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The Challenges of Modular Learning in the Wake of COVID-19: A Digital Divide in the Philippine Countryside Revealed by Bustillo, Ermelyn, Aguilos, Maricar

“…The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is a global health crisis that has affected educational systems worldwide. North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU),…”
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Interannual and Seasonal Variations in Ecosystem Transpiration and Water Use Efficiency in a Tropical Rainforest by Maricar Aguilos, Clément Stahl, Benoit Burban, Bruno Hérault, Elodie Courtois, Sabrina Coste, Fabien Wagner, Camille Ziegler, Kentaro Takagi, Damien Bonal

“…Warmer and drier climates over Amazonia have been predicted for the next century with expected changes in regional water and carbon cycles. We examined the…”
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Domesticating Commercially Important Native Tree Species in the Philippines: Early Growth Performance Level by Rustum Aguilos, Conrado Marquez, Henry Adornado, Maricar Aguilos

“…Selection of native tree species for commercial purposes is a continuing challenge and an opportunity in tropical silviculture. Because of this, we explored…”
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Mangrove Resource Mapping Using Remote Sensing in the Philippines: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Fejaycris Pillodar, Peter Suson, Maricar Aguilos, Ruben Amparado

“…In spite of their importance, mangroves are still threatened by a significant reduction in global forest cover due to conversion to non-forest land uses. To…”
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Early Growth of 11 Native and Three Alien Tree Species in Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines by Conrado Marquez, Rustum Aguilos, Renato Bacsal, Henry Adornado, Maricar Aguilos

“…Early growth performances of 11 native tree species were investigated in three different sites in Mindanao, Philippines, to evaluate their adaptability and…”
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Building Urban Climate Resilience: Assessing Awareness, Perception, and Willingness regarding Nature-Based Solutions and Climate Change among Stakeholders in Iligan City, Philippines by Velayo, Audrey Rose A., Suson, Peter D., Aguilos, Maricar M., Bacosa, Hernando P.

“…Iligan City has been the heart of major industries in steel, cement, and hydropower and is one of the highly urbanized coastal cities in Mindanao, Philippines…”
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Dynamics of ecosystem carbon balance recovering from a clear-cutting in a cool-temperate forest by AGUILOS, Maricar, TAKAGI, Kentaro, SAKAI, Rei, ITO, Kinya, WATANABE, Yoko, FUJINUMA, Yasumi, TAKAHASHI, Yoshiyuki, MURAYAMA, Takeshi, SAIGUSA, Nobuko, SASA, Kaichiro, NAISHEN LIANG, UEYAMA, Masahito, FUKUZAWA, Karibu, NOMURA, Mutsumi, KISHIDA, Osamu, FUKAZAWA, Tatsuya, TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki, KOTSUKA, Chikara

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Root Biomass Distribution and Soil Physical Properties of Short-Rotation Coppice American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) Grown at Different Planting Densities by Omoyemeh Jennifer Ile, Maricar Aguilos, Suna Morkoc, Joshua Heitman, John S. King

“…Short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) provide sustainable, renewable biomass energy and offer potential ecosystem services, including increased carbon storage,…”
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Ecosystem Productivity and Evapotranspiration Are Tightly Coupled in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Plantations along the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern U.S by Maricar Aguilos, Ge Sun, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, Steven McNulty, Michael Gavazzi, Prajaya Prajapati, Kevan J. Minick, Bhaskar Mitra, John King

“…Forest water use efficiency (WUE), the ratio of gross primary productivity (GPP) to evapotranspiration (ET), is an important variable to understand the…”
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Abandoned Fishpond Reversal to Mangrove Forest: Will the Carbon Storage Potential Match the Natural Stand 30 Years after Reforestation? by Habagat Mariano, Maricar Aguilos, Frandel Louis Dagoc, Bryan Sumalinab, Ruben Amparado

“…Mangroves are essential carbon reserves, and their role in carbon sequestration is remarkable. However, anthropogenic pressures such as aquaculture development…”
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Above-and-Belowground Carbon Stocks in Two Contrasting Peatlands in the Philippines by Joel Orella, Diana Riza Africa, Catherine Hope Bustillo, Noel Pascua, Conrado Marquez, Henry Adornado, Maricar Aguilos

“…Although tropical peatlands are huge carbon reservoirs, they are threatened by climate change and anthropogenic disturbances. Here, we assessed two contrasting…”
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Effects of Spatial Variability and Drainage on Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of Eastern North Carolina, USA by Kevan J. Minick, Maricar Aguilos, Xuefeng Li, Bhaskar Mitra, Prajaya Prajapati, John S. King

