Ecological Engineering

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Engineering is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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The variation of soil water content and its driving factors in different melting periods in the Three River Headwaters Region: A implication for vegetation restoration165
Biophysical simulation of wetland surface water flow to predict changing water availability in the Everglades64
Nitrogen removal in vertical flow constructed wetlands: The influence of recirculation and partial saturation64
Forest eco-function restoration and its positive effects on biodiversity improvement in China's ecological conservation programs61
The multidimensional influences of environmental factors on carbon storage: Evidence from Zagros Forests of Iran54
Wildflower strips in the agroecosystem for pollinator biodiversity restoration: Which plant species are capable of self-seeding?49
Soil and Water Bioengineering (SWBE) in Africa: First experience and lessons-learned in Burundi49
Spatiotemporal soil water storage variation comparison between newly formed and untreated gully land sites under a land restoration project and associated implications on land management48
Assessment of the contribution of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to urban resilience: application to the case study of Porto47
Seagrass as a nature-based solution for coastal protection45
Lessons learned from 25 years of operational large-scale restoration: The Sow-A-Seed project, Sabah, Borneo45
Impacts of forestland vegetation restoration on soil moisture content in humid karst region: A case study on a limestone slope41
The type of soil amendment during farming affects the restorability of peatlands40
Effect of stockpiling time on donor-peat hydrophysical properties: Implications for peatland restoration39
Riverine large woody debris introduced for natural flood management leads to rapid improvement in aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity38
Plant nitrogen concentration is more sensitive in response to degradation than phosphorus concentration in alpine meadow37
Soil quality indicators are clearly plant species-specific: Implication for ecosystem management in a semi-arid landscape37
The contribution of bio-economic assessments to better informed land-use decision making: An overview36
Effects of hydrological regimes on soil seed banks in the Carex hummock in wetlands: Implications for restoration35
Climbing ability of European pond turtles sharply declines on slopes steeper than 36°: Implications for shoreline management35
Bubble barriers to guide downstream migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): An evaluation using acoustic telemetry35
Marsh boundary degradation into open-water in living shorelines under high-energy conditions34
Rain gardens enhance the taxonomic richness but not the abundance of soil invertebrates in urban ecosystems34
Effects of different soil amendments on dredged sediment improvement and impact assessment on reed planting33
Ecological restoration intensifies evapotranspiration in the Kubuqi Desert33
Adsorption and desorption of naphthalene in bioretention cells under cold climate conditions32
Active management of urban fruit orchard meadows is important for insect diversity32
Nitrate-N removal rate variabilities in floating treatment wetland mesocosms with diverse planting and carbon amendment designs32
Impact of design aspects on iron removal efficiencies from coal mine drainage in full-scale lagoons32
Tree root distribution modelling in different environmental conditions32
A dynamic flux model for analyses of phosphorus exchange between overlying water and sedimentary deposits of a reservoir in the cold area of north China31
Dynamic responses of soil aggregate-associated organic carbon and nitrogen to different vegetation restoration patterns in an agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China31
Biodiversity of collembola on green roofs: A case study of three cities in Belgium31
Plant communities in wetland mitigation banks surpass the quality of those in the most degraded, naturally occurring wetlands, but fall short of high-quality wetlands31
Long-term effects of environmental alterations in protected grasslands – Land-use history determines changes in plant species composition31
Species selection for optimizing mine land rehabilitation: Integrating functional traits with the minimum set prioritization technique31
Effect of using construction and demolition waste as substrate on methane and carbon dioxide emissions from green roofs30
Hybrid constructed wetlands system for domestic wastewater treatment under tropical climate: Effect of recirculation strategies on nitrogen removal30
Investigation of the potential of native wetland plants for removal of nutrients from synthetic stormwater and domestic wastewater28
The ecological benefits of adding topographic complexity to seawalls vary across estuarine gradients27
