The growth of ecotourism and hiking is one pillar of Saudi Vision 2030. However, the Kingdom lacks an up-to-date national spatial classification that would enable systematic coverage and strategic decision-making on potentially suitable hiking areas....
Longnan is the largest olive cultivation area in China. The unique microclimates in Longnan make it an ideal testing ground for climate-resilient cultivation strategies with broader applications across similar regions, yet predictive models linking w...
Studying the changes in tourist comfort is significant for improving the comfort of the tourism experience and for local tourism economies in the context of global warming. An evaluation and prediction model for ice–snow tourism suitability was...
Climate warming is reshaping hydrothermal resources for rice production, but the climatic responses of different rice-based cropping systems have not been sufficiently compared. This study evaluated the climatic suitability and dominant climatic cont...
Assessing the suitability of human settlements is of great significance for promoting pastoral development, improving herders’ livelihoods, and advancing the construction of beautiful villages in agro-pastoral regions. Focusing on ten pastoral...
To ensure food security in Xinjiang, scientifically conducting land suitability evaluation is of significant importance. This paper takes an arid and ecologically fragile region of southern Xinjiang—Qiemu County—as an example. Based on th...
Barringtonia fusicarpa Hu, an endemic tree species of southern China that is listed as Vulnerable, is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic disturbance and illegal logging, yet its potential distribution remains poorly quantified. Based on 31 occu...
The site-suitability analysis (SSA) of parcel-pickup lockers (PPLs) is becoming a critical problem in last-mile logistics. Most studies have focused on the site-selection problem to identify the best site from given potential sites in specific areas,...
Scientific and rational agricultural land suitability assessment is essential for improving land resource use efficiency and promoting sustainable agricultural development. In arid and ecologically fragile regions, agricultural production is jointly...
Land resources are fundamental to regional economic development and ecological protection. As a critical tool for the scientific allocation of land resources, land suitability evaluation plays a pivotal role in achieving sustainable development goals...
Extensive ecosystem degradation along the coastal areas of Ghana highlights the need for targeted landscape restoration. This study identified areas with high restoration potential by evaluating environmental, climatic, and anthropogenic determinants...
Understanding future changes in crop phenology and climate suitability is essential for sustaining winter wheat production in the Huang-Huai-Hai (3H) Plain under climate change. This study integrates bias-corrected CMIP6 climate projections, the DSSA...
Myzus persicae (Sulzer) is a globally important agricultural pest and a vector of numerous plant viruses. However, its potential global distribution under future climate change remains insufficiently quantified. In this study, we used 5531 occurrence...
Coastal zones, and in particular offshore areas, are coming under ever-increasing pressure from human development. Therefore, the evaluation of habitat quality is of vital importance for management of coastal zones. The InVEST model adopts a multi-mo...
Weirs are often constructed on mountainous rivers because of their low construction costs and their ability to provide irrigation and facilitate landscaping, yet there is little research on how fish habitat quality in mountainous rivers responds to w...
The accurate habitat suitability evaluation of forest species is vital for forest resource management and conservation. Therefore, the previously published thresholds of soil organic carbon (SOC) contents for the six main forest species were used to...
In developing countries, especially China, large-scale commercial complexes are the current trend in commercial real estate. Compared with other similar buildings, scientific site selection is very important for the smooth construction and efficient...
14 November 2026
Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola L.) is an economically important tropical fruit tree, yet its global climatic suitability and future trajectory remain unquantified. Here, 2326 spatially rarefied occurrence records from GBIF and the Chinese Virtual Her...
The development of Xiongan New Area in Hebei Province, China, as a significant national choice, has considerable strategic significance for the integrated growth of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. This paper proposes a cloud model for the suitability ev...
Climate change may substantially alter the habitat suitability and spatial stability of highland edible and medicinal plant resources. Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb. is an important wild resource plant in western China, but its potential distribution...
The dried leaves of Turpinia arguta (Lindl.) Seem, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, have been used for the treatment of tonsillitis, sore throat, throat arthralgia, and novel coronavirus pneumonia. This plant possesses significant medicinal, eco...
Species distribution models (SDMs) are extensively used to project habitat suitability of species in stream ecological studies. Owing to complex sources of uncertainty, such models may yield projections with varying degrees of uncertainty. To better...
25 October 2019
People explosion and fast economic growth are bringing a more serious land resource shortage crisis. Rational land-use allocation can effectively reduce this burden. Existing land-use allocation models may deal with a lot of challenges of land-use pl...
Regional suitability for growing avocados and blueberries may alter with climate change. Modelling can provide insights into potential climate change impacts, thereby informing industry and government policy decisions to ameliorate future risks and c...
