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  3. Content type: Research

    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 ...

    Authors: Todd D. Fagin, Jacqueline M. Vadjunec, Nicole M. Colston, Kathyrn Wenger and Amy Graham

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:12

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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...

    Authors: Nazima Rasool, Zafar A. Reshi, Damase P. Khasa, Mudasir Roshan and Manzoor A. Shah

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:10

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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...

    Authors: Chunfang Zheng, Yong Ye, Weicheng Liu, Jianwu Tang, Chengnian Zhang, Jianbiao Qiu and Jinong Chen

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:9

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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 ...

    Authors: Pradeep Wagle, Xiangming Xiao, Thomas E. Kolb, Beverly E. Law, Sonia Wharton, Russell K. Monson, Jiquan Chen, Peter D. Blanken, Kimberly A. Novick, Sabina Dore, Asko Noormets and Prasanna H. Gowda

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:8

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    This paper focused on the process of urbanization in Lahore and its correlation with the loss of urban vegetation and perceived environmental impacts based on local population’s perception through administrati...

    Authors: Safdar Ali Shirazi and Jamil H. Kazmi

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:5

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    Rangelands are important source of pasture for livestock in Kenya since time immemorial to pastoral households. However, seasonality on forage availability has been a big challenge in meeting animals’ feed req...

    Authors: O. K. Koech, R. N. Kinuthia, G. N. Karuku, S. M. Mureithi and R. Wanjogu

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:3

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    In this study, metal pollution and their sources in surface soils were evaluated by pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques in association with a geographical information system (GIS).

    Authors: Fahad Ahmed, A. N. M. Fakhruddin, M. D. Toufick Imam, Nasima Khan, Tanzir Ahmed Khan, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman and Abu Tareq Mohammad Abdullah

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2016 5:2

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    Kuala Lumpur is currently experiencing a large-scale urban transformation. This study explores a multi-buffer ring method to investigate the spatial and temporal dynamics of urban growth in the Kuala Lumpur me...

    Authors: Mukesh Singh Boori, Maik Netzband, Komal Choudhary and Vít Voženílek

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:15

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    The Nenjiang River Basin is an important foodstuff base and eco-environmental fragile area in Northeast China. With the rapid rise in human population, human-induced changes in land use/land cover form an impo...

    Authors: Zhiliang Wang, Zongming Wang, Bai Zhang, Chunyan Lu and Chunying Ren

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:11

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    Soil microbial community plays a crucial role in the ecological processes of soil ecosystem. Forest species introduction often changes profoundly soil ecological processes in the forest. Larix kaempferi (Lam.) wa...

    Authors: Fangqing Chen, Nina Song, Guohua Chen and Jianzhu Wang

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:10

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    The impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) pattern on surface components of water are less well recognized, particularly in the Kashmir Himalaya. The paper highlights the relationship between LULC and water che...

    Authors: Zahoor ul Hassan, Javaid Ahmad Shah, Tasawoor Ahmad Kanth and Ashok Kumar Pandit

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:9

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    The ecological processes underlying the suppressive impacts of invasive species on native species diversity, both above- and below-ground, in non-native regions are not well understood. We therefore aimed to i...

    Authors: Manzoor A Shah, Marie-Eve Beaulieu, Zafar A Reshi, Salman Qureshi and Damase P Khasa

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:7

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    Incorporating information on animal behavior in resource-based predictive modeling (e.g., occurrence mapping) can elucidate the relationship between process and spatial pattern and depict habitat in terms of i...

    Authors: Matthew R Dzialak, Chad V Olson, Stephen L Webb, Seth M Harju and Jeffrey B Winstead

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:5

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    Riparian vegetation plays a crucial role in soil conservation and riverbank reinforcement. The Three Gorges hydrologic project has significantly changed the pattern of water-level fluctuation and riparian envi...

    Authors: Fangqing Chen, Jinxia Zhang, Miao Zhang and Jianzhu Wang

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:3

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    Urban flora is an important component of human-dominated ecosystems that links urban dwellers with nature. This study aims at compiling and analysing the alien and native vascular plant species of some selecte...

    Authors: Syed Mubashir Andrabi, Zafar Ahmad Reshi, Manzoor Ahmad Shah and Salman Qureshi

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:2

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    The role of urban areas in the global carbon cycle has so far not been studied conclusively. Locally, urbanization might affect decomposition within urban boundaries. So far, only few studies have examined the...

    Authors: Jens Dorendorf, Anja Wilken, Annette Eschenbach and Kai Jensen

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2015 4:1

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    Urban soils are large pools of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements, supporting plant growth, sustaining biogeochemical cycles, and serving as the foundation for maintaining ecosystem function and services of ...

