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SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature
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wiley
, 2020 , Report)
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated ...
Scale effects on the relationships between land characteristics and ecosystem services- a case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. It is generally recognized that marginal changes in landscape characteristics can influence multiple ecosystem services, but the causal relationships involved are still very unclear due to lack of ...
An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date information regarding the most adequate technologies ...
Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
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Climate change is having major impacts on alpine and arctic regions, and inter‐annual variations in temperature are likely to increase. How increased climate variability will impact plant reproduction is ...
Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Alpine ecosystems are under increasing pressure due to tourism and recreational activities. When leaving designated trails as is frequently observed, visitors can cause unintentional damage to vegetation. This study ...
Support of intelligent emergent materials to combat COVID-19 pandemic
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic, associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
transmitted via human to human and cause lifethreatening
respiratory diseases, has emerged as an everincreasing
global health and economic crisis since its ...
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
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NRC Research Press
, 2021 , Article)
Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied ...
Microfluidic-based virus detection methods for respiratory diseases
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
With the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, the importance of rapid and direct detection of respiratory disease viruses has been well recognized. The detection of these viruses with novel technologies is vital in timely prevention ...
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM fungal taxa are poorly understood. ...
Comparing Levels of Metabolic Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease between Healthy Lean and Overweight Females.
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Screening for the metabolomic signature of coronary heart disease (CHD) before disease onset could help in early diagnosis and potentially disease prevention. In this study, the levels of 17 CHD metabolic biomarkers in ...