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10 Citations
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16 April 2024

Arguments about the origin and evolution of the evergreen broad-leaved forests in East Asia exist generally, and are even contradictory in some cases. The origin and evolution of the flora of East Asia, especially in the evolutionary process, the for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,336 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Stand Origin and Near-Natural Restoration on the Stock and Structural Composition of Fallen Trees in Mid-Subtropical Forests

  • Chunsheng Wu,
  • Xiaohua Wei,
  • Qifeng Mo,
  • Qinglin Li,
  • Xiaodong Li,
  • Chunjie Shu,
  • Liangying Liu and
  • Yuanqiu Liu

3 December 2015

Fallen trees comprise an important part of forest ecosystems and serve a central role in maintaining the biodiversity and tree regeneration of forests. However, the effects of stand origin and near-natural restoration on the biomass and carbon stock...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,739 Views
10 Pages

The Origin and Geography of Brown Forest Soils

  • Evgeny Abakumov,
  • Timur Nizamutdinov and
  • Igor Kostenko

15 November 2024

Brown soils, Brown forest soils, Burozems or Cambisols have been studied for more than 100 years, and to this day, their nature, origin and process organization remain controversial. In addition, issues of their geography are quite controversial, esp...

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  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,943 Views
21 Pages

National Forest Parks in China: Origin, Evolution, and Sustainable Development

  • Ziru Chen,
  • Weicong Fu,
  • Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch,
  • Hui Pan,
  • Shuping Huang,
  • Zhipeng Zhu,
  • Yuxuan Qiao,
  • Nannan Wang and
  • Jianwen Dong

10 April 2019

The concept of National Forest Park (NFP) is mainly used in mainland China. Originating in 1982, NFP embodies a “top-down” concept and associated program launched by the Chinese government. It is aimed at promoting forest-based tourism an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,867 Views
22 Pages

Non-Native Forest Tree Species in Europe: The Question of Seed Origin in Afforestation

  • Paraskevi Alizoti,
  • Jean-Charles Bastien,
  • Debojyoti Chakraborty,
  • Marcin Miroslav Klisz,
  • Johan Kroon,
  • Charalambos Neophytou,
  • Silvio Schueler,
  • Marcela van Loo,
  • Marjana Westergren and
  • Ivaylo Tsvetkov
  • + 22 authors

8 February 2022

Non-native forest tree species have been introduced in Europe since the 16th century, but only in the second half of the 20th century the significance of the seed source origin for their economic use was recognized, resulting in the establishment of...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,742 Views
14 Pages

Seed Origin and Protection Are Important Factors Affecting Post-Fire Initial Recruitment in Pine Forest Areas

  • Manuel E. Lucas-Borja,
  • David Candel-Pérez,
  • Thierry Onkelinx,
  • Peter Z. Fule,
  • Daniel Moya,
  • Jorge De las Heras and
  • Pedro A. Tíscar

27 May 2017

Initial seedling recruitment is one of the most critical stages for plants in the Mediterranean basin. Moreover, wildfires and post-fire environmental conditions might deteriorate regeneration success, which can lead to problems for sustainable fores...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,447 Views
20 Pages

Soil microorganisms are crucial in global biogeochemical cycles, impacting ecosystems’ energy flows and material cycling. This study, via high-throughput sequencing in four forests—the original Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen. forest (LG), t...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,195 Views
20 Pages

26 May 2022

Currently, a change in the species composition of the Białowieża Forest, eastern Poland, is occurring. Parallel to the dying of spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), caused by Ips typographus (L.), there is a spread of deciduous tree species, amo...

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  • Open Access
550 Views
14 Pages

Incidence of Stem Rot in Forests Dominated by Betula pendula Roth in the Central Group of Regions of Krasnoyarsk Krai

  • Andrey I. Tatarintsev,
  • Valentina V. Popova,
  • Polina A. Fedonova,
  • Nadezhda N. Kulakova,
  • Andrey A. Goroshko,
  • Natalia P. Khizhniak,
  • Svetlana M. Sultson and
  • Pavel V. Mikhaylov

17 September 2025

Birch stands, dominated by Betula pendula Roth, are a common feature of boreal forests. Within the Krasnoyarsk (central) group of regions, they are concentrated in the taiga, subtaiga and forest steppe zones of actively managed forests, represented b...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,862 Views
15 Pages

11 November 2017

Since the early 1990s, there has been hope that the uptake of certified forest products would ensure more sustainable forest management and also deliver business benefits along the value chain. Our study applies a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) to...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,806 Views
13 Pages

23 July 2024

Nematodes play a key role in ecological environments. Biotic indices based on soil nematode community are effectively used for assessing soil health status. This work represents the opportunity to investigate three different management practices cont...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,078 Views
19 Pages

20 May 2022

Forest fires are among the biggest threats to forest ecosystems and forest resources, and can lead to ecological disasters and social crises. Therefore, it is imperative to detect and extinguish forest fires in time to reduce their negative impacts....

