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Forestry
Maciej Filipiak, Janusz Gubanski, Justyna Jaworek-Jakubska, Anna Napierala-Filipiak
Summary: Silver fir, one of Europe's longest living and tallest trees, has seen a drastic reduction in numbers due to intensive forest management and industrial air pollution. Research indicates that firs can grow in various habitats, with a preference for fertile beech woods and richer variants of oak-hornbeam forests.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Daniele Tonina, James A. McKean, Daniel Isaak, Rohan M. Benjankar, Chunling Tang, Qiuwen Chen
Summary: Climate change threatens biodiversity, particularly the habitats of cold-water fishes like Chinook salmon. The decline in summer flow caused by climate change leads to reductions in habitat area and connectivity for these fishes, posing risks to population abundance and persistence.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
John Turner
Summary: Long-term studies in forestry are crucial for maintaining and improving forest management. However, the success rate of such studies is low, with a limited number of them achieving the stated long-term objectives and a large portion of collected information being inaccessible.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Wencong Yang, Hanbo Yang, Dawen Yang, Aizhong Hou
Summary: The study found that increasing urban areas have a significant impact on floods, while cropland areas have no significant effect, and increasing reservoir indexes may lead to a decrease in floods. The research also indicates that in certain situations, the reduction in floods caused by reservoirs is more common than the increase in floods caused by urban areas.
HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Business
Song Jiang, Jie Zhou, Shuang Qiu
Summary: This paper examines the impact and mechanism of digital agriculture on urbanization in China, using both theoretical analysis and empirical tests. It finds that digital agriculture has significantly promoted urbanization through the agricultural labor division acceleration mechanism, but its performances in human capital mechanism, total factor productivity enhancement mechanism, and marketization process mechanism are inconsistent with theoretical expectations, which restrict its role in promoting urbanization.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Civil
Danyang Gao, Albert S. Chen, Fayyaz Ali Memon
Summary: Water, energy and food are essential for human survival and sustainable development. With the impact of climate change, the study of climate change's effects on the Water-Energy-Food nexus has become a growing area of interest. This review examines research articles from the past seven years that investigate the impacts of climate change on the Water-Food, Water-Energy, and Water-Energy-Food nexus. The methods, tools, spatial scales, and future climate scenarios used in these studies are summarized and analyzed. The review finds that physics-based modeling is the most commonly used method, and the studies cover scales ranging from site to global. Future research challenges include spatial scale and resolution, internal physical mechanisms, novel artificial intelligence models, extreme climate events, competition within nexus systems, and data and model uncertainties.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Peilin Huang, Dulai Zheng, Yijing Yan, Weizhen Xu, Yujie Zhao, Ziluo Huang, Yinghong Ding, Yuxin Lin, Zhipeng Zhu, Ziru Chen, Weicong Fu
Summary: This study analyzes the response of bird communities in urban parks in Fuzhou, China, to landscape features during winter. The results indicate that the park's area, irregularity of shape, woodland proportion, and waterbody shape have a positive effect on bird diversity.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Noah Rudko, Rebecca L. Muenich, Margaret Garcia, Tianfang Xu
Summary: This study developed CAFO lagoon module, groundwater module, and air quality module to assess the risks of lagoon overflow, groundwater quality, and ammonia emissions in animal agriculture. The research found that lagoon overflow is rare in Washington and doubling the lagoon liner thickness can reduce groundwater ammonia-N concentrations. Additionally, small reductions in lagoon pH significantly reduce yearly average ammonia emissions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Muhammad Syafiq Yahya, Sharifah Nur Atikah, Izereen Mukri, Ruzana Sanusi, Ahmad Razi Norhisham, Badrul Azhar
Summary: The suitability of different agricultural land-use types for supporting bird biodiversity was investigated in Peninsular Malaysia. The study found that agroforestry orchards have greater bird species richness and abundance compared to oil palm and rubber tree plantations. The findings suggest that incorporating diverse native fruit trees into large-scale monoculture plantations could improve bird conservation and ecosystem services.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Jesus Zuniga-Palacios, Iriana Zuria, Ignacio Castellanos, Carlos Lara, Gerardo Sanchez-Rojas
Summary: Urban areas can serve as either safe habitats or ecological traps for biodiversity, with current studies suggesting they act more as safe sites, especially for species that can adapt well to urban environments. However, there is high heterogeneity among studies, and more research is needed on a wider range of species and regions to make generalizations about the role of urban areas in biodiversity conservation.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Kirsten Wolff, Bernhard Depner, Samuel A. Logan, Marco Heurich
Summary: The study on Tilia species in the Bavarian Forest National Park reveals that Tilia platyphyllos has higher genetic diversity compared to Tilia cordata, with genetic diversity comparable to other populations in Central Europe. Increasing tree numbers, using local sources, and promoting gene flow from surrounding forests are crucial for long-term survival. Additionally, Tilia cordata shows a preference for mixed and coniferous forests, while Tilia platyphyllos occurs mostly in deciduous forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Flavia Tromboni, Thomas E. Dilts, Sarah E. Null, Sapana Lohani, Peng Bun Ngor, Savoeurn Soum, Zeb Hogan, Sudeep Chandra
Summary: This study examined the impacts of land use on water quality constituents in the Lower Mekong Basin, finding that agriculture, urbanization, and population density were linked to decreasing water quality health. Thailand and Laos had higher nitrogen and ammonium concentrations compared to reference conditions, while Cambodia exhibited higher phosphorus values, indicating water quality degradation.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Ning Zhang, Zhiying Li, Steven M. Quiring
Summary: Drought monitoring is crucial for managing agriculture and water resources, and this study develops impacts-based drought thresholds suitable for Ohio. The results indicate that fixed thresholds may underestimate severe drought conditions, while impacts-based thresholds are better at capturing exceptional drought conditions.
JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Domenico Branca, Andreas Haller
Summary: The article traces the development of the Peruvian city of Cusco, showing how it evolved from pre-Columbian urbanism to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and tourist capital. Local and regional real-estate developers profit from the geographical imaginings of Cusco as a tourist destination, developing gated condominiums for exclusive clientele seeking safety and authentic mountain landscapes. This demand, however, poses challenges to Cusco's economy and policymakers in reconciling dichotomies.
Article
Microbiology
Jessica Cote, Lisa Jacquin, Charlotte Veyssiere, Sophie Manzi, Roselyne Etienne, Annie Perrault, Marine C. Cambon, Severine Jean, Joel White
Summary: Eutrophication of freshwater ecosystems has been found to affect the skin microbiota diversity and composition in fish. The presence of suspended organic matter in highly eutrophic sites is associated with higher taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity. There are significant links between eutrophication and the taxonomic composition and beta-diversity of the skin microbiota.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2022)