Wisdom of Landscape Construction of China’s West Lakes in Historical Period and Its Implications by Lyuyuan Jia, Qing Lin, Xiyue Wang, Wenzhen Jia, Ying Zhao, Zhiqing Zhang, Ziqi Cui, Song Chen, Aibo Jin

“…The results indicate the following: (1) The overall spatial distribution of WLs is related to China’s history of water conservancy development. (2) The evolution of and functional changes in WLs are influenced by multiple factors such as politics, economy, and culture during different historical periods and are directly related to the will of local administrators. (3) The initial functions of WLs can be categorized into three types, primarily related to urban infrastructure. (4) In terms of spatial relationships, there are four types of spatial relationships between WLs and their water sources and three types of spatial relationships between WLs and cities, forming a common pattern of “Mountains/Hills(–Water)–WL(–Water)–Cities(–Water, River, Sea)” or “WL(–Water)–Cities(–Water, River, Sea)”. (5) The scenery of WLs comprises six elements, including natural basements, water conservancy facilities, human settlements, secularization, landscape architecture, and animal and human activities, all imbued with poetic cultural connotations. …”
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Seasonal Abundance and Host-Feeding Patterns of Anopheline Vectors in Malaria Endemic Area of Iran by Hamidreza Basseri, Ahmad Raeisi, Mansoor Ranjbar Khakha, Abaas Pakarai, Hassanzehi Abdolghafar

“…This study was conducted in ten indicator villages (based on malaria incidence and entomological indices) in mountainous/hilly and plain regions situated south and southeastern Iran. …”
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Migratory Dates, Breeding Phenology, and Reproductive Success of European Turtle Doves between Lowlands and Highest Breeding Habitats in North Africa by Ismail Mansouri, Mohamed Mounir, Wafae Squalli, Laila Elhanafi, Mohamed Dakki, Lahsen El Ghadraoui

“…Finally, our results highlight that the turtle dove breeding season is later and shorter at breeding highlands, which might allow this bird to avoid the vigorous climate conditions at mountains and their effect on reproductive success.…”
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Hydrochemical Characteristics and Formation of the Madeng Hot Spring in Yunnan, China by Ren Zhenhua, Zhou Xun, Yang Miaolin, Wang Xiaocui, Zheng Yuhui, Li Xiaolu, Shen Ye

“…After receiving recharge from infiltration of precipitation in the mountainous recharge areas, the groundwater undergoes a deep circulation, obtains heat from the heat flow, flows upward along the fractured zone, and emerges as an upflow spring through the Quaternary sand and gravel in the central low-lying river valley.…”
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Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Change Impacts on Wind Energy Resources in the Contiguous United States by Using a Limited-Area Model with Scale-Selective Data Assimilation by Bin Liu, Katelyn B. Costa, Lian Xie, Fredrick H. M. Semazzi

“…From the current climate to the 2040s, the average annual wind speed is expected to increase from 0.1 to 0.2 m s−1 over the Great Plains, Northern Great Lakes Region, and Southwestern United States located southwest of the Rocky Mountains. When projecting into the 2090s from current climate, there is an overall increase in the Great Plains Region and Southwestern United States located southwest of the Rockies with a mean wind speed increase between 0 and 0.1 m s−1, while, the Northern Great Lakes Region experiences an even greater increase from current climate to 2090s than over the first few decades with an increase of mean wind speed from 0.1 to 0.4 m s−1.…”
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Mammal Diversity on Conservation Islands in Protected Areas in Oaxaca, Mexico by Eugenio Padilla, Rosa Elena Galindo-Aguilar, Miguel Briones-Salas

“…A total of 29,304 camera days were accumulated in the Central Valleys and the Western Mountains and Valleys province. A total of 60,725 photographic records were analyzed, resulting in 13,471 independent events. …”
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The Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Demian Gomez, Jiri Hulcr, Jeffrey Eickwort

“…From 1998 to 2002, a four-year outbreak in the southern Appalachian Mountains affected more than 1 million acres with an economic loss of more than $1 billion (Clarke and Nowak 2009). …”
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Variations in Postpartum Hemoglobin Values in Maternal Patients Residing at High Altitude by Jhofre Vinicio Prado Quilambaqui, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero, Olga Cristina Solis Solis

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on patients treated at a health center in the province of Tungurahua, belonging to a hospital in the Ecuadorian mountains between January and December 2022. The sample consisted of 124 patients. …”
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Construction of the Giant Panda National Park corridor and restoration of edible bamboo: A case study of from the Chengdu area region by Xing Wang, Yu-Ting Yang, Yan Wu, Yu Xie, Pei Tu, Mei-Ling Liu, Mei-Jiao Zhang, Tao Lu

“…Results revealed that (1) the habitat suitability index was high in the study region’s central area but low at the periphery, with fragmentation observed, particularly in the northeastern mountains; (2) eight giant panda habitat patches (C1–C8) and nine potential ecological corridors were identified, where C1–C6 patches were small and corridors exhibited low connectivity; and (3) four bamboo species were suitable for planting in the corridors, identified by overlaying corridor layers with bamboo suitability maps. …”
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Compilation and mapping of hydrogeological data for the Tadla irrigation perimeter by Iharzi Chaimae, Najine Abdessamad, Kassou Amina, Benmoussa Amroumousa, Mouzoun Ouafae, Essahlaoui Ali, Khrabcha Abdelali

