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Deep learning modeling of human activity affected wildfire risk by incorporating structural features: A case study in eastern China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Zhonghua He, Gaofeng Fan, Zhengquan Li, Shaohong Li, Ling Gao, Xiang Li, Zhao-Cheng Zeng
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Spatio-temporal interaction and constraint effects between ecosystem services and human activity intensity in Shaanxi Province,China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Qimin An, Xuefeng Yuan, Xinrong Zhang, Yue Yang, Jinhong Chen, Jianji An
Identifying spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem services and understanding the spatial and temporal correlations between ecosystem service exploration and human activity intensity are vital for achieving regional harmony between human activities and the environment, ultimately fostering sustainable development. Previous studies primarily concentrated on the impact of human activities on ecosystem services
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The evaluation of wetland reconstruction with nature-based solutions for eco-economic sustainable development Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Jinfang Sun, Xingzhong Yuan, Guodong Liu, Rongrong Ren
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are effective approaches for solving ecological and economic problems related to wetland reconstruction, while emergy and exergy are well suited for evaluating reconstructed eco-economic systems. In this paper, we executed a wetland reconstruction project involving a mulberry-fir woodland and dike-pond complex (MFWDPC) with NBS in the water-level fluctuation zone of the
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Spatiotemporal differentiation of the ecosystem service value and its coupling relationship with urbanization: A case study of the Lanzhou-Xining urban agglomeration Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Jie Li, Guang Li, Yunliang Liang, Jianyu Yuan, Guorong Xu, Chuanjie Yang
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Influence of climate zone shifts on forest ecosystems in northeastern United States and maritime Canada Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Samuel Roy, Xinyuan Wei, Aaron Weiskittel, Daniel J. Hayes, Peter Nelson, Alix Contosta
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Linking wilderness mapping and ecosystem services: Identifying integrated wilderness and ecological indicators to quantify ecosystem services of wilderness Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Ruirui Zhu, Weiyi Liu, Ruixin Xue, Shuo Teng, Yefan Wang, Yanting Pan, Weijun Gao
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Spatially non-stationary relationships between landscape fragmentation and soil conservation services in China, 2000–2018 Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Zhen Yang, Tianci Gu, Yuanyuan Zeng, Wanxu Chen, Xinlin Zhang, Sipei Pan
Soil conservation (SC), which supports ecosystems by retaining vegetation, controlling erosion, retaining sediment, cycling nutrients, retaining water, maintaining diversity, and forming soil, is threatened by human-induced soil erosion and landscape fragmentation. Therefore, revealing the spatial relationship between landscape fragmentation (LF) and SC can provide a scientific basis for ecosystem
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Risk analysis and assessment of water resource carrying capacity based on weighted gray model with improved entropy weighting method in the central plains region of China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Qiran Song, Zhaocai Wang, Tunhua Wu
The issue of global water shortage is a serious concern. The scientific evaluation of water resource carrying capacity (WRCC) serves as the foundation for implementing measures to protect water resources. In addition, most of the studies are based on the analysis and research of regional WRCC from the aspects of water quantity and water quality. There are few studies on the four aspects of water resources
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Response of ecosystem service values to land use change, 2002–2021 Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Juan Xiao, Yongfu Zhang, Huajun Xu
Ecosystems in inland river basins are crucial for maintaining socioeconomic stability in arid regions. As a result, an essential tool for tracking ecosystem changes is the measurement of ecosystem service value (ESV). Using land use changes in the Aksu River Basin (ARB) from 2002 to 2021 as an example, the response of land use variations to the ESV in the basin was examined. Using the equivalency coefficients
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Harmful blooms across a longitudinal gradient in central Europe during heatwave: Cyanobacteria biomass, cyanotoxins, and nutrients Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak, Wojciech Krztoń, Martyna Budziak, Edward Walusiak, Petar Žutinič, Marija Gligora Udovič, Judita Koreivienė, Jūratė Karosienė, Jūratė Kasperovičienė, Justyna Kobos, Magdalena Toporowska, Agnieszka Bańkowska-Sobczak, Agnieszka Budzyńska, Piotr Domek, Julita Dunalska, Magdalena Frąk, Ryszard Gołdyn, Magdalena Grabowska, Natalia Jakubowska-Krepska, Iwona Jasser, Maciej Karpowicz
