Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

Groundwater plays a vital role in food security, water availability, and economic growth of
more than 1.3 billion people in India. Notwithstanding the development of irrigation schemes …

Biodiversity conservation and human well-being are tightly interlinked. Yet, mismatches in
the scale at which these two priority issues are planned and implemented have exacerbated …

Ecosystem vulnerability is the degree to which an ecosystem is susceptible to adverse
effects of external disturbances. Exploring the pattern of ecosystem vulnerability and its …

The role of time in ecology has a long history of investigation, but ecologists have largely
restricted their attention to the influence of concurrent abiotic conditions on rates and …

Develo** countries share many common challenges in addressing current and future
climate risks. A key barrier to managing these risks is the limited availability of accessible …

We show that the vegetation canopy of the Amazon rainforest is highly sensitive to changes
in precipitation patterns and that reduction in rainfall since 2000 has diminished vegetation …

There are many ecologically fragile areas similar to China's Mu Us Sandy Land in the world,
which are facing ecological and environmental problems, and improvement of its vegetation …

Ecological conservation and restoration are necessary to mitigate environmental
degradation problems. China has taken great efforts in such actions. To understand the …

Disentangling the driving factors of biodiversity is critical for understanding biogeographical
patterns of vegetation and ecosystem function. However, the biotic and abiotic attributes that …