Abstract Broussonetia papyrifera is an important native tree species in China with strong adaptability, wide distribution, and economic importance. Climate change considered as the main threat to ecological processes global biodiversity. Predicting potential geographical distribution of B. future climate scenarios will provide a scientific basis for restoration China. Principal component analys...

The growth in the sugarcane sector leads to intense search for new agricultural land suitable for expansion. In the State of São Paulo, the Pontal do Paranapanema region is considered one of the last regions suitable for sugarcane expansion in large scale. However, the expansion of this crop may change the productive structures and the objectives of family agriculture in agrarian reform settlem...

Taxus baccata is a native species to the Caspian forests and is considered as the identification of these forests by some resources. The aim of this study was to understand the ecological characteristics of T. baccata in order to find suitable areas for its plantation in the Pone Aram preserve of Golestan province. Therefore, Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) methods based on Analytical Hierarchy...

The identification of the suitable areas for common oat (Avena sativa L.) and naked oat (Avena nuda L.) in China using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) approach based on GIS is presented in the current article. Climate, topography, soil, land use and oat variety databases were created. Relevant criteria, suitability levels and their weights for each factor were defined. Then the criteria maps we...

Climate is changing and, as a consequence, some areas that are climatically suitable for date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivation at the present time will become unsuitable in the future. In contrast, some areas that are unsuitable under the current climate will become suitable in the future. Consequently, countries that are dependent on date fruit export will experience economic decline,...

Habitat suitability models are useful to understand species distribution and to guide management and conservation strategies. The grey wolf (Canis lupus) has been extirpated from most of its historic range in Pakistan primarily due to its impact on livestock and livelihoods. We used non-invasive survey data from camera traps and genetic sampling to develop a habitat suitability model for C. lup...

introduction: given its low and sparse precipitation both in spatial and temporal scales, iran is nestled in an arid and semiarid part of the world. on the other hand, because of population growth, urbanization and the development of agriculture and industry sector is frequently encountered with increasing water demand. the increasing trend of water demand will widen the gap between water suppl...