Climate change has increased the frequency, duration and intensity of heatwaves in Europe. These extreme events result in alterations of physical, chemical, and biological properties of lakes that may synergistically promote cyanobacterial dominance. In our study we focused on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes distributed over a longitudinal gradient in Central Europe during one of the “top ten European
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Upward convergence patterns in chosen environmental-related SDGs Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Marta Kuc-Czarnecka, Iwona Markowicz, Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła
Sustainable development is a challenge facing humanity. EU countries not only strive to reach their specific objectives, but they also work collaboratively towards shared goals. There is a need to balance synergies and compromises to address these objectives effectively. When discussing countries' development and people's well-being, one often focuses on socio-economic development. However, it is crucial
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Ecological traits predict population trends of urban birds in Europe Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Jan Grünwald, Ainārs Auniņš, Mattia Brambilla, Virginia Escandell, Daniel Palm Eskildsen, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Benoît Fontaine, Frédéric Jiguet, John Atle Kålås, Johannes Kamp, Alena Klvaňová, Lechosław Kuczyński, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Åke Lindström, Renno Nellis, Ingar Jostein Øien, Eva Šilarová, Nicolas Strebel, Thomas Vikstrøm, Petr Voříšek, Jiří Reif
The population dynamics of urban animals has been so far remarkably understudied. At the same time, urban species’ population trends can provide important information on the consequences of environmental changes in cities. We modelled long-term population trends of 93 bird species breeding in urban areas in 16 European countries as a function of species’ traits, characterising variability in their
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Area- and latitude- shaped shorebird diversity patterns reveal constraints of migratory bottlenecks along the Yellow sea coast of China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Lin Wang, Ye Gong
Migratory stopping regions are regarded as geographic bottlenecks. However, knowledge about constraints on migratory communities remains limited. This study proposed hypothetical spatial constraints (SCs) and tested the predictions by examining the response of multifaceted shorebird diversity to the tidal flat area and latitude of the stopping sites along the Yellow Sea coast. We estimated species
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Evolutionary characteristics of carbon sources/sinks in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems regarding to temporal effects and geographical partitioning Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Shuaiyang Qi, Huaiqing Zhang, Meng Zhang
Whereas the current complex diversity in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems and the significant differences in net ecosystem productivity (NEP) among various regions, as well as the temporal effect between vegetation and climate factors, the NEP in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems was estimated between 2001 and 2020, and characterized the spatiotemporal dynamics of NEP and its driving mechanisms, taking
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Carbon emission efficiency of land use in urban agglomerations of Yangtze River Economic Belt, China: Based on three-stage SBM-DEA model Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Na Zhang, Fangcheng Sun, Yuling Hu
Exploring regional differences in land use carbon emission efficiency (LUCE) and the path of collaborative emission reduction in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) are of immense importance to achieve the sustainable regional development. Firstly, based on the estimation method of land use carbon emissions, this paper scientifically calculates the carbon emission of land use of the Yangtze River
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Cross-border impacts of cascade reservoirs on the temperature of the Lancang-Mekong river Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Jiahong Wang, Xu Yuan, Ying Lu, Cuiling Yan, Keyao Zhang, Ya Li, Zipu Guo, Qiming Duan
The Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) is an important transboundary river basin containing large-scale cascade hydropower dams. There has been increasing interest in the cross-border impacts of cascade reservoirs and climate change on the water temperature of the LMRB. However, there remain limited related basin-scale quantitative studies. This study applied a deep learning method (Long short-term
