Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Riccardo Guarino, Milan Chytry, Fabio Attorre, Flavia Landucci, Corrado Marceno
Summary: The study compared the levels of vascular plant invasion in different habitats and plant communities of Sicily, revealing that annual and woody species dominate the alien flora in the region, with alien species having longer flowering periods than native species. Different habitats varied significantly in their level of invasion by alien species, with most habitats having few or no aliens present, except for specific coastal areas, riverbeds, and synanthropic habitats. The number of alien species present in a habitat does not necessarily correspond to the severity of the impact of invasion in that habitat.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ewa Stefanska-Krzaczek, Grzegorz Swacha, Jan Zarnowiec, Malgorzata W. Radula, Zygmunt Kacki, Monika Staniaszek-Kik
Summary: Bryophytes are good indicators of habitat conditions and their diversity and distribution in Central European forests were assessed in this study using vegetation records from the Polish Vegetation Database. The study found that bryophyte species number and cover were high in moist forest types with both deciduous and coniferous tree stands, and their composition and abundance depended on substrate moisture, fertility, pH, and tree species composition.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lin Yuan, Dongyan Liu, Bo Tian, Xiao Yuan, Shunqi Bo, Qiang Ma, Wei Wu, Zhiyuan Zhao, Liquan Zhang, John K. Keesing
Summary: Loss of coastal wetland habitats has been directly linked to a decline in waterbird populations, leading to calls to reverse this trend by restoring these habitats, which have been hindered by sediment scarcity. This study in the Yangtze River Delta proposes feasible solutions to solve the sediment shortage in habitat restoration, with three different approaches adopted for rehabilitation sites to promote sediment deposition and settle-ment and using dredged sediments to create new habitats. The comparison and assessment results show that proper coastal silting structures and ecological utilization of nearby dredged sediments are effective solutions to restore coastal habitats and increase waterbird diversity and abundance.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Laurence Hubert-Moy, Clemence Rozo, Gwenhael Perrin, Frederic Bioret, Sebastien Rapinel
Summary: This study presents fine-grained pattern maps of heathland habitats throughout France using satellite remote sensing data and open-source field databases. The results show that the method used can satisfactorily detect the fine-grained distribution of heathland habitats. However, there is room for improvement in the accuracy of classifying the actual habitats.
REMOTE SENSING IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Mateusz Grygoruk, Krzysztof Kochanek, Dorota Miroslaw-Swiatek
Summary: The study in Northeast Poland's Biebrza Basin focused on studying reference ecosystems for ecosystem management, specifically looking at flood extents and durations in riparian wetlands. The research found no substantial trends in flood extents and durations over time, but did identify average long-term values for different plant communities. The high variability of flood inundation time within specific plant communities poses challenges for the conservation of temperate riparian wetlands.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guillaume Gayet, Francois Botcazou, Jean-Manuel Gibeault-Rousseau, Laurence Hubert-Moy, Sebastien Rapinel, Blandine Lemercier
Summary: Researchers collected data on soil properties and vegetation types in the transitional areas between wetlands and uplands in several biogeographic regions of France. This data is important for understanding biotic and abiotic interactions, predicting habitat distribution, and analyzing flows.
