Metagenomic analysis of fungal assemblages at a regional scale in high-altitude temperate forest soils: alternative methods to determine diversity, composition and environmental dr... by Stephanie Hereira-Pacheco, Itzel Arias-Del Razo, Alejandra Miranda-Carrazco, Luc Dendooven, Arturo Estrada-Torres, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya

“…Our study used environmental metagenomics to determine fungal communities in mountainous forest soils in the central highlands of Mexico. …”
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Assessing Short-term Flood Impact on Land Use Dynamics in Iran’s Central Zagros: A Case Study of Sefid Kuh Protected Area by Soheyl Moradi, Hossein Moradi, Jafar Dolatshah, Azita Rezvani

“… Floods are extreme events that can alter the land cover and land use patterns in mountainous regions, with significant consequences for biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being. …”
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Effect of Rock Particle Content on the Mechanical Behavior of a Soil-Rock Mixture (SRM) via Large-Scale Direct Shear Test by Longqi Liu, Xuesong Mao, Yajun Xiao, Qian Wu, Ke Tang, Feifei Liu

“…The mechanical strength of the landslide deposits directly affects the safety and operation of the roads in the western mountainous area of China. Therefore, the research is aimed at studying the mechanisms of a landslide deposit sample with different rock particle contents by analyzing its characteristics of the stress-strain behavior, the “jumping” phenomenon, the volumetric strain, and the shear strength parameters via a large-scale direct shear test. …”
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Effect of Boundary Layer Evolution on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) Concentrations at a High-altitude Observatory in Western India by Mriganka Sekhar Biswas, G. Pandithurai, M. Y. Aslam, Rohit D. Patil, V. Anilkumar, Shrikant D. Dudhambe, Christophe Lerot, Isebelle De Smedt, Michel Van Roozendael, Anoop S. Mahajan

“…Using observations of the boundary layer height, back trajectories and the known photochemistry, we conclude that the observed diurnal variation in these two species is dominated by the mixing of emissions from the base of the mountain, resulting from the evolution of the boundary layer at the HACPL site.…”
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Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents as Green Alternatives for Extracting Bioactive Compounds from <i>Sideritis</i> Taxa with Potential Cosmetic Applications by Lamprini Zissi, Virginia D. Dimaki, Vassiliki S. Birba, Vassiliki C. Galani, Vassiliki Magafa, Sophia Hatziantoniou, Fotini N. Lamari

“…This study investigated the potential of natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) for extracting bioactive compounds from the aerial parts of two mountain tea taxa, <i>Sideritis clandestina</i> ssp. …”
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Lessons learnt from measures taken to prevent rabies introduction and spread into a long rabies free territory (case study of the Irkutsk Oblast) by I. V. Meltsov, A. M. Ablov, E. N. Shkolnikova, M. E. Koplik, P. A. Minchenko, T. V. Desyatova, I. D. Zarva, A. D. Botvinkin, A. Ye. Metlin

“…Relative geographic isolation of the Irkutsk Oblast favors to the long animal rabies freedom of this territory. The vast area of mountain taiga with low fox population serves as an ecological barrier. …”
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Spatiotemporal range dynamics and conservation optimization for endangered medicinal plants in the Himalaya by Fu-Lv Liu, Winnie Wanjiku Mambo, Jie Liu, Guang-Fu Zhu, Raees Khan, Abdullah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Lu Lu

“…Global climate change threatens the spatiotemporal distribution and resilience of species, especially those in mountainous regions. The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, harbors one of the richest medicinal plant communities, which are economically significant and contribute to human well-being through their health benefits. …”
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OW-YOLO: An Improved YOLOv8s Lightweight Detection Method for Obstructed Walnuts by Haoyu Wang, Lijun Yun, Chenggui Yang, Mingjie Wu, Yansong Wang, Zaiqing Chen

“…Walnut detection in mountainous and hilly regions often faces significant challenges due to obstructions, which adversely affect model performance. …”
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Robust Time-Series InSAR Deformation Monitoring by Integrating Variational Mode Decomposition and Gated Recurrent Units by Peifeng Ma, Zeyu Jiao, Zherong Wu

“…However, the original TS-InSAR measurements, being a superposition of trend, seasonal, and noise signals, often suffer from outlier and annual seasonal variations due to the influences of atmospheric delay, especially in coastal and mountainous areas, resulting in skewed monitoring if neglected. …”
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Exploring the altitude differentiation and influencing factors of PM2.5 and O3: a case study of the Fenwei Plain, China by Zhenglin Yin, Lei Yuan, Yulian Yang, Xiaowei Wu, Zhiyong Chen, Haixiao Long

“…This study targets the Fenwei Plain, which is affected by mountain range blockage, divided into different altitude scales, and employs the methods of correlation analysis and geographical detector to explore the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of PM2.5 and O3 between different altitude zones and to identify the key controlling factors of pollutants between different altitude areas. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Outdoor Wind Environment in High-Rise Buildings Zone of Xuzhou City by Huanhuan Fang, Xiang Ji, Jiuxin Wang, Jijun Lu, Mengcheng Yang, Jiajun Li, Zhongcheng Duan