Development of a morphometric connectivity model to mitigate sediment derived from storm-driven shallow landslides27
The overall and phased nitrogen leaching from a field bioretention during rainfall runoff events27
Case study: On hydrological function improvement for an endemic plant habitat in Gangcheon wetland, Korea26
Using dredged sediments to support wetland plant development in a constructed delta lake25
The effect of artificial reef design on the attraction of herbivorous fish and on coral recruitment, survival and growth24
Microplastics in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland: A Case Study of Denizli/Türkiye24
Evapotranspiration beds as a zero-discharge nature-based solution for wastewater disposal: A review24
Root biomechanical features and wind erosion resistance of three native leguminous psammophytes for coastal dune restoration24
Relationships amongst water and sediment qualities, discharge, and allochthonous inputs of intermittent streams in tropical dry climates: Implications on stream management23
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Trend and status of the NSFC funded projects for constructed wetlands in the last decade in China23
Performance evaluation of a channel rehabilitation project on the Lower Missouri River and implications for the dispersal of larval pallid sturgeon23
Ultrafine (<0.45 μm) particulate SRP fluxes entering and leaving Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas as a function of STA management and performance23
Interactions among science, environmental policy and public perception in a Mississippi River Delta assimilation wetland23
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Estimating phosphorus retention capacity of flow-through wetlands22
Constant carbon dosing of a pilot-scale denitrifying bioreactor to improve nitrate removal from agricultural tile drainage22
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Can cheniers protect mangroves along eroding coastlines? – The effect of contrasting foreshore types on mangrove stability22
Restoration on magnetite mine waste substrates using Western Australian native plants only marginally benefited from a commercial inoculant22
Dredge-material created coastal marshes are more effective at improving water quality than natural marshes in early-stage development22
Are floating treatment wetlands more suitable for retrofitting highway runoff basins than vertical-flow treatment wetlands?22
Using the Alternative Stable States Framework to understand the persistence of secondary shrubland within a Mexican oak forest with livestock and agricultural legacies21
Assessment of a diel phosphorus pattern's potential to benefit phosphorus retention in the stormwater treatment areas21
Vineyard renewal reduces copper and zinc bioavailability and increases microbial diversity in southern Brazil21
Green walls as a novel wastewater treatment option for craft breweries21
Revegetation type affected soil C, N, P stocks and stoichiometry in a reclaimed mine area in Shanxi province, China21
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Post-treatment of an aerated facultative pond with constructed wetland: First two years of operation in a dairy industry20
Implications of realized niche for the conservation and creation of Potentilla anserina habitat20
Arboreal elements of the agricultural matrix as structural connecting devices in fragmented landscapes – A case study in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve20
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A Bayesian modeling framework to predict stormwater pollutant reduction in bioretention media20
On the Leonardo's rule for the assessment of root profile20
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Phytoremediation of soil treated with metalliferous leachate from an abandoned industrial site by Alternanthera sessilis and Ipomoea aquatica: Metal extraction and biochemical responses19
Evaluation of created wetlands as amphibian habitat on a reforested surface mine19
Inactivation of phosphorus in a highly eutrophic pond using Zeofixer® to eliminate the free-floating aquatic plant (Spirodela polyrhiza)19
Using saline water drip irrigation and soil matric potential control for tree establishment in coastal saline soil19
Planting after shoreline cleanup treatment improves salt marsh vegetation recovery following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill19
Evolution of three streambanks before and after stabilization and record flooding19
Steady and ebullitive methane fluxes from active, restored and unrestored horticultural peatlands19
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Acoustic camera and net surveys reveal that nursery enhancement at living shorelines may be restricted to the marsh platform18
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Effect of N addition and litter manipulation on plant community productivity in the semiarid sandy grassland18
