The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has become widely used because it bridges
ecology and economics and links nature to society. ES may evolve over time in dynamic …

Ecological relationships beneath a forest canopy are related spatially to the pattern of canopy
gaps and sunlight penetration. Methods to characterize and predict canopy light patterns …

Land patterns are beautiful, fascinating, dynamic, and significant to so many life processes.
Capacity to understand landscape patterns can arise from very different paradigms; i) …

Natural disasters cause significant damage, casualties and economical losses. Twitter has
been used to support prompt disaster response and management because people tend to …

Community food production in the form of home gardening, community gardening, school
gardening, and urban farming continues to increase in popularity in many parts of the world. …

Designers and ecologists traditionally have received different training toward different ends.
Despite contrasts in process and product, the work of a growing number of individuals from …

Understanding individuals’ and groups’ sense of place can provide insights into how people
interact with and treat both natural and built environments, but empirical-place scholarship …

A major goal of green infrastructure (GI) is to provide functional networks of habitats and
ecosystems to maintain biodiversity long-term, while at the same time optimizing landscape and …

Poyang Lake is China's largest freshwater lake, and it has been an internationally important
wintering ground for migratory waterbirds. Based on waterbird censuses from 2001 to 2016, …

Freshwater lakes supply a large amount of inland water resources to sustain local and
regional developments. However, some lake systems depend upon great fluctuation in water …