Valuing Florida Water Resources: Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture by Tatiana Borisova, Syed Irfan Ali Shah, Tara Wade, Kelly Grogan, Xiang Bi

“… Water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (altogether often referred to as ecosystem services or environmental services.) Part of a series entitled Economic Value of Florida Water Resources, this 5-page fact sheet written by Tatiana Borisova, Syed Irfan Ali Shah, Tara Wade, Kelly Grogan, and Xiang Bi and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department assesses the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by irrigation water and shows the importance to agriculture of water resource protection and restoration.  …”
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Examining the Impacts of Sand Mining on Physical Water Quality: A Case Study of River Minera Rukungiri District. by Nasasira, Ambrose

“…Establish designated mining zones with defined boundaries to minimize disruption to the river ecosystem and surrounding habitats.…”
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Shrub encroachment alters the diversity of soil fungal communities in topsoil, but not in subsoil under alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau by Wenming Ma, Tenzing Droma, Changting Wang, Xiangli Ma

“…Encroachment of alpine grassland ecosystems by shrubs is widespread in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. …”
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The Costs of Managing an Urban Forest by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer Seitz

“…Urban forests provide benefits to society often referred to as ecosystem services: they improve human health, environmental quality, and local economies by increasing property values and aesthetics in communities. …”
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Carbon sequestration in different urban vegetation types in Southern Finland by L. Thölix, L. Backman, M. Havu, M. Havu, E. Karvinen, J. Soininen, J. Trémeau, O. Nevalainen, J. Ahongshangbam, L. Järvi, L. Järvi, L. Kulmala

“…Notably, all models demonstrated similar mean net ecosystem exchange over the urban vegetation sector studied on an annual scale over the study period. …”
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Searching for the best post-land abandonment management to enhance long-term carbon storage in Mediterranean mountain areas by Melani Cortijos-López, Teodoro Lasanta, Erik Cammeraat, Estela Nadal-Romero

“…The abandonment of rural activities in the Mediterranean mid-mountains has led to the activation of revegetation processes, as well as the subsequent implementation of various management measures to mitigate the associated ecosystem disservices. Focusing on soil environment and its growing importance in a climate change scenario, it is of great interest to study how land management and landscape changes can affect, not only the soil carbon storage process, but also its dynamics. …”
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Alligator Abundance and Hydrology (2003–2013): What Long-term Monitoring Can Tell Us about Everglades Restoration by Rebecca G. Harvey, Jeff Beauchamp, Robin Bijlani, Frank J. Mazzotti, Laura A. Brandt

“…As top predators and ecological “engineers,” alligators affect nearly all aquatic life in the ecosystem. Thus, trends in alligator populations can tell us whether restoration projects are successful. …”
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Conservation of forest biomass and forest–dependent wildlife population: Uncertainty quantification of the model parameters by Ibrahim, M. Fanuel, Silas, Mirau, Damian, Kajunguri, Francis, Moyo

“…The ecosystem is confronted with numerous challenges as a consequence of the escalating human population and its corresponding activities. …”
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Conservation of forest biomass and forest–dependent wildlife population: Uncertainty quantification of the model parameters by Fanuel, Ibrahim M., Mirau, Silas, Kajunguri, Damian, Moyo, Francis

“…The ecosystem is confronted with numerous challenges as a consequence of the escalating human population and its corresponding activities. …”
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Carbon Stocks on Forest Stewardship Program and Adjacent Lands by Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alison E. Adams, Damian C. Adams

“… Nonindustrial private forestlands in Florida provide many environmental benefits, or ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are benefits from nature that are directly enjoyed, consumed, or used by humans, such as water quality improvement or protection, recreation, biodiversity, and even timber. …”
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The Spatio-temporal Evolution of NDVI in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area Driven by the Synergistic Effect of two Factors over the Past 21 Years by QI Haimei, ZHENG Peilong, WANG Yunqi, WANG Jiani, LI Cheng, ZHANG Xiaoming

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A first overview of ant diversity in mangroves along the Ecuadorian coast by Marissa Barreno, Myriam Arias de López, Natalia Molina-Moreira, Alex Pazmiño-Palomino

“…ABSTRACT The mangroves along the Pacific coastline of South America are considered highly vulnerable ecosystems due to resource exploitation and climate change; nevertheless, they remain largely ignored. …”
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The Characteristics of Air Quality Changes in Hohhot City in China and their Relationship with Meteorological and Socio-economic Factors by Qingchun Guo, Zhenfang He, Zhaosheng Wang

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Ecological Landscape Modeling: The General Application of an Existing Simulation Framework by H. Carl Fitz

“…Carl Fitz, is an overview of an existing, generalized model framework that synthesizes integrated ecosystem dynamics within large spatial domains and across decadal ecological time scales. …”
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Ecological restoration in valley area of semiarid region damaged by shallow buried coal seam mining by Chen Puhao, Wang Jianbin, Wang Haiyan

“…In this article, a valley area in the northern Shaanxi Province of China was selected as the research area, and a similar ecosystem around the study area was selected as the reference subject. …”
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Lockdown to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Create a Less Polluted Environment in India by Preet Lal, Amit Kumar, Supriya Bharti, Purabi Saikia, Dibyendu Adhikari, M. L. Khan

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Interaction of Predatory Ladybird Beetle, Micraspis discolor with Nilaparvata lugens throughout Paddy Growing Seasons by Alia Natasha Hanifah, Nadia Nisha Musa, Abd Aziz Shamsudin Noraziyah, Salmah Yaakop

“…The Micraspis discolor (Syn=Verania) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a successful omnivorous predator in rice ecosystem and functions well as a general biological control for maintaining the population of brown planthopper (BPH) (Nilaparvata lugens), the major rice pest worldwide. …”
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Phosphorus transitions driven by cyclone biparjoy linked middle east North Africa (MENA) and Indian Thar Desert dust storm pathways in Asia’s largest grassland by Rupak Dey, Seema B. Sharma, Mahesh G. Thakkar, Ranjit Kumar Sarangi, Abhiroop Chowdhury, Aliya Naz

“…Abstract Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient for terrestrial ecosystems like grassland and plays a critical role in influencing primary productivity and hence ecosystem dynamics. …”
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The Horseshoe Crab: A Poster by Florida Master Naturalist Program

“…Horseshoe crabs are important to the coastal ecosystem, and research derived from horseshoe crabs helps save human lives! …”
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