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Analysing land cover and land use change in the Ruma National Park and surroundings in Kenya
(2017)
The change of land use and land cover (LULC) is often driven by the growth of human population. In the Lambwe valley, Kenya, the most important reason for accelerated settlement in the last decades was the control of the ...
Seasonal dynamics in carbon dioxide fluxes of the herbaceous layer of a moist Kenyan savannah
(APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 2014)
Strong seasonal variability in African carbon source/sink relationship is considered the continent’s most significant contribution to the global carbon cycle. Alternating dry and wet periods dictate ecosystem carbon exchange ...
Spatial heterogeneity in stand characteristics alters water use patterns of mountain forests
(2017)
Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, which can
reduce the provisioning of ecosystem services in managed ecosystems. Organic
farming and plant diversification are farm management ...
Water use by a warm-temperate deciduous forest under the influence of the Asian monsoon: contributions of the overstory and understory to forest water use
(Elsevier, 2013)
The warm temperate deciduous forests in Asia have a relatively dense understory, hence, it is imperative that we understand the dynamics of transpiration in both the overstory (E O) and understory (E U) of forest stands ...
Leaf and Ecosystem Gas Exchange Responses of Buffel Grass-Dominated Grassland to Summer Precipitation
(Elsevier, 2015)
stomatal conductance
Changes in forest soil properties in different successional stages in lower tropical China
(Plosone.org, 2013)
Background: Natural forest succession often affects soil physical and chemical properties. Selected physical and chemical soil properties were studied in an old-growth forest across a forest successional series in Dinghushan ...
Functional convergence in water use of trees from different geographical regions: a meta-analysis
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013-06)
Functional convergence in water use of trees across species from diverse geographic locations was examined using data on tree water use parameters, with the intention of gaining an understanding on the capacity for water ...
Seed dispersal by Tana River mangabeys in fragmented gallery forests
(SciRes., 2012)
Data collected on a free ranging group of Tana River mangabeys (Cercocebus galeritus) indicates that this endangered primate species, which has previously been regarded as a seed predator, plays an important role in seed ...
Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil organic carbon fractions in the subtropical forest ecosystems of S China
(2012)
Experiments were conducted between 2003 and 2008 to examine how N additions influence soil organic C (SOC) and its fractions in forests at different succession stages in the subtropical China. The succession stages included ...
Higher assimilation than respiration sensitivity to drought for a desert ecosystem in Central Asia
(Elsevier, 2017)
Responses of ecosystem assimilation and respiration to global climate change vary considerably among terrestrial ecosystems constrained by both biotic and abiotic factors. In this study, net CO2 exchange between ecosystem ...