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Food web structure and trophic diversity for the fishes of four islands in the pearl river estuary, china Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Juan Shi, Teng Wang, Chunhou Li, Jinfa Zhao, Zhipeng Kang, Xiaoyu Song, Yong Liu
The Wanshan Archipelago, situated in the Pearl River Estuary, stood as a key fishing ground in China, boasting abundant fishery resources. To investigate variations in trophic niches and food sources among different islands within the Wanshan Archipelago, and to advance research on fish food webs and energy flow in the Pearl River Estuary, this study conducted a survey of fish communities in nearshore
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Evaluation and analysis of carbon neutralization capacity in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: Based on time weighted-rough set and unascertained model Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Shaohua Wang, Jinglei Xu, Wei Zhang
The carbon neutralization process continues to be a significant concern in China, particularly in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. This study defines carbon neutrality and presents a regional capacity measurement index system that includes 12 indicators across four dimensions: production reduction, lifestyle reduction, ecological removal, and technological removal. To assess the relative and absolute
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Spatio-temporal analysis of water sustainability of cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt based on the perspectives of quantity-quality-benefit Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Qingling Peng, Weijun He, Yang Kong, Juqin Shen, Liang Yuan, Thomas Stephen Ramsey
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Evaluating and simulating the impact of afforestation policy on land use and ecosystem services trade-offs in Linyi, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Yaofa Ren, Linbo Zhang, Xiaoxuan Wei, Yang Song, Shuyao Wu, Hao Wang, Xin Chen, Yuanbo Qiao, Tian Liang
Forest can provide multiple benefits, such as supplying a variety of ecosystem services. However, the planet is currently at risk of deforestation as a result of increased urbanization and growing food demand. Countries around the world have introduced a wide range of policies to mitigate this issue. In China, the Linyi City government has launched the cross-county forest credit market transactions
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Impacts of climate warming, pollution, and management on the vegetation composition of Central European beech forests Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Daniel Scherrer, Roland Lüthi, Harald Bugmann, Jacques Burnand, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Andreas Rudow
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A risk-based forecast of extreme mortality events in small cetaceans: Assessing trends and changes over time Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Matthieu Authier, Colin Bouchard, Cécile Dars, Jérôme Spitz
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High-resolution remotely sensed data characterizes indices of avifaunal habitat on private residential lands in a global metropolis Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Christian Benitez, Michael Beland, Sevan Esaian, Eric M. Wood
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Climate velocity drives unexpected southward patterns of species shifts in the Western Mediterranean Sea Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Marina Sanz-Martín, Manuel Hidalgo, Patricia Puerta, Jorge García Molinos, Marina Zamanillo, Isaac Brito-Morales, José Manuel González-Irusta, Antonio Esteban, Antonio Punzón, Encarnación García-Rodríguez, Miguel Vivas, Lucía López-López
The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world due to the variety and severity of cumulative impacts faced, including high climate risk. Species distributions are expected to track climate niches in response to warming, with meridionalization (i.e. northern spread of native warm-water species) as a common documented response. However, the Mediterranean environment is also
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Landslide susceptibility evaluation based on landslide classification and ANN-NFR modelling in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Jiani Wang, Yunqi Wang, Cheng Li, Yaoming Li, Haimei Qi
The Chongqing section of the Three Gorges Reservoir area (TGRA) is a high-risk geological catastrophe warning zone in the Yangtze River Basin. This study aimed to categorize landslides and improve the accuracy of landslide susceptibility evaluations by combining the artificial neural networks (ANN) and the normalized frequency ratio (NFR) models. Considering that the indicator factors have different
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Recruitment as a possible indicator of declining resilience in degraded kelp forests Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Sara Barrientos, Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira, Pilar Díaz-Tapia, Manuel E. García, Rodolfo Barreiro