“…With its lush fields and neighboring mountains, the Tadla Plain in central Morocco is an important agricultural area. …”
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Analysis of the Localization of physical expansion in Germi city, using VIKOR by Fariba Esfandiari, Soghra Jedi Gheshlagh Ilkhchi, Elnaz Piroozi

“…The city due to its geographical location and placed on the steep and mountainous zone has numerous limitations. Therefore, investigating and analyzing natural phenomena and human factors area and will ultimately provide control measures and logical approach and limits of this process is essential. …”
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Characteristics of Precipitation, Streamflow, and Sediment Transport of the Hangman Creek in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Implication for Agricultural Conservation Practice Implemen... by Yongping Yuan, Sean Kanyuk

“…In this study, we investigated long-term precipitation, streamflow, and suspended sediment load patterns within the Hangman Creek watershed, draining from the Rocky Mountains in Idaho to Washington, to identify the magnitude of changes with the goal of better understanding the links between these processes and the potential effects of agricultural conservation practices (ACPs) implemented since the 1990s. …”
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An eastern Congolian endemic, or widespread but secretive? New data on the recently described Afrixalus lacustris (Anura, Hyperoliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Tadeáš Nečas, Gabriel Badjedjea, Janis Czurda, Václav Gvoždík

“…The Great Lakes spiny reed frog (Afrixalus lacustris) was recently described from transitional (submontane) forests at mid-elevations of the Albertine Rift mountains in the eastern Congolian region. Previously, because of its similarity, it had been understood to represent eastern populations of the unrelated A. laevis, which is known mainly from Cameroon. …”
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Maternal F1 antibodies and cytokines in mother-neonate dog pairs in the Marmota himalayana plague focus by Deming Tang, Asaiti Bukai, Shuai Qin, Ran Duan, Dongyue Lyu, Zhaokai He, Xiaojin Zheng, Weiwei Wu, Junrong Liang, Haifu Qu, Aidai Bieke, Peng Zhang, Dan Zhang, Haonan Han, Qun Duan, Huaiqi Jing, Xin Wang

“…In this study, we investigated the F1 antibody against Yersinia pestis in the sera of mother-neonate shepherd dog pairs in the Marmota himalayana plague focus of the Altun-Qilian Mountains, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Seropositive shepherd dogs lived in plague-endemic regions, where marmots were infected with Y. pestis, whereas seronegative dogs lived in non-endemic regions. …”
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On the Fine-Scale Topography Regulating Changes in Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle and Extreme Rainfall over West Africa in a Regional Climate Model Projections by M. B. Sylla, A. T. Gaye, G. S. Jenkins

“…Examination of the large-scale dynamics reveal that these conditions are mostly driven by increased low-level moisture convergence which produces elevated vertical motion above Cameroun’s mountainous areas favoring more atmospheric instability, moisture, and rainfall. …”
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Effect Warm Worldthe fluctuation of Temperature Iran under the Dynamic Model EH5OM by kamal Omidvar, reza ebrahimi, Mohammad kykhsrvy Kayani, ghasem lkzashkoor

“…Increasing the temperature in the winter months and spring mountainous parts of the western half of the country is warming the cold regions of Iran. …”
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Adaptation of Davies, Gilbert and Gaia\'s theory with the concepts of Quranic verses by AliAkbar Imani, Fatemeh Saki

“…They are similar considering two of the points of view, however, there are differences  regarding the time frame required for the destruction of the mountains.However, according to Gilbert's point of view, the appearance of the form and process can be associated to mechanisms of negative feedback. …”
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Maritime-Continental Contrasts in the Properties of Low-Level Clouds: A Case Study of the Summer of the 2003 Yamase, Japan, Cloud Event by Nawo Eguchi, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Masahiro Sawada

“…The Yamase wind blowing from the ocean is forced upwards in coastal regions by the steep mountainous terrain. The updraft drives the inhomogeneity in cloud parameters, and a convective-like cloud develops without precipitation. …”
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Geological characteristics of coal mines in the Zagros Basin of Iran: Unveiling rock mechanical properties and time-dependent behavior by Alireza Khoshmagham, Navid Hosseini Alaee, Reza Shirinabadi, Amir Hossein Bangian Tabrizi, Mehran Gholinejad, Pooria Kianoush

“…This study investigates the time-varying response of rocks and roof resistance in coal mines in the Zagros Mountains using a novel approach that combines numerical simulation, relaxation testing, and rock displacement studies. …”
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Is there anybody (new) out there? Seven new species of Ligidium (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae) from the Southern Appalachians, eastern North America by Ernesto Recuero, Michael S. Caterino

“… In this study, we describe seven new species of Ligidium Brandt, 1833 from the Southern Appalachian Mountains based on morphological and molecular data: Ligidium enotahensis sp. nov., L. nantahala sp. nov., L. protuberans sp. nov., L. gadalutsi sp. nov., L. pacolet sp. nov., L. whiteoak sp. nov., and L. schultzi sp. nov. …”
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