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Bryophyte cover and richness decline after 18 years of experimental warming in alpine Sweden.
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Oxford University Press
, 2020 , Article)
Climate change is expected to affect alpine and Arctic tundra communities. Most previous long-term studies have focused on impacts on vascular plants, this study examined impacts of long-term warming on bryophyte communities. ...
Mapping biodiversity conservation priorities for protected areas: A case study in Xishuangbanna Tropical Area, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Global biodiversity is declining rapidly, posing a severe threat to ecosystem functions and services. Protected Areas (PAs) can be extremely effective in protecting biodiversity, but conservation gaps arise as a result of ...
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in Yangi Qala District, Takhar, Afghanistan
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Smallholder farmers in Afghanistan are already facing various risks in agricultural production due to past continuous insurgencies. Climate change is likely to amplify the risk and make them even more ...
Legacy effects of experimental environmental change on soil micro-arthropod communities
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors. Global change experiments such as experimental warming and nutrient addition strongly affect the structure and functioning of high latitude and altitude ecosystems. However, it is often unknown to what ...
Decomposition rate and stabilization across six tundra vegetation types exposed to >20 years of warming
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors Aims: Litter decomposition is an important driver of soil carbon and nutrient cycling in nutrient-limited Arctic ecosystems. However, climate change is expected to induce changes that directly or indirectly ...
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 ...
Land management to reconcile ecosystem services supply and demand mismatches—A case study in Shanghai municipality, China
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. City managers need to understand how land use and land cover (LULC) change in an urban landscape can affect future land degradation and conditions for ecosystem services (ESs) supply and ...
Quantifying variations in ecosystem services in altitude-associated vegetation types in a tropical region of China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial plantations. This is leading to a decrease in ...
Impacts of rural tourism-driven land use change on ecosystems services provision in Erhai Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Tourism is an expanding activity worldwide, with vital implications for local economies but also for ecosystem management. Rural tourism in particular drives land use change, which results in ecosystem ...
Framework of basin eco-compensation standard valuation for cross-regional water supply – a case study in northern China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Basin eco-compensation (BEC) helps balance development opportunities and ecological protection. With rising demand for water and severe ecological problems driven by rapid economic growth, an appropriate BEC standard is ...