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Plot-based monitoring has yielded much information on the taxonomic diversity and carbon (C) storage in tropical lowland forests of the Amazon basin. This has resulted in an improved understanding of the relationship bet...

Modelling is one way of helping policymakers assess the impacts of different drivers on biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the feedbacks on drivers generated by those impacts (from Chapter 3). Modelling provides too...

In arid and semiarid areas, the interplant spaces are usually covered by physical and biological soil crusts. These crusts, though representing an almost negligible portion of the soil profile, have a number of crucial r...

The rapid digitalization of financial systems has amplified exposure to cyber risks, posing substantial threats to institutional performance and systemic stability. This study investigates how Cyber Risk Management (CRM)...

This study aimed to assess the levels and key determinants of digital literacy skills among Eri silk farmers in Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya. Purposive sampling was used to select three villages known for high concentra...

Abstract Soils are the primary environmental reservoir of plant pathogens impacting food production and ecosystem productivity worldwide. Yet, some soils can also suppress pathogens through environmental and microbial re...

Purpose. This research examines how the expansion of Indian Premier League Franchises into foreign leagues contributes to India’s global image and soft power influence in international cricket. Methodology. Using a mix...

The Blyth’s Tragopan Tragopan blythii is a medium-sized pheasant endemic to the eastern Himalaya and is classified as ‘Vulnerable’. This species thrives in dense forest ecosystems at higher altitudes. Species distr...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of hum...

There are currently ci 75 GTN-P boreholes and 18 CALM sites in Antarctica, most of them installed during the IPY and still with a short data series. In the Antarctic Peninsula, only 6 boreholes are deeper than 10 m and 4...

Subjects / keywords: environmental policies and planning, ecosystems modelling, waste management, environmental risk management; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences

Subjects / keywords: epidemiology, mathematical biology, mathematical modelling, population dynamics, ecosystems, evolutionary biology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences; Science: Biology (General)

Gypsum is a type of habitat widely spread throughout the world, especially in arid climates (Somalia, Australia, Middle East, USA, circum-Mediterranean region, etc.). The vegetation present on this type of habitat has lo...

Large carnivores are key elements of natural ecosystems and most of them are declining due to the impacts of human activities. Jaguars and pumas are the largest felids of the American continent, and particularly jaguars ...

Serjania is the largest genus of Sapindaceae in the Americas; however, studies on its distribution are lacking. Current knowledge is based largely on the distribution pattern of the genus in Brazil, suggesting that speci...

The prediction of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) is of critical importance for the management of aquatic ecosystems, flood control, and erosion assessments. However, the continuous measurement of SSC is technical...

Mangrove forest in Bama Beach is one of the mangrove forests in Indonesia. Mangroves in the Bama Beach area have a function to protect various ecosystems around it from damage due to abrasion or sedimentation. Bama Beach...

Emerging marine infectious diseases pose a substantial threat to marine ecosystems and the conservation of their biodiversity. Compartmental models of epidemic transmission in marine sessile organisms, available only rec...

Aim: Trawling is the most widespread direct human disturbance on the seabed. Knowledge of the extent and consequences of this disturbance is limited because large-scale distributions of seabed fauna are not well known. W...