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,641 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2021

The population of natural Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in northeast China has sharply declined due to massive utilization for its high-quality timber, while this is vice versa for Korean pine plantations after various intensive afforestation scheme...

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,468 Views
27 Pages

19 July 2022

Forests are an important part of the ecological environment, and changes in forests not only affect the ecological environment of the region but are also an important factor causing landslide disasters. In order to correctly evaluate the impact of fo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,595 Views
15 Pages

29 June 2023

Geographic origins play a vital role in traditional Chinese medicinal materials. Using the geo-authentic crude drug can improve the curative effect. The main producing areas of Chinese wolfberry are Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and so on. The geographic...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,679 Views
13 Pages

Isotopic Signatures of Nitrogen in Selected Soils from Croatia

  • Aleksandra Perčin,
  • Ivana Šestak,
  • Ivan Dugan,
  • Milan Mesić,
  • Ivica Kisić,
  • Marina Baričević and
  • Željka Zgorelec

21 November 2023

The mobility of nitrogen (N) in the environment is conditioned by its cycling between atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems. It is a key element for global biogeochemistry, and although isotope analysis has been an integral part of many stu...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,879 Views
16 Pages

The Effect of Grapevine Variety and Wine Region on the Primer Parameters of Wine Based on 1H NMR-Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Methods

  • Ágnes Diána Nyitrainé Sárdy,
  • Márta Ladányi,
  • Zsuzsanna Varga,
  • Áron Pál Szövényi and
  • Réka Matolcsi

21 January 2022

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an innovative method for wine analysis. Every grapevine variety has a unique structural formula, which can be considered as the genetic fingerprint of the plant. This specificity appears in the composi...

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  • Open Access
189 Views
14 Pages

21 January 2026

This study develops a comprehensive workflow integrating Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) with advanced supervised machine learning to authenticate the botanical origin of honeys from fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,288 Views
19 Pages

Estimation of Potato Above-Ground Biomass Using UAV-Based Hyperspectral images and Machine-Learning Regression

  • Yang Liu,
  • Haikuan Feng,
  • Jibo Yue,
  • Yiguang Fan,
  • Xiuliang Jin,
  • Yu Zhao,
  • Xiaoyu Song,
  • Huiling Long and
  • Guijun Yang

29 October 2022

Above-ground biomass (AGB) is an important indicator for monitoring crop growth and plays a vital role in guiding agricultural management, so it must be determined rapidly and nondestructively. The present study investigated the extraction from UAV h...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,301 Views
12 Pages

Timber Structures of Florence Cathedral: Wood Species Identification, Technological Implications and Their Forest Origin

  • Nicola Macchioni,
  • Marco Degl’Innocenti,
  • Francesca Mannucci,
  • Ilaria Stefani,
  • Simona Lazzeri and
  • Samuele Caciagli

27 August 2023

The Cathedral of Florence is one of the largest churches in the world and is known for one of the most famous domes ever, which characterizes the skyline of the city. The dimensions of the building mean that the dimensions of the roof are equally lar...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,057 Views
23 Pages

In order to explore the relationship between microbial diversity and metabolites in the litter layer of northern temperate forests, the microbial community structure and metabolite species in the litter layer of an original Korean pine forest and Kor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,063 Views
18 Pages

Distribution and Origin of Major, Trace and Rare Earth Elements in Wild Edible Mushrooms: Urban vs. Forest Areas

  • Maja Ivanić,
  • Martina Furdek Turk,
  • Zdenko Tkalčec,
  • Željka Fiket and
  • Armin Mešić

12 December 2021

This paper investigates the composition of major, trace, and rare earth elements in 15 different species of wild edible mushrooms and the possible effect of urban pollution on elemental uptake. The collected mushrooms include different species from t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,227 Views
18 Pages

27 August 2018

Fine roots play a crucial role in plant survival potential and biogeochemical cycles of forest ecosystems. Subalpine areas of the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau have experienced different forest re-establishment methods after clear-cutting primary f...