Plant growth of Atriplex portulacoides affected by irrigation amount and substrate type in an extensive green roof system18
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Comparison of constructed wetlands and package type sequencing batch biological treatment plants in rural areas in terms of efficiency and cost in a full-scale example18
Capability of HYDRUS wetland module to simulate flow and nitrogen removal processes in pilot-scale treatment peatlands under frost and no-frost conditions17
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Landslide susceptibility assessment using novel hybridized methods based on the support vector regression17
Fate of iron sulfide compounds following simulated wetland sediment deposition17
Urbanization affects plant species diversity of stormwater ponds in a large German city17
Aboveground wetland vegetation growth responses to simulated sediment diversion inundation scenarios17
Occurrence and distribution of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a surface flow constructed wetland17
Livestock grazing modes induced the rapid differentiation of community recruitment in alpine meadow17
Plantation soil inoculation combined with straw checkerboard barriers enhances ectomycorrhizal colonization and subsequent growth of nursery grown Pinus tabulaeformis seedlings in a dryland17
Carbon sequestration potential and CO2 fluxes in a tropical forest ecosystem17
OpenFOAM vs FLOW-3D: A comparative study of vertical slot fishway modelling17
Importance of high severity in a physical removal treatment for controlling invasive Spartina alterniflora17
Increasing the resistance of Mediterranean extensive green roofs by using native plants from old roofs and walls17
Habitat change and interspecific associations mediate the response of riparian ground-dwelling arthropod assemblages to flooding in the Three Gorges Reservoir17
Nutrient retention of newly restored wetlands receiving agricultural runoff in a temperate region of North America17
Services provided by multifunctional agroecosystems: Questions, obstacles and solutions16
Application of statistical and machine learning approach for prediction of soil quality index formulated to evaluate trajectory of ecosystem recovery in coal mine degraded land16
Cooperating for added value: Using participatory game theory in implementing nature-based flood defences16
Influence of the in-stream structures and parameters variation on transient storage16
Soil carbon storage and its economic values of inland wetlands in Korea16
The effectiveness of weed control in a threatened plant community: A grassland case study16
Ecological connectivity of the upper Rhône River: Upstream fish passage at two successive large hydroelectric dams for partially migratory species16
Survival and nutrient supply of seedlings of different tree species at the early stages of afforestation of a hard coal mine dump16
The commercial tree species Dipteryx odorata improves soil physical and biological attributes in abandoned pastures16
Utilizing a settling pond-based constructed wetland for the treatment of shrimp aquaculture wastewater – From laboratory to field scale: A case study in Ben Tre Province, Vietnam16
Effect of lanthanum modified bentonite capping on control of sediment phosphorus and tungsten release15
Coupling Scirpus recruitment with Spartina control guarantees recolonization of native sedges in coastal wetlands15
Passive restoration considerably improved the community structure, soil health and carbon stock in the Pine forests of Kashmir Himalaya, India15
Scaled versus real-scale tests: Identifying scale and model errors in wave damping through woody vegetation15
Spatiotemporal evolution scenarios and the coupling analysis of ecosystem health with land use change in Southwest China14
Nature based solutions for winery wastewater valorisation14
Assessing primary vegetation recovery from earthquake-induced landslide scars: A real-time kinematic unmanned aerial vehicle approach14
Optimization of fishway attraction flow based on endemic fish swimming performance and hydraulics14
Habitat connectivity in agricultural landscapes improving multi-functionality of constructed wetlands as nature-based solutions14
Stabilization of soil organic carbon in the alpine meadow is dependent on the nitrogen deposition level on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau14
Nitrogen cycling in plant and soil subsystems is driven by changes in soil salinity following coastal embankment in typical coastal saltmarsh ecosystems of Eastern China14
The largest constructed treatment wetland project in the world: The story of the Everglades stormwater treatment areas14
Effects of meteorological variables and substrate moisture on evapotranspiration and thermal performance of a green roof in a subtropical climate14
Compositional shifts in freshwater macroinvertebrate communities over 30 years of urbanization14