Kelp forests are critical marine ecosystems that provide habitat and ecological services, as well as economic benefits. However, kelp forests worldwide are facing multiple pressures, including climate change and human activities. In this study, we investigated whether recruitment success, an infrequently recorded variable in kelp monitoring studies, was affected in degraded kelp reefs where adult golden
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Variable drivers trigger future change in water yield capacity of terrestrial ecosystems in Africa: An intensification of reduction and unevenness Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Xinya Guo, Xingqi Zhang, Zhenke Zhang, Hong Yang, Lei Wan
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Source apportionment and risk assessment of soil heavy metals in the Huangshui River Basin using a hybrid model Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Wentao Zhou, Ruyue Yu, Fenghao Guo, Chongyang Shen, Yunjia Liu, Yuanfang Huang
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Vulnerability assessment of hydrological ecosystem services under future climate and land use change dynamics Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Negar Tayebzadeh Moghadam, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Mario Schirmer
Hydrological Ecosystem Services (HESs), as an important part of ecosystem services, are those services that depend on hydrological processes. HESs vulnerability assessment at the watershed scale is used to explore highly vulnerable areas for management and protection measures. This study aimed at developing a method for HESs vulnerability assessment and achieve a quantitative integrated index under
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Urbanization effects on the food-water-energy nexus within ecosystem services: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration in China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Ke Yang, Qi Han, Bauke de Vries
This research centers on the necessity for synchronized management of natural resources in urban agglomerations. This study utilizes the ecosystem services theory to analyze the interplay between land use and the Food-Water-Energy (F-W-E) nexus in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (B-T-H) region from 2000 to 2030. Assessment of ecosystem services is conducted using InVEST models, which include Habitat Quality
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Evidence on the exposure Index’s substitution effect in assessing brook pollution risk in urban–rural fringe Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Shuanning Zheng, Yang Mao, Zhengyan Li, Jie Wu, Ye Tian, Gang Wu, Quanyi Qiu, Rui Sun, Wei Li, Bomeng Wu, Zhaoren Wang
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Leaf trait network variations with woody species diversity and habitat heterogeneity in degraded karst forests Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Jiawei Yan, Yuejun He, Min Jiao, Yun Guo, Peiyun Xie, Danmei Chen, Qingfu Liu, Yuan Liu, Pan Wu
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Advancing fish diversity monitor in degraded marine ecosystem with environmental DNA approach: Unveiling hidden riches Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Peiwen Jiang, Youwei Xu, Shuai Zhang, Shannan Xu, Yancong Cai, Yutao Yang, Zuozhi Chen, Min Li
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Driving mechanisms of community biomass allocation along environmental gradients in different grasslands in China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Wenjuan Wu, Ruojun Sun, Xiaodi Liu, Lang Li, Miao Qi, Feng Zhang, Guangsheng Zhou, Juntao Zhu, Zhenzhu Xu
A variable future climate would lead to changes in the biomass allocation pattern of plant communities, but its divergent changes under different environments have not been clearly explored, greatly limiting a better understanding of the responsess of grassland ecosystems to environmental changes. Herein, we conducted field samplings at 215 grassland sites in the Qinghai-Tibetan and Inner Mongolian
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Acoustic indices are responsive to local-scale but not landscape-scale agricultural land use Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 John E. Quinn, Calla Pederson, Caroline E. Vickery, Emilia Hyland, James O. Eckberg
Agricultural land use shapes biodiversity patterns. In the literature, land use and land cover at both local and landscape scales has been shown to be important to understanding variation in biodiversity in agricultural systems including measures of occupancy, abundance, and diversity, with landscape scale processes moderating local patterns. The relative role of these processes in explaining variation
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Early warning of heavy metals contamination in agricultural soils: Spatio-temporal distribution and future trends in the Hexi Corridor Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Haiping Luo, Liqin Yang, Cuiling Zhang, Xiong Xiao, Xiaodong Lyu
