Spatiotemporal Changes and Trade-Offs/Synergies of Ecosystem Services in the Qin-Mang River Basin by Jiwei Zhao, Luyao Wang, Dong Jia, Yaowen Wang

“…The results show that: (1) driven by urbanization and economic development, the expansion of built-up areas has replaced cultivated land and forests, with 35,000 hectares of farmland lost, thereby increasing pressure on ESs; (2) ESs show an overall downward trend, habitat quality (HQ) has deteriorated, carbon storage (CS) remains stable but the area of low CS has expanded, and sediment delivery ratio (SDR) and water yield (WY) fluctuate due to human activities and climate influence; (3) the TOSs of ESs change dynamically, with strong synergies among HQ, CS, and SDR. …”
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Population genetic structure of Phaedranassa cinerea Ravenna (Amaryllidaceae) and conservation implications by María Belén Buenaño, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Javier Francisco-Ortega, Alan W. Meerow, Nora H. Oleas

“…Abstract Background Andean orography has shaped the endemism of plant species in montane forests, creating a mosaic of habitats in small and isolated areas. …”
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Exposure to Lead (Pb) influences the outcomes of male-male competition during precopulatory intrasexual selection by Rosemary Patrick, Kim Colyvas, Andrea S. Griffin, Michael Stat, Wayne A. O’Connor, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Geoff R. MacFarlane

“…Metals, such as lead (Pb) often occur in urban mangrove forests, where shore crabs reside, and being neurotoxic may cause sub-lethal effects on behaviour. …”
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Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and machine learning by Gabriel R. Palma, Rodrigo F. Mello, Wesley A.C. Godoy, Eduardo Engel, Douglas Lau, Charles Markham, Rafael A. Moral

“…We evaluate the performance of the selected algorithms by looking at the Pearson correlation and Root Mean Squared Error obtained using one-step-ahead forecasting. Based on Random Forests, Lasso-regularised linear regression, and LightGBM regression algorithms, we showed the feasibility of our novel approach, which yields competitive forecasts while automatically selecting insect abundances, climate time series and their lags to aid forecasting.…”
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Hydrological and hydrodynamic coupling simulation under composite underlying surfaces in urban polder areas by Cheng Chen, Binquan Li, Yang Xiao, Huihui Li, Taotao Zhang, Dong Xu, Huanghao Yu

“…This study proposed a runoff and confluence model incorporating various land surfaces, including paddy fields, drylands, forests, urban areas, and water surfaces. The MIKE 11 model was used to simulate river flood evolution. …”
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A stem of an arborescent lycopsid Sigillaria with attached rooting organs Stigmaria from the Pennsylvanian of the Donets Basin, eastern Ukraine by Vitaly Dernov, Halyna Anfimova

“…Tree-like lycopsids, including representatives of the genera Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, Lepidophloios, and Asolanus, were among the dominants of wet forests growing within deltaic and alluvial lowlands, where peats were common. …”
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Evaluación genética en etapa de vivero de áreas productoras de semillas (APS) de Pino Ponderosa en Nordpatagonia by T. SCHINELLI, G. BASIL, L. TEJERA, M. HONORATO, L.A. GALLO, V. MONDINO, A.G. MARTINEZ-MEIER, M.J. PASTORINO

“…El Pino Ponderosa (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) es la principal especie forestal implantada en secano en la Patagonia. Su potencialidad productiva y la disponibilidad de tierras para su cultivo permiten proyectar la continuidad de su uso en plantaciones comerciales, para lo que es indispensable asegurar la provisión de semillas de adecuada calidad genética. …”
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Multilocus phylogenies reveal three new truffle-like taxa and the traces of interspecific hybridization in Octaviania (Boletaceae, Boletales) by Takamichi Orihara, Rosanne Healy, Adriana Corrales, Matthew E. Smith

“…Here we describe two new species in subgenus Octaviania, O. tenuipes and O. tomentosa, from temperate to subtropical evergreen Fagaceae forests in Japan based on morphological observation and robust multilocus phylogenetic analyses (nrDNA ITS and partial large subunit [LSU], translation elongation factor 1-α gene [TEF1] and the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II gene [RPB1]). …”
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CO2lonialismo y geografías de esperanza by Julianne Hazlewood