The impact of socioeconomic factors on vegetation restoration in karst regions: A perspective beyond climate and ecological engineering14
Identification of priority protected areas in Yellow River Basin and detection of key factors for its optimal management based on multi-scenario trade-off of ecosystem services14
Periphyton efficiency in phosphorus accumulation affected by phytoplankton dynamics in reservoir for water supply14
Identification of optimum afforestation areas considering sustainable management of natural resources, using geo-environmental criteria14
Restoration of degraded areas after bauxite mining in the eastern Amazon: Which method to apply?14
Evaluation of bacterial community in constructed wetlands treating different sources of wastewater14
Influence of loading rates and feeding conditions on hybrid constructed wetlands integrated with microbial fuel cells14
Evaluation of a new practical low-cost method for prioritising the remediation of fish passage barriers in resource-deficient settings13
Behavioural response of downstream migrating European eel (Anguilla anguilla) to electric fields under static and flowing water conditions13
A review of the application of constructed wetlands (CWs) and their hydraulic, water quality and biological responses to changing hydrological conditions13
The native - exotic plant choice in green roof design: Using a multicriteria decision framework to select plant tolerant species that foster beneficial arthropods13
Diversity and community composition of nirS-type denitrifying bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea in biofilm samples attached to bio-substrate and abio-substrates in integrated ecological floating 13
The influence of successional stage on local odonate communities in man-made standing waters13
Understanding the efficacy of different techniques to manage Chromolaena odorata L., an Invasive Alien Plant in the sub-Himalayan tall grasslands: Toward grassland recovery13
Animal manures and plant residue-based amendments for sustainable rice-wheat production and soil fertility improvement in eastern Uttar Pradesh, North India13
Initiating and upscaling mussel reef establishment with life cycle informed restoration: Successes and future challenges13
Carbon supplementation and bioaugmentation to improve denitrifying woodchip bioreactor performance under cold conditions13
Is forest location more important than forest fragmentation for flood regulation?13
Vegetated roofs for managing stormwater quantity in cold climate13
Land-use changes concerning the riparian vegetation in Galela Lake, North Maluku, Indonesia13
An ecological water replenishment model of urban lake riparian plant restoration based on the groundwater–vegetation interactions13
Development of a full-scale cost effective mango peel biochar-sand filter based wastewater treatment chamber in Patharpratima in West Bengal13
Combined treatment of sludge from a wastewater treatment plant and wastewater from a stormwater basin in a Sludge Treatment Reed Bed System during >25 years13
Numerical modelling of hydraulic efficiency and pollution transport in waste stabilization ponds13
Living in a material world: Support for the use of natural and alternative materials in coastal restoration and living shorelines12
Towards the reference ecosystems for quartzitic campo rupestre: Floristic composition and soil relationships12
Inter-annual variation in movements and passage of seaward migrating European eels at a shrouded Archimedean screw pumping station12
Contribution of the root system of Cyperus papyrus and Pontederia sagittata to microplastic removal in floating treatment Wetlands in two urban ponds12
Nature-based mitigation of shoreline erosion risks in tidal marshes created by managed realignment vs. sediment nourishment12
Response of earthworm communities to soil engineering and soil isolation in urban landscapes12
Riparian restoration in sandy zones with alfalfa as pioneer plant in initial stage of soil and water bioengineering12
Technosols made of urban wastes are suitable habitats for flora and soil macrofauna12
The use of gabions as an eco-engineering approach to enhance estuarine fish habitats in urbanised waterways12
Use of decomposition products of Pontederia crassipes Mart., Solms (water yacinth) for inhibition of cyanobacteria growth: A full-scale study12
Evaluating the performance of horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetlands: A case study from southern India12
Removing 80%–90% of nitrogen and organic contaminants with three distinct passive, lignocellulose-based on-site septic systems receiving municipal and residential wastewater12
Corrigendum to “Divergent successional trajectories of soil seed bank and post-fire vegetation in a semiarid oak forest: implications for post-fire ecological restoration” [Ecological Engineering Vol 12
Green walls: A form of constructed wetland in green buildings12
