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Predicting ecosystem changes by a new model of ecosystem evolution
In recent years, computer simulation has been increasingly used to predict changes in actual ecosystems. In these studies, snapshots of ecosystems at...
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Understanding Ecosystem Evolution and Behavior
This chapter explores the fundamental principles underpinning ecosystem evolution, examining the dynamic processes that have shaped biodiversity and...
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The bone ecosystem facilitates multiple myeloma relapse and the evolution of heterogeneous drug resistant disease
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an osteolytic malignancy that is incurable due to the emergence of treatment resistant disease. Defining how, when and where...
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Single-cell RNA sequencing explores the evolution of the ecosystem from leukoplakia to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
It has been found that progression from leukoplakia to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a long-term process that may involve changes...
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River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world
River networks represent the largest biogeochemical nexus between the continents, ocean and atmosphere. Our current understanding of the role of...
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Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of temperate grasslands
Human wellbeing depends on ecosystem services, highlighting the need for improving the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of food and feed...
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Incorporating ecosystem services into functional zoning and adaptive management of natural protected areas as case study of the Shennongjia region in China
Against the background of global climate change and anthropogenic interference, studying the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem services...
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Destruction
This chapter critically examines the current state of biodiversity and ecosystem destruction and degradation, attributing this primarily to...
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Skeletal convergence in thunniform sharks, ichthyosaurs, whales, and tunas, and its possible ecological links through the marine ecosystem evolution
Tunas, lamnid sharks, modern whales, and derived ichthyosaurs converged on the thunniform body plan, with a fusiform body, lunate caudal fin,...
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Modeling innovation in the cryptocurrency ecosystem
Blockchains are among the most relevant emerging technologies of recent times and, according to many, they will have a central role in sha** the...
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Autopoiesis, Organizational Complexity, and Ecosystem Health
This chapter provides perspectives on how autopoiesis or the self-organizing property of a living system is the basis for the emergence of a complex...
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Dynamic analysis and optimal control of knowledge diffusion model in regional innovation ecosystem under digitalization
Knowledge diffusion in regional innovation ecosystems is an important factor that influences the regional innovation efficiency. In regional...
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Importance of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services
This chapter explores the importance of biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services for human survival, highlighting the necessity to preserve...
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Response of a three-species cyclic ecosystem to a short-lived elevation of death rate
A balanced ecosystem with coexisting constituent species is often perturbed by different natural events that persist only for a finite duration of...
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Evolving collaboration, dependencies, and use in the Rust Open Source Software ecosystem
Open Source Software (OSS) is widely spread in industry, research, and government. OSS represents an effective development model because it harnesses...
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Spatiotemporal variations of ecosystem services in the Aral Sea basin under different CMIP6 projections
The Aral Sea, located in Central Asia, has undergone significant reduction in surface area owing to the combined impacts of climate change and human...
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Rise of post-pandemic resilience across the distrust ecosystem
Why does online distrust (e.g., of medical expertise) continue to grow despite numerous mitigation efforts? We analyzed changing discourse within a...
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Top-predator recovery abates geomorphic decline of a coastal ecosystem
The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems and their geomorphology
1 ,2 , but the evidence for this...
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Landscape evolution in China’s key ecological function zones during 1990–2015
Landscape evolution has profound effects on ecosystems. Recently, some studies suggest that China has implemented plans leading in the greening of...
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Valuation of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Natural Capital
This chapter critically evaluates the existing valuation approaches of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and natural capital, positing their...