Substantial areas of tropical forests, including those within nine tropical biodiversity
hotspots, contain karst landscapes that have developed on soluble carbonate rocks. Here …

The karst region in southwestern China, one of the largest continuous karst areas in the
world, is special for its high landscape heterogeneity, unique hydrology, high endemism …

The quantitative assessment of ecosystem health is important for interpreting the ecological
effects of land use changes and formulating effective measures of sustainable ecological …

Understanding the processes that underpin adaptive evolutionary shifts within major
taxonomic groups has long been a research directive among many evolutionary biologists …

Hydropower has long been considered the backbone of the power generation sector in low-
carbon and sustainable energy systems. Yet, as reliance on hydropower has been generally …

Expanding of karst rocky desertification (RD) area in southwestern China is strangling the
sustainable development of local agricultural economy. It is important to evaluate the soil …

The use of geothermal energy and its associated technologies has been increasing
worldwide. However, there has been little paradigmatic research conducted in this area …

Resumen Antecedentes: La Sierra Madre Oriental es una Provincia Fisiográfica ubicada en
el noreste de México con características geológicas, climáticas y edáficas distintivas. La …

摘要特殊的地质背景与生态环境叠加强烈的人类活动, 导致中国西南喀斯特地区生态系统呈现
显著的脆弱性特征. 从生态系统敏感性和适应性角度出发, 喀斯特生态系统结构 …

The emergence of rock outcrops is very common in terrestrial ecosystems. However, few
studies have paid attention to their hydrological role in the redistribution of precipitation …