modified thermal humidity index and its application to human thermal comfort of urban vegetation patches Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Xiaorou Zheng, Na Zhang, Xin Wang
ABSTRACT Extremely hot environments can trigger serious health problems. To evaluate the effects of microclimate on thermal comfort, we proposed and validated a modified thermal humidity index (MTHI) that combined air temperature and relative humidity with land surface temperature (LST). MTHI was more sensitive to microclimate changes than the general thermal humidity index that includes only T and
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Food waste and associated carbon footprint: evidence from Chinese universities Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Long Qian, Qingling Rao, Hongbo Liu, Breda McCarthy, Li Xian Liu, Lingen Wang
ABSTRACT In recent years, there has been widespread concern regarding the carbon footprint (CF) of food waste due to the key impact of CF on climate change, particularly as China’s food waste is rising with its economic development. China has the largest scale of higher education in the world, and the amount of food waste in university canteens is considerable and cannot be ignored. This study attempts
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Spatial patterns and influencing factors of intraurban particulate matter in the heating season based on taxi monitoring Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Chong Liu, Yuanman Hu, Yu Chang, Miao Liu, Zaiping Xiong, Tan Chen, Chunlin Li
ABSTRACT Urbanization has introduced a series of environmental problems worldwide, and particulate matter (PM) is one of the main threats to human health. Due to the lack of high-resolution, large-scale monitoring data, few studies have analyzed the intraurban spatial distribution pattern of PM at a fine scale. In this study, portable air monitors carried by five taxis were used to collect the concentrations
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Integrated assessment of the supply–demand relationship of ecosystem services in the Loess Plateau during 1992–2015 Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Dan Wang, Youjia Liang, Shouzhang Peng, Zhangcai Yin, Jiejun Huang
ABSTRACT Landscape alterations and ecosystem services (ES) are crucial elements that affect the socio-ecological development of ecologically fragile regions. To provide scientific support for the land-use planning and regional ecological restoration to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Loess Plateau from 1992 to 2015, this study proposes an integrated assessment framework for assessing
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Challenges and possible solutions to creating an achievable and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Alice Hughes, Xiaoli Shen, Richard Corlett, Lin Li, Maofang Luo, Stephen Woodley, Yuanming Zhang, Keping Ma
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity is in crisis as a result of human activity. This biodiversity crisis has been well documented by scientists, recognized by world leaders, politicians, businesses, and citizens. Both the biodiversity and climate crises need to be addressed now. 2020 was when this change was supposed to start, with the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)
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Consideration of climate change impacts will improve the efficiency of protected areas on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Zijian Lu, Liangxu Wang, Nan Meng, Xuhuan Dai, Jingyi Zhu, Yanzheng Yang, Ruonan Li, Jinfeng Ma, Hua Zheng
ABSTRACT The protection of migratory birds and their habitats is important to the ecological stability of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Currently protected areas (PAs) were designed in accordance with species distribution patterns under current climatic conditions, thus ignoring climate change will lead to a decrease in the protection efficiency of PAs. In this study, using the flagship species
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A new perspective on ecological vulnerability and its transformation mechanisms Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Kang Hou, Wendong Tao, Dan He, Xuxiang Li
ABSTRACT Ecological vulnerability refers to the degree of ecosystem disturbance, system damage, and the ability of system restoration. Although case-specific evaluations of ecological vulnerability are progressing rapidly, they have been carried out mainly in areas with intensive human activities or in harsh natural environments. Using the Web of ScienceTM core collection, this review paper summarized
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Impacts of regional land-use patterns on ecosystem services in the typical agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Huimin Chen, Yu Zhao, Xiao Fu, Mingfang Tang, Mingjie Guo, Shiqi Zhang, Yu Zhu, Laiye Qu, Gang Wu
ABSTRACT A comprehensive understanding of the spatial-temporal evolution and driving forces on ecosystem services (ES) is essential for the agro-pastoral ecotone’s ecological security in northern China. However, the land-use pattern (LULC) agglomeration with spatial differentiation in the pastoral and agricultural areas has been rarely concerned. Taking distinct LULC (1980–2018) in Chifeng as an example
