Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: a citizen science approach DOI Creative Commons
Zsuzsanna Márton, Barbara Barta, Csaba F. Vad

и другие.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 9, 2023

Abstract The rapid expansion of urban areas often leads to degradation, fragmentation, and loss natural habitats, threatening biodiversity. While ponds might contribute substantially the biodiversity blue-green infrastructure, role garden is still largely unkown. We lack a comprehensive understanding how local habitat features, different forms management, urbanisation impact these habitats. This study aimed reveal importance via country-wide online citizen science survey in Hungary, Central Europe. Data from over 800 pond owners revealed occurrence frequency various native animal taxa (amphibians, odonates, birds), introduced animals (e.g., fish). collected data about features management practices. tested effect landscape-level drivers (urbanisation, surrounding wetland coverage) on presence conspicuous (adult amphibians tadpoles, birds, odonates) identify potential ponds. Key including age, area, aquatic shoreline vegetation were most important factors, while algaecide addition was influential practice negatively affecting amphibian presence. Urbanisation affected adult their but it not associated with odonates birds. Our results indicate high utilise as habitats surveyed help public. Developing effective monitoring conservation strategies are necessary for better functioning infrastructure. level engagement owners, our survey, can create valuable achieving aims.

Язык: Английский

A comprehensive framework for evaluating ecosystem quality changes and human activity contributions in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, China DOI
Faisal Mumtaz, Jing Li, Qinhuo Liu

и другие.

Land Use Policy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 151, С. 107494 - 107494

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Preserving Short‐Sward Natural Grasslands May Provide Suitable Foraging Habitat for a Climate‐Threatened Alpine Species Along Ski‐Pistes DOI Creative Commons
Chiara Bettega,

Paolo Luciani,

Francesca Roseo

и другие.

Animal Conservation, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2025

ABSTRACT In many mountain regions, tourism represents one of the main sources income. Winter sports are often prevalent and, in last decades, infrastructures linked to ski industry have expanded worldwide ranges. Mountains dramatically suffering effects climate change, species contracting or declining and ski‐pistes predicted shrink towards higher elevations. For high‐elevation ecosystems species, construction is a major issue, impacting on such as alpine birds already threatened by change. Here, assessing ultimate drivers habitat selection during breeding season, we investigated impacts Dolomites foraging behaviour white‐winged snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis , an iconic bird highly Our results show that snowfinches, critical period nestling rearing, prefer forage snow patches short grass medium slope, characteristics frequently found studied ski‐pistes. We also observed marked effect temperature‐solar radiation interaction: snowfinches sunlit areas when ambient temperature low, while under temperatures they shady zones, probably due specific physiological/thermoregulatory requirements. Foraging associated with some shared environmental characteristics. This implies impact could be mitigated adequate management targeted at maintaining short‐sward grassland (e.g., through avoidance/reduction machine grading controlled grazing) residual (preventing complete levelling slope shallow depressions lower solar radiation). Such strategies contribute reducing ecological footprint current future resorts ecosystems.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1

Spatio-temporal evolution of habitat quality and its influencing factors in karst areas based on the InVEST model DOI Creative Commons

Chao Ma,

Hua Yang, Yan Zhi

и другие.

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 20(3), С. e0314161 - e0314161

Опубликована: Март 13, 2025

The Critical Karst Zone provides rich natural resources and is an important habitat for the survival development of world’s human population. Meanwhile, urbanization processes have disrupted structure function ecosystems, endangering biodiversity habitats. However, existing studies few frequently explored combined effects environment activities on changes in quality. This article uses InVEST model GeoDetector method to analyze landscape patterns, spatiotemporal evolution quality, their driving factors karst areas. results show that: (i) From 1990 2020, forest, cropland, grassland fluctuated sharply, while building waters area showed exponential upward trend. overall fragmentation spatial heterogeneity are enhanced. (ii) quality index decreased from 0.7751 0.74085, showing downward shows a distribution pattern “high surrounding areas low central areas”, autocorrelation analysis that county-level units significant agglomeration effects. (iii) type enhancement dual factor or non-linear, which land use intensity population density main spatio-temporal In summary, adopting stringent ecological protection restoration initiatives aimed at minimizing activity safeguarding integrity regions imperative. Such measures contribute scientific underpinning decision-making regarding optimization regional composition enhance planning strategies.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1

Towards ecological security: Two-thirds of China’s ecoregions experienced a decline in habitat quality from 1992 to 2020 DOI Creative Commons
Qiang Xue, Yang Zhang,

Qingmin Zhang

и другие.

