Behavioral diversity is a commonly used tool used to quantify the richness and evenness of animal behaviors and assess the effect of variables that may impact an animal’s quality of life. The indices used in behavioral diversity research, and t...
With the development of new agricultural business entities in China, a complex competitive evolutionary dynamic has emerged among diversified agricultural business entities (abbreviated as ABEs), including farmers (traditional ABEs), cooperatives, ag...
In the conducted study, the structure of weed communities and their dynamics were assessed and compared in relation to plantation age and the species of energy crop. Weed diversity within the stands of the investigated energy crops was evaluated in t...
The effect of five methods of in-row weed management on the species composition and diversity of summer weed communities in a plum orchard was evaluated. Different methods of orchard floor management (OFM) were implemented for seven consecutive years...
The Huasteca Potosina region has a relevant landscape heritage of biocultural diversity, due to high biological diversity and the presence of the Teenek (Huastec Mayan), Nahua, and Xi’iuy (Pame) ethnic groups. The object of this study is to ana...
Crop diversification is considered as a means to promote agricultural development while lowering its environmental implications. Diversified food production must substantially increase to fulfil the needs of food security and sustainability for the w...
10 August 2021
The Odiel River (SW Spain) is one of the most cited rivers in the scientific literature due to its high pollution degree, generated by more than 80 sulphide mines’ (mostly unrestored) contamination in the Iberian Pyritic Belt (IPB), that have been ex...
Enhancing crop diversity is a key pillar of the EU’s 2023–2027 CAP eco-schemes, yet Poland’s long-standing crop simplification raises doubts about the policy’s effectiveness. This study assesses the determinants of crop structure and crop diversity i...
Agriculture, as a production sector, is exposed to external shocks. The instability of agricultural markets, changes in prices of inputs, dropping crop prices, or changes in climate patterns put their economic resilience to the test. Agroecological d...
Pasture lands, while appearing uniform in species diversity, exhibit notable variations upon closer examination. The study on Pimelea (or riceflower) seedbank dynamics revealed significant variations in seed density and distribution across soil depth...
In recent years, sustainable agriculture has revitalized interest in crop rotations and their effects on crop performance and agroecosystem biodiversity, including weeds. This article used winter rye as an example and focused on the crop rotation (CR...
Sugarcane is a high-value crop in Egypt, yet weed communities in the understudied Upper Egypt region have not been systematically characterized. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of weed floristic composition, phytogeographical affinities,...
Diversified crop rotation (DCR) has re-gained attention worldwide as a non-chemical practice for increasing the sustainability of cereal production systems. This study focused on comparing the effects of two weed management strategies, DCR (the six-f...
Transplantation of submerged macrophytes to restore shallow lakes has been used as an effective measure to maintain a clear water state. Water quality is highly correlated with submerged macrophytes community, however, the relationships between water...
This study focuses on the diversity of phytoplankton in the Koh Yaa region of Thailand and their relationship with environmental variables, aiming to assess whether human activities (primarily tourism) pose potential threats to the marine ecosystem a...
Investigating altitudinal distribution patterns of species richness represents a fundamental research objective in biogeography and community ecology. Hainan Island has tropical rainforests ranging from sea level to >1800 m a.s.l., with various an...
Increasing the European Union’s (EU) current efforts to protect the natural environment, especially in the context of protecting agricultural soils, is one of its basic challenges. The European Commission (EC) is now ready and willing to strong...
Soil macrofauna are a critical component for ecosystem function and strongly affect production sustainability. The effect of fertiliser management practices, in different cropping systems, on soil macrofauna communities remains poorly understood in s...
This one-year study focuses on the responses of a soil environment to the implementation of traditional forest management practices in oak–hornbeam stands with the following treatments: cut (C), cut + litter raking (CR), cut + grazing (CG), cut + lit...
Revealing scale effects and the mechanisms underlying the relationships between plant species and functional diversity is crucial for understanding the stability of desert ecosystems and formulating multiscale conservation strategies. In this study,...
Species diversity is a crucial index used to evaluate the stability and complexity of forest ecosystems. Studying the relationship between stand structure and understory herbaceous plants species diversity is useful for managers to formulate the best...
In the past 30 years, Northwest China has experienced a warm and humid climate increase trend. How this climate change will affect the species diversity of plant communities is a hot issue in ecological research. In this study, four α diversity...
Vegetation diversity is a crucial indicator for evaluating grassland ecosystems. Remote sensing technology has great potential in assessing grassland vegetation diversity. In this study, the relationship between remote sensing indices and species div...
The absence of traditional management in grasslands is responsible for the consequent changes in plant community species composition and diversity of this habitat in Europe. The common reason for these changes is the spread of expansive native specie...
Grassland species diversity monitoring is essential to grassland resource protection and utilization. “Spectral variation hypothesis” (SVH) provides a remote sensing method for monitoring grassland species diversity at pixel scale by calc...