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Supply-side drivers of phosphorus emissions from phosphorus supply chains in China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-13 Jing Zhang, Qiumeng Zhong, Yadong Yu, Jetashree, Xuechun Yang, Cuiyang Feng, Hui Li, Sai Liang
ABSTRACT Human activities interfere with natural Phosphorus (P) cycles by introducing increased levels of P emissions to air, land, and water. A supply-side analysis of P supply chains and associated P emissions can provide insights into underlying economic activities and transitions responsible for human-induced P emissions. Taking the mainland China as the case, this study constructs time-series
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Influences of drought on the stability of an alpine meadow ecosystem Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Tao Zhang, Ximeng Ji, Mingjie Xu, Guang Zhao, Zhoutao Zheng, Yuanyuan Tang, Ning Chen, Juntao Zhu, Yongtao He, Yangjian Zhang
ABSTRACT Drought plays a prominent role in affecting ecosystem stability and ecosystem productivity. Based on eddy covariance and climatic observations during 2012–2020, the Fisher discriminant analysis method was employed to accurately detect drought occurrences. Furthermore, the ecosystem water sensitivity and its resistance to drought were quantified to evaluate the ecosystem stability. The results
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The new species and the third Chinese member of Colubrina (C. zhaoguangii, Rhamnaceae) Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Jun Hu, Wei-Li Liu, Hong Jiang, Qing Liu, Yi Yang
ABSTRACT A novel species of Rhamnaceae, Colubrina zhaoguangii, is discovered in Sichuan, China, during the biodiversity investigations of the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the new species are presented herein. To date, the new species is only found in dry-warm river valleys of the Jinsha River basin in the Hengduan Mountains region
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Identifying priority areas for conservation in the lower Yellow River basin from an ecological network perspective Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Jieming Kang, Chunlin Li, Meirui Li, Teng Zhang, Baolei Zhang
ABSTRACT Taking the lower Yellow River basin as the study area, this study aims to construct ecological networks to mitigate the negative impacts of rapid urbanization on the ecosystem. Ecological sources were identified based on morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA), habitat quality and landscape connectivity. The ecological resistance surface was constructed and corrected by integrating natural
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Blue carbon sequestration following mangrove restoration: evidence from a carbon neutral case in China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Sourav Bagchi Ratul, Xiaoxuan Gu, Peiyang Qiao, Febrina Wulanda Sagala, Shu Nan, Nazrul Islam, Luzhen Chen
ABSTRACT Sequestration of blue carbon (C) in mangrove plantations depends on site characteristics and plantation management. This study evaluated the effects of plantation management on C sequestration at a C-neutral site in Xiamen, China. A field study was conducted on 10-year-old Sonneratia apetala and Kandelia obovata plantations (mono-Sa, mono-Ko) and a 15-year-old mixed plantation-. We found that
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Air pollution and climate change impact on forest ecosystems in Asian region – a review Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Saurabh Sonwani, Sharfaa Hussain, Pallavi Saxena
ABSTRACT Forests are complex ecosystems comprising various trophic levels responsible for carrying out various biogeochemical processes and providing ecosystem services. However, forests in Asia are doubly challenged by climate change and air pollution. The rapidly changing air quality, with increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs), trace gases, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and ozone
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Gastrochilus wolongensis (Orchidaceae): a new species from Sichuan, China, based on molecular and morphological data Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Junyi Zhang, Yuehong Cheng, Min Liao, Senlong Jin, Chunmao Qu, Yingchun Tan, Anđelka Plenković-Moraj, Bo Xu
ABSTRACT Gastrochilus wolongensis (Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, is described and illustrated. It morphologically resembles G. sinensis, but differs markedly from the latter in having black-purple stripes (vs. purplish-red spots) on the adaxial side of the petals and sepals, a reniform epichile densely covered with long papillate hairs (vs. sparsely pubescent)
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How urbanization affect the ecosystem health of Tibet based on terrain gradients: a case study of Shannan, China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-09 Ji Zhang, Yu Shi, Chaofan Xian, Lu Zhang, Ziying Zou
ABSTRACT Urbanization has significant impacts on ecosystem health (ESH) by affecting land-use patterns. The evaluation of the ESH and the spatial correlations between human interference provides an insight into sustainable development as a response to potential ecological degradation if ESH is threatened by further urbanization. We applied the Vigor-Organization-Resilience-Services (VORS) modelto detect