The aim of this pilot study was to comprehensively evaluate the gut microbiota, mycobiome, and metabolomic profile of six 4-month-old crossbred pigs (A–F) originating from the same litter and from a specific breeding facility intended for precl...
Overfishing and climate change have led to the depletion of fishery resources in the offshore South China Sea. The purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis) has emerged as a promising alternative due to its ecological and economic value. H...
The threats and opportunities faced by primary production industries from future climate changes can be adequately prepared for only with the guidance of model projections that can assist the development of robust policy and climate adaptation plans...
Under climate change, land use suitability for horticultural production will change; this has prospects of both adverse socio-economic impacts for the industry in some regions, and beneficial impacts in others. Policy development and industry guidanc...
Coastal habitats have experienced significant degradation and fragmentation in recent decades under the strain of interacting ecosystem stressors. To maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, coastal managers and restoration practitioners face...
16 May 2022
(1) Background: Human settlements are a basic requirement for human survival and development. The natural suitability of human settlements directly affects human health and their quality of life and, to some extent, also dictates the size of the regi...
Climate-driven heat and water stress are increasingly compromising rainfed maize yields in transition zones, with significant implications for global food security. While continental-scale models of crop suitability exist, they often fail to capture...
Pork is the main meat consumed by Chinese people. In this study, the sensory quality of four muscles (loin, shoulder, belly, and ham) under three cooking methods (boiling, scalding, and roasting) was examined, and the edible quality and nutritional q...
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (Chinese fir) is one of the main timber species in Southern China, which has a wide planting range that accounts for 25% of the overall afforested area. Moreover, it plays a critical role in soil and water conser...
Spatiotemporal particulate matter (PM) concentration prediction using MODIS AOD with significant PM factors in rural and urban landscapes in Thailand is necessary for public health and has been complicated by the limitations of PM monitoring stations...
The greater U.S. Midwest is on the leading edge of tick and tick-borne disease (TBD) expansion, with tick and TBD encroachment into Illinois occurring from both the northern and the southern regions. To assess the historical and future habitat suitab...
Climate change has been transforming forest ecosystems globally, affecting the sustainability of conventional forest management practices. This study investigates the suitable forestation area (SFA) for Larix kaempferi and Chamaecyparis obtusa and th...
CO2 removal via membrane oxygenators during lung protective ventilation has become a reliable clinical technique. For further optimization of oxygenators, accurate prediction of the CO2 removal rate is necessary. It can either be determined by measur...
Besides OpenStreetMap (OSM), there are other local sources, such as open government data (OGD), that have the potential to enrich the modeling process with decision criteria that uniquely reflect some local patterns. However, both data are affected b...
The giant honeybee, Apis dorsata, is an important pollinator native to tropical and subtropical Asia. Understanding its potential response to climate change is important for pollinator conservation, ecological risk assessment, and biosecurity plannin...
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to define climatic constraints on species ranges, yet their ability to reflect demographic processes remains poorly understood. We integrated annually calibrated SDMs (1981–2005) with tree-ring...
To effectively adapt the agricultural sector to the threats posed by climate change, it is essential to provide tools to establish a link between climate conditions and crops. The olive is a significant crop in the Mediterranean area. Although highly...
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L, flora of China) is an essential oil crop in China, but its growth and development are affected by climate change. To cope with the impacts of climate change on sesame cultivation, we used the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model...
Worldwide river systems are under pressure from human development. River managers need to identify the most important stressors in a stream basin, to propose effective management interventions for river restoration. In the European Union, the Water F...
The Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), a large and vulnerable mammal in northern Pakistan, faces increasing threats from habitat loss, tourism, human disturbance, and human–bear interactions. However, spatially explicit information on its p...
Research on the climatic adaptation of the apricot kernels (Prunus armeniaca L.) has significant meaning for optimizing their cultivation and utilizing climatic resources effectively. This research utilizes geographical distribution data, climatic en...
Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius, 1803) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a major pest of cruciferous vegetables, causing substantial economic losses across Asia, Europe, North America, and other regions. Building on previous bioclimatic studies, we com...
Locust outbreaks are major biological disturbances in grassland ecosystems of arid and semi-arid regions. Accurate identification of locust suitable habitats is important for regional monitoring and management. However, direct comparisons between mul...
Climate change has a significant impact on species distribution, especially for the relict plants. Euptelea pleiosperma is a type of tertiary relict plant. This plant shows a decreasing trend in population size, and it is on the edge of extinction gi...
Under global climate change, ungulate distributions are generally shifting poleward. However, the dispersal pathways, dynamics of suitable habitat, and environmental drivers of the expanding Milu population in the intensively used coastal wetlands of...
Understanding habitat suitability and environmental preferences of shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris) is essential for assessing and mitigating bycatch risk in pelagic longline fisheries. Using observer data collected by the Chinese Pac...
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