24 June 2022
An investigation of the waters around Macau collected 43 phytoplankton species belonging to 29 genera and 5 phyla, including 32 species from 22 genera of Bacillariophyta, 7 species from 3 genera of Pyrrophyta, 2 species from 2 genera of Cyanophyta, a...
An understanding of soil moisture variation patterns under different plant community structures is crucial for the restoration of vegetation in southern China karst regions. Therefore, four plant community structure types: arbor + herb (AH), shrub +...
Marine tardigrade ecology is traditionally studied using species-based metrics. Due to the taxonomic impediment prevalent within the phylum, ecological research on these organisms remains relatively underdeveloped. Therefore, exploring new methodolog...
In response to the ongoing global extinction, conservationists must prioritize future conservation investments to ensure that such measures are biologically effective and economically viable. To propose an effective conservation plan for Orthoptera a...
Syrphid flies (Syrphidae) are among the most significant groups of insect pollinators with approximately 6300 described species worldwide. Within China, more than 15% species have been reported but their diversity and distribution pattern are not wel...
Drought periods have an adverse impact on the condition of oak stands. Research on different types of ecosystems has confirmed a correlation between plant species diversity and the adverse effects of droughts. The purpose of this study was to investi...
Grazing affects plant community characteristics and the relationship between above-ground biomass and diversity, which has become a hot topic in grassland ecosystem research in recent years. The present study investigated grassland vegetation in the...
This study provides the first comprehensive structural and diversity assessment of the Stanului Forest ecosystem since the last taxonomic survey conducted in 1987. The paper analyses the structural indices of biocoenosis and vegetation diversity in t...
In eutrophic lakes, even if external loading is controlled, internal nutrient loading delays the recovery of lake eutrophication. When the input of external pollutants is reduced, the dissolved oxygen environment at the sediment interface improves in...
Background/Objectives: Peanut landraces (Arachis hypogaea L.) from Guizhou, a karst region of southwestern China, represent an underexploited breeding resource whose phenotypic architecture and marker associations remain insufficiently characterized....
Montane forests, characterized by complex terrain and diverse climates, serve as critical global biodiversity hotspots, particularly for birds and mammals. However, the patterns and underlying processes of bird and mammal diversity remain insufficien...
Some cephalopods are important fishery resources, with some major economic species living in pelagic waters, possessing short life history cycles, and responding strongly to environmental changes. The analysis of cephalopod community species composit...
The present study analyzed the vegetation diversity in three forests located in southern Romania and assessed their degree of similarity. Data were collected using frame quadrat sampling and species taxonomic identification. The methodology included...
Many studies have investigated the influence of hydropower stations on macroinvertebrate communities, but few have clarified the influence of different types of hydropower stations. A total of 133 samples obtained from seven rivers, on which 45 hydro...
Phytoplankton taxonomic α-diversity indices are useful tools to characterize the trophic states in freshwater ecosystems. However, the application of these indices to assess trophic states in large barrier lakes is rare, especially in China. To...
To determine the grasshopper species composition, altitudinal distribution patterns, and their main drivers, we conducted a study in Xizang using 33 sample plots ranging from 600 to 4100 m. Grasshoppers were collected from August to October during 20...
Populus euphratica is a key community-building species in the desert riparian forests of Northwest China, exhibiting exceptional resistance to stress and playing a vital role in soil and water conservation as well as maintaining ecological balance in...
Gehu Lake in the lower reaches of the Taihu Lake Basin has experienced water quality degradation due to increasing human activities, pollutant discharge, and non-point source pollution, which requires ecosystem restoration. Currently, the community s...
This study presents the first scientific evaluation of food web integrity in the Black Sea under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 4 (Food Webs), utilizing zooplankton indicators to assess the environmental status during the w...
Landscape changes due to urban expansion may severely influence urban biodiversity through direct and indirect effects. Hence, a comprehensive understanding of the urban expansion effects on species diversity is essential for conservation biologists,...
Suburban areas connect the city and the natural land. This kind of area is subject to high ecological sensitivity. To give full play to the ecological value of spontaneous plants, it was applied to the construction of suburban parks. We need to explo...
This study investigates the relationship between tree species diversity and soil quality in natural Pinus massoniana Lamb. forests, providing a scientific basis for the sustainable management of natural stands and the establishment of plantations. Lo...
In this study, the composition and structure of the macrobenthic community in the Ulungu River Basin was investigated and the water quality status of the basin was evaluated. In May and August 2022, and October 2023, the macrobenthic and water enviro...
Landscape diversity assessment is important for ecological monitoring, and hyperspectral remote sensing provides an effective means for regional-scale analysis. However, the effects of spectral resolution on landscape diversity representation remain...
Background and Objectives: The structural diversity of an urban forest affects ecosystem service provision, and can inform management, planning, as well as policy. Trunk diameter at breast height (DBH) is amongst the most common measures of tree stru...
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