Conducting risk and early warning assessments of heavy metals (HMs) pollution in agricultural soils holds significant importance for pollution prevention and sustainable agricultural development. Early warning studies on heavy metal contamination of agricultural soils in oases in arid zones are rare in previous studies, therefore, this study carried out spatial and temporal simulation and early warning
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The impact of the acidic polysaccharides pool on CO2 concentrations and fluxes: A case study on urban waters of China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Lizhen Liu, Qi Huang, Huacheng Xu, Yongming Wu, Lin Zhu, Minghang Chu
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Soil quality evaluation of different land use modes in small watersheds in the hilly region of southern Jiangsu Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Ziyi Zhu, Jianyu Chen, Haibo Hu, Meijia Zhou, Yu Zhu, Chaoming Wu, Li Zhu, Xuyi Jiang, Jinlong Wang
The Yixing Yuantianjian small watershed is a provincial soil erosion key management area in the hilly region of southern Jiangsu. It has been implemented key national soil erosion control project for small watershed management, which is typical and representative in the region. It is important to quantitatively evaluate the soil quality of the area under different land use modes and then select suitable
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Vegetation differentiation characteristics and control mechanisms in the Altay region based on topographic gradients Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Baixue Wang, Weiming Cheng, Hua Xu, Ruibo Wang, Keyu Song, Anming Bao, Qingdong Shi
Among numerous vegetation studies, there are few studies on the elevation gradient distribution control mechanism and horizontal law of small-scale vegetation. In the same climate zone, topography is one of the most important factors affecting vegetation pattern. Here, we used the geo-informatic Tupu theory to construct topographic gradient-vegetation distribution information Tupu (TG-VDI Tupu) to
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Geographic patterns and environmental correlates of taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional β-diversity of wetland plants in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Yigang Li, Fan Liu, Yadong Zhou, Xing Liu, Qingfeng Wang
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) harbours the largest wetland complex in China, with a relatively high diversity of wetland plants. While there has been extensive research on the α-diversity of various plant groups in the QTP, the study of β-diversity specifically in wetland plants has been limited. In this study, we quantified the geographic pattern of wetland plant β-diversity from three dimensions:
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Multiscale assessment of the spatiotemporal coupling relationship between urbanization and ecosystem service value along an urban–rural gradient:A case study of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Ruipeng Li, Qiurong Xu, Jia Yu, Liang Chen, Yuanhang Peng
Evolutions in land use in urban areas exert a growing influence on ecosystem service value (ESV). As a manifestation of spatial arrangement in mature urban growth, the ecological challenges within urban agglomerations and their surroundings deserve attention. Therefore, clarifying the interrelation within the ESV and urbanization is crucial to constructing sustainable progress-oriented cities. Previous
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Spatiotemporal intensification of net anthropogenic nitrogen input driven by human activities in China from 1990 to 2020 Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Yazhu Wang, Xuejun Duan, Pingxing Li, Lingqing Wang
The issue of global nitrogen overload is widely acknowledged as a pressing concern, with excessive nitrogen input resulting from human activities posing a significant threat to regional security. Notably, China emerges as a prominent contributor, exhibiting one of the highest anthropogenic nitrogen inputs worldwide. This study employs the Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen Input (NANI) as a pivotal tool to
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Revisiting the effectiveness of biodiversity offsets in coastal wetlands of China through landscape connectivity Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Shuling Yu, Yi Qian, Chengjie Xie, Shan Sun
We modified the landscape connectivity calculation method and applied it to assess changes in temporal connectivity under different offsetting scenarios in the Yellow River Delta High-efficiency Ecological Economic Zone of China. We evaluated landscape connectivity based on resistance surfaces, least-cost distances, habitat areas, and the probability of dispersal between wetland patches in the landscape
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Canopy structure influences arthropod communities within and beyond tree identity effects: Insights from combining LiDAR data, insecticidal fogging and machine learning regression modelling Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Benjamin Wildermuth, Alice Penanhoat, Holger Sennhenn-Reulen, Dragan Matevski, Jochen Drescher, Mélaine Aubry-Kientz, Dominik Seidel, Andreas Schuldt
