Evaluations ecosystem health-based field studies can assist decision-makers in formulating
more targeted conservation policies to better manage ecosystems and landscape. To …

Simple Summary For generations, local ethnic communities have amassed a vast body of
traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) on the use of plant resources. Ethnobiologists have …

Assessments of forest ecosystem health for use in adaptive management need an
integrative multi-indicator examination at the stand scale. To assess forest health, we …

The significance of edaphic factors in describing forest vegetation patterns is becoming
more well acknowledged, with significant implications for the description of biogeographical …

Pteridophytes have been used by humans for millennia, but in comparison to flowering
plants, the documentation of their traditional uses is still neglected; as a result, they must be …

People have traditionally relied on fish to supply their major food and healthcare needs all
across the world. However, there has been little focus on the traditional dietary, cultural …

In an era of climate change, quantifying forest biomass and carbon stock along elevational
gradients in mountainous areas assumes immediate relevance for carbon budgeting and …

Simple Summary In traditional medicinal systems, animals play an essential role in treating
health issues (zoo therapy) as different body parts are used to treat different diseases …

Riparian buffers and stream channel widths along river networks have extremely significant
ecological influences on parameters and stressors associated with riparian health indicators …

Ecological community diversity and structure has implications for bird seed-dispersal
networks that change with environmental conditions and plant species richness along …