Plant functional traits as measures of ecosystem service provision

L Miedema Brown, M Anand - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the relevance of ecosystem services (ES) to society and modern ecological
research, current methods of measurement and mapping remain inconsistent and often lack …

Evaluation of ecosystem services value and its implications for policy making in China–A case study of Fujian province

K Su, D Wei, W Lin - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
The spatial relationship between land use change and ecosystem services is still unclear,
which constrains the formulation of corresponding policies on land use and eco …

Land-use changes driven by 'Grain for Green'program reduced carbon loss induced by soil erosion on the Loess Plateau of China

L Deng, DG Kim, M Li, C Huang, Q Liu, M Cheng… - Global and planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration on degraded lands has been encouraged worldwide due to its
ecological services and function of controlling soil erosion and improving carbon (C) stocks …

Socioeconomic cost of dredge boat gold mining in the Tapajós basin, eastern Amazon

J Queiroz, P Gasparinetti, LB Bakker, F Lobo, G Nagel - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid expansion of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in the Brazilian
Amazon, an increasing number of studies have attempted to estimate the impacts and socio …

Damming the wood falls

E Wohl, EP Iskin - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Rivers historically transported unquantified volumes of driftwood to the ocean. Driftwood
alters coastal sediment dynamics and provides food and habitat for diverse organisms …

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Riverbank changes using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

SMS Kumar, M Pandey, AK Shukla - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fluvial hazards cause severe damage to human lives and properties. The increased
intrusion of anthropogenic activities into natural hydrological cycles has increased hazard …

Accelerating the formation of biological soil crusts in the newly dried-up lakebeds using the inoculation-based technique

H Kheirfam, M Roohi - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The disappearance of water bodies and the emergence of dry lakebeds have intensified
global environmental challenges such as dust source regions and moving dunes. The rapid …

Comparative study of physico-chemical parameters and water quality index of river

N Jain, R Yevatikar, TS Raxamwar - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
The change in natural water quality is caused due to the diversity of human activities which
is causing huge impact on the hydrologic cycle. The increasing pollution is impairing the use …

Ecological-economic assessment of forest land degradation neutrality in the Indus River Basin of Pakistan

M Arif, H Amin, N Zarif, L Xiangyue, C Yukun - Environment, Development …, 2024 - Springer
Land degradation neutrality can be achieved by mobilizing stakeholders and investing in
strategic land management. Despite significant investments, efforts to rehabilitate and …

Interregional ecosystem services benefits transfer from wind erosion control measures in Inner Mongolia

J Xu, Y Xiao, G Xie, Y Wang, L Zhen, C Zhang… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In an increasingly meta-coupled world, the balance of interregional environmental
development is becoming increasingly important, and an ecological cooperation community …