Forest canopies host an abundant but often neglected diversity of arthropods, which requires careful attention in times of ongoing biodiversity loss. Yet, how tree species composition interacts with canopy structure in shaping arthropod communities remains largely unknown. Here, by combining mobile laser scanning and insecticidal fogging with a machine learning algorithm, we studied which canopy architectural
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Can natural history collection specimens be used as aquatic microplastic pollution bioindicators? Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Valentin Dettling, Sarah Samadi, Claudia Ratti, Jean-Baptiste Fini, Claire Laguionie
Microplastic pollution has risen to such a level that concerns are being raised regarding its consequences on the environment, especially the marine environment. Understanding microplastic pollution temporal dynamics is critical but requires time-series. However, concerns about microplastic pollution being recent, long term monitoring programs have only started very recently and remain scarce. Natural
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One small step for a robot, one giant leap for habitat monitoring: A structural survey of EU forest habitats with Robotically-mounted Mobile Laser Scanning (RMLS) Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Leopoldo de Simone, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Simona Maccherini, Tiberio Fiaschi, Giuseppe Alfonso, Franco Angelini, Manolo Garabini, Claudia Angiolini
EU States are mandated by the 92/43/EEC Habitats Directive to generate recurring reports on the conservation status and functionality of habitats at the national level. This assessment is based on their floristic and, especially for forest habitats, structural characterization. Currently, habitat field monitoring efforts are carried out only by trained human operators. The H2020 Project “Natural Intelligence
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Effects of tidal creeks on Spartina Alterniflora expansion: A perspective from multi-scale remote sensing Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Liyue Cui, Yinghai Ke, Yukui Min, Yue Han, Mengyao Zhang, Demin Zhou
Rapid expansion of () has led to severe ecological consequences in coastal wetlands in China. Better understanding of the mechanism of expansion is of great importance for its control and management. Although previous research has reported that the expansion of is closely related to tidal creeks via field investigations, few studies have quantitatively investigated their relationships using remote
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Study on the impact of reclamation and development of Yancheng coastal wetlands on the spatio-temporal evolution of wintering Anatidae habitat Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Cheng Wang, Shaoxia Xia, Houlang Duan, Yutong Wu, Yue Su, Bin Wang, Zhiheng Shen, Gongbo Sun, Bin Dong
As a World Natural Heritage Site primarily focused on protecting migratory bird habitats, the Yancheng coastal wetland is also an important land resource reserve area in China. With a long history of reclamation, the impact of reclamation on waterbird habitats has attracted widespread attention. Therefore, this study was based on the distribution data of wintering Anatidae from 1987 to 2020 and coastal
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Source apportionment of suspended particulate organic matter in a shallow eutrophic lake of Southwest China using MixSIAR model Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Xu Wang, Wenwen Wen, Wen Guo, Mingguo Wang, Ping Li, Guanshao Yang, Linpei Huang, Guangjie Chen
Eutrophication has become prominent in many lakes of the world, resulting in a continuous rise of suspended particulate organic matter (POM) that can be of vital consequence for water quality and carbon cycling. While the accumulation and decomposition of POM can enhance nutrient cycling at a rate depending on the property of lake-water organic carbon, it is important to identify the source of suspended
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Spatial heterogeneity and oil pollution structured the soil microbial community in salt marshes in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA, eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Grace A. Cagle, Huan Chen, John W. Fleeger, Donald Deis, Qianxin Lin, Aixin Hou
The (DWH) oil spill significantly impacted salt marsh ecosystems, with numerous repercussions observed in the subsequent years. However, the long-term effects of chronic oil exposure on soil microbial communities remain unexplored. This study, conducted in 2018, aimed to identify how the legacy of heavy oiling from the DWH spill in 2010 influenced the soil microbial community. We surveyed vegetation
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Improved trade-off model of land use functions: Differentiated objective setting by territory spatial planning Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Zhanyun Wang, Wei Deng, Shaoyao Zhang, Hao Zhang
