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Characterization of Vernal Pools Across National Parks in the Great Lakes Region
Vernal pools are small, ephemeral wetlands that become inundated each spring and provide many ecosystem services, including providing critical...
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Overcoming the Wallacean shortfall in sky-islands of central Mexico: the case of copro-necrophagous beetles and two national parks
Insects are the most diverse group of organisms, but their large number of species and the lack of specialists to study them have made this group...
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National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, and Conservation Reserves
The Uttarakhand Himalaya represents one of the world’s biogeographical regions with rich biodiversity. To conserve and protect the species—floral,...
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Urban parks in crisis…again? A historical examination of the political, economic and social context of UK parks
The UK has a long history of providing and managing urban parks. The formal park and garden, developed as a morally improving ‘place apart’ in the...
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Exploring impacts of COVID-19 on spatial and temporal patterns of visitors to Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks from social media big data
COVID-19 posed challenges for global tourism management. Changes in visitor temporal and spatial patterns and their associated determinants pre- and...
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An evaluation of freshwater monitoring programs in ILTER nodes and mountain national parks: identifying key variables to monitor global change effects
Identifying and quantifying global change impacts on biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems is critical to promote an effective adaptation that...
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The importance of national parks in maintaining the habitat integrity and diversity of Odonata species in Amazonian streams
Protected areas are hugely important for preserving freshwater systems, given their importance for the human well-being and aquatic diversity. Our...
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Association between socioeconomic status and woody plant diversity in neighborhood parks
Parks play an important role in sustaining the urban ecosystem owing to their plant diversity. Therefore, identification of plant composition in...
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Understanding the sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services in urban parks: a Colombian study case
The significance of urban ecosystem services on the perception of parks among the public is profound. Parks are valued for their functional benefits,...
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Predicting amphibian and reptile distributions and species richness across urban parks in the eastern United States
Urban parks and greenspaces protect biodiversity in cities and provide important opportunities for city residents to interact with wildlife. We used...
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Associations between the perception of ecosystem services and well-being in urban parks
The benefits of Ecosystem Services (ES) for the population’s well-being have been studied from different perspectives. One of these perspectives is...
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Heterogeneity of soil CO2 efflux from local parks across an urban landscape
ContextThe soil-atmosphere carbon exchange is an important component of the carbon cycle; however, dynamics of CO 2 fluxes from urban landscapes are...
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Temporal patterns of breeding bird assemblages in small urban parks reveal relatively low stability and asynchrony
Parks serve as biodiversity centers in urban habitats and significantly affect the abundance and persistence of local bird populations. I examined...
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Linking tree cover change to historical management practices in urban parks
ContextUrban tree canopy (UTC) in parks is shaped by complex interactions between social and ecological processes over decades. To understand UTC...
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Spontaneous afforestation changes forest composition and landscape value in river valleys – a study of three nature parks in Latvia
Nature parks are the category of protected areas in Latvia established to protect unique regional landscapes for both visual and ecological value....
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Understanding the drivers of woody plant diversity in urban parks in a snow climate city of China
Urban parks are an important part of urban ecosystems and play an important role in biodiversity conservation. However, it is still unclear how park...
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A mowing strategy for urban parks to support spring flowers in a mediterranean climate city in South Africa
Converting road verges and Public Open Space (POS) to floral-rich resources is an important strategy for supporting populations of urban pollinators....
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Confusing Diversity: Area Categories of Nature and Landscape Protection—Nature Reserves, National Parks, Natural Monuments, Landscape Conservation Areas, Nature Parks
This chapter distinguishes between different categories of nature conservation areas. Not all of them protect nature with comparable intensity.
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Can the desiccation of forests in Tara National Park (Serbia) be attributed to the effects of a drought period?
Forest ecosystems within national parks are threatened by various biotic and abiotic factors. To determine the causes of the desiccation and death of...