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Assessing the health and ecological security of a human induced watershed in central iran Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Vafakhah, Vahid Moosavi, Sanaz Pourfallah Asadabadi, Padideh Sadat Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Reza Bagheri Fahraji, Seyed Hossein Mosavinia, Abdolghasem Majidnia, Sudabeh Gharemahmudli, Hamidreza Moradi Rekabdarkolaei
ABSTRACT Assessment of the watershed health and associated ecological security is crucial for the proper land resources management, notably when sufficient money and time have lacked. The present study aimed to prepare health and ecological security for the Pishkuh Watershed in Yazd Province, central Iran. To prepare the health atlas of the Pishkuh Watershed, the conceptual framework of pressure, state
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Management options for the unfavorable nutrient balance of recreational fishing in Lake Balaton (Hungary) Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-03 Gergely Boros, Attila Mozsár, András Specziár
ABSTRACT Various types of ground baits are loaded to lakes by anglers, but the ecological role of these materials is often overlooked. Thus, the aims of this study were to conduct a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the baits used by anglers in the largest lake of Central-Europe (Lake Balaton, Hungary), estimate the annual nutrient balance of recreational fishing, and relate the nutrient loading
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Research strategy for constructing a green infrastructure network based on spatial prioritization Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Dongmeng Wang, Chang Liu, Yue Guo, Puxia Tang, Jie Jiao, Weihan Kong, Ling Zhang, Yiping Liu, Dezheng Kong
ABSTRACT The destruction of the ecological system caused by urban expansion has led to the environmental deterioration, cities have become increasingly vulnerable. In this study, six districts and counties along the Yellow River in Zhengzhou were selected as the study area. First, green infrastructure elements were extracted by morphological spatial pattern analysis. Then, outside the urban areas,
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Improving ecosystem services in farmlands: beginning of a long-term ecological study with restored flower-rich grasslands Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 András Báldi, Raoul Pellaton, Áron Domonkos Bihaly, Viktor Szigeti, Eszter Lellei-Kovács, András Máté, Miklós Sárospataki, Zoltán Soltész, László Somay, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki
ABSTRACT Biodiversity declines in an unprecedented way, mostly due to land use change. Restoration interventions proved to be one of the most effective tools to halt the decline, especially in ecosystems such as agricultural fields. Evidence-based, locally adapted recommendations on grassland restoration, however, are often missing, so we present a novel approach for such interventions that can be
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Heat wave mitigation of ecosystems in mountain areas — a case study of the Upper Yangtze River basin Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-12 Yuxin Zhang, Bin Fu, Juying Sun
ABSTRACT Background Natural ecosystems, such as forests and grasslands, can mitigate heat waves, but research on heat wave mitigation in mountain ecosystems is lacking. Considering the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin (URYB) as the study area, we first divided the URYB into mountainous and non-mountainous areas based on a digital elevation model (DEM). Then, we used temperature to identify
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Regional ecosystem health assessment using the GA-BPANN model: a case study of Yunnan Province, China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Yuze Li, Yuanxiang Wu, Xiaoguang Liu
ABSTRACT Background: Regional ecosystem health assessments are the basis for the sustainable development of society. However, an ecosystem is a complex integration of ecosystem mosaics and subsystems that influence each other, making it difficult to evaluate them using traditional assessment methods of linear and explicit functions. We introduce a back-propagation neural network model optimized by
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Mapping the scientific knowledge of glomalin-related soil protein with implications for carbon sequestration Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Shanle Liu, Qizhi Wang, Lu Qian, Binghuang Zhang, Xiangwen Chen, Hualong Hong, Shengjie Wu, Jingchun Liu, Chongling Yan, Haoliang Lu
ABSTRACT Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) derived refractory organic matter, mainly in glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP), stores globally significant amounts of carbon, attracting wide attention in response to climatic change. However, there is no synthesis review has been done so far to reveal global research progresses on GRSP, especially its ecological role for climate mitigation. Here,we conducted