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  • Open Access
67 Citations
11,153 Views
32 Pages

The Destructive Tree Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum Originates from the Laurosilva Forests of East Asia

  • Thomas Jung,
  • Marília Horta Jung,
  • Joan F. Webber,
  • Koji Kageyama,
  • Ayaka Hieno,
  • Hayato Masuya,
  • Seiji Uematsu,
  • Ana Pérez-Sierra,
  • Anna R. Harris and
  • Clive M. Brasier
  • + 11 authors

18 March 2021

As global plant trade expands, tree disease epidemics caused by pathogen introductions are increasing. Since ca 2000, the introduced oomycete Phytophthora ramorum has caused devastating epidemics in Europe and North America, spreading as four ancient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,278 Views
25 Pages

2 June 2024

Diameter at breast height (DBH) is a unique attribute used to characterize forest growth and development for forest management planning and to understand forest ecology. Forest managers require an array of DBHs of forest stands, which can be reconstr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,766 Views
24 Pages

Response of Individual-Tree Aboveground Biomass to Spatial Effects in Pinus kesiya var. langbianensis Forests by Stand Origin and Tree Size

  • Chunxiao Liu,
  • Yong Wu,
  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Hongbin Luo,
  • Zhibo Yu,
  • Zihao Liu,
  • Wenfang Li,
  • Qinling Fan and
  • Guanglong Ou

10 February 2024

To enhance forest carbon sequestration capacity, it is important to optimize forest structure by revealing the spatial effects of the aboveground biomass of individual trees, with particular emphasis on stand origin and tree size. Here, 0.3 ha clear-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,704 Views
19 Pages

Post-Logging Canopy Gap Dynamics and Forest Regeneration Assessed Using Airborne LiDAR Time Series in the Brazilian Amazon with Attribution to Gap Types and Origins

  • Philip Winstanley,
  • Ricardo Dalagnol,
  • Sneha Mendiratta,
  • Daniel Braga,
  • Lênio Soares Galvão and
  • Polyanna da Conceição Bispo

25 June 2024

Gaps are openings within tropical forest canopies created by natural or anthropogenic disturbances. Important aspects of gap dynamics that are not well understood include how gaps close over time and their potential for contagiousness, indicating whe...

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3 Citations
2,350 Views
14 Pages

8 June 2022

Douglas fir is expected to play an increasingly important role in Swedish forestry under a changing climate. Thus far, seed orchards with clones of phenotypically selected trees (plus trees) have been established to supply the market with highly qual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,143 Views
12 Pages

29 July 2025

Apples are one of the most popular fruits in Germany, valued for their regional availability and health benefits. When deciding which apple to buy, several characteristics are important to consumers, including the taxonomic variety, organic cultivati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,749 Views
22 Pages

15 July 2021

The present research developed a novel methodological framework to differentiate natural mangrove stands (i.e., original), from stands which were planted and stands naturally established after interaction between planted and non-planted stands (e.g.,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,394 Views
11 Pages

A Rapid Method for Authentication of Macroalgae Based on Vis-NIR Spectroscopy Data Combined with Chemometrics Approach

  • Frysye Gumansalangi,
  • Jose L. P. Calle,
  • Marta Barea-Sepúlveda,
  • Manikharda,
  • Miguel Palma,
  • Lideman,
  • Mohamad Rafi,
  • Andriati Ningrum and
  • Widiastuti Setyaningsih

28 December 2022

Macroalgae are an essential basic ingredient for many industries from which numerous derived products with great economic value are manufactured. Each macroalga has a unique composition that might provide specific physical and chemical information th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
566 Views
14 Pages

Uncovering the Floral Origins of Honey Bee Pollen in Colombian Tropical Dry Forest: A Low-Cost DNA Barcoding Approach Reveals Cactaceae Dominance

  • Maryuri Lobo-Torres,
  • Diana C. Mantilla-Escalante,
  • Brayan J. Anaya,
  • Diego F. Tirado and
  • Claudia M. Arenas-Gómez

30 November 2025

Characterizing the botanical composition of pollen is essential to understanding the floral resources used by bees. While microscopy is the traditional method, it is time-consuming and limited in taxonomic resolution. Molecular tools such as DNA barc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,065 Views
12 Pages

18 October 2022

In order to deal with the threat of forest fire to the original forest resources, improve the efficiency of firefighting, and better protect the forest ecological resources in the original forest area. In this paper, the ant colony algorithm is used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,534 Views
10 Pages

