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The competitive relationship of scrub plants for water use in the subalpine zone of the Qilian Mountains in China
Samples of scrub plants and soil were collected from May to October 2019 in the subalpine scrub zone of the Qilian Mountains. Based on measured...
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Contribution of recycled moisture to precipitation and its influencing factors in the subalpine zone of Qilian Mountains
Recycled moisture, the part of precipitating vapor that comes from surface evapotranspiration, plays an important role in the hydrological process...
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Low sensitivity of Pinus mugo to surface ozone pollution in the subalpine zone of continental Europe
High altitudes have been exposed to enhanced levels of surface ozone (O 3 ) concentrations over recent decades compared to the pre-industrial era. The...
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Distribution pattern, population structure and habitat geography of Betula utilis subalpine forests of Kashmir region in the western Himalayas: implications for conservation and sustainable management
Betula utilis is the keystone tree species constituting the basic structure of the western Himalayan subalpine forests in Kashmir regions. It is...
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Risk assessment of trace elements accumulation in soil-herbage systems at varied elevation in subalpine grassland of northern Tibet Plateau
Ecological environment of remote grassland has become a problem in many countries due to mining, tourism, grazing, and other human activities. In...
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Driving forces for recovery of forest vegetation after harvesting a subalpine oak forest in eastern Tibetan Plateau
Uncertainty regarding how subalpine forest ecosystems respond to tree harvesting hinders their sustainable management and conservation strategies. To...
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Bacterial, fungal, and archaeal community assembly patterns and their determining factors across three subalpine stands at different stages of natural restoration after clear-cutting
PurposeThe knowledge regarding how different soil microbial groups change in subalpine forest areas after clear-cutting is limited. To bridge this...
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Modern pollen dispersal in relation to present vegetation distribution and land use in the Baspa valley, Kinnaur, western Himalayas
Interpretation of a fossil pollen data for the vegetation and climate reconstruction of any region needs a modern pollen-vegetation analogue for its...
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Behaviour of synthetic musk fragrances in freshwaters: occurrence, relations with environmental parameters, and preliminary risk assessment
The aims of this study were to investigate the presence, possible sources, and potential ecological risks of synthetic musk fragrances in freshwaters...
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Middle Ages
The forest recovery of the Migration Period (376–568 CE) ended in the Visigothic epoch, when a long-term deforestation trend lasting ~4 centuries...
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Grazing Effect on Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Soils of the Mountainous Pastures
Grazing is known to have a negative impact on soil C stocks; however, the effects depend on the grazing intensityGrazing intensity and management...
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Himalaya to Hengduan: dynamics of alpine treelines under climate change
Alpine treelines serve as vital indicators of the impacts of climate change on tree growth and forest distribution. They offer valuable insights into...
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Syntaxonomy and vegetation–environment relationships in Mount Akdağ (Amasya/Türkiye)
In this study, vegetation–environment relationships, species, and syntaxonomic diversity in Akdağ, located in the transition zone to the Euxin of the...
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Temporal and seasonal changes in mercury accumulation in Tatra chamois from West Carpathians
The main aim of this study was to determine the concentration of total mercury (T-Hg) in different tissues, hair, and faeces from a long-lived animal...
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Biological Resources of South Adriatic Aquatorium and Coastal Zone of Montenegro: Human Impact and Possibilities for Sustainable Exploitation
The availability of biological resources, their diversity and quantity, structure and geographical distribution, as well as related questions, were...
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Effects of snow absence on available N pools and enzyme activities within soil aggregates in a spruce forest on the eastern Tibetan Plateau
Winter climate change has great potential to affect the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. In particular, increased soil frost associated with...
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Long-term trajectories of mountain agro-ecosystems in the North-Western Alps
Past trajectories of alpine agroecosystems are legacies that we should consider to improve our understanding of current responses to global...
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Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA
BackgroundThe epidemic Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) outbreak in the subalpine forests of the Colorado Plateau in the 1990s killed most...
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A Near Four-Decade Time Series Shows the Hawaiian Islands Have Been Browning Since the 1980s
The Hawaiian Islands have been identified as a global biodiversity hotspot. We examine the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using...
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Patterns of floristic and functional diversity in two treeline ecotone sites of Kashmir Himalaya
Globally, the treelines at higher elevations in mountains are reported to be advancing up-slope in response to recent climate warming. However,...