Article
Environmental Studies
Saverio Sciandrello, Claudia Angiolini, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Maurizio Cutini, Jeremy Dumoulin, Mauro Fois, Antonio Gabellini, Matilde Gennai, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Marco Landi, Pietro Minissale, Christophe Panaiotis, Marta Puglisi, Giovanni Spampinato, Gianmarco Tavilla, Valeria Tomaselli, Daniele Viciani, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo
Summary: This study presents a comparative analysis of riparian vegetation dominated by Alnus glutinosa in Italy and Tyrrhenian islands, based on literature data and unpublished releves. A total of 456 phytosociological releves were analyzed using clustering and ordination methods. The study identified 18 A. glutinosa-riparian wood communities, including two new associations and one new subassociation. The classification of the releves showed two main vegetation groups: Osmundo-Alnion alliance and Ligustro vulgaris-Alnion glutinosae alliance.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Flavia Ramos Ferrari, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Antonio B. Pereira, Andre Thomazini, Daniela Schmitz, Marcio Rocha Francelino
Summary: Research on the unique terrestrial ecosystems of Antarctica's ice-free areas can enhance understanding of soil/vegetation interactions and ecological relationships in endangered polar environments. Emphasis on plant distribution and diversity increases knowledge on Antarctic vegetation and control factors, enabling better conservation strategies. The study found that vegetation composition and characteristics significantly varied along topographic gradient, influenced by soil attributes such as ornithogenesis and drainage conditions. These factors are likely to be greatly impacted by recent warming trends in this region of Antarctica.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jacob M. Dybiec, Nicholas P. Danz, Deric R. Learman, Donald G. Uzarski
Summary: This study found that dissolved oxygen and specific conductance were strong predictors of denitrification potential in wetlands, while correlations with plant community composition varied amongst vegetation types. Spatial variation in denitrification potential was most strongly correlated with plant community composition, both vertically through the soil column and horizontally across the marshes. The metric-based predictive model constructed from these relationships was highly predictive of denitrification potential, providing a more accessible method for estimating denitrification in wetlands and a framework for building similar models in other wetland systems.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Carmine Massarelli, Claudia Campanale
Summary: The growth of human populations has caused the degradation of natural ecosystems and triggered global environmental, economic, and social problems. This study aims to characterise the priority areas for nature conservation and identify suitable conservation plans. The study area chosen is a forestland surrounded by cultivated fields in Southern Italy. The methodology includes phytosociological, bio-climatological, and pedological studies to understand the dynamics of the area. The results propose measures to optimize conservation and safeguard biodiversity with a sustainable use of available resources.
RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jing Hao, Xiaoqin Chen, Zhong Zhang, Yue Gao, Longqin Li, Hongyuan Li
Summary: The study found that at different spatial scales, natural factors were the strongest driver of vegetation coverage in the later stages, while soil and topography played a more important role as spatial scales decreased. Human factors had the opposite effect. Topography and soil were common medial factors in all scale models.
Article
Plant Sciences
Tomas Peterka, Petra Hajkova, Martin Jirousek, Dirk Hinterlang, Milan Chytry, Liene Aunina, Judit Deme, Melinda Lyons, Hallie Seiler, Harald Zechmeister, Iva Apostolova, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Melanie Bischof, Claudia Bita-Nicolae, Lisa Brancaleoni, Renata Custerevska, Juergen Dengler, Yakiv Didukh, Daniel Dite, Lyubov Felbaba-Klushyna, Emmanuel Garbolino, Renato Gerdol, Svitlana Iemelianova, Florian Jansen, Riikka Juutinen, Jasmina Kamberovic, Jutta Kapfer, Barbora Klimova, Ilona Knollova, Tiina H. M. Kolari, Predrag Lazarevic, Ringa Luostarinen, Eva Mikulaskova, Dordije Milanovic, Luca Miserere, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Jose A. Molina, Aaron Perez-Haase, Alessandro Petraglia, Marta Puglisi, Eszter Ruprecht, Eva Smerdova, Daniel Spitale, Marcello Tomaselli, Kiril Vassilev, Michal Hajek
Summary: The class Montio-Cardaminetea includes vegetation of springs with constant water flow, which are endangered by landscape and climatic changes. This study validated the EuroVegChecklist classification scheme and developed an automatic classification system for new plots. Additionally, two new alliances were discovered. Further classification of Montio-Cardaminetea class is suggested.
Article
Ecology
Naim Berisha, Renata Custerevska, Kimete Lluga-Rizani, Fadil Millaku, Vlado Matevski
Summary: A growing threat to areas designed to protect habitats with high biodiversity has been noticed, with an endangered subalpine moist tall herb habitat not covered within the strictly protected area. The area is known to harbor several endemic and rare plant species, indicating the need for further conservation efforts.
ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Monica Montefalcone, Leonardo Tunesi, Atef Ouerghi
Summary: The Mediterranean Sea has high biodiversity but is under increasing human pressure, making protection and restoration of its ecosystems a priority in environmental policies. Benthic cartography is crucial for marine spatial planning, requiring clear habitat classification systems for protection. The updated BC classification has been used to select reference marine habitats for environmental management processes.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Irena Axmanova, Veronika Kalusova, Jiri Danihelka, Jurgen Dengler, Jan Pergl, Petr Pysek, Martin Vecera, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Steffen Boch, Timo Conradi, Rosario G. Gavilan, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Ilona Knollova, Anna Kuzemko, Jonathan Lenoir, Artem Leostrin, Jana Medvecka, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Dragica Obratov-Petkovic, Jens-Christian Svenning, Ioannis Tsiripidis, Kiril Vassilev, Milan Chytry
Summary: The human-related spread of alien plants has serious environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The study found that natural and semi-natural European grasslands have relatively low levels of neophyte invasions compared to human-made habitats or alluvial forests, and with grasslands on other continents. Typical neophytes invading European grasslands are species with broad ecological niches.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Charlotte Brabant, Emilien Alvarez-Vanhard, Achour Laribi, Gwenael Morin, Kim Thanh Nguyen, Alban Thomas, Thomas Houet
Article
Geography, Physical
Sebastien Rapinel, Clemence Rozo, Pauline Delbosc, Damien Arvor, Alban Thomas, Jan-Bernard Bouzille, Frederic Bioret, Laurence Hubert-Moy
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lucie Lecoq, Aude Ernoult, Cendrine Mony
Summary: The study demonstrates that both current and past landscape structure have significant impacts on plant and bird assemblages, with a potential delay in biodiversity response. Simple landscapes are associated with lower species richness for both plants and birds, as well as higher functional variance in plant traits. Changes in landscape structure may result in delayed biodiversity response.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lucie Lecoq, Cendrine Mony, Hugo Saiz, Myriam Marsot, Aude Ernoult
Summary: Landscape structure affects functional diversity of plants and selects specific trait syndromes related to plant dispersal, phenology, and competitiveness. These results are important for better understanding the impact of land management and effectively preserving associated ecosystem functioning.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ornithology
Emilie Arnoux, Cyril Eraud, Alban Thomas, Francois Cavallo, Stephane Garnier, Bruno Faivre
JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruonan Chen, Liangyun Liu, Xinjie Liu, Zhunqiao Liu, Lianhong Gu, Uwe Rascher
Summary: This study presents methods to accurately estimate sub-daily GPP from SIF in evergreen needleleaf forests and demonstrates that the interactions among light, canopy structure, and leaf physiology regulate the SIF-GPP relationship at the canopy scale.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daniel L. Goldberg, Madankui Tao, Gaige Hunter Kerr, Siqi Ma, Daniel Q. Tong, Arlene M. Fiore, Angela F. Dickens, Zachariah E. Adelman, Susan C. Anenberg
Summary: A novel method is applied in this study to directly use satellite data to evaluate the spatial patterns of urban NOx emissions inventories. The results show that the 108 spatial surrogates used by NEMO are generally appropriate, but there may be underestimation in areas with dense intermodal facilities and overestimation in wealthy communities.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhuoyue Hu, Xiaoyan Li, Liyuan Li, Xiaofeng Su, Lin Yang, Yong Zhang, Xingjian Hu, Chun Lin, Yujun Tang, Jian Hao, Xiaojin Sun, Fansheng Chen
Summary: This paper proposes a whisk-broom imaging method using a long-linear-array detector and high-precision scanning mirror to achieve high-resolution and wide-swath thermal infrared data. The method has been implemented in the SDGs satellite and has shown promising test results.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dandan Wang, Leiqiu Hu, James A. Voogt, Yunhao Chen, Ji Zhou, Gaijing Chang, Jinling Quan, Wenfeng Zhan, Zhizhong Kang