Ecological Indicators, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 172, С. 113275 - 113275

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

1

The multifaceted socio-ecological impacts of charcoal production on the Afram Plains, Ghana DOI Creative Commons
Thelma Arko, Adelina Mensah,

James Adomako

и другие.

Trees Forests and People, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16, С. 100586 - 100586

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

This study investigates the environmental impacts of charcoal production in Afram Plains region Ghana, a forest-savannah transition ecosystem. Through combination remote sensing analysis, field surveys, and incorporation local ecological knowledge, research examines extent devegetation, depletion tree species, ecosystem degradation associated with activities. The findings reveal extensive scale production, over 2,200 scars identified across plain, an alarming annual nearly 400,000 trees 800,000 bags charcoal. indiscriminate felling mature low-efficiency traditional methods have left vast areas degraded state. contributes to literature by providing localized, species-level evidence production. It highlights overexploitation threatened species like Pterocarpus erinaceus (African Rosewood) concerning decline economically valuable Nesogogordonia papaverifera Erythrophleum africanum. Additionally, it identifies resilience Anogeissus leiocarpus, suggesting potential for sustainable use underscores urgency addressing challenges through multifaceted interventions, such as strengthening regulatory frameworks, promoting practices, facilitating reforestation efforts, engaging communities, investing data collection. By shedding light on intricate relationship between anthropogenic activities dynamics, this substantively ongoing discussions surrounding resource management conservation vulnerable ecosystems.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

4

The Impact of Human Activity Expansion on Habitat Quality in the Yangtze River Basin DOI Creative Commons

Chenchen Bian,

Liyan Yang,

Xiaozhen Zhao

и другие.

Land, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(7), С. 908 - 908

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2024

Globally, natural habitats have suffered tremendous damage from human activities, a phenomenon that is increasingly evident in basin regions. The management of regions dependent on understanding the various impacts activities these ecosystems. Despite studies been conducted effects regions, there still lot doubt regarding impact quality To fill this gap, study employs series spatial analysis methods and logistic regression modeling to delve into temporal patterns habitat Yangtze River Basin (YRB) as well differences sub-basins YRB. findings indicate 0.408% decline overall environmental YRB area 2000 2020, accompanied by 15.396% surge activities. Notably, southeastern Qilian Mountains mountainous northwestern sector Sichuan emerge pivotal areas for restoration. Conversely, southwestern urban clusters Delta (YRD) face significant deterioration. Spatial analyses reveal noteworthy trend: burgeoning region pose substantial threat recovery efforts. Further differential focusing upper, middle, lower segments underscore exert most pronounced within region, while upper experiences least influence. implications are manifold. It furnishes valuable policy insights comprehensive targeted preservation across By delineating restoration degradation highlighting segments, research lays solid foundation informed decision making conservation ecosystem

Язык: Английский

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4

Impacts of urban block form on carbon and pollutant emissions from urban life in China from the perspective of regional differences DOI
Wang Wei, Wenshan Su

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 105849 - 105849

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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4

Understanding the county-level relationship between population change and ecological environment quality dynamic in China, 2000–2020 DOI Creative Commons
Mingxing Zhong, Qingqing Liu, Xinyue Hu

и другие.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

Global population growth has increasingly intensified human interferences with natural ecosystems. These often exhibit complexity and diversity characteristics. Understanding the relationship between environmental issues become a focus in current scientific community. This study, leveraging multi-source remote sensing census data from China for years 2000, 2010, 2020, utilized multiple spatial econometric models to investigate pressure of dynamics on Ecological Environment Quality (EEQ). A bivariate local autocorrelation model was applied pinpoint regions that experienced significant over past two decades. Results showed there rise density, larger cities attracting more migrants residents EEQ declining most counties. The analysis revealed strong dependence changes population. Spatial regression were effective than non-spatial explaining EEQ. Population significantly associated decline. Based model, decreased by 0.029% every 1% increase 2000 2010. During 2010–2020, this impact pronounced, 0.069% decline Pressure zones widespread unsustainable (decreases EEQ), followed areas both increases declines, fewer demonstrating coordinated development improvements. Effective solutions address challenges involve government regulation, strategic planning, cross-regional management, sharing responsibilities benefits.

Язык: Английский

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0

The impact of climate change on the suitable habitats of three wild peonies in mountain-plain intersection zone of the Yellow River Basin DOI
Haotian Guo, Yi He,

Peixia Ye

и другие.

Plant Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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0

Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey DOI Creative Commons
Zsuzsanna Márton, Barbara Barta, Csaba F. Vad

и другие.

Landscape and Urban Planning, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 257, С. 105299 - 105299

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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