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Land(Scape)/(Form)

Riverside Museum, Zaha Hadid, 2011 Rolex Learning Center, SANAA, 2010 Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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Land Art monument "Riff" in Flevoland

Riff, PD#18245 (2018) Artist: Bob Gramsma Opening Rif was 12 october 2019 Essay Riff, a land art monument Location: Bremerbergdijk 10, 8256 RD Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands https://www.landartflevoland.nl/kunstwerken/bob-gramsma-riff-pd-18245/ Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

opencc-by-4.0Oct 2023View details →

High quality figures of "An Unstructured Mesh Generation Tool for Efficient High-Resolution Representation of Spatial Heterogeneity in Land Surface Models"

High quality figures of "An Unstructured Mesh Generation Tool for Efficient High-Resolution Representation of Spatial Heterogeneity in Land Surface Models"

opencc-zeroJan 2024View details →

Urban scavenging: Vertebrates display greater sensitivity to land-cover and garden vegetation cover than invertebrates

1. Scavenging removes carrion or littered food waste from the environment, providing ecosystem services including nutrient cycling, reduced pathogen spread, and reduced waste management costs. These services are particularly important in urban environments, where high human population densities result in increased littered food waste. It is unclear how the magnitude of scavenging across urban-rural gradients is influenced by agent (vertebrates and invertebrates), land-cover type and patch size. 2. We investigated scavenging provision by vertebrates and invertebrates across a gradient of urbanisation in 37 woodlands and 35 domestic gardens across Liverpool, UK. Sites were selected using random stratification across a gradient of urbanisation based on impervious surface cover. At each site, four different bait types were deployed either within vertebrate exclusion cages or exposed to vertebrates and invertebrates. The percentage dry weight loss of bait after 48 hours was used to quantify scavenging provision. 3. Data were analysed using general linear mixed effects models (Gaussian error distribution) and a full model approach to assess 1) the relative contributions of vertebrates and invertebrates across an urban-rural gradient; 2) variation in scavenging between woodlands and gardens; 3) the effects of semi-natural vegetation cover on scavenging provision. We also consider patch size as a preliminary assessment of how fragmentation influences scavenging. 4. Vertebrates contributed substantially more to scavenging provision than invertebrates across the urbanisation gradient. Vertebrate scavenging was substantially greater in woodlands than gardens, invertebrate scavenging was similar in both land-cover types. Scavenging increased with patch size in gardens, but not woodlands. Vertebrate scavenging increased with patch size, while invertebrate scavenging decreased. Within gardens, vertebrate scavenging increased with semi-natural vegetation cover. 5. Scavenging-mediated ecosystem services are important in urban areas where food littering is frequent, and efforts should be made to facilitate these services. Urban woodlands and gardens both make important contributions to scavenging-mediated ecosystem services in urban areas, but woodlands' contributions are much greater. There is a need to increase the cover of semi-natural vegetation in gardens to increase their contributions, and protect and expand woodlands, especially in areas with a high demand for ecosystem services reliant on scavenging.

opencc-by-4.0Jan 2024View details →

Data for: Assessing the Impacts of Falling Ice Radiative Effects on the Seasonal Variation of Land Surface Properties

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opencc-zeroJan 2024View details →

Data from: multi-level determinants of land use land cover change in Tigray, Ethiopia: a mixed-effects approach using socioeconomic panel and satellite data

The dataset contains six files from three data sources: (1) the Ethiopia Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS)/Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA), a three-round panel data for Ethiopia, filtered for Tigray region; (2) an ERSS follow-up survey on the beliefs and opinions of respondents on land use change conducted in August 2019 in Tigray; and (3) land cover transition data derived from LandSat satellite imagery for years 1986 and 2016. The files include data on household and plot features, prices of land use outputs, a diagonal block matrix of variables for mixed effects analysis, beliefs and opinions on land use change, and land cover transitions. The dataset covers 34 Enumeration Areas (EA) of the ERSS/LSMS-ISA and is representative of the region. It can be useful for studies on land use policies, environmental protection, and the drivers and impacts of land use land cover change in Tigray, Ethiopia. The data were processed using user-written codes in STATA v.17.

opencc-zeroFeb 2024View details →

Data from: Northern pikas experience reduced occupancy due to surrounding human land use despite the occurrence of suitable microclimates