The Technical Quality of the Wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) of Diverse Genetic Origin

  • Eliza Konofalska,
  • Paweł Kozakiewicz,
  • Włodzimierz Buraczyk,
  • Henryk Szeligowski and
  • Hubert Lachowicz

14 May 2021

This work contains the preliminary results of research into the technical quality of the wood from Scots pine trees of diverse genetic origin, grown on an experimental plot at the Forest Experimental Station in Rogów. The following are the parent sta...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,760 Views
10 Pages

Tracing the Geographic Origin of Merbau (Intsia palembanica Miq.) in Century Old Planting Trials

  • Chin Hong Ng,
  • Kevin Kit Siong Ng,
  • Chai Ting Lee,
  • Lee Hong Tnah,
  • Nurul Farhanah Zakaria,
  • Noorsiha Ayop and
  • Soon Leong Lee

3 November 2020

Our study highlights the utilization of a genetic database for wood-origin identification in Intsia palembanica, a valuable heavy hardwood from the tropical forests. This forensic tool is essential for strengthening the verification of legality in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,461 Views
26 Pages

Long-Term Cumulative Effect of Management Decisions on Forest Structure and Biodiversity in Hemiboreal Forests

  • Teele Paluots,
  • Jaan Liira,
  • Mare Leis,
  • Diana Laarmann,
  • Eneli Põldveer,
  • Jerry F. Franklin and
  • Henn Korjus

18 November 2024

We evaluated the long-term impacts of various forest management practices on the structure and biodiversity of Estonian hemiboreal forests, a unique ecological transition zone between temperate and boreal forests, found primarily in regions with cold...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,425 Views
16 Pages

29 April 2023

The cultural dimension of many forests is not adequately considered by current forest definitions, policies, inventories, and management. Moreover, the concept of “protected area” as a synonym of “natural area” ignores that ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,606 Views
14 Pages

Origin and Persistence of Lycopodium clavatum and Lycopodium annotinum (Lycopodiaceae) in Scots Pine Forests

  • Radvilė Rimgailė-Voicik,
  • Aleksandras Voicikas,
  • Julija Fediajevaitė,
  • Sigitas Juzėnas and
  • Jolanta Patamsytė

31 July 2024

Understanding the growth dynamics of spore-bearing clonal plant sporophytes and the influence of abiotic and biotic factors is crucial for predicting the persistence of club moss populations and implementing effective habitat management techniques. D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,366 Views
21 Pages

Origin Traceability of Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) Using Multi-Stable Isotopes and Explainable Machine Learning

  • Danhe Wang,
  • Chunxia Yao,
  • Yangyang Lu,
  • Di Huang,
  • Yameng Li,
  • Xugan Wu,
  • Weiguo Song and
  • Qinxiong Rao

13 July 2025

The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) industry is currently facing the challenges of origin fraud, as well as a lack of precision and interpretability of existing traceability methods. Here, we propose a high-precision origin traceability meth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,734 Views
16 Pages

Estimation of the Aboveground Biomass of Forests in Complex Mountainous Areas Using Regression Kriging

  • Yining Luo,
  • Lihui Yan,
  • Zhongfa Zhou,
  • Denghong Huang,
  • Lu Cai,
  • Shuanglong Du,
  • Yue Yang,
  • Youyan Huang and
  • Qianxia Li

30 September 2024

The forest area in China’s plateaus and mountainous regions accounts for as much as 43% of the country’s total forest area. Accurately estimating the aboveground biomass (AGB) in these plateau and mountain forests is significant for globa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,119 Views
18 Pages

13 November 2022

Accurate estimation of forest above-ground biomass (AGB) is critical for assessing forest quality and carbon stocks, which can improve understanding of the vegetation growth processes and the global carbon cycle. Landsat 9, the latest launched Landsa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,912 Views
13 Pages

Characteristics and Sources of Metals in TSP and PM2.5 in an Urban Forest Park at Guangzhou

  • Yi-Hua Xiao,
  • Shi-Rong Liu,
  • Fu-Chun Tong,
  • Yuan-Wen Kuang,
  • Bu-Feng Chen and
  • Yue-Dong Guo

28 October 2014

Urban forest parks play important roles in improving environments, protecting biodiversity and even public welfare. Aerosols, including total suspended particles (TSP) and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5), were si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,348 Views
16 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Three Forest Management Plans in Southern Mexico