Effect of greywater treated by horizontal subsurface flow wetlands planted with Chrysopogon zizanioides and Andropogon gayanus on the germination of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds under 12
Vegetation recovery of rehabilitated pasture at three coal mine sites following fire disturbance12
Effects of restorative treatments confirmed in a restored pond12
Hydromechanical behaviour of a slope reinforced by grass roots under rainfall conditions12
Effect of grazing exclusion on plant communities varies over time in a Tibetan alpine meadow12
Characteristics of bacterial communities in a rural river water restored by ecological floating beds with Oenathe javanica12
Corrigendum to “Plant diversity and ecological potential of naturally colonizing vegetation for ecorestoration of fly ash disposal area” [Ecological Engineering 176 (2022) 106533]12
Significant association between soil dissolved organic matter and soil microbial communities following vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau12
A potential method using magnetically modified wheat straw biochars for soil Cd extraction12
Evaluation of treatment performance for one constructed wetland in a Swedish forest – A case study with emphasis on brownification mitigation11
Combining hydro-acoustics and hydraulic modeling for evaluating fish entrainment risk11
Biogeochemical response of subtropical treatment wetlands to different flow conditions11
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Guiding migrating salmonid smolts: Experimentally assessing the performance of angled and inclined screens with varying gap widths11
DRAM: A three-dimensional analytical model for the mobilisation of root reinforcement in direct shear conditions11
Eco-restoration of degraded lands through trees and grasses improves soil carbon sequestration and biological activity in tropical climates11
Restored post-mining areas as a potential ecological trap for Odonata?11
Combined effect of biochar addition and temperature on methane absorption of topsoil in a temperate forest, China11
Performance and ecological impacts of benthic barriers for the control of an invasive plant in a small urban lake11
Brackish water promote the ecological restoration of estuarine wetland11
History and performance of the Everglades STA-3/4 periphyton-based stormwater treatment area (PSTA)11
Rest grazing from the critical period of soil thawing promotes the propagation of Kobresia humilis in alpine meadow11
Net export of E. coli from a constructed wetland treating agricultural drainage11
The ecological waterfront design for Bufo bankorensis by using artificial neural network methods11
Landscape analysis in a municipality in the arc of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest11
Potential of high-throughput eDNA sequencing of soil fungi and bacteria for monitoring ecological restoration in ultramafic substrates: The case study of the New Caledonian biodiversity hotspot11
Ecosystem service supply and demand relationship and spatial identification of driving threshold in Loess Plateau of China11
Spatial distribution of phosphorus forms and the release risk of sediments phosphorus in West Lake, Hangzhou, China11
Plant growth and nutrient accumulation in Melaleuca quinquenervia and Cymbopogon citratus treating high strength sewage effluent in constructed wetland systems with biochar media11
Intertidal seawall communities in Singapore: Are they all one and the same?11
Downstream bypass efficiency of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in relation to bypass cobble substrate and flow velocity11
Fish passage solution: European eel kinematics and behaviour in shear layer turbulent flows11
Experimental and numerical assessment of hydraulic characteristic of a new semi-frustum weir in the pool-weir fishway11
Effects of increasing complexity in biogeochemistry and hydrology on variability of total phosphorus concentration in models of a low flow subtropical wetland11
Dissolved organic carbon, an indicator of soil bacterial succession in restored wetland under freeze-thaw cycle11
Soil and water bioengineering in cold rivers: A biogeomorphological perspective11
Inconsistent bioreceptivity of three mortar mixes in subtidal sites11
Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of two fishways with vertical slot openings in an Alpine River (Toce River, northern Italy)11
Hydrodynamic modeling to evaluate the influence of inland navigation channel training works on fish habitats in the Upper Yellow River11
Understanding how forest ecosystem services are affected by conservation practices and differences in elevation: A study in the Arasbaran biosphere reserve, Iran11
Root-zone carbon and nitrogen pools across two chronosequences of coastal marshes formed using different restoration techniques: Dredge sediment versus river sediment diversion11
Assessment and conservation strategies for endemic fish with drifting eggs threatened by the cascade barrier effect: A case study in the Yalong River, China10
