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… using an inter-annual vegetation index as an indicator of biomass production decline or increase found that land … and land cover types. Anthropogenic declines in biomass productivity were found on 25% of croplands and … vegetation. The study also identified improvement of biomass productivity on 2.7% of the global land mass (Le et …

… marine ecosystems. Over fifty years, the reduction in the biomass of large ocean predators has been estimated at 90%. … likely to induce a development of biological resources (biomass, diversity) and maintain the ecological integrity of … to detect a significant change in biodiversity and biomass inside the bolong since it was closed. Similarly, the …

… services through their sequestration capacity in soils and biomass, and adaptation services, essential to anticipate …

… or travel much greater distances to collect required biomass. In most cases however, it is normally the women who … and spend major part of the day in collecting biomass. Pressure becomes very high if the major source of …

… these gases from the atmosphere and store them in biomass and soils. When ecosystems function in this way, they … fundamental ecosystem prop- erties such as plant growth (biomass production), decomposition, wetland filtration of … communities function, including the production of biomass and the decomposition and recycling of biologically …

… on photosynthetic activity and, in turn, vegetation biomass. The NDVI has a strong correlation with cereal crop … Restoration of degraded lands allowed increase in plant biomass and thus carbon sequestration, improved water … dense woody and succulent species, and has a much higher biomass than would be expected under semiarid conditions …

… in protected areas can sequester carbon in living biomass and thus mitigate climate change. The carbon market … individuals or species Productivity • remote or by site • biomass • growth rates Habitat fragmentation • patch size, … sequestration as a basis for generating carbon credits. Biomass monitoring is ongoing. The project has also embraced …

… of large numbers of pilgrims and tourists. 6. Removal of biomass: In many sacred groves, removal of biomass and cattle grazing is permitted. Continuation of …

… thick mud worms which testifies to a higher production of biomass than in a tropical rainforest. Subtidal areas and …

… and also changes the emphasis from irreplaceability to biomass, which is not an appropriate target for site-scale …