Search Results - "Ecological indicators"

A review of water quality index models and their use for assessing surface water quality by Uddin, Md. Galal, Nash, Stephen, Olbert, Agnieszka I.

“…•Twenty-one different WQI models were identified and reviewed.•Rivers are by far the most common application of WQI models.•Most models comprised of four key…”
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Linking economic globalization, economic growth, financial development, and ecological footprint: Evidence from symmetric and asymmetric ARDL by Ahmed, Zahoor, Zhang, Bin, Cary, Michael

“…•Unlike previous literature, both symmetric and asymmetric ARDL are applied.•A positive change in economic globalization reduces footprint.•A negative change…”
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Impacts of urbanization and landscape pattern on habitat quality using OLS and GWR models in Hangzhou, China by Zhu, Congmou, Zhang, Xiaoling, Zhou, Mengmeng, He, Shan, Gan, Muye, Yang, Lixia, Wang, Ke

“…•Spatiotemporal pattern of habitat quality in Hangzhou was assessed by InVEST model.•Spatial distribution of habitat quality showed positive spatial…”
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Dynamic simulation of land use change and assessment of carbon storage based on climate change scenarios at the city level: A case study of Bortala, China by Wang, Ziyao, Li, Xin, Mao, Yueting, Li, Liang, Wang, Xiangrong, Lin, Qing

“…[Display omitted] •We proposed an integrated framework combining SD, PLUS and InVEST models.•SSP-RCP scenarios were used to predict future changes in land use…”
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Urban heat islands and their effects on thermal comfort in the US: New York and New Jersey by Yin, Zhengtong, Liu, Zhixin, Liu, Xuan, Zheng, Wenfeng, Yin, Lirong

“…[Display omitted] •The influence of spatio-temporal factors on human comfort was quantified.•Seasonal change is the main factor affecting physical…”
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A measure of spatial stratified heterogeneity by Wang, Jin-Feng, Zhang, Tong-Lin, Fu, Bo-Jie

“…Spatial stratified heterogeneity, referring to the within-strata variance less than the between strata-variance, is ubiquitous in ecological phenomena, such as…”
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Multi-scenario simulation of ecosystem service value for optimization of land use in the Sichuan-Yunnan ecological barrier, China by Li, Chen, Wu, Yingmei, Gao, Binpin, Zheng, Kejun, Wu, Yan, Li, Chan

“…•The relationship between land use/cover (LULC) and ecosystem service value (ESV) is essential for land-management planning.•Three future scenarios for ESV and…”
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Impact of land use and climate change on water-related ecosystem services in Kentucky, USA by Bai, Yang, Ochuodho, Thomas O., Yang, Jian

“…•Two indicators were developed to quantify relative effects of driving factors.•Water retention service in Kentucky was more sensitive to climate change.•Soil…”
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Assessment of spatial–temporal changes of ecological environment quality based on RSEI and GEE: A case study in Erhai Lake Basin, Yunnan province, China by Xiong, Yuan, Xu, Weiheng, Lu, Ning, Huang, Shaodong, Wu, Chao, Wang, Leiguang, Dai, Fei, Kou, Weili

“…•A flexible and efficient method for remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) construction based on Google Earth Engine (GEE).•A long-term spatial–temporal…”
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Application of remote sensing and machine learning algorithms for forest fire mapping in a Mediterranean area by Mohajane, Meriame, Costache, Romulus, Karimi, Firoozeh, Bao Pham, Quoc, Essahlaoui, Ali, Nguyen, Hoang, Laneve, Giovanni, Oudija, Fatiha

“…•Five new ensemble models were developed for forest fire susceptibility modeling.•10 conditioning factors were considered in this study.•RF-FR ensemble model…”
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Invasive alien plant species: Their impact on environment, ecosystem services and human health by Kumar Rai, Prabhat, Singh, J.S.

“…[Display omitted] Ecological perturbations caused by biotic invasion have been identified as a growing threat to global sustainability. Invasive alien plants…”
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Applying Geodetector to disentangle the contributions of natural and anthropogenic factors to NDVI variations in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin by Zhu, Lijun, Meng, Jijun, Zhu, Likai

“…•Natural and anthropogenic factors interact to influence NDVI changes.•Land use conversion made the greatest contribution to NDVI changes.•Precipitation was…”
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GIS-based comparative assessment of flood susceptibility mapping using hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach, naïve Bayes tree, bivariate statistics and logistic regression: A case of Topľa basin, Slovakia by Ali, Sk Ajim, Parvin, Farhana, Pham, Quoc Bao, Vojtek, Matej, Vojteková, Jana, Costache, Romulus, Linh, Nguyen Thi Thuy, Nguyen, Hong Quan, Ahmad, Ateeque, Ghorbani, Mohammad Ali

“…[Display omitted] •Flood susceptibility is assessed using bivariate statistics, MCDSA, and machine learning.•Different physical-geographical factors were…”
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Coupling coordination analysis of rural production-living-ecological space in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by Yang, Yuanyuan, Bao, Wenkai, Liu, Yansui

“…•An evaluation index system is established to measure rural fundamental functions.•CCDM is used to reveal the coordination relationships among rural…”
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Is the environmental Kuznets Curve in Europe related to the per-capita ecological footprint or CO2 emissions? by Altıntaş, Halil, Kassouri, Yacouba

“…[Display omitted] •Analysis conducted with data on 14 European countries for the period 1990–2014.•Prevailing cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity…”
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Spatial-temporal characteristics of carbon emissions from land use change in Yellow River Delta region, China by Zhang, Chun-yan, Zhao, Lin, Zhang, Haotian, Chen, Meng-na, Fang, Ru-yao, Yao, Ying, Zhang, Qi-peng, Wang, Qian

“…•The spatial-temporal characteristics of carbon emissions are different for each land use type.•Construction land is the main source of carbon.•Carbon…”
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Prediction of ecological effects of potential population and impervious surface increases using a remote sensing based ecological index (RSEI) by Xu, Hanqiu, Wang, Meiya, Shi, Tingting, Guan, Huade, Fang, Canying, Lin, Zhongli

“…•Relating planned population growth with impervious surface area (ISA) increase.•Revealing the relationship of ecological condition with ISA, vegetation and…”
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A new remote sensing index for assessing the spatial heterogeneity in urban ecological quality: A case from Fuzhou City, China by Hu, Xisheng, Xu, Hanqiu

“…•A new remote sensing based index was synthesized to assess urban ecological status.•PCA was applied to assign weights to avoid artificial interference on the…”
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Relationships among carbon emissions, economic growth, energy consumption and population growth: Testing Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for Brazil, China, India and Indonesia by Alam, Md. Mahmudul, Murad, Md. Wahid, Noman, Abu Hanifa Md, Ozturk, Ilhan

“…•Income and energy usage show relationships with CO2 emission for all four countries.•CO2 emission and population growth show significant relationship for…”
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Sensitivity of labile carbon fractions to tillage and organic matter management and their potential as comprehensive soil quality indicators across pedoclimatic conditions in Europe by Bongiorno, Giulia, Bünemann, Else K., Oguejiofor, Chidinma U., Meier, Jennifer, Gort, Gerrit, Comans, Rob, Mäder, Paul, Brussaard, Lijbert, de Goede, Ron

“…•We analysed topsoils from 10 European long-term field experiments.•Reduced tillage and high organic matter input increased labile soil carbon.•POXC and POMC…”
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