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Sustainability evaluation for a circular maize-pig system driven by indigenous microbes: a case study in Northeast China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-05 Yinan Xu, Panfeng Li, Youhui Gao, Yueming Li, Shijie Li, Yunfeng Li, Peng Sui, Xiaofen Wang, Wangsheng Gao, Yuanquan Chen
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural development is a topic of global concern aiming at satisfying food demand of the growing population while reducing impact on environment. Circular agriculture has become a promising development pattern with the advantages of complementing environmental resources, replacing feedback from outside system, and processing waste of bottom of system, etc. This study combined
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Greenspace’s value orientations of ecosystem service and socioeconomic service in China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 Xia Yao, Tao Lin, Shoukai Sun, Guoqin Zhang, Hao Zhou, Laurence Jones, Wenhui Liu, Yiyi Huang, Meixia Lin, Junmao Zhang, Yuan Chen, Hong Ye
ABSTRACT Background: Natural ecosystems provide necessary services for human beings, including ecosystem service values (ESVs) and socioeconomic service values (SSVs). The value orientations of ESVs and SSVs are mainly related to people’s interaction with nature. This study reclassified greenspace from a perspective of exposed and non-exposed greenspace based on the level of interaction by people and
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Modeling methane dynamics in three wetlands in Northeastern China by using the CLM-Microbe model Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Yunjiang Zuo, Yihui Wang, Liyuan He, Nannan Wang, Jianzhao Liu, Fenghui Yuan, Kexin Li, Ziyu Guo, Ying Sun, Xinhao Zhu, Lihua Zhang, Changchun Song, Li Sun, Xiaofeng Xu
ABSTRACT Wetlands account for up to 70% of the natural source of methane (CH4) in terrestrial ecosystems on a global scale. Soil microbes are the ultimate producers and biological consumers of CH4 in wetlands. Therefore, simulating microbial mechanisms of CH4 production and consumptionwould improve the predictability of CH4 flux in wetland ecosystems. In this study, we applied a microbial-explicit
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Temperature and environmental degradation: an international evidence Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Duc Hong Vo
ABSTRACT Introduction The effects of temperature have largely been under-examined in climate change studies. This study examines both direct and indirect effects of temperature on environmental degradation using the sample of 103 middle-income countries from 1985 to 2019. Unlike previous studies in which a single equation approach is utilized, our study considers the simultaneous equations modelling
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Evaluating Nebraska’s local comprehensive plans to achieve the national wetland conservation missions in the USA Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Ligang Zhang, Qiao Hu, Michael Hayes, Mark Burbach, Tiffany Messer, Yuzhen Zhou, Zhenghong Tang
ABSTRACT The U.S. federal government’s requirements and guidance for wetland conservation are reflected in a series of federal laws, regulations, and policies. However, the degree to which these requirements are reflected in local planning efforts is unclear. This study using five components with 56 indicators evaluates how well wetland conservation efforts are integrated into 112 local comprehensive
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Relative importance of climatic and edaphic factors as drivers of plant δ15N along a longitudinal transect Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Xianzhao Liu, Tianhao Wang, Qing Su
ABSTRACT Many studies have shown that climatic and edaphic factors influence the variations in nitrogen isotopes (δ15N) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the relative importance of co-varying climatic and edaphic controls on plant δ15N remains somewhat unclear. To address this issue, regional-scale plant (L. chinensis) and soil samples were collected along a longitudinal transect across the temperate
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Driving mechanisms for decoupling CO2 emissions from economic development in the ten largest emission countries Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-10 Chunci Chen, Yonglong Lu, Guizhen He
ABSTRACT The significant contribution to CO2 emissions includes historically cumulative emissions in the United States, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Germany, as well as the current increase in emerging economies, such as China, India, Iran, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia, which contribute 68% of global emissions. Therefore, it is important to measure changes in CO2 emissions and driving mechanisms
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Nitrogen addition frequency and propagule pressure influence Solidago canadensis invasion into native plant community Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-27 Xuan-Shao Liu, Jing-Fang Cai, Lin Liu, Kai Sun, Fan Jiang, Yi-Luan Shen, Si-Ha A, Hong-Li Li
ABSTRACT Introduction Propagule pressure (i.e., the number of propagules) has long been recognized to play an essential role in plant invasion. But it is not clear whether propagule pressure influences the invasion of exotic plants into native plant communities when different frequencies of nitrogen are added. Method We established an experiment with three plant communities that included native plant
