A landscape of opportunities for microbial ecology research

C Mony, P Vandenkoornhuyse… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microbes encompass tremendous biodiversity, provide support to all living forms, including
humans, and play an important role in many ecosystem services. The rules that govern …

Review on driving factors of ecosystem services: Its enlightenment for the improvement of forest ecosystem functions in karst desertification control

L Kong, K Xiong, S Zhang, Y Zhang, X Deng - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the multi-scale and multi-factor driving mechanisms of ecosystem services
(ES) change is crucial for combating the severe degradation of the ecosystem. We reviewed …

Optimization of landscape spatial structure aiming at achieving carbon neutrality in desert and mining areas

H Guo, Q Yu, Y Pei, G Wang, D Yue - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon neutrality is a long-term climate goal in the context of global warming and can be
achieved by reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sinks. Vegetation has a very …

Connectivity, landscape structure, and plant diversity across agricultural landscapes: Novel insight into effective ecological network planning

F Liccari, F Boscutti, G Bacaro, M Sigura - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural habitats in rural and urban areas are increasingly fragmented and altered by human
impacts that are limiting the animal and plant dispersal process. Fragmentation and isolation …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural intensity interacts with landscape arrangement in driving ecosystem services

S Gebhardt, J van Dijk, MJ Wassen, M Bakker - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has enhanced productivity but also led to enormous ecosystem
service and biodiversity losses. Strategic spatial landscape design could counteract this …

Constructing wetland ecological corridor system based on hydrological connectivity with the goal of improving regional biodiversity

Y Qu, X Zeng, C Luo, H Zhang, Y Liu, J Wang - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrological connectivity is crucial for the healthy operation of wetland ecosystems.
However, the current design of ecological corridors in wetland biodiversity networks is …

Vegetation responses to ecological water delivery and prolonged droughts in an artificial desert oasis, Northwestern China

X Wang, H Xu, Y Pan, G Fu, T Chen, X Qi, X Yang - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Irrational water usage in the middle reaches of inland rivers is detrimental to downstream
oases, and the Qingtu Oasis is a typical downstream oasis that is degraded by water …

Protecting and constructing ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation: A framework that integrates landscape similarity assessment

G Ding, D Yi, J Yi, J Guo, M Ou, W Ou, Y Tao… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological corridors are crucial for preserving biodiversity in human-impacted areas, but
previous work has focused on landscape connectivity rather than ensuring that connected …

Corridors as a tool for linking habitats–Shortcomings and perspectives for plant conservation

E Travers, W Härdtle, D Matthies - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation and isolation are considered important causes of biodiversity loss in
cultural landscapes. To counter the negative effects of fragmentation such as reduced …

Land-cover gradients determine alternate drivers of mammalian species richness in fragmented landscapes

M Dennis, JJ Huck, CD Holt, PC Bispo, E McHenry… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context Understanding habitat fragmentation is a critical concern for nature conservation
and the focus of intense debate in landscape ecology. Resolving the uncertainty around the …