  • Wenceslao Santiago-García,
  • Lourdes Bautista-Pérez,
  • Gerardo Rodríguez-Ortiz,
  • Gerónimo Quiñonez-Barraza,
  • Faustino Ruiz-Aquino,
  • Mario Ernesto Suárez-Mota,
  • Elías Santiago-García,
  • Tania Leyva-Pablo,
  • Melquiades Cortés-Pérez and
  • Manuel de Jesús González-Guillén

27 February 2022

In the middle of the last century, the Mexican government applied a forest administration policy based on state control through concessions to parastatal enterprises. In the 1980s, communities began to regain control of their forests and promote comm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
10,995 Views
18 Pages

10 December 2014

Vegetation structure, including forest canopy height, is an important input variable to fire behavior modeling systems for simulating wildfire behavior. As such, forest canopy height is one of a nationwide suite of products generated by the LANDFIRE...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
15,890 Views
60 Pages

Invasive Insect Pests of Forests and Urban Trees in Russia: Origin, Pathways, Damage, and Management

  • Dmitry L. Musolin,
  • Natalia I. Kirichenko,
  • Natalia N. Karpun,
  • Evgeniy V. Aksenenko,
  • Viktor B. Golub,
  • Ivan A. Kerchev,
  • Michail Y. Mandelshtam,
  • Rimvys Vasaitis,
  • Mark G. Volkovitsh and
  • Andrey V. Selikhovkin
  • + 1 author

28 March 2022

Invasive alien insects cause serious ecological and economical losses around the world. Here, we review the bionomics, modern ranges (and their dynamics), distribution pathways, monitoring, and control measures of 14 insect species known to be import...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,472 Views
15 Pages

Soil Organic Carbon Depletion from Forests to Grasslands Conversion in Mexico: A Review

  • Deb Raj Aryal,
  • Danilo Enrique Morales Ruiz,
  • César Noé Tondopó Marroquín,
  • René Pinto Ruiz,
  • Francisco Guevara Hernández,
  • José Apolonio Venegas Venegas,
  • Alejandro Ponce Mendoza,
  • Gilberto Villanueva López,
  • Fernando Casanova Lugo and
  • Isaí Euán Chi
  • + 6 authors

18 November 2018

Land use change from forests to grazing lands is one of the important sources of greenhouse gas emissions in many parts of the tropics. The objective of this study was to analyze the extent of soil organic carbon (SOC) loss from the conversion of nat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,375 Views
23 Pages

On the Intercontinental Transferability of Regional Climate Model Response to Severe Forestation

  • Olivier Asselin,
  • Martin Leduc,
  • Dominique Paquin,
  • Alejandro Di Luca,
  • Katja Winger,
  • Melissa Bukovsky,
  • Biljana Music and
  • Michel Giguère

23 September 2022

The biogeophysical effects of severe forestation are quantified using a new ensemble of regional climate simulations over North America and Europe. Following the protocol outlined for the Land-Use and Climate Across Scales (LUCAS) intercomparison pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,753 Views
13 Pages

Determination of Geographic Origin of Turquoise by Combining Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Chemometrics

  • Shuoyun Tong,
  • Guodong Chen,
  • Weikang Hu,
  • Shiyang Pan,
  • Dan Zhu,
  • Shuang Liu,
  • Li Lu,
  • Shunchao Zhou and
  • Wanfeng Zhou

19 October 2023

Microsampling elemental analysis is widely used for gemstone and mineralogy traceability. Using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry combined with chemometrics, the contents of 56 elements in turquoise samples from 5 distinct p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,785 Views
13 Pages

The Potential Effect of Climate Change on the Distribution of Endemic Anurans from Mexico’s Tropical Dry Forest

  • Claudia Ballesteros-Barrera,
  • Oscar Tapia-Pérez,
  • Rocío Zárate-Hernández,
  • Adrián Leyte-Manrique,
  • Angélica Martínez-Bernal,
  • Bárbara Vargas-Miranda,
  • Matías Martínez-Coronel and
  • Selene Ortiz-Burgos

12 August 2022

Mexico is one of the richest countries in amphibian species (420 spp.), with a high level of endemism (69%). The order Anura represents the most diverse and widespread of the three extant amphibian orders (257 spp.). The anurofauna of Mexico’s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,950 Views
15 Pages

18 July 2024

The productivity of forests in sub-Saharan Africa is often summarized into large compartments or site classes. However, the classification of forest productivity levels based on the original site index model in Tanzania and the techniques applied to...

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