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Temporal changes in boreal vegetation under 70 years of conservation
Biodiversity conservation through protected areas (PAs) is often based on the idea that biodiversity is relatively static. This assumption is...
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Quantity and quality: Role of vegetation in park visitation and physical activity
Vegetation is an essential natural feature in urban greening and a crucial indicator of an advanced city; it also enhances people’s quality of life....
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Blanket bog vegetation response to wildfire and drainage suggests resilience to low severity, infrequent burning
BackgroundIn 2019, a wildfire impacted an area of blanket bog and wet heath > 60 km 2 in the Flow Country peatlands of northern Scotland, a site of...
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Comparing machine learning algorithms to predict vegetation fire detections in Pakistan
Vegetation fires have major impacts on the ecosystem and present a significant threat to human life. Vegetation fires consists of forest fires,...
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Potential impacts of changing vegetation on benthic invertebrate assemblages in Odaigahara, Japan
Across Japan, populations of Sika deer ( Cervus nippon ) have grown rapidly over recent decades, and Odaigahara has particularly high densities of Sika...
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Dynamic of land use and vegetation change in the eastern bank of Bénoué (North Cameroon)
The eastern part of the Benoue River bank is undergoing degradation marked by a significant decrease in vegetation cover and woody resources due to...
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Contrasting effects of wild and domestic ungulates on fine-scale responses of vegetation to climate and herbivory
ContextWild ungulates and livestock modify a large range of vegetation patterns and processes at the landscape scale. However, we still lack studies...
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Nine-year bird community development on Radovesická spoil heap: impacts of restoration approach and vegetation characteristics
Worldwide environmental effects of anthropogenic land modification have made apparent the urgent need of ecological restoration. However, the methods...
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Updating knowledge of vegetation belts on a complex oceanic island after 20 years under the effect of climate change
Climate change is causing major changes in terrestrial ecosystems and biomes around the world. This is particularly concerning in oceanic islands,...
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Effects of soil compaction and vegetation weeding on the above-, and belowground growth of boreal evergreen conifer seedlings
If soil compaction caused by the operation of forestry machines does not suppress the growth of planted seedlings, this operation may be an...
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Native Vegetation and Flora of Kuwait
Native vegetation is the key component of any ecosystem, providing multiple direct and indirect benefits. However, the native vegetation is under...
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Vegetation and water of lowland spring-wells in Po Plain (Northern Italy): ecological features and management proposals
Spring-wells (lowland springs, “ fontanili ”) are elements of Po Plain (Northern Italy) with ecological and historical importance. There, spring-water...
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Modelling the spatial abundance of invasive deer and their impacts on vegetation at the landscape scale
Deer populations and their impacts on forest ecosystems are increasing globally. Given the imperative and expense to mitigate impacts of invasive...
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Recent advances in studying vegetation at forest edges
Natural and anthropogenic forest edges are an integral part of the landscape. On-going timber harvesting and deforestation has resulted in an...
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Fire regime attributes shape pre-fire vegetation characteristics controlling extreme fire behavior under different bioregions in Spain
BackgroundDesigning effective land management actions addressed to increase ecosystem resilience requires us to understand how shifting fire regimes...
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Rapid vegetation responses over the last seven decades revealed by an alpine ice core and land-cover patterns
ContextSyntheses of vegetation responses over the last century are rare for the Alps, and limited in chronological and taxonomical resolution. We...
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A novel urban vegetation map** approach for fire risk assessment: A Mediterranean case study
A series of urban wildfires that engulfed the Mediterranean in recent decades raised the problem of introducing urban vegetation into fire...
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Integrating citizen science and multispectral satellite data for multiscale habitat management
Habitat management is necessary for the conservation of threatened species, yet best practices in fragmented human-dominated landscapes have remained...
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Short-term recovery of post-fire vegetation is primarily limited by drought in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
BackgroundClimate change is altering the fire regime and compromising the post-fire recovery of vegetation worldwide. To understand the factors...
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Effect of rotational grazing management on vegetation of floodplain wetlands
In Argentina, the expansion of soybean production has forced the relocation of cattle to marginal sites for agriculture, such as the wetlands of the...
