The information on transpiration is vital for sustaining fragile ecosystem in arid/semiarid environment, including the Horqin Sandy Land (HSL) located in northeast China. However, such information is scarce in existing literature. The objectives of this study were to: (1) measure sap flow of selected individual stems of two sand-fixing plants, namely Salix gordejevii and Caragana microphylla, i...

Digital financial platforms have become an integral part of consumers’ lives–resulting in the datafication everyday life and potential for uniquely impacting well-being. Extending previous transformative consumer research, we suggest well-being must center ways digital their resulting data are increasingly enmeshed with decision making consumption. Drawing on a theoretical lens platformization,...

Land degradation usually leads to the loss of ecosystem services, which may threaten social well-being. There is no approach identify and manage all services based on their importance in processes systems. This study aimed link well-being order assess rangeland degradation. Eleven (forage production, water yield, edible plants, fuel, medicinal pollination, gas regulation, soil resistivity erosi...

An ecosystem consists of all the biological organisms and the physical environments they occupy together within a defined area [1]. The actual boundaries of an ecosystem are generally defined by researchers studying the ecosystem, who are usually interested in understanding the processes that control some aspects of ecosystem dynamics. Thus, the spatial domain of an ecosystem might range in siz...

Digital technologies have increased the pace of knowledge creation, sharing, and the way in which learning is being undertaken. This chapter considers how Serious Games (SGs) as a digital technology endeavours to support effective lifelong learning. Three fundamental characteristics of the SG ecosystem, namely, game mechanics, interoperability, and assessment, are considered here as strategic e...