Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams

ML Messager, B Lehner, C Cockburn, N Lamouroux… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Flowing waters have a unique role in supporting global biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles
and human societies,,,–. Although the importance of permanent watercourses is well …

A comparison between Ensemble and MaxEnt species distribution modelling approaches for conservation: A case study with Egyptian medicinal plants

E Kaky, V Nolan, A Alatawi, F Gilbert - Ecological Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between the geographical distribution of taxa and their
environmental conditions is a key concept in ecology and conservation. The use of …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the global snakebite crisis with geo-spatial analyses–Recent advances and future direction

AFV Pintor, N Ray, J Longbottom, CA Bravo-Vega… - Toxicon: X, 2021 - Elsevier
Venomous snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that annually leads to hundreds of
thousands of deaths or long-term physical and mental ailments across the developing world …

Diversity buffers winegrowing regions from climate change losses

I Morales-Castilla… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Agrobiodiversity—the variation within agricultural plants, animals, and practices—is often
suggested as a way to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on crops [SA Wood …

Deforestation risk due to commodity crop expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

EM Ordway, GP Asner, EF Lambin - Environmental Research …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid integration of global agricultural markets and subsequent cropland displacement in
recent decades increased large-scale tropical deforestation in South America and Southeast …

Learning analytics to support self-regulated learning in asynchronous online courses: A case study at a women's university in South Korea

D Kim, M Yoon, IH Jo, RM Branch - Computers & Education, 2018 - Elsevier
With the recognition of the importance of self-regulated learning (SRL) in asynchronous
online courses, recent research has explored how SRL strategies impact student learning in …

Projected shifts of wine regions in response to climate change

M Moriondo, GV Jones, B Bois, C Dibari, R Ferrise… - Climatic change, 2013 - Springer
This research simulates the impact of climate change on the distribution of the most
important European wine regions using a comprehensive suite of spatially informative …

Wildfire, climate, and invasive grass interactions negatively impact an indicator species by reshaping sagebrush ecosystems

PS Coates, MA Ricca, BG Prochazka… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Iconic sagebrush ecosystems of the American West are threatened by larger and more
frequent wildfires that can kill sagebrush and facilitate invasion by annual grasses, creating …

Assessing the accuracy and stability of variable selection methods for random forest modeling in ecology

EW Fox, RA Hill, SG Leibowitz, AR Olsen… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
Random forest (RF) modeling has emerged as an important statistical learning method in
ecology due to its exceptional predictive performance. However, for large and complex …

Quantifying aboveground forest carbon pools and fluxes from repeat LiDAR surveys

AT Hudak, EK Strand, LA Vierling, JC Byrne… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Sound forest policy and management decisions to mitigate rising atmospheric CO2 depend
upon accurate methodologies to quantify forest carbon pools and fluxes over large tracts of …