A comprehensive framework for evaluating ecosystem quality changes and human activity contributions in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, China

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

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Preserving Short‐Sward Natural Grasslands May Provide Suitable Foraging Habitat for a Climate‐Threatened Alpine Species Along Ski‐Pistes

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

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

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

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The multifaceted socio-ecological impacts of charcoal production on the Afram Plains, Ghana

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

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Impacts of urban block form on carbon and pollutant emissions from urban life in China from the perspective of regional differences

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

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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The impact of climate change on the suitable habitats of three wild peonies in mountain-plain intersection zone of the Yellow River Basin

Plant Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey

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

Опубликована: Янв. 17, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Declining Urban–Rural Population Densities: How Do They Affect Natural Habitat?

Land Degradation and Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

ABSTRACT The decline in urban–rural population density (URPD) has consistently characterized China's rapid urbanization. Analyzing the spatiotemporal trends URPD and their effects on habitats within context of ecological civilization is crucial. However, quantitative studies are lacking, impact natural remains unclear. Therefore, using census land‐use data, we analyzed habitat China between 2000 2020. results show that urban (UPD), rural (RPD), quality have decreased by 11.7%, 40.2%, 2.1%, respectively, they all tend to shift lower values. UPD RPD vary exhibit regional heterogeneity. This study provides insights for promoting high‐quality development advancing civilization.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding the county-level relationship between population change and ecological environment quality dynamic in China, 2000–2020

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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The Rise (and Fall?) of European Water Shrews: Phylogeography and Species Distribution Models Uncover the Impact of Climate Change

Journal of Biogeography, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025

ABSTRACT Aim Predicting the effects of climate change on species distributions, while considering their genetic differentiation and evolutionary history is crucial to develop conservation measures. Here we aim to: assess phylogenetic phylogeographical relationships between European Neomys respective lineages; infer demographic all lineages estimate potential impact future distribution persistence lineages. Location Europe. Time Period The analysis ranges from 350,000 ago present. scenarios modelling present 2100. Major Taxa Studies Three belonging genus . Methods We reconstructed in Europe unveiled based cytochrome b gene sequences using presence data model how might under distinct scenarios. Results Our results confirm existence a N. milleri lineage Italian Peninsula, whose population size has been relatively constant over time. Except for this lineage, species' populations have likely increasing until at least 25,000 years ago. While our projections are beneficial , inconsequential fodiens but suggest extinction anomalus endemic Iberian Peninsula Main Conclusions Mediterranean Peninsulas, acting as refugia extreme cold conditions during Last Glacial Period, contributed However, warms, Peninsulas will no longer be able sustain these species/lineages. Given Peninsulas' status biodiversity hotspots, vulnerability ecosystems should mobilise efforts guided by phylogeographic approaches, allowing us uncover putative or endemisms before extinction.

Язык: Английский

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