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Ecological significance and risks of mineral licks to mammals in a nature reserve on the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-17 Xingcheng He, Zhixin Wen, Yujin Wang, Anderson Feijó, Qiang Fu, Jianghong Ran
ABSTRACT Mineral licks are important components of terrestrial ecosystems that have special value to the maintenance of fluid balance of mammals, by providing them with essential mineral nutrients such as sodium, calcium, and magnesium. In the Anzihe Nature Reserve, southwest China, seven species of ungulates and one species of primates were frequently observed visiting the mineral licks in high densities
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Land cover change and multiple remotely sensed datasets consistency in China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-17 Hui Wang, Liping Cai, Xiaojin Wen, Donglin Fan, Yuejun Wang
Abstract Introduction Although numerous land cover datasets can act as references for understanding land cover change in China, the inconsistencies between the datasets can also provide understanding. Previous studies on the consistency between land cover datasets have mostly focused on land cover type consistencies and have ignored data consistencies in land cover change. Outcomes Therefore, we aim
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Environmental remediation promotes the restoration of biodiversity in the Shenzhen Bay Estuary, South China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Hualin Xu, Ke Liu, Tianzhu Ning, Gu Huang, Qianmei Zhang, Yuelin Li, Mengqi Wang, Yiming Fan, Weili an, Lingbo Ji, Qinfeng Guo, Hai Ren
ABSTRACT Background Rapid urbanization has greatly changed land-use patterns in many estuarine areas around the world, including the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) resulting in serious water pollution and ecosystem degradation. Shenzhen City has conducted comprehensive ecological management and restoration in the Shenzhen Bay since 2007. The natural vegetation consisting of mangroves
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Responses of grazing households to different levels of payments for ecosystem services Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Weiwei Shen, Ting Zhou, Hong Chang, Xiao Qiu, Yahong Liu, Hailian Sun, Xiu Zhai, Hongbo Yang, Guihuan Liu, Wu Yang
ABSTRACT Introduction Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs have been implemented globally to protect ecosystems while securing the well-being of affected people. Reasonable payment standards are key to successful PES programs. Although some approaches are available for determining payment standards, few studies have applied them for grassland conservation with location indicators and socioeconomic
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Soil characteristics and ecological thresholds of Suaeda salsa wetlands Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Fengkui Qian, Yang Zhou, Wanning Li, Xiangguo Wang, Zhentao Sun, Guize Liu, Haifeng Wei
ABSTRACT SSuaeda salsa is an annual euhalophyte in estuarine wetlands. Soil properties of wetlands have an important influence on S. salsa growth. Therefore, the soil ecological thresholds is valuable for the restoration of degraded S. salsa wetlands. The objectives of this present study were to analyze the soil physicochemical properties and evaluate the soil ecological thresholds in the typical degraded
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Spatiotemporal dynamic of environmental indices of watershed sustainability in connection with land-use change Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-01-23 Fahimeh Mirchooli, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan
ABSTRACT Exploring spatial and temporal land-use changes is valuable for local governments to address issues of sustainability and planning policy where urbanization and industrialization are taking place. Besides anthropogenic effects, natural driving forces like climate change may also affect sustainability. However, such relationships have not been studied minutely. Hence, this study first investigates
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Drivers of farmers’ behavior toward compensation scheme for cultivated land protection in chengdu pilot area, China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-01-16 Dongyang Xiao, Haipeng Niu, Suxia Zhao
ABSTRACT Studying farmers’ behavior affected by economic incentive is necessary to promote positive behavior among farmers toward protecting the quantity, quality, and ecological environment of cultivated land. In this study, we investigated the current situation regarding economic incentive policies for cultivated land protection, which has attracted the attention of Chinese government. Then, we focused
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Prospects of eco-hydrological model for sponge city construction Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Chuhan Feng, Na Zhang, Telesphore Habiyakare, Yuna Yan, Han Zhang
