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    Urbanization alters atmospheric dryness through land evapotranspiration

    ‘Urban Dry (Wet) Islands’ (UDI/UWI) represents microclimate change that impacts ecosystems and human well-being. However, causes of the UDI (UWI) phenomena are not fully understood due to the lack of empirical...

    Lu Hao, Ge Sun, **aolin Huang, Run Tang, Kailun **… in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2023)

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    Selection of optimal regulation scheme by simulating spatial network of ecological-economic-social compound system: a case study of Hunan province, China

    The sustainable development of ecological-economic-social (EES) compound system has been increasingly significant because the ecological environment is increasingly worsening. The spatial network methodology b...

    **long Wang, Ling Yang, Min Deng, Gui Zhang… in Environment, Development and Sustainability (2023)

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    From Peasant to Farmer: Transformation of Forest Management in China

    In the past 40 years, China has experienced an unprecedented transformation of the rural society and livelihoods and self-subsistence forest management has transitioned to more business-oriented management, ty...

    Mingtao He, Senwei Huang, Yaoqi Zhang, Mohammad M. Rahman in Small-scale Forestry (2020)

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    Access to Microloans for Households with Forest Property Collateral in China

    About 100 million rural households in China have obtained forest property certification, which could serve as collateral to help households obtain microloans intended for forest management and investment. Howe...

    Li Zhou, Yaoqi Zhang, Guangcui Dai, Shen Zhang in Small-scale Forestry (2016)

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    Differentiating anthropogenic modification and precipitation-driven change on vegetation productivity on the Mongolian Plateau

    The Mongolian Plateau, comprising Inner Mongolia, China (IM) and Mongolia (MG) is undergoing consistent warming and accelerated land cover/land use change. Extensive modifications of water-limited regions can ...

    Ranjeet John, Jiquan Chen, Youngwook Kim, Zu-tao Ou-yang… in Landscape Ecology (2016)

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    Land Expectation Value to Profit Maximization: Re-Examination of the Faustmann Formula

    By comparing the use of land expectation value (LEV), internal rate of return (IRR), labor wage expectation value (WEV), and profit (PF) in finding optimum rotation age in forest management, it is argued that...

    Yaoqi Zhang, Suman Majumdar in Post-Faustmann Forest Resource Economics (2013)

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    Rapid detection of food-borne Listeria monocytogenes by real-time quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification

    The purpose of this study was to develop a real-time quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplication (LAMP) method for the rapid, sensitive, and convenient detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food. The LAMP ...

    **aoxiao Shan, Yaoqi Zhang, Zhigang Zhang, Miaorui Chen… in Food Science and Biotechnology (2012)

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    Economic Development, Rural livelihoods, and Ecological Restoration: Evidence from China

    This article uses a case study in Southeast China to demonstrate how the substantial changes in rural livelihoods have been driven by a combination of “pull” forces from external economic development, and “pus...

    Chengchao Wang, Yusheng Yang, Yaoqi Zhang in AMBIO (2011)

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    Globalization of Lifestyle: Golfing in China

    Traditionally, a person’s lifestyle was more locally determined and evolved slowly. However, in the 21st century, globalization makes the globe flat, and lifestyle and taste are globally influenced and can cha...

    Yaoqi Zhang, **yang Deng, Suman Majumdar, Bin Zheng in The New Middle Classes (2009)

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    The Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Pattern of Rural Residential Land in China in the 1990s Using Landsat TM Images and GIS

    Through interpreting Landsat TM images, this study analyzes the spatial distribution of rural settlements in China in 2000. It calculates rural residential land percentage for every 1-km2 cell. The entire country...

    Guang** Tian, Zhifeng Yang, Yaoqi Zhang in Environmental Management (2007)

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    Economic Analyses of Rubber and Tea Plantations and Rubber-tea Intercrop** in Hainan, China

    This study uses land expectation value (LEV) as a criterion to conduct economic analyses of natural rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) and tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica) monoculture, and rubber-tea intercrop**....

    Zhimei Guo, Yaoqi Zhang, Peter Deegen, Holm Uibrig in Agroforestry Systems (2006)

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    Deforestation and Forest Transition: Theory and Evidence in China

    A general theoretical framework on deforestation and forest transition is presented followed by empirical evidence from China. Relative scarcities of food, timber and environmental goods resulting from both po...

    Yaoqi Zhang in World Forests from Deforestation to Transition? (2000)

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    Russian and Chinese Forests, Societies and Environments in Transition

    The term “countries with economies in transition” refers to countries changing their economies from a centrally administered to market system. The term covers countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and ...

    Elena Kopylova, Yaoqi Zhang, Matti Palo… in World Forests, Society and Environment (1999)

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    The Forest Sector in China: Towards a Market Economy

    China covers an area of 9.6 mill, km2, accounting for 7% of the total land area of the globe. The landmass consists of mountainous areas (33%), high plateau (26%), basins (19%), hills (10%) and flat lowlands (12%...

    Yaoqi Zhang, Guangcui Dai, Heyu Huang… in World Forests, Society and Environment (1999)