The role of private landowners for generating cultural ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural landscapes: a case study in Andalusia (Spain) by Alejandro J. Rescia, Antonio A. Rodríguez Sousa, Romina Giselle Sales, María Sánchez Ososrio, Pedro A. Aguilera

“…Two of them distinguished by a high presence of natural vegetation without livestock and the remaining two by a low presence of natural vegetation and livestock. …”
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Heavy Metal Contamination of Foods by Refuse Dump Sites in Awka, Southeastern Nigeria by J. K. C. Nduka, O. E. Orisakwe, L. O. Ezenweke, M. N. Chendo, T. E. Ezenwa

“…Taken together, we may conclude that the consumption of leafy vegetables and crops produced on contaminated soils may pose a health risk to those that reside around the refuse dumps.…”
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Fusing MODIS and AVHRR products to generate a global 1-km continuous NDVI time series covering four decades by Xiaobin Guan, Huanfeng Shen, Yuchen Wang, Dong Chu, Xinghua Li, Linwei Yue, Wei Li, Xinxin Liu, Liangpei Zhang

“…Satellite normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series, essential for ecological and environmental applications, is still limited by a trade-off between the spatiotemporal resolution and time coverage despite various global products. …”
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Potential plant extinctions with the loss of the Pleistocene mammoth steppe by Jérémy Courtin, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Simeon Lisovski, Ying Liu, Inger Greve Alsos, Boris K. Biskaborn, Bernhard Diekmann, Martin Melles, Bernd Wagner, Luidmila Pestryakova, James Russell, Yongsong Huang, Ulrike Herzschuh

“…Overall, potential plant extinctions track changes in temperature, in vegetation, and in megafauna extinctions at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. …”
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Combining of the H/A/Alpha and Freeman–Durden Polarization Decomposition Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Full-Polarization Radarsat-2 Data by Qiuxia Xie, Qingyan Meng, Linlin Zhang, Chunmei Wang, Qiao Wang, Shaohua Zhao

“…As crops grow, the associated vegetation seriously affects the ability of satellites to retrieve SM data. …”
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GENES DETERMINING THE SYNTHESIS OF LAVONOID AND MELANIN PIGMENTS IN BARLEY by O. Yu. Shoeva, K. V. Strygina, E. K. Khlestkina

“…In addition to the green color caused by chlorophyll, grain and vegetative organs of barley can be colored by compounds of phenolic nature, such as melanins and lavonoids, which include anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins. …”
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Utilizing Remote Sensing to Quantify Evapotranspiration: A Case Study of the Saiss Basin (Morocco) by Oumou Abdellah, Essahlaoui Ali, Khrabcha Abdelali, Essahlaoui Narjisse, Alitane Abdennabi, Kassou Amina, El Hafyani Mohammed, Van Rompaey Anton, Gobin Anne

“…Furthermore, water bodies and vegetation are characterized by significant ET compared to bare soils and urbanized areas. …”
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Trends and drivers of dissolved organic carbon in major Arctic rivers by Mingxin Song, Jue Huang, Desong Zhao, Yulei Mu

“…In the ice-free period, the driving factors of riverine DOC are runoff, vegetation, snow cover, and permafrost. This study deepens our understanding of the Arctic carbon cycle through a comprehensive analysis of the spatiotemporal changes and driving factors of Arctic riverine DOC.…”
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Pixel Color Clustering of Multi-Temporally Acquired Digital Photographs of a Rice Canopy by Luminosity-Normalization and Pseudo-Red-Green-Blue Color Imaging by Ryoichi Doi, Chusnul Arif, Budi Indra Setiawan, Masaru Mizoguchi

“…The RGrgbyB method showed clear differences among three rice growth stages, and the vegetative stage was further divided into two substages. …”
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Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors with Dietary Behaviors among US High School Students by Richard Lowry, Shannon Michael, Zewditu Demissie, Laura Kann, Deborah A. Galuska

