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Spatio-temporal changes and hydrological forces of wetland landscape pattern in the Yellow River Delta during 1986–2022
ContextEstuarine wetlands provide valuable ecosystem services, but 20–78% of coastal wetlands are facing the risk of loss by the end of the century....
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Early scrub development in De Westhoek coastal dunes (Belgium)
Coastal dunes in Northwestern Europe were subject to substantial scrub expansion during the past decades, a process often considered as a major...
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Transcriptome sequencing and gene expression analysis revealed early ovule abortion of Paeonia ludlowii
BackgroundPaeonia ludlowii (Stern & G. Taylor D.Y. Hong) belongs to the peony group of the genus Paeonia in the Paeoniaceae family and is now...
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Global patterns of genomic and phenotypic variation in the invasive harlequin ladybird
BackgroundThe harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), native to Asia, has been introduced to other major continents where...
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Extremophilic Fungi: Potential Applications in Sustainable Agriculture
Food is the most basic requirement of life which has been hard hit due to climate change effect. Unfortunately, unsustainable agricultural practices...
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Meadow Steppe Ecosystem
This chapter focuses on Chinese meadow steppe ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this...
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Assessment of Forage Safety and Quality
Forage is an important livestock feed used to produce green animal products. The quality and safety of forage is the basis to ensure the safety of...
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Mangroves of Sundarban
The Sundarbans are the largest delta of mangroves in the world comprising 10,277 km2 at the meeting of two Himalayan rivers, the Ganges and...
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Sex dimorphic adaptive responses against Azadirachtin toxicity in gut tissues of Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum (Orthoptera; Acridoidea)
Acridids (short-horned-grasshopper) are distributed largely in the agricultural-field, grass-lands, and forests. It may act as a dependable...
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Protecting Forest Structure and Functions for Resilience and Sustainability Concerns in the Changing World
Forest ecosystems are one of the most important ecosystems on earth, and sustainability of the planet heavily relies on diverse ecosystem services...
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Basic Knowledge of Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis)
Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is the key species which is widely distributed in eastern Eurasia steppe. It is a perennial gramineous...
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Off the Beaten Path: Mira Behn and Himalayan Environment and Development
In the course of her extensive expeditions in the Kumaon hills in the late 1920s, her sojourns at various places of the Himachal hills, and...
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Equine grass sickness (a multiple systems neuropathy) is associated with alterations in the gastrointestinal mycobiome
BackgroundEquine grass sickness (EGS) is a multiple systems neuropathy of grazing horses of unknown aetiology. An apparently identical disease occurs...
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Effects of Selenium-Deprived Habitat on the Immune Index and Antioxidant Capacity of Przewalski’s Gazelle
Przewalski’s gazelle ( Procapra przewalskii ) is an endangered ungulate in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China. This study aimed to determine the...
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Changes of soil organic and inorganic carbon in relation to grassland degradation in Northern Tibet
The effect of livestock grazing on grassland degradation and the resulting impact on soil carbon concentration is an important factor in carbon...
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Biosystematics of Genus Elymus
In 1753, Swedish botanist Carl von Linné, the founder scientist of plant taxonomy, established the genus Elymus for the first time in his book...
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Montane Steppe Ecosystem
This chapter focuses on Chinese montane steppe ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this...
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Cattle grazing alters the interaction of seed-borne fungi and two foliar pathogens of Leymus chinensis in a meadow steppe
Intensive grazing by herbivores lead to major ecological changes in natural grasslands, including severe degeneration. However, the understanding of...
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Senna occidentalis (L.) Link (Fabaceae)
Synonyms: Cassia occidentalis L., Ditramexa occidentalis Britton & Rose, Ditremexa occidentalis (L.) Britton & Wilson (Adams, 1972)
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Aquaculture Production Systems
The global wild fishery cannot provide for the increasing demand for fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Aquaculture is the farming of...