    Authors: Qizheng Mao, Ganlin Huang, Alexander Buyantuev, Jianguo Wu, Shanghua Luo and Keming Ma

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:23

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    Many conservation initiatives for managing social-ecological landscapes factor in the best available biophysical information. However, insufficient consideration of social aspects can render such initiatives i...

    Authors: Grace B Villamor, Ignacio Palomo, Cesar A López Santiago, Elisa Oteros-Rozas and Joe Hill

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:22

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    Modern intensive rice production has brought a large amount of environmental pollution and do not guarantee the safety of rice quality. Thus, to improve the farmer's rice production model to reduce agro-chemic...

    Authors: Huabin Zheng, Huang Huang, Diqin Li, Xumeng Li, Zhiqiang Fu and Can Chen

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:20

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  37. Content type: Research

    The potential of periurban agrarian ecosystems is recognized as one of the cornerstones for improving urban sustainability; however, this potential has been disregarded in spatial planning and decision making....

    Authors: Marian Simon Rojo, Ana Zazo Moratalla, Nerea Moran Alonso and Veronica Hernandez Jimenez

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:13

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    Climate change and urbanization have been shown to alter plant phenology. However, a mechanistic understanding of these changes in flowering phenology and associated pollinator communities is lacking. Thus, th...

    Authors: Kaesha Neil, Jianguo Wu, Christofer Bang and Stanley Faeth

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:17

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  39. Content type: Research

    Land use intensification and urbanisation processes are degrading hydrological ecosystem services in the Guapi-Macacu watershed of Rio de Janeiro. A proposal to pay farmers to restore natural watershed service...

    Authors: Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna, Jan Börner, Udo Nehren, Rachel Bardy Prado, Hartmut Gaese and Jürgen Heinrich

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:16

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    Karachi, a city of unique terrain and moderate tropical climate, is home to several mosquito species. The geographical distribution and density of these species may vary within the city, owing to their interac...

    Authors: Saima Shaikh, Syed Jamil H Kazmi and Salman Qureshi

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:12

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    The Rupsha-Passur River System (RS) is one of the biggest and important river systems in the Sundarbans estuarine ecosystem. It is the largest fresh water supplier into this mangrove forest. A comprehensive st...

    Authors: Shak MB Rahaman, Sudhin K Biswas, Md S Rahaman, Alokesh K Ghosh, Lipton Sarder, SMS Siraj and Sheikh S Islam

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:18

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  42. Content type: Research

    This paper presents basic information on the research, classification, and application of the functions of tree species and their communities (mainly forest) in Slovakia. The main aim is a scientific assessmen...

    Authors: Vladimir Caboun, Miroslav Kovalcik and Zuzana Sarvasova

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:15

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    Conceptual hydrological models are useful tools to support catchment water management. However, the identifiability of parameters and structural uncertainties in conceptual rainfall-runoff modeling prove to be...

    Authors: Shuai Ouyang, Heike Puhlmann, Shunli Wang, Klaus von Wilpert and Osbert Jianxin Sun

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:14

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    Ecosystem goods and services (EGS) studies have had little impact on policy processes and real-world decision-making due to limited understanding of the interactions and feedbacks among ecological, social and ...

    Authors: Robert Huber, Simon Briner, Harald Bugmann, Ché Elkin, Christian Hirschi, Roman Seidl, Rebecca Snell and Andreas Rigling

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:9

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    Communities situated in protected areas generate conflicts among park administrators, residents and scientists. Should they stay or should they go? This article presents a positive example of a community exist...

    Authors: Barbara Schröter, Karla Sessin-Dilascio, Claas Meyer, Bettina Matzdorf, Claudia Sattler, Angela Meyer, Gregor Giersch, Camila Jericó-Daminello and Lukas Wortmann

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:6

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  49. Content type: Research

    Changes in land use and agricultural management have caused a strong increase in sediment and particulate phosphorus input into the Miyun reservoir. The simulation of the relevant runoff and sediment fluxes at...

    Authors: Michael Gebel, Mario Uhlig, Stefan Halbfass, Ralph Meissner and Shuhuai Duan

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:5

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  50. Content type: Research

    ‘Nuisance species’ (or ‘invasive’ species) are often proposed to be the second most important concern in the context of the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing evidence that exotic species do not a...

    Authors: Zina Skandrani, Sébastien Lepetz and Anne-Caroline Prévot-Julliard

    Citation: Ecological Processes 2014 3:3

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