Harvester ants as ecological engineers for Mediterranean grassland restoration: Impacts on soil and vegetation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108547
Abstract: Abstract Although not widely used, ecosystem engineers represent a promising and sustainable tool in nature-based ecosystem management and restoration. In grassland ecosystems, a few invertebrates that engineer soils have been identified as key species regulating… read more here.
Keywords: grassland restoration; restoration; ants ecological; soil vegetation ... See more keywords
Grazing gradient detection and assessment in arid rangelands of central Iran using remote sensing and soil-vegetation characteristics
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DOI: 10.1071/rj20076
Abstract: One key tool to manage fragile ecosystems in arid lands is knowledge of land degradation. For this purpose, field-based soil and vegetation characteristics were related to remote sensing information extracted from Landsat OLI moving standard… read more here.
Keywords: index; remote sensing; vegetation; soil vegetation ... See more keywords
Soil and vegetation water content identify the main terrestrial ecosystem changes
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DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad026
Abstract: ABSTRACT Environmental change is a consequence of many interrelated factors. How vegetation responds to natural and human activity still needs to be well established, quantified and understood. Recent satellite missions providing hydrologic and ecological indicators… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem changes; water content; vegetation; vegetation water ... See more keywords
Retrieving Soil and Vegetation Temperatures From Dual-Angle and Multipixel Satellite Observations
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DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2020.3024190
Abstract: Land surface component temperatures (LSCTs), i.e., the temperatures of soil and vegetation, are important parameters in many applications, such as estimating evapotranspiration and monitoring droughts. However, the multiangle algorithm is affected due to different spatial… read more here.
Keywords: angle; soil vegetation; angle multipixel; dual angle ... See more keywords
Soil and Vegetation Scattering Contributions in L-Band and P-Band Polarimetric SAR Observations
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2019.2920995
Abstract: Active microwave-based retrieval of soil moisture in vegetated areas has uncertainties due to the sensitivity of the signal to both soil (dielectric constant and roughness) and vegetation (dielectric constant and structure) properties. A multi-frequency acquisition… read more here.
Keywords: vegetation scattering; soil; contributions band; vegetation ... See more keywords
Soil and vegetation carbon turnover times from tropical to boreal forests
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12914
Abstract: Terrestrial ecosystems currently function as a net carbon (C) sink for atmospheric C dioxide (CO2), but whether this C sink can persist with global climate change is still uncertain. Such uncertainty largely comes from C… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; turnover; turnover times; controlling factors ... See more keywords
Evaluation of the snow cover in the Soil, Vegetation, and Snow (SVS) land surface model
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DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0249.1
Abstract: The Soil, Vegetation, and Snow (SVS) land surface model was recently developed at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for operational numerical weather prediction and hydrological forecasting. This study examined the performance of the snow… read more here.
Keywords: surface; model; snow svs; vegetation snow ... See more keywords