Naturally regenerating forests or secondary forests (SFs) are a promising strategy for
restoring large expanses of tropical forests at low cost and with high environmental benefits …

National parks are one of the foundations of global biodiversity conservation and help
protect the ecological environment and biodiversity. Assessing ecosystem integrity in …

建立国家公园可促进生态环境和生物多样性的保护, 而国家公园生态系统完整性评价对于维持
生态系统平衡, 生态系统健康, 生物多样性以及典型生态系统的完整性具有重要意义 …

Natural systems face human pressures, demanding urgently Ecological Integrity (EI)
assessments. EI assessments identify the state of an ecosystem through biotic and abiotic …

Fire suppression has negatively impacted thousands of acres of private and public lands in
the United States. As a case study, the New Jersey Pine Barrens (NJPB) are a disturbance …

Abstract In this Special Feature, we celebrate 100 years of National Park Service science by
highlighting contributions from the agency's Inventory and Monitoring Division. This broad …

Birds, amphibians, fish, and macroinvertebrates are useful indicators of ecological
conditions and ensure considerable conservation value and tools for decision making in …

Optical quantum memories are essential for quantum communications and photonic
quantum technologies. Ensemble optical memories based on 3-level interactions are a …

Grassland birds are in steep decline, with population declines reported in 74% of North
American grassland species in the past 50 years. Declines are particularly severe in the …

Improved monitoring and associated inferential tools to efficiently identify declining bird
populations, particularly of rare or sparsely distributed species, is key to informed …