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Precipitation and plant community-weighted mean traits determine total transpirable soil water in a desert grassland Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Juan Chen, Naiping Song, Xing Wang, Chen Meng, Yi Zhang, Lin Chen, Qixue Wang, Hao Lv, Xudong Wu, Dian Yu
The desert grassland has low precipitation, high evaporation and a limited soil water supply. Thus the tension between water shortage and sustainable vegetation restoration is increasingly evident. Change in total transpirable soil water (TTSW) reflects the water utilization and extraction capacity of plant communities, which are the basis for maintaining productivity and stability in communities,
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DnaDot - fixing ecology and evolution’s blind spot, population size Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 William B. Sherwin
To understand and manage any ecosystem, one of the most critical indicators is census population size (‘’) for each component species. This is why the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) stipulates that it is ideal to know census size to an accuracy of ±10 % for each managed, endangered or exploited population. Knowledge of population size is also critical for: ecological studies
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Direct and indirect effects of linear non-cultivated habitats on epigaeic macroarthropod assemblages Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Chuqiao Wang, Zhenxing Bian, Yufei Zhang, Deyang Guan
Non-cultivated habitats are indispensable ecological spaces within agricultural landscapes that support biodiversity and associated ecosystem services on farmland, thereby contributing to sustainable agriculture. The abundance of taxonomic groups within these habitats serves as a reliable indicator of the diversity levels in epigaeic macroarthropod communities, while the functional groups offer insights
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A Comprehensive analysis of drought vulnerability in the Barind region of Bangladesh: A socio-ecological systems approach Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Raisa Afrin, Rumana Sultana, Md. Shafiul Alam
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High-density forest AGB estimation in tropical forest integrated with PolInSAR multidimensional features and optimized machine learning algorithms Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Hongbin Luo, Sitong Qin, Jing Li, Chi Lu, Cairong Yue, Guanglong Ou
Accurately estimating the above-ground biomass (AGB) of high-density tropical rainforests is a challenging issue. In this study, airborne multi-baseline PolInSAR data were used to estimate the tropical rainforest AGB in Gabon, Africa. The most suitable baseline combination of the PolInSAR data was initially determined through baseline selection, and the PolInSAR parameters related to forest height
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Regime shift in the interaction between domestic livestock and the deer-tiger food chain Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Dawei Wang, Tianming Wang, Francesco Accatino
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Application of MSPA-MCR models to construct ecological security pattern in the basin: A case study of Dawen River basin Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Fangyuan Zhang, Yanyan Jia, Xinlong Liu, Tianlu Li, Qingrui Gao
Building an ecological security pattern (ESP) can safeguard and improve the structure, functions and services of regional ecosystems. Furthermore, it is also one of the significant spatial methods to mitigate the conflict between ecological conservation and economic growth. Most previous researches on the construction of ESP have directly utilized extensive regions of forestland, grassland, water area
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Fire has become a major disturbance agent in the forests of Southwest China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jianpeng Yin, Binbin He, Chunquan Fan, Rui Chen
Retrospective analysis of forest dynamics is indispensable for formulating forest management policies. However, such work is rarely performed at a regional scale in China, especially the southwest region that serves as an important carbon sink. Here, we employed annual Landsat images and LandTrendr to map stand-replacing forest disturbances and attribute them to anthropogenic, geological disaster,
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How do different processes of habitat fragmentation affect habitat quality? – Evidence from China Ecol. Indic. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jialong Xu, Yun Ling, Yiyan Sun, Yuhang Jiang, Rui Shen, Yuan Wang
Large-scale loss and fragmentation of natural habitats is one of the critical factors in the global decline of biodiversity. Habitat quality is the foundation for supporting biodiversity, so exploring the mechanisms by which habitat fragmentation affects habitat quality is important for biodiversity protection. However, little is known about the specific forms that various processes of habitat fragmentation