Enhancing forest biodiversity and carbon sinks in the face of climate change is a high priority on the global agenda. The aim of our study was to explore the feasibility and potential of enhancing biodiversity and stand biomass productivity, which ar...
Forest aboveground biomass (AGB) plays an important role in regulating the global carbon cycle and is thus an essential component of ecosystem functioning. In the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF), studies have shown...
The size–growth relationship (SGR) quantifies growth partitioning among different sized trees in a stand and helps to elucidate stand growth dynamics during stand development. SGR strongly correlates with stand density, stand age, and drought s...
Variability of a microsite contributes to the size hierarchy in tree populations. Tree size symmetry varies with the available growth resources. However, competition hierarchy may not cause size symmetry in tree populations. The identification of mec...
Inter-tree competition is considered one of the most important ecological processes of forest development. However, its importance in structuring the spatial patterns of plant communities remains controversial. We collected observational data from tw...
Tree size diversity is an indicator of biodiversity values of a forest. Microsite conditions of a forest determine the survival and growth of trees. However, the contribution of variable habitats to tree size hierarchy and segregation is poorly under...
This study presents a new metric for quantifying structural complexity using the diversity of tree damage types in forests that have experienced wind disturbance. Structural complexity studies of forests have to date not incorporated any protocol to...
This paper is focused on the derivation of data-processing and majorization inequalities for f-divergences, and their applications in information theory and statistics. For the accessibility of the material, the main results are first introduced with...
This paper presents a heuristic methodology for the optimal expansion of unbalanced three-phase distribution systems in rural areas, simultaneously addressing feeder routing and conductor sizing to minimize the total annualized cost—defined as...
Benefits of cultural ecosystem services (CESs) of urban green spaces (UGSs) for human health and general well-being have been widely recognized. Optimizing the landscape structure of green vegetation and improving CES are essential to reduce environm...
The concept of energy burden (EB) continues to gain prominence in energy and associated policy research as energy prices rise and electricity and heating options diversify. This research offers a deeper understanding of EB dynamics and how EB can be...
Environmental injustices in the United States are rooted in structural racism, particularly policies of racial segregation and disinvestment such as redlining that have produced enduring inequalities in the built environment and population health. Th...
Vegetation in residential areas plays a crucial role in biodiverse and sustainable cities as it enhances biological diversity, environmental quality, and the human well-being of city residents. However, the distribution of vegetation among these area...
We establish an asymptotically exact theoretical correspondence between the Solomonoff–Chaitin algorithmic semi-measure over formal derivation trees and Tsallis non-extensive statistical mechanics, uniquely characterized by a q-exponential dist...
Given the energy-intensive operations and considerable carbon emissions of offshore oil and gas platforms (OOGPs) in deep-sea regions, adopting floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs) as power sources offers substantial benefits. However, the expenses a...
This work deals with questions of enhancing the scalability and security of linear chain Bitcoin by introducing a D-BTC (Domino Bitcoin) protocol, supported by a simply connected two-dimensional structure. The paper seeks to answer the question: can...
This study deciphers the impacts of urban forests and green spaces (UFGSs) on housing prices through a systematic review of 180 peer-reviewed articles (440 empirical cases) to delineate how various UFGS attributes drive housing price changes, focusin...