ABSTRACT Introduction Understanding complex urban eco-hydrological processes through models is an important approach in sponge city construction. However, the research on this has not kept pace with the urgent need for sustainable development of urban water resources, which makes the current construction efficiencies unsatisfactory. Outcomes This review highlights the importance of establishing a multi-scale
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A comprehensive evaluation method for plateau freshwater lakes: a case in the Erhai Lake Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Zhuqing Wen, Xia Li, Bing Liu, Tianhong Li
ABSTRACT The study first systematically assessed the ecosystem health status of the plateau freshwater lake of Erhai Lake in Yunnan Province of China, using the revised Freshwater Health Indicator methodology, which comprised three components, i.e., “Ecosystem Vitality,” “Ecosystem Services,” and “Governance and Stakeholders.” To better reflect the real health status of the basin, the cask short board
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Developing an index of sustainable development goals for local governments: the case of Gyeonggi province in korea Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Jaekyung Koh, Taewook Huh, Minji Ye
ABSTRACT This study aims to develop and evaluate the indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (hereafter SDGs) for local governments in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea from the perspective of the glocal mainstreaming of SDGs and localization. Through surveys and focus group meetings, 35 SDGs indicators that are to be implemented by both the Gyeonggi Provincial government and 31 separate local governments
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Spatiotemporal evolution of sustainable development of China’s provinces: a modelling approach Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-17 Junli Gao, Chaofeng Shao, Sihan Chen, Xiaotong Zhang
ABSTRACT Three sustainable development sub-indicators were established along with 49 indicators of sustainable development at the provincial level. We collected data for the key years of 2010, 2015, and 2018 and evaluated the sustainable development level of 31 provinces in China by using the best and worst value improved equal-weight TOPSIS method. With spatial autocorrelation and hotspot analysis
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Correction Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-09
(2021). Correction. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability: Vol. 7, No. 1, 1908753.
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Quantifying fire severity: a brief review and recommendations for improvement Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Guang Yang, Dongdong Han, Xueying Di, Long Sun, Yuetai Weng
ABSTRACT Introduction: Quantifying fire severity is an important aspect of studying the response mechanism of terrestrial ecosystems to wildfire, and it is of great significance to fire ecology. In this paper we comprehensively introduce and compare the classification and quantification methods for fire severity; we discuss the development and application status of various methods, and we elucidate
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A sustainable way of agricultural livelihood: edible bird’s nests in Indonesia Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-03 Yutaka Ito, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, Aswin Usup, Yuki Yamamoto
ABSTRACT Edible birds’ nests (EBNs) have traditionally been produced in Southeast Asia. Indonesian farmers construct buildings for swiftlets and harvest their nests. EBN farming does not directly degrade forest resources and is therefore considered a sustainable means of production, whereas the expansion of other agricultural activities often relies on the degradation of natural resources. This study
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Trophic gauntlet effects on fisheries recovery: a case study in Sansha Bay, China Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-03 Bin Xie, Cheng Huang, Ya Wang, Xijie Zhou, Guogan Peng, Yancheng Tao, Jiaju Huang, Xiaoqing Lin, Lingfeng Huang
ABSTRACT Low biological productivity causes ecosystem energy deficiency. Sansha Bay is an important spawning and nursery ground for migratory fish in the East China Sea (ECS). There is significant mariculture in this area, but stock enhancement programs and seasonal fishery closures have failed to recover populations of the commercially important species, Larimichthys crocea. We want to figure out
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A Holistic and Globally Applicable Indication System for Regional Electric-Energy-Water Security Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-09-08
Abstract The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were designed to lead the modern Anthropocene to a lifestyle that was demanded by the Brundtland commission. Their objective is a common good that does not exploit the planet’s environment and is thus long-term. Though virtually separated, contemporary research shows that the seventeen SDGs are in- tertwined. This is also the case for water
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Antibiotic residues from aquaculture farms and their ecological risks in Southeast Asia: a case study from Malaysia Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Ee Lean Thiang, Choon Weng Lee, Hideshige Takada, Kanako Seki, Ayaka Takei, Satoru Suzuki, Aijun Wang, Chui Wei Bong