“…Students who participated in recommended levels of daily PA (DPA) and muscle strengthening PA (MSPA) were more likely than those who did not to eat fruits and vegetables. Students who exceeded recommended limits for television (TV) and computer/video game (C/VG) screen time were less likely than those who did not to consume fruits and vegetables and were more likely to consume fast food and sugar-sweetened beverages. …”
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Dynamics of CO2 emission under sweet corn (Zea mays Saccharata) cultivation at ultisol applied with compost by Yulnafatmawita, Suwita Vanessa Putri, Rasyidin Azwar

“…However, CO2 emissions were significantly different among treatments after compost application, at maximum vegetative growth, and after harvest. At the three measurements, CO2 emissions increased by increasing doses of compost applied. …”
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Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions by Dongxu Zhang, Hao Chen, Xinyi Zhang, Lingge Tan

“…Thus, we selected four representative villages and used semantic segmentation to extract the core visual elements (sky, vegetation, construction, and dynamic) from visual landscape images. …”
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Graft success and seedling growth responses of cashew (Anacardium occidentalis) to three concentrations of Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) and scion types by Bright Osei Poku, Ben Kwaku Branoh Banful, Irene Akua Idun, Paul Kweku Tandoh, Michael Osei

“…Seed propagation is a major problem because it takes the crop a much longer time to reach edible maturity compared to vegetative propagation. In addition, true-to-type plants cannot be assured through seed propagation. …”
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Investigation of changes in surface urban heat-island (SUHI) in day and night using multi-temporal MODIS sensor data products (Case Study: Tehran metropolitan) by Sirous Hashemi Darebadami, Ali Darvishi Boloorani, Seyed Kazem AlaviPanah, Mohammad maleki, Reza Bayat

“…Physical and biophysical surface properties such as: land cover/land use (LULC), elevation, albedo, vegetation index (NDVI) and impervious surfaces index (NDBI) were used to interpretation of the LST and SUHI changes. …”
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Modelling current and future forest fire susceptibility in north-eastern Germany by K. H. Horn, K. H. Horn, S. Vulova, S. Vulova, H. Li, B. Kleinschmit

“…The model results underscore the importance of anthropogenic parameters and vegetation parameters in modelling FFS on a regional level. …”
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Soil Acidobacterial 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Reveal Subgroup Level Differences between Savanna-Like Cerrado and Atlantic Forest Brazilian Biomes by Elisa C. P. Catão, Fabyano A. C. Lopes, Janaína F. Araújo, Alinne P. de Castro, Cristine C. Barreto, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, Betania F. Quirino, Ricardo H. Krüger

“…16S rRNA sequences from the phylum Acidobacteria have been commonly reported from soil microbial communities, including those from the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) and the Atlantic Forest biomes, two biomes that present contrasting characteristics of soil and vegetation. Using 16S rRNA sequences, the present work aimed to study acidobacterial diversity and distribution in soils of Cerrado savanna and two Atlantic forest sites. …”
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Shrub encroachment accelerates the processes of moisture redistribution in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lirong Zhao, Kexin Li, Ni Zhu, Junmei Gao, Jing Zhang, Di Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Yanlong Wang, Yushou Ma, Yu Liu

“…Overall, the soil moisture redistribution processes were markedly affected by changes in vegetation and soil parameters under shrub encroachment. …”
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Winter Wheat Yield Prediction Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data and Deep Learning Models by Hongkun Fu, Jian Lu, Jian Li, Wenlong Zou, Xuhui Tang, Xiangyu Ning, Yue Sun

“…Additionally, the study explores the potential of the Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI) in yield prediction. The research utilizes data collected from March to May between 2001 and 2010, encompassing vegetation indices, environmental variables, and yield statistics. …”
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Discovering sanctuaries for the Endangered thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus in Kaliningradskaya Oblast, Russia by Igor Popov, Mikhail Markovets, Evgeny Abakumov

“…Any plans for the restoration of U. crassus will require concurrent restoration of riparian arboreal vegetation.…”
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Evaluation of Fish Biosolids as a Fertilizer for Organic Tomato Transplant Production by Cicely Schembri, Nicholas Kaczmar, John Osborn, Michael B. Timmons, Neil S. Mattson

“…Interest among consumers in the availability of organically produced fruits and vegetables is increasing. Seafood demand is increasingly being met by fish raised using aquaculture methods that provide fish excretory products that can meet organic standards for nutrient sources for organic vegetables. …”
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