“…The front-to-rear building spacing is approximately 1.44 times the building height, with an additional 15 m spacing from mountain walls. Optimal wind conditions are achieved with a center-vacant building layout. …”
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Analysis of the Rights and Obligations of Stakeholders in China’s National Park Concession System by Le ZHONG, Zhicong ZHAO

“…The research’s specific foci include the Three Rivers Source National Park, Giant Panda National Park, Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park, Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park and Wuyi Mountain National Park, as well as the pilot national parks including Qianjiangyuan, Shennongjia, Nanshan, Qilian Mountain and Pudacuo. …”
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Alternate partial root-zone irrigation combined with nitrogen fertilizer: An adaptive surge root irrigation and nitrogen strategy to improve apple yield, water-nitrogen use efficie... by Kun Hao, Wei Zhang, Shijiang Zhu, Youliang Peng, Yun Zhong, Feilong Jie, Lihua Liu, Yalin Gao, Lin Zhou, Chuang Liu, Fangyuan Shen

“…A reasonable combination of water and nitrogen application under appropriate and use of water-saving irrigation techniques is essential for improving the apple quality and yield in the mountainous areas of the Loess Plateau. This study, which was conducted from 2019 to 2020, utilized seven-year-old Hanfu apples as experimental material. …”
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Defecation Site Preferences and Spatial Ecological Segregation of Forest Musk Deer and Siberian Roe Deer in North China by Yixin Li, Luyao Hai, Pengfei Luo, Wangshan Zheng, Xuelin Jin, Jiangcheng Liu, Haiyan Wang, Defu Hu

“…This study, conducted on Huanglong Mountain in China, analyzed the defecation site distribution, indicating preferences of forest musk deer and Siberian roe deer for their habitat demands. …”
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Forecasting Range Shifts in Terrestrial Alpine Insects Under Global Warming by Fabio Leonardo Meza‐Joya, Mary Morgan‐Richards, Steven A. Trewick

“…Boosting scientific capability to envisage the future of alpine environments and their associated biota is imperative given that the speed and intensity of heating on high‐mountain ecosystems can surpass our ability to collect the empirical data required to guide effective conservation planning and management decisions.…”
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Simulation of Flax Threshing Process by Different Forms of Threshing Drums in Combined Harvesting by Ruijie Shi, Leilei Chang, Wuyun Zhao, Fei Dai, Zhenwei Liang

“…These findings indicate that the T₂ model has a higher potential for flax harvesting in hilly and mountainous regions, especially in improving threshing efficiency and operational stability, providing an important theoretical basis for optimizing threshing equipment design.…”
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Carbon finance for forest resilience in California by Micah Elias, Ethan Yackulic, Katharyn Duffy, Katharyn Duffy, Phil Saksa, Daniel L. Sanchez, Nicholas Pevzner, Spencer Plumb, Jillian Dyszynski, Carina Bracer

“…Restoring a resilient forest structure in California’s American River watershed in the Sierra Nevada mountains can generate up to $6,100 per acre in carbon revenue from increased forest carbon and market-ready biomass utilization pathways, potentially fully funding forest management. …”
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Production-living-ecological functions measurement and spatio-temporal evolution of the coastal zone under the perspective of land-sea coordination: a case study of Liaoning Coasta... by Lina Ke, Lei Wang, Quanming Wang, Zhiyu Ren, Yao Lu, Shusheng Yin, Yu Zhao, Qin Tan, Yibo Li

“…The results show that: (1) The production and living spaces on land are concentrated near the coastline, and the ecological space is mainly distributed in the mountainous forest area. The sea is dominated by the production space, and the living and ecological spaces occupy a relatively small proportion. (2) While the land has significant multifunctionality, the sea has a single PLEF, with the production function dominating and accounting for more than 90%. (3) In the period 2005–2010, the frequency of mutual transformation of the different PLES was the highest. …”
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Tracing the Origin of Groundwater Nitrate in an Area Affected by Acid Rain Using Dual Isotopic Composition of Nitrate by Tianming Huang, Zhenbin Li, Baoqiang Ma, Yin Long

“…This study evaluated the dual isotopic composition of nitrate (δ15N-NO3- and δ18O-NO3-) from precipitation to groundwater in a rural mountainous area affected by acid rain. The average concentration for NH4+ is 1.25 mg/L and NO3- is 2.59 mg/L of acid rain. …”
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Triple burden of malnutrition among Vietnamese 0·5–11-year-old children in 2020–2021: results of SEANUTS II Vietnam by Nga Thuy Tran, Van Khanh Tran, Duong Thanh Tran, Tu Tran Ngoc Nguyen, Son Duy Nguyen, Ha Thu Nguyen, Tu Song Nguyen, Tung Van Thanh Le, Phuong Thi Lan Nguyen, Hanh Thi Dang, Hoa Anh Le, Gerard Wong, Ilse Khouw

“…Setting: A multistage cluster systematic random sampling method was implemented in different regions in Vietnam: North Mountainous, Central Highlands, Red River Delta, North Central and Coastal Area, Southeast and Mekong River Delta. …”
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