Stormwater treatment areas of the Florida Everglades ecosystem: Science and applications – Everglades STAs special issue10
Influence of vegetation on soil organic nitrogen composition and mineralization in a subtropical wetland10
Do fishways stress fish? Assessment of physiological and hydraulic parameters of rainbow trout navigating a novel W-weir fishway10
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Nitrate removal by watershed-scale hyporheic stream restoration: Modeling approach to estimate effects and patterns at the stream network scale10
Restoration of riparian ecosystems posterior to tin mining in the Central Amazon: Restoration indicators and selection of suitable species for planting10
The influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage10
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A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration10
Effect of priming on Carex Schmidtii seed germination and seedling growth: Implications for tussock wetland restoration10
Corrigendum to “Avian communities respond to plant and landscape composition in actively revegetated floodplains of the Colorado River delta in Mexico” [Ecological Engineering 205 (2024) 107266].10
Straw checkerboard barriers improve soil restoration and mitigate the impacts of drought on Medicago scutellata L.10
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Quarry ponds are hotspots of amphibian species richness10
Contrasting two urban wetland parks created for improving habitat and downstream water quality10
Cobble substrate in a surface bypass reduces bypass acceptance by common roach Rutilus rutilus10
Spatiotemporal changes of forest vegetation after the implementation of a natural forest protection project and underlying driving factors: Case study of a typical natural secondary forest area in the10
Taxonomic and functional diversity of bird communities in mining areas undergoing passive and active restoration in eastern Amazon10
Effect of grazing management strategies on alpine grassland on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau10
Transversal barrier heights that brown trout are able to overcome during migrations: Application to three mountain rivers of the Iberian peninsula10
Large-deformation simulations of root pull-out and breakage using material point method with a multi-level grid10
Experiences of nature-based solutions for mitigating ship-induced erosion in confined coastal waters10
Overstorey-understorey interactions reveal trade-offs for achieving competing land-use goals in jarrah forest restored after bauxite mining: Initial prescription and targets affect restoration success10
Assessing performance of local materials for the treatment of dry weather flows in open drains: Results of semi-controlled field experiment research in Bangalore, India10
Unconfined fishway design, implementation, and assessment for the emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) in the Upper Niagara River, New York10
Application of organic wastes to subsoil materials can provide sustained soil quality in engineered soil covers for mine tailings rehabilitation: A 7 years study10
Harnessing spatial nutrient distribution and facilitative intraspecific interactions in soft eco-engineering projects to enhance coastal dune restoration10
Characteristics and applications of hybrid constructed wetlands for low-polluted water: Cased in Bagong River of the Yellow River Watershed, China10
Archaea rather than bacteria govern green roofs greenhouse gas production9
Septage treatment using the First Stage of French Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands: From the beginning to the closure of the system9
Restoration effects of sediment supply by sediment sluicing dam operations on macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Mimi River, Japan9
Contribution of ecosystem services improvement on achieving Sustainable development Goals under ecological engineering projects on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau9
Landscape level ecological assessment and eco-restoration strategies for alpine and sub-alpine regions of the Central Himalaya9
A review study on the association between hydraulic performance and treatment effectiveness in free surface flow constructed wetlands9
Drought and mycorrhizal inoculation affect growth and morphology of Australian stormwater biofilter plants9
Light grazing promotes soil water infiltration of the rehabilitated grassland in the hilly region of the Loess Plateau9
Functional diversity and redundancy of amphibians, ants, and dung beetles in passive and active cloud forest restoration9
Optimization of restoration techniques: In-situ transplantation experiment of an endangered clonal plant species (Typha minima Hoppe)9
Water storage levels and water storage capacity of an extensive green roof quantified from multi-year eddy covariance measurements9
Nursery habitat use by juvenile blue crabs in created and natural fringing marshes9
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