Environmental Sciences - Table of Contents

January 14, 2019

Method for the quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services in coastal regions

Tomonari Okada, Yugo Mito, Erina Iseri, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Takanori Sugano, Yoshihiro B. Akiyama, Kenta Watanabe, Toko Tanaya, Hiroaki Sugino, Kanae Tokunaga, Takahiro Kubo, Tomohiro Kuwae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6234 PubMed 30671289

January 11, 2019

Individual tree crown delineation and tree species classification with hyperspectral and LiDAR data

Michele Dalponte, Lorenzo Frizzera, Damiano Gianelle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6227 PubMed 30648002

January 15, 2019

Common garden comparisons confirm inherited differences in sensitivity to climate change between forest tree species

Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Antoine Kremer, László Nagy, Éva Újvári-Jármay, Alexis Ducousso, Anikó Kóczán-Horváth, Jon Kehlet Hansen, Csaba Mátyás

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6213 PubMed 30671299

January 10, 2019

Different ecological processes determined the alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity for plant communities in dryland regions of Northwest China

Jianming Wang, Chen Chen, Jingwen Li, Yiming Feng, Qi Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6220 PubMed 30648001

January 11, 2019

The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties

Shu-Hong Wu, Bing-Hong Huang, Jian Gao, Siqi Wang, Pei-Chun Liao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6147 PubMed 30648012

January 9, 2019

Carabid community structure in northern China grassland ecosystems: Effects of local habitat on species richness, species composition and functional diversity

Noelline Tsafack, François Rebaudo, Hui Wang, Dávid D. Nagy, Yingzhong Xie, Xinpu Wang, Simone Fattorini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6197 PubMed 30643684

January 14, 2019

Using lidar to assess the development of structural diversity in forests undergoing passive rewilding in temperate Northern Europe

Henrik Thers, Peder Klith Bøcher, Jens-Christian Svenning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6219 PubMed 30656068

January 11, 2019

Different revegetation types alter soil physical-chemical characteristics and fungal community in the Baishilazi Nature Reserve

Jiaojiao Deng, You Yin, Jiyao Luo, Wenxu Zhu, Yongbin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6251 PubMed 30648009

January 31, 2019

High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases

Raphael S. von Büren, Bernadette Oehen, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Silvio Erler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6393 PubMed 30723636

January 31, 2019

Empirical analysis and modeling of Argos Doppler location errors in Romania

Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Florian P. Bodescu, Cristiana M. Ciocanea, Athanasios A. Gavrilidis, Steluta Manolache, Marius L. Matache, Iulia V. Miu, Ionut C. Moale, Andreea Nita, Viorel D. Popescu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6362 PubMed 30723631

January 22, 2019

Effects of dredging on the vegetation in a small lowland river

Edyta Stępień, Andrzej Zawal, Paweł Buczyński, Edyta Buczyńska, Magdalena Szenejko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6282 PubMed 30697485

January 11, 2019

Life history responses of two ephemeral plant species to increased precipitation and nitrogen in the Gurbantunggut Desert

Yanfeng Chen, Lingwei Zhang, Xiang Shi, Huiliang Liu, Daoyuan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6158 PubMed 30648013

January 10, 2019

Aridity and land use negatively influence a dominant species' upper critical thermal limits

Nigel R. Andrew, Cara Miller, Graham Hall, Zac Hemmings, Ian Oliver