While progress has been made in recent years to understand the differences among family
firms, insights remain fragmented due, in part, to an incomplete understanding of …

Recent developments in studies of tumor heterogeneity have provoked new thoughts on
cancer management. There is a desperate need to understand influence of the tumor …

Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the Earth. As the cause and result of
global environmental change, land cover change (LCC) influences the global energy …

The fractal method is relatively new and appears to have a great potential in detecting scale
and resolution effects, thus offering a good alternative to the first three methods. The fractal …

Urban greening is increasingly viewed by cities worldwide as an effective measure to
mitigate adverse impacts of urban heat island (UHI) effect. Despite the recognition of the …

China needs not only high land use efficiency, but also a high-quality ecological
environment. Thus, clarifying interaction between land use efficiency and the ecosystem is …

The urban heat island (UHI) refers to the phenomenon of higher atmospheric and surface
temperatures occurring in urban areas than in the surrounding rural areas. Mitigation of the …

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to
all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research …

In this report, each metric calculated by FRAGSTATS is described in terms of its ecological
application and limitations. Example landscapes are included, and a discussion is provided …

Lower diversity of plant and animal farmland species are usually reported where cropland
has been aggregated into larger fields, which raises prospects of curbing declines in …