“…This research highlights the cultural and spatial practices through which Afro-Ecuadorian, Chachi, and Awá communities construct and sustain “geographies of hope” amid landscapes of fallen forests, poisoned rivers and social conflicts. Expounding on the ecological debt of the Global North to the Global South, this paper condemns discourses and actions that solely focus on improving the economic climate while bulldozing rainforests, livelihoods, and real solutions to climate change.…”
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Digital Twin Framework Using Real-Time Asset Tracking for Smart Flexible Manufacturing System by Asif Ullah, Muhammad Younas, Mohd Shahneel Saharudin

“…The algorithms include Support Vector Machines (SVM), Random Forests (RF), Decision Trees, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). …”
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Assesment of Vegetation Cover Status in Dry Lands of The Sudan Using Social and Terrestrial Data by Mohammed Hamed Mohammed, Suzan Abdelrahman Hamad, Hassan Elnour Adam

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An Automatic Recognition Method of Microseismic Signals Based on S Transformation and Improved Gaussian Mixture Model by Kaikai Wang, Chun’an Tang, Ke Ma, Xintang Wang, Qiang Li

“…The identification accuracy is as high as 94%, and its recognition effect is superior to other recognition models (such as traditional Gaussian Mixture Model based on Expectation-Maximum (EM-GMM), Backpropagation (BP) neural network, Random Forests (RF), Bayes (Bayes) methods, and Logistic Regression (LR) method). …”
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Des semis et des clones by Malou Delplancke, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…Whether it is by natural regeneration in forests, controlled sowing in fields or vegetative propagation by grafting (telqem) in gardens, almonds are characterized by a management of their seeds (diversification by sexual reproduction) and clones (identical reproduction by vegetative propagation) in a spatial and temporal framework within territories. …”
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Soil salinity and nutrients pattern along a distance gradient in coastal region by S. Ahmed, I. Kayes, S.A. Shahriar, M. Kabir, M.A. Salam, S. Mukul

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Investigation of Vorticity during Prevalent Winter Precipitation in Iran by Iman Rousta, Farshad Javadizadeh, Fatemeh Dargahian, Haraldur Ólafsson, Amin Shiri-Karimvandi, Sayed Hossein Vahedinejad, Mehdi Doostkamian, Edgar Ricardo Monroy Vargas, Anayat Asadolahi

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Géographie et hydrologie de la ville de Reims/Durocortorum et de ses environs by Alain Devos, Claire Pichard, Gilles Fronteau, Sébastien Laratte

“…These valleys provide the plateaus with significantly diversified environments, between the crops on the loess layers, forests generally along the clay covered interfluves, wetland meadows at the foot of the valleys, as well as multiple slopes with suitable exposure for vine cultivation. …”
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Étude tracéologique des bois de construction du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Épaud

“…Their anatomical profiles suggest that they were trees from undergrowth or degraded open woodland. The forests that were exploited were not be able to supply the building site with straight-grained, knot-free wood with a diameter perfectly suited to the needs of the carpenters, despite the possibility of transport by the Loire river. …”
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Land use and landscape pattern changes in the Fenhe River Basin, China by Ying Zhao, Bingqing Zhao, Fei Wang

“…Spatially, there was a significant increasing trend in NDVI, particularly in high-altitude mountainous areas where the vegetation cover mostly consisted of forests or grasslands. However, there was no significant change in vegetation cover in the low-lying urban agglomeration area. (2) During the period from 2010 to 2020, there was a significant decrease in the area of water bodies and wetlands, the rate of decrease slowed from 2015 to 2020. …”
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Vascular Tissue Analysis as a Decisive Tool for Tropical Hardwood Identification: The Case Study of Ekop Species in Cameroon by Pierre Paul Mbarga, Armand William Mala, Marie Marguerite Mbolo

“…Forty-three wood specimens of Ekop were collected from forests in Ebolowa, Mbalmayo, and Abong Mbang. In addition, 155 microscopic sections of Ekop slides with at least 3 representatives of identified species were observed. …”
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Development of Vegetative Propagation Strategies for Balanites aegyptiaca in the Sahel, Niger by Moussa Massaoudou, Rabiou Habou, Zounon Christian Serge Félix, Abasse Tougiani, Patrick Van Damme

“…Forests have always been a source of wood, food, and medicine for the rural populations of the Sahel. …”
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