Impact of climate, land management and harvesting patterns on the ecological traits and the population structure of Pterocarpus lucens in West African semi-arid areas by Issouf Zerbo, Larba Hubert Balima, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Adjima Thiombiano

“…However, while in the Sahelian climatic zone, decreasing pruning rates were observed according to the severity gradient (low intensity 36.02 %, moderate intensity 27.47 %, and severe intensity 19.73 %), an increasing pruning rate was observed in the Sudan-Sahelian climatic zone (low intensity 16.49 %, moderate intensity 17.38 %, severe intensity 24.48 %, and very severe intensity 35.79 %). …”
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Snow refugia: Managing temperate forest canopies to maintain winter conditions by Melissa A. Pastore, Sarah J. Nelson, Elizabeth A. Burakowski, Alexandra R. Contosta, Anthony W. D'Amato, Sarah Garlick, Edward Lindsey, David A. Lutz, Toni Lyn Morelli, Alexej P. K. Sirén, Grace A. Smith, Aaron Weiskittel

“…As an initial test of our hypothesis, we leveraged snowpack measurements in the northeastern United States spanning the DSCC gradient (low, <25% DSCC; medium, 25%–50% DSCC; and high, >50% DSCC), including from 2 sites in Old Town, Maine; 12 sites in Acadia National Park, Maine; and 30 sites in the northern White Mountains of New Hampshire. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Vegetation on Yongxing Island and Their Relationship with Human Activities by Liu Hongxiao, Geng Shoubao, Pang Yujin, Ren Hai, Jian Shuguang, Zeng Zhen, Lu Hongfang

“…Specifically, the LER on Yongxing Island revealed a pronounced core-to-edge gradient, low in the interior and elevated along the periphery, signaling a statistically significant intensification of anthropogenic pressure (P<0.05). …”
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Elevation Determines Fungal Diversity, and Land Use Governs Community Composition: A Dual Perspective from Gaoligong Mountains by Zhuanfei Zeng, Ruilong Huang, Wei Li

“…In the present study, by collecting soil samples from four different land uses in the Gaoligong Mountain area, namely shrublands (SLs), coffee plantations (CPs), cornfields (CFs), and citrus orchards (COs), and combining them with the changes in altitude gradients (low: 900 m, medium: 1200 m, high: 1500 m), high-throughput sequencing technology was used to analyze the composition and diversity of soil fungal communities based on the collected soil samples. …”
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A Texture-Based Simulation Framework for Pose Estimation by Yaoyang Shen, Ming Kong, Hang Yu, Lu Liu

“…A hierarchical texture design strategy was developed, incorporating complexity gradients (low to high) and color contrast principles, and implemented via VTK-based 3D modeling with automated Euler angle annotations. …”
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Food provision responses to changes in mountainous terraced and sloping cropland: Implications for land management based on land dynamics and terrain gradient by Yu Shi, Wei Wei, Wendi Wang, Paolo Tarolli, Liding Chen

“…The results indicated that: (1) the terraced area expanded in the past 30 years, particularly across steeper terrain gradients (third to fifth gradients); (2) sloping croplands predominantly occupied gentle slopes (first to second gradients), exhibiting area reduction correlating with urbanization processes; (3) the food provision increased extensively, with yield decreasing from southeast to northwest and regions of high yielding mainly in terraced fields; (4) over time, the variation of food provision correlated positively with the area of sloping cropland at low gradients, while at higher gradients, the expansion of terraces dominated the increase in food provision; (5) spatial clustering analysis revealed significant food productivity associated with high-density terrace distribution across steeper slope gradients. Low yields could be attributed to improper terrace management. …”
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Patterns of Change in Plant Leaf Functional Traits Along an Altitudinal Gradient in a Karst Climax Community by Yang Wang, Ying Deng, Hong Zhao, Fangbing Li, Zuhong Fan, Tian Tian, Tu Feng

“…In this study, we examined nine climax communities located in the karst region of Southwest China, categorizing them into three distinct altitude gradients: low-, middle-, and high-altitude communities. …”
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