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Nutrient allocation patterns of Picea crassifolia on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
It can provide a basis for decision making for the conservation and sustainable use of forest ecosystems in mountains to understand the stoichiometric properties and nutrient allocation strategies of major tre...
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Radial growth in Qinghai spruce is most sensitive to severe drought in the Qilian Mountains of Northwest China
Global warming and frequent extreme drought events lead to tree death and extensive forest decline, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. In drought years, cambial development is more sensitive to climate...
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Pollution and source-specific risk analysis of potentially toxic metals in urban soils of an oasis-tourist city in northwest China
Source-specific risk apportionment for soil potentially toxic metals (PTMs) is of great significance for contamination prevention and risk management in urban environments. Eighty-five urban soil samples were ...
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Elevation response of above-ground net primary productivity for Picea crassifolia to climate change in Qilian Mountains of Northwest China based on tree rings
Current ecosystem models used to simulate global terrestrial carbon balance generally suggest that terrestrial landscapes are stable and mature, but terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) data estimated wi...
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DualDNSMiner: A Dual-Stack Resolver Discovery Method Based on Alias Resolution
With the rapid development of IPv6 network applications, the transition to IPv6 dns has accelerated. In this process, dual-stack resolvers take on the crucial role that ensures the resolution of domains under ...
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Contamination, ecological-health risks, and sources of potentially toxic elements in road-dust sediments and soils of the largest urban riverfront scenic park in China
Identifying the contamination and sources of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in road-dust sediment (RDS) and the surrounding greenspace soil of urban environments and understanding their ecological-health ri...
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Open AccessSpatial characteristics of nutrient allocation for Picea crassifolia in soil and plants on the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Understanding the stoichiometric characteristics and nutrient allocation strategies of dominant tree species in montane forest systems can provide a basis for decision-making in relation to montane system mana...
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Drought timing and severity affect radial growth of Picea crassifolia at different elevations in the western Qilian Mountains
In the context of continued global climate change, the intensity and frequency of droughts have increased to varying degrees in many places. Due to the complexity of drought events, the mechanisms by which tre...
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Responses of radial growth of Picea crassifolia to climate change over three periods at different elevations in the Qilian Mountains, northwest China
Qinghai spruce at different elevations showed inconsistent growth trends and responses to climate change.
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Phosphomolybdic acid-catalyzed oxidation of waste starch: a new strategy for handling the OCC pul** wastewater
When old corrugated cardboard (OCC) is returned to the paper mill for repul** and reuse, the starch, which is added to the paper surface as a reinforcement agent, is dissolved into the pul** wastewater. Mo...
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Tree-ring-based drought-pluvial variation in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China
Understanding historical drought changes is critical to water resource management, vegetation growth, and human life in arid regions with vulnerable and sensitive ecological environments. Based on the Schrenk ...
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Inconsistent relationships between tree ring width and normalized difference vegetation index in montane evergreen coniferous forests in arid regions
There was an inconsistent positive correlation between tree ring width and NDVI in the Tianshan Mountains, and this correlation gradually weakened from west to east and decreased with increasin...
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Dynamic response to climate change in the radial growth of Picea schrenkiana in western Tien Shan, China
Forests are important ecosystems for economic and social development. However, the response of tree radial growth to climate has produced ‘divergent problems’ at high latitudes under global warming. In this st...
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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Theoretical Studies of a Novel Salen Type Schiff Base N,N '-Bis(4-Bromo-Salicylidene)-Diamine
A new salen-type Schiff base (1), namely, 4-Br-salen = N,N '-bis(4-bromo-salicylidene)-diamine, was synthesized and characterized by Infrared spectroscopy (IR), elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffra...
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Comparison of the responses of radial growth to climate change for two dominant coniferous tree species in the eastern Qilian Mountains, northwestern China
The temperature in northwestern China has increased significantly since the 1990s. However, the responses of mountainous forests to warming have not been extensively examined. We collected tree rings of two do...
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Numerical simulation for viscous debris flows passing through dams—a case study of the Wenchuan Yinxing** gully
Check dams, which mitigate debris flow hazards, have been widely applied in mountainous areas. Usually, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of these mitigation works. With the use of numerical simulati...
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Quantitative investigation of sediment regulation performance of slot-check dam on viscous debris flow
Debris flow can be very destructive in densely populated and mountainous area. Slot-check dams are widely used artificial control works in the debris flow channel to alleviate the risk of debris flow disaster....
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Extreme climate historical variation based on tree-ring width record in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events have caused serious impacts on the service functions of terrestrial ecosystems and the production and life of human society in recent years. The...
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Stability evaluation of radial growth of Picea schrenkiana in different age groups in response to climate change in the eastern Tianshan Mountains
Global warming causes an unstable response in tree radial growth at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Additionally, different climatic responses of different age groups of trees have been found due to...
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Open AccessClinical value of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels in predicting chemosensitivity, lymph node metastasis, and prognosis in patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma
Our aim was to investigate the value of serum squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen levels in predicting chemosensitivity, lymph node metastasis, as well as prognosis in patients with cervical squamous cell ca...