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Can larch-Aralia elata agroforestry systems improve the soil chemical and microbial properties of larch plantations?
The conversion of secondary forests to larch plantations has resulted in soil degradation in Northeast China. Previous studies have proven that introducing native broadleaved tree species into larch plantation...
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Temporal dynamics of fine root production, mortality and turnover deviate across branch orders in a larch stand
Fine roots play a key role in carbon, nutrient, and water biogeochemical cycles in forest ecosystems. However, inter-annual dynamics of fine root production, mortality, and turnover on the basis of long-term m...
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Open AccessCascading effect of source limitation on the granivore-mediated seed dispersal of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in secondary forest ecosystems
Granivore-mediated seed dispersal is susceptible to changes in seed availability and silvicultural management, which alters synzoochorous interactions in the antagonism-mutualism continuum and affects the seed...
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Open AccessEffects of harvest intensity on the marketable organ yield, growth and reproduction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs): implication for conservation and sustainable utilization of NTFPs
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are an important part of forest biodiversity, and the subsistence and trade of local people, especially in less developed countries. Because of the high ecological and econom...
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Disruption of emergency response to vulnerable populations during floods
Emergency responders must reach urgent cases within mandatory timeframes, regardless of weather conditions. However, flooding of transport networks can add critical minutes to travel times between dispatch and...
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Causes, Assessment, and Treatment of Nutrient (N and P) Pollution in Rivers, Estuaries, and Coastal Waters
As a consequence of industrialization, urbanization, and population growth in the past decades, high nutrient concentrations from point and non-point sources in aquatic systems have caused major problems to th...
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Effects of continuous nitrogen addition on microbial properties and soil organic matter in a Larix gmelinii plantation in China
Continuous increases in anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition are likely to change soil microbial properties, and ultimately to affect soil carbon (C) storage. Temperate plantation forests play key roles in C ...
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Open AccessThe long-term effects of planting and harvesting on secondary forest dynamics under climate change in northeastern China
Unlike the virgin forest in the Changbaishan Nature Reserve in northeastern China, little research on a landscape scale has been conducted on secondary forests in the region under conditions of a warming clima...
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Metal Pollution in Coastal Sediments
Coastal sediment is a vital habitat for aquatic and marine life in coastal ecosystem. However, urbanization and economic development in coastal areas have resulted in environmental problems globally. Due to co...
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Synchrotron micro-scale study of trace metal transport and distribution in Spartina alterniflora root system in Yangtze River intertidal zone
This study is focused on micro-scale measurement of metal (Ca, Cl, Fe, K, Mn, Cu, Pb, and Zn) distributions in Spartina alterniflora root system. The root samples were collected in the Yangtze River intertidal zo...
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Changes in soil phosphorus fractions after 9 years of continuous nitrogen addition in a Larix gmelinii plantation
N addition decreased soil inorganic P availability, microbial biomass P, and acid phosphatase activity in the larch plantation. Soil inorganic P availability decreased after N addition due to t...
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Should we respect the historical reference as basis for the objective of forest restoration? A case study from Northeastern China
Under climate change, the adoption of historical reference as the objective of forest restoration is being questioned. In this study, the spatially explicit forest landscape model LANDIS was utilized to analyz...
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Lead accumulation and association with Fe on Typha latifolia root from an urban brownfield site
Synchrotron X-ray microfluorescence and X-ray absorption near-edge microstructure spectroscopy techniques were applied to Typha latifolia (cattail) root sections and rhizosphere soils collected from a brownfield ...
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Effects of land use types on surface water quality across an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in the upper reach of the Hun River, Northeast China
Surface water quality is vulnerable to pollution due to human activities. The upper reach of the Hun River is an important water source that supplies 52 % of the storage capacity of the Dahuofang Reservoir, th...
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Evaluation of the combined risk of sea level rise, land subsidence, and storm surges on the coastal areas of Shanghai, China
Shanghai is a low-lying city (3–4 m elevation) surrounded on three sides by the East China Sea, the Yangtze River Estuary, and Hangzhou Bay. With a history of rapid changes in sea level and land subsidence, Sh...
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Issues of teacher education and inclusion in China
Since the 1980s, children with disabilities in China have been integrated into general education settings; the practice is termed sui ban jiu du, literally “learning in a regular classroom” (LRC). The term LRC me...
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Spatial distribution pattern of soil seed bank in canopy gaps of various sizes in temperate secondary forests, Northeast China
To promote the natural regeneration of secondary forests under gap disturbance is one of important approaches for realizing their restoration and sustainable management. However, soil seed bank, one of regener...
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Feasibility of implementing thinning in even-aged Larix olgensis plantations to develop uneven-aged larch–broadleaved mixed forests
Thinning experiments were conducted in larch (Larix olgensis) plantations to assess the feasibility of converting even-aged plantation stands to uneven-aged forests with more complex stand structures. Stands esta...
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EcoHealth and the Black Death in the Year of the Rat
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Magnetic properties of tidal flat sediments of the Yangtze Estuary and its relationship with particle size
This paper considers the magnetic properties of tidal flat sediments of the Yangtze Estuary and its relationship with particle size. The results indicate that magnetite of multi-domain (MD)/pseudo-single domai...