Summary: This study evaluates different schemes for determining model coefficients to quantify and correct the anisotropic impact from remote sensing LST for urban applications. The schemes have consistent results and accurately estimate parameter values, facilitating the broadening of parametric models.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jamie Tolan, Hung - Yang, Benjamin Nosarzewski, Guillaume Couairon, Huy V. Vo, John Brandt, Justine Spore, Sayantan Majumdar, Daniel Haziza, Janaki Vamaraju, Theo Moutakanni, Piotr Bojanowski, Tracy Johns, Brian White, Tobias Tiecke, Camille Couprie
Summary: Vegetation structure mapping is crucial for understanding the global carbon cycle and monitoring nature-based approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation. This study presents the first high-resolution canopy height maps for California and Sao Paulo, achieved through the use of very high resolution satellite imagery and aerial lidar data. The maps provide valuable tools for forest structure assessment and land use monitoring.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Regina Eckert, Steffen Mauceri, David R. Thompson, Jay E. Fahlen, Philip G. Brodrick
Summary: In this paper, a mathematical framework is proposed to improve the retrieval of surface reflectance and atmospheric parameters by leveraging the expected spatial smoothness of the atmosphere. Experimental results show that this framework can reduce the surface reflectance retrieval error and surface-related biases.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chongya Jiang, Kaiyu Guan, Yizhi Huang, Maxwell Jong
Summary: This study presents the Field Rover method, which uses vehicle-mounted cameras to collect ground truth data on crop harvesting status. The machine learning approach and remote sensing technology are employed to upscale the results to a regional scale. The accuracy of the remote sensing method in predicting crop harvesting dates is validated through comparison with satellite data.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oksana V. Lunina, Anton A. Gladkov, Alexey V. Bochalgin
Summary: In this study, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was used to detect and map surface discontinuities with displacements of a few centimeters, indicating the presence of initial geological deformations. The study found that sediments of alluvial fans are susceptible to various tectonic and exogenous deformational processes, and the interpretation of ultra-high resolution UAV images can help recognize low-amplitude brittle deformations at an early stage. UAV surveys are critical for discerning neotectonic activity and its related hazards over short observation periods.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Feng Zhao, Weiwei Ma, Jun Zhao, Yiqing Guo, Mateen Tariq, Juan Li
Summary: This study presents a data-driven approach to reconstruct the terrestrial SIF spectrum using measurements from the TROPOMI instrument on Sentinel-5 precursor mission. The reconstructed SIF spectrum shows improved spatiotemporal distributions and demonstrates consistency with other datasets, indicating its potential for better understanding of the ecosystem function.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephen Stehman, John E. Wagner
Summary: This article investigates optimal sample allocation in stratified random sampling for estimation of accuracy and proportion of area in applications where the target class is rare. The study finds that precision of estimated accuracy has a stronger impact on sample allocation than estimation of proportion of area, and the trade-offs among these estimates become more pronounced as the target class becomes rarer. The results provide quantitative evidence to guide sample allocation decisions in specific applications.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jingyao Zheng, Tianjie Zhao, Haishen Lu, Defu Zou, Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, Arnaud Mialon, Philippe Richaume, Jianshe Xiao, Jun Ma, Lei Fan, Peilin Song, Yonghua Zhu, Rui Li, Panpan Yao, Qingqing Yang, Shaojie Du, Zhen Wang, Zhiqing Peng, Yuyang Xiong, Zanpin Xing, Lin Zhao, Yann Kerr, Jiancheng Shi
Summary: Soil moisture and freeze/thaw (F/T) play a crucial role in water and heat exchanges at the land-atmosphere interface. This study reports the establishment of a wireless sensor network for soil moisture and temperature over the permafrost region of Tibetan Plateau. Satellite-based surface soil moisture (SSM) and F/T products were evaluated using ground-based measurements. The results show the reliability of L-band passive microwave SSM and F/T products, while existing F/T products display earlier freezing and later thawing, leading to unsatisfactory accuracy.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2024)