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The presence of larger trees in semi-arid African savannas creates sub-habitats, which influences on herbaceous plant communities grown under their canopies differently from opened areas. Knowledge of seed ban...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:9
Published on: 28 February 2017
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The lagoon is a component of coastal zones, whose populations of autotrophic picoplankton (APP) remain largely unstudied. These lagoons display high-nutrient productivity and additionally may also be subjected...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:6
Published on: 27 February 2017
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Climate change is expected to impose significant tension on the geographic distribution of tree species. Yet, tree species range shifts may be delayed by their long life spans, capacity to withstand long perio...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:7
Published on: 9 February 2017
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The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS) is a globally known wildland fire risk assessment system, and two major components, the fire weather index system and the fire behavior prediction system,...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:5
Published on: 31 January 2017
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Land use/land cover change can affect the ecological processes of an area such as hydrological cycle. The change in the condition of water resources of an area could be a good indicator of changes in ecosystem...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:1
Published on: 27 January 2017
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Due to the health effects caused by airborne pollutants in urban areas, forecasting of air quality parameters is one of the most important topics of air quality research. During recent years, statistical model...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:4
Published on: 23 January 2017
Erratum
Ecological Processes 2017 6:3
Published on: 18 January 2017
The original article was published in Ecological Processes 2016 5:20
Research
Here, we compare the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) community composition in soils from the root zone of the exotic invasive species Prosopis juliflora (EXO soils) and soils from the root zone of the native ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:2
Published on: 10 January 2017
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Sustainability requires the reconciling of human needs with the healthy natural ecosystem, which should be achieved within the grand course of industrialization and modernization. Systematic transitions on dem...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:23
Published on: 19 December 2016
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We quantified the effects of the site factors pH and nitrate (NO3) concentration in soil solution and groundwater level on the vegetation of terrestrial ecosystems for the Netherlands in response to changes in at...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:22
Published on: 14 December 2016
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Variation in reproductive phenology among species is an important mechanism for maintaining species coexistence. In mixed forests, the impact of limiting (biotic and abiotic) factors on tree reproductive succe...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:21
Published on: 7 December 2016
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Mangroves that grow at the latitudinal extremes of their distribution are susceptible to extreme cold events. Successive enhancement of low temperature stress (seLTS) is a typical characteristic of extreme col...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:20
Published on: 25 November 2016
The Erratum to this article has been published in Ecological Processes 2017 6:3
Review
This review was developed to introduce the essential components and variants of structural equation modeling (SEM), synthesize the common issues in SEM applications, and share our views on SEM’s future in ecol...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:19
Published on: 22 November 2016
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Community perception plays a significant role in rangeland resource management. Traditional rangeland management practices by the pastoral communities are based on accumulated knowledge in connection to their ...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:18
Published on: 9 November 2016
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Grazing is an important management tool for maintaining healthy ecosystems and improving rangelands productivity. However, its effectiveness for this purpose is dependent on timing and frequency of grazing, as...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:17
Published on: 29 October 2016
Review
The effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on groundwater recharge and surface runoff and how these are affected by LULC changes are of interest for sustainable water resources management. However, there is...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:16
Published on: 20 October 2016
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Lake Naivasha watershed is recognized for its contribution to Kenya’s national gross domestic product from the export of horticultural products. Commercial horticultural investment downstream depends mainly on...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:15
Published on: 5 October 2016
Review
Global climate change creates critical challenges with increasing temperature, reducing snowpack, and changing precipitation for water, energy, and food, as well as ecosystem processes at regional scales. Ecos...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:14
Published on: 29 September 2016
Review
Hillslopes provide critical watershed ecosystem services such as soil erosion control and storm flow regulation through collecting, storing, and releasing rain water. During intense rainstorms, rainfall intens...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:13
Published on: 8 September 2016
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Long-term drought in the southern Great Plains increases the vulnerability of coupled human-environment systems at a variety of scales. Developing better understandings of the dynamics at regional scales will ...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:12
Published on: 18 August 2016
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Damming is one of the dramatic impacts to river food webs due to habitat fragmentation and changes in the hydrological regimes. The world’s largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), has been constructed in the ...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:11
Published on: 2 August 2016
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Whether invasive plants stimulate or inhibit the soil microbial diversity is still an open question. Despite large-scale invasion by Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E. Walker in the urban ecosystems of the Srinagar ci...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:10
Published on: 29 June 2016
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Understanding how mangroves respond to rare cold events has implications for both restoration and conservation under climate change scenarios. This study investigated the responses of photosynthesis and activi...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:9
Published on: 3 June 2016
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Understanding the differences in carbon and water vapor fluxes of spatially distributed evergreen needleleaf forests (ENFs) is crucial for accurately estimating regional or global carbon and water budgets and ...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:8
Published on: 31 May 2016
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Among the most dangerous pollutants is PM2.5, which can directly pass through human lungs and move into the blood system. The use of nature-based solutions, such as increased vegetation cover in an urban landscap...
Ecological Processes 2016 5:7
Published on: 25 May 2016
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