Review
In the Northeastern U.S., drought is expected to increase in frequency over the next century, and therefore, the responses of trees to drought are important to understand. There is recent debate about whether ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:34
Published on: 21 September 2017
Research
Exclusion of grazing animals and tree plantations were among the methods used for the restoration of degraded lands in tropical semiarid areas. Exclosures can foster secondary forest succession by improving so...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:33
Published on: 18 September 2017
Research
The study was conducted in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, in the Western Ghats to understand the effect of a single fire event on tree diversity and regeneration status. Four forest patches were selected which were ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:32
Published on: 14 September 2017
Research
Osun River dissecting the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, though inscribed on the World Heritage List, has been rarely assessed for biodiversity values or ecotoxicology. In this study, we investigated the concentrat...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:30
Published on: 24 August 2017
Research
Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) is the most threatened flag species of Southern Patagonia, where conservation efforts were not effective to avoid the retraction of its distribution area. Habitat quality mod...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:28
Published on: 17 August 2017
Research
Pastoral communities have a comprehensive knowledge of their environments. This knowledge was acquired through extensive observation of the local environment and continuous herding practices. Pastoralists’ wis...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:29
Published on: 10 August 2017
Research
Recently designated as a new special economic zone in China, Zhoushan Archipelago is going through a rapid land use change that is expected to have significant impacts on ecosystem services. However, there is ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:27
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research
Experiences of low rainfall and frequent droughts have had enormous impacts on livestock production and pastoralists’ livelihoods in southern Ethiopia. The Borana pastoralists are dependent on livestock husban...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:26
Published on: 31 July 2017
Research
Bats are threatened by agricultural intensification, and although bat ecology in agricultural landscapes is in the focus of current research, the effects of interacting spatiotemporal factors on species-specif...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:24
Published on: 25 July 2017
Research
In the recent decades, there has been growing interest in the contribution of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to livelihoods, development, and poverty alleviation among the rural populace. This has been pro...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:23
Published on: 17 July 2017
Research
Deforestation significantly impacts large carnivores that depend on large tracts of interconnected forest habitat and that are sensitive to human activities. Understanding the relationship between habitat use ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:21
Published on: 13 July 2017
Research
Rangeland ecosystems provide multiple ecosystem services, including feed resources for wild and domestic herbivores in semi-arid areas. However, under the ever increasing environmental changes, the impact of r...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:25
Published on: 30 June 2017
Research
Forests form a major component of the carbon (C) reserves in the world’s ecosystems. However, little is known on how management influences C stocks of woody vegetation, particularly in dry areas. We developed ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:20
Published on: 20 June 2017
Review
Companioned by economic development, a dietary shift toward higher meat consumption is seen in developing countries and transitional economies, where the demand for livestock production has been increasing in ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:22
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research
The influence of the interaction of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and surface-active substances (SAS; surfactants) with different chain lengths and cationic and anionic hydrophilic centers has been analyzed.
Ecological Processes 2017 6:18
Published on: 6 June 2017
Research
Soil erosion is the major environmental problem in Ethiopia. In response to this problem, the country has been in continuous struggle to adopt land management practices. Therefore, the objective of this study ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:19
Published on: 1 June 2017
Research
The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a notorious insect pest of rice. Nutrient supplementation can alter plant biochemical compositions which may indirectly affect o...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:15
Published on: 15 May 2017
Research
Since the last few decades, the government of Ethiopia has introduced and adopted participatory forest management (PFM) in different regions of the country. However, there is a lack of research dealing with pe...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:17
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research
Scarcity of water in the rangelands of Kenya has led to the introduction of piospheres. Previous research has however produced contrasting results on the effects of piospheres and seasonality on Shannon-Wiener...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:16
Published on: 5 May 2017
Research
Water-based interventions haphazardly introduced in the drylands of Kenya have led to the introduction of piospheres used as concentration mounts. Not much is known about the effect of these piospheres on soil...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:14
Published on: 5 May 2017
Research
Pastoral livestock share grazing areas and watering points with wildlife around the protected areas in Eastern Africa. This causes a high degree of livestock-wildlife interactions, leading to conflicts between...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:13
Published on: 30 April 2017
Research
Considering the problem of eutrophication of the water bodies, phosphate removal from water has emerged as a research of topical interest. The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of Canna lily-based co...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:12
Published on: 3 April 2017
Research
Multi-temporal land-use and land-cover data provides a historical vehicle for determining and evaluating long-term trends in bio-physical landscapes. Land-use and land-cover assessment and mapping is one of th...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:11
Published on: 16 March 2017
Research
Soil heterotrophic respiration (R h, an indicator of soil organic carbon decomposition) is an important carbon efflux of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the dynamics of soil R ...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:10
Published on: 8 March 2017
Research
Mangrove forests are highly productive ecosystems distributed along the tropical coast line. Nutrient biogeochemistry of mangroves are primarly driven by both allochthonous and autochthonous sources. Character...
Ecological Processes 2017 6:8
Published on: 2 March 2017
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