Aim: Despite warming temperatures, some species are found persisting at the trailing edge of their distribution. Microclimates provided by complex topography are considered a key factor in these cases of range stationarity, buffering stress from exposure to warming and enabling persistence. However, for species with trailing-edges located in human-modified landscapes, refugial conditions provided by microclimates could be disrupted by human activities. Here, we aimed to understand the determinants of trailing-edge occupancy for a small lagomorph found in rocky patches harboring cool microclimates. Location: Hokkaido Island, Japan Taxon: Northern pika (Ochotona hyperborea) Methods: We surveyed the occupancy of northern pikas across a wide elevational gradient (350–2200 m) for two consecutive summers. Ambient air and microhabitat (i.e., rock interstices) thermal conditions were measured to assess their relationship. We then analyzed their effects on occupancy at two nested spatial scales: (1) whole-distribution, and (2) at identified trailing-edge sites where we explored the effects of microclimates and surrounding human activities (i,e., distance to nearest road and area of human land use such as plantation forests or agricultural fields). Results: Overall, rock interstices exhibited cooler conditions than ambient air with temperature differences of 1–2 ºC. The overall distribution of northern pikas was affected by both mean ambient temperature and microhabitat availability, with warmer (lower elevation) sites with less microhabitats corresponding to the trailing edge of its distribution. Interestingly, trailing edge occupancy patterns were best explained by the negative effect of surrounding human land despite the existence of suitable microclimates in the rocky patches. Main conclusions: Our findings suggest that the local refugial conditions supported by cool microclimates are likely to be disrupted by the effects of human land at the larger landscape scale. This result highlights the importance of considering the effects of human activities and landscape alteration for effective microrefugia conservation. --

opencc-zeroMar 2024View details →

Data from: Solar energy-driven land cover change could alter landscapes critical to animal movement in the continental United States

The United States may produce as much as 45% of its electricity using solar energy technology by 2050, which could require more than 40,000 km2 of land to be converted to large-scale solar energy production facilities. Little is known about how such development may impact animal movement. Here, we use five spatially-explicit projections of solar energy development through 2050 to assess the extent to which ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy expansion in the continental United States may impact land cover and alter areas important for animal movement. Our results suggest that there could be a substantial overlap between solar energy development and land important for animal movement: across projections, 7-17% of total development is expected to occur on land with high value for movement between large protected areas, while 27-33% of total development is expected to occur on land with high value for climate-change-induced migration. We also found substantial variation in the potential overlap of development and land important for movement at the state level. Solar energy development, and the policies that shape it, may align goals for biodiversity and climate change by incorporating the preservation of animal movement as a consideration in the planning process.

opencc-by-4.0Feb 2024View details →

Meterological and stable carbon, oxygen and clumped isotope data of land snails Clausilia pumila, Succinella oblonga and Trochulus hispidus from Europe

These data include site information and collection dates of land snails (Clausilia pumila, Succinella oblonga and Trochulus hispidus), meteorological data of collection sites of molluscs derived using the ClimateEU software, as well as carbon, oxygen and clumped isotope compositions of snail shells of the mentioned three species from culturing experiments and natural populations across Europe. During the laboratory experiments individuals of the three species were kept at 12, 18 and 24 Celsius temperatures in climate chambers, fed exclusively by fresh lettuce and humidity was controlled using tap water (d18O: -9.29+-0.52 permil, V-SMOW). d13C, 18O and D47 values of snail shells from lab experiments and field-collections were determined in two laboratories (Isnt. for Nuclear Research, Debrecen, and Geological Institute, ETH Zürich) using IRMS. Detailed analysis and interpretations of the results obtained can be read in the original publication.

opencc-by-4.0May 2023View details →

Data from: Land-use homogenization reduces the occurrence and diversity of frugivorous birds in a tropical biodiversity hotspot

These datasets have the variables used in the paper "Land-use homogenization reduces the occurrence and diversity of frugivorous birds in a tropical biodiversity hotspot" as well as the script to perform the analysis.

opencc-by-4.0Mar 2024View details →

Dataset of 'Unequal Impacts of Urban Industrial Land Expansion on Economic Growth and Carbon Dioxide Emissions'

This dataset is an integral component of the research presented in 'Unequal Impacts of Urban Industrial Land Expansion on Economic Growth and Carbon Dioxide Emissions' by Yoo et al., 2024. It encompasses: 1. Links to two publicly accessible datasets: <ul> <li>Industrial land mapping data derived from Google Earth Engine.</li> <li>Data employed in a longitudinal analysis to evaluate the effects of urban industrial land expansion on CO2 emissions and economic growth.</li> </ul> 2. Comprehensive input data utilized in Mixed Effects Random Forest (MERF) longitudinal modeling to assess the separate impacts on CO2 emissions and economic growth in developing and developed regions. 3. Python scripts provided for: <ul> <li>Executing MERF longitudinal modeling.</li> <li>Computing SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values to interpret the contributions of each predictor variable.</li> <li>Generating figures that visually summarize the findings for both developing and developed regions.</li> </ul>   The manuscript is available at: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01375-x">https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01375-x</a> <div> <div> </div> </div>

Fig. 16 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 16. Dorylaimus conicaudatus. Hind part.

Fig. 15 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 15. Dorylaimus conicaudatus. Front end.

Fig. 14 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 14. Dorylaimus analatus. Hind part.

Fig 13 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig 13. Dorylaimus analatus. Front end.

Fig. 12 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 12. Dorylaimus groenlandicus. Hind part.

Fig. 10 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 10. Dorylaimus groenlandicus. Front end.

Fig. 8 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 8. Mononchus braflhyufís- FWM efld-

Fig. 18 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 18. Dorylaimus conicaudatus Oesophageal gland.

Fig. 11 in XXII. Free-living Nematodes from Greenland, Land and Freshwater.

Fig. 11. Dorylaimus groenlandicus. Hind part of the oesophagus.