The world's biomes and their associated ecosystems are artificially fractured by geopolitical
boundaries that define countries. Yet 'transboundary'landscapes often overlap with …

In a world where biodiversity is on the decline, examples of conservation success especially
of large carnivores are of interest to policy makers and conservation practitioners. Herein …

As part of its effort to balance economic development with environmental objectives, China
has established a new national park system, with the first five locations formally established …

Abstract Smart, real-time, low-cost, and distributed ecosystem monitoring is essential for
understanding and managing rapidly changing ecosystems. However, new techniques in …

Soil erosion is a widespread environmental problem that threatens environmental
sustainability. The Loess Plateau (LP) in China is one of the most severely eroded areas in …

It has been well acknowledged that the gut microbiome is important for host health,
composition changes in these microbial communities might increase susceptibility to …

Sporadic sightings of the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica along the China-
Russia border during the late 1990s sparked efforts to expand this subspecies distribution …

Context Wind erosion is a widespread environmental problem in the world's arid
landscapes, which threatens the sustainability of ecosystem services in these regions …

Apex predator populations are in decline around the world. Many exist at low density and
are elusive, making the acquisition of reliable data on their numbers and distribution a …

With most large carnivore populations and habitats suffering massive declines across the
world, efforts to restore their populations in the wild are of high conservation priority. China …