support from Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior—Brasil(CAPES)Finance Code oo1.L.A.acknowledges Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPq/Brazil(SWE scholarship 200430/2022-0);support from Instituto Serrapilheira/Brazil(Serra-1912-32082);Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior—CAPES/Prlnt/Brazil(88887.474387/2020-00);Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPq/Brazil(Research Productivity Grant 311035/2021-3);D.Z.holds a productivity grant from CNPq(304178/2021-7)。
The geodiversity of rocky ecosystems includes diverse plant communities with specific names,but their continental-scale floristic identity and the knowledge on the role of macroclimate remain patchy.Here,we assessed t...
funded by the Israel Science Foundation(ISF),grant number 1260/15。
A long-term drought has led to the mass mortality of shrubs in the semi-arid Israeli Negev.The most impacted shrub species is the Noaea mucronata(Forssk.)Asch.and Schweinf.In a four-year study,we found that herbaceous...
The main objective of this study was to present the possibilities of the development ofgeotourism in the area of the nature reserve and the UNESCO World Heritage. The scope of the research included the directions of t...
The soil and subsoil of Morocco are rich in geological phenomena that bear the imprint of a history which goes back in time more than 2000 million years. Very many geologically remarkable sites exposed in accessible o...
Iran is a country that benefits from nice nature, diverse continent, areas full of unique geological phenomena. Thus, it is necessary to study these attractions for better recognition of them. In this regard, Hormoz I...
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41001008; International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China, No.2011DFG93160; No.2011DFA20820
It is a key premise of 'ecosystem approaches' to natural resources management that we must have an appropriate understanding of biodiversity values, and controls upon them, if we wish to manage them effectively. The...
As in many places worldwide,geopark is a rather new concept in Hong Kong.To take up this challenge in promoting geodiversity and geoconservation,the Agriculture,Fisheries and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong S...
Geodiversity refers to the diversity(or variety, range) of geological(rocks,minerals,fossils),geomorphological (landform) and soil features,and their assemblages,relationships,processes,properties, interpretations and...