“…Drainage of freshwater wetlands is common in coastal regions, although the effects on microbial extracellular enzyme activity (a key mediator of soil organic…”
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Millennial-Scale Carbon Storage in Natural Pine Forests of the North Carolina Lower Coastal Plain: Effects of Artificial Drainage in a Time of Rapid Sea Level Rise by Aguilos, Maricar, Brown, Charlton, Minick, Kevan, Fischer, Milan, Ile, Omoyemeh J., Hardesty, Deanna, Kerrigan, Maccoy, Noormets, Asko, King, John

“…Coastal forested wetlands provide important ecosystem services along the southeastern region of the United States, but are threatened by anthropogenic and…”
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Sustained large stimulation of soil heterotrophic respiration rate and its temperature sensitivity by soil warming in a cool-temperate forested peatland by Aguilos, Maricar, Takagi, Kentaro, Liang, Naishen, Watanabe, Yoko, Teramoto, Munemasa, Goto, Seijiro, Takahashi, Yoshiyuki, Mukai, Hitoshi, Sasa, Kaichiro

“…We conducted a soil warming experiment in a cool-temperate forested peatland in northern Japan during the snow-free seasons of 2007-2011, to determine whether…”
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Environmental and Plant-Derived Controls on the Seasonality and Partitioning of Soil Respiration in an American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Bioenergy Plantation Grown at Different Planting Densities by Suna Morkoc, Maricar Aguilos, Asko Noormets, Kevan J. Minick, Omoyemeh Ile, David A. Dickey, Deanna Hardesty, Maccoy Kerrigan, Joshua Heitman, John King

“…Bioenergy is one of the most considered alternatives to fossil fuels. Short-rotation woody crops (SRWCs) as bioenergy sources are capable of alleviating energy…”
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The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return? by Maricar Aguilos, Ian Warr, Madison Irving, Olivia Gregg, Stanton Grady, Toby Peele, Asko Noormets, Ge Sun, Ning Liu, Steve McNulty, Forrest Pettay, Shamik Bhattacharya, Skylar Penney, Maccoy Kerrigan, Linqing Yang, Bhaskar Mitra, Prajaya Prajapati, Kevan Minick, John King

“…Coastal wetlands provide the unique biogeochemical functions of storing a large fraction of the terrestrial carbon (C) pool and being among the most productive…”
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Integrating Short Rotation Woody Crops into Conventional Agricultural Practices in the Southeastern United States: A Review by Ile, Omoyemeh J., McCormick, Hanna, Skrabacz, Sheila, Bhattacharya, Shamik, Aguilos, Maricar, Carvalho, Henrique D. R., Idassi, Joshua, Baker, Justin, Heitman, Joshua L., King, John S.

“…One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal’s (SDGs) aims is to enhance access to clean energy. In addition, other SDGs are directly related to the…”
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The Latin America Early Career Earth System Scientist Network (LAECESS): addressing present and future challenges of the upcoming generations of scientists in the region by Yáñez-Serrano, Ana María, Aguilos, Maricar, Barbosa, Cybelli, Bolaño-Ortiz, Tomás Rafael, Carbone, Samara, Díaz-López, Stephanie, Diez, Sebastián, Dominutti, Pamela, Engelhardt, Vanessa, Alves, Eliane Gomes, Pedraza, Jenniffer, Saturno, Jorge, Tzompa-Sosa, Zitely A.

“…Early career (EC) Earth system scientists in the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) have been facing several issues, such as limited funding…”
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What drives long-term variations in carbon flux and balance in a tropical rainforest in French Guiana? by Aguilos, Maricar, Hérault, Bruno, Burban, Benoit, Wagner, Fabien, Bonal, Damien

“…•Long-term variations in GPP, RE and NEE were studied over 2004–2015 in a tropical rainforest.•Key climatic drivers influencing such changes were…”
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Wetland microtopography alters response of potential net CO2 and CH4 production to temperature and moisture: Evidence from a laboratory experiment by Minick, Kevan J., Mitra, Bhaskar, Li, Xuefeng, Fischer, Milan, Aguilos, Maricar, Prajapati, Prajaya, Noormets, Asko, King, John S.

“…•Hummocks had higher potential CO2 and CH4 production than hollows or subsurface peat.•Temperature increased potential CO2 and CH4 production and enzyme…”
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