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: One major source of antibiotic contamination in the sea is from aquaculture. We monitored the concentration of commonly used antibiotic classes and antibiotic resistance genes (tet(M), sul1, sul2 and sul3) in aquaculture farms in Peninsular Malaysia. Methods: Antibiotic residues and resistance genes were quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography and
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Effect of N and P fertilization on the allocation and fixation of photosynthesized carbon in paddy soil Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-08-02 Mostafa Zhran, Tida Ge, Yaoyao Tong, Zhenke Zhu, Yangwu Deng, Ahmed Fahmy, Ming Chen, Tin Mar Lynn, Jinshui Wu, Anna Gunina
ABSTRACT Potted rice seedlings independently treated with N, P, and NP were continuously13CO2 labeled to investigated the influence of N and P application on the contribution of photosynthesized C to the rhizosphere versus bulk soil and particulate organic matter (POM) versus mineral fraction (MIN). N and NP enhanced net assimilated 13C on day 14 (D14), with maximum C assimilation occurring on day
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From preference to landscape sustainability: a bibliometric review of landscape preference research from 1968 to 2019 Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Gaoyuan Yang, Zhaowu Yu, Jinguang Zhang, Lone Søderkvist Kristensen
ABSTRACT Landscape preference (LP) studies highlight one of the most important issues of human-environment relationship, and their related publications have increased rapidly over the last two decades. However, there is no systematic review with a holistic understanding of this field. here we applied a bibliometric approach to examine the evolution of LP research and identify its status and future
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Carbon accounting system: the bridge between carbon governance and carbon performance in Malaysian Companies Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 Tze San Ong, Nur Fatin Binti Kasbun, Boon Heng Teh, Haslinah Muhammad, Sohail Ahmad Javeed
ABSTRACT Introduction:Research has shown the negative impacts of climate change on the economy and how the state of the environment has been a complex global challenge. Prior studies have suggested immediate actions to avoid any unforeseen circumstances for all living things on Earth. Previous research has also supported all kinds of sustainability efforts as resolutions to address the deterioration
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Effects of social capital, risk perception and awareness on environmental protection behavior Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 Fang Su, Nini Song, Haiyang Shang, Jing Wang, Bing Xue
ABSTRACT Introduction: Environmental protection is an essential issue for sustainable development, and its execution power mainly comes from individual environmental protection behavior. This study investigates the resident environmental protection behaviors and influencing factors in the ecologically fragile areas of western China based on a total of 1062 households by adopting the participatory assessment
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Changes in soil fungal community on SOC and POM accumulation under different straw return modes in dryland farming Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-29 Wei Fan, Jinggui Wu
ABSTRACT We conducted a 2.5-year field experiment to test the effects of straw incorporated evenly into the soil (EIS) on soil fungal community, SOC chemical composition, and particulate organic matter fractions via comparing with no straw returning (CK), straw mulching (SM), straw plowed into the soil (SP), and identified the linkages between soil fungal community as well as organic C accumulation
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Assessment of the potential responses of ecosystem services to anthropogenic threats in the Eten wetland, Peru Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-21 Tania V. Rojas, Karin Bartl, Jorge D. Abad
ABSTRACT Introduction: Coastal wetlands are currently threatened by human drivers, such as agriculture, infrastructure development, and urban sprawl. Pressures on these ecosystems disturb their morphology and biogeochemical cycles, resulting in the degradation of ecosystem services. However, little has been done to understand the wetland response to identify proper conservation strategies. Along the
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Climate-related changes in seasonal habitat pattern of Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis in the South China Sea Ecosyst. Health Sustain. (IF 4.9) Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Jiangtao Fan, Zuozhi Chen, Xue Feng, Wei Yu
ABSTRACT A habitat suitability index model (HSI) was established to examine seasonal habitat pattern of Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis in the South China Sea and assessed the impacts of the El Niño event on habitat variations based on sea surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll-a (Chla) and sea surface height (SSH). Environmental conditions and habitat patterns showed significant seasonal and spatial variations