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Vegetation and flora in the vicinity of salt and brine extraction sites in the western part of Kuyavia (Poland) 库亚维亚（波兰）西部盐卤开采地附近的植被和植物区系

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.022

Wiesława Karasińska, A. Nienartowicz, Mieczysław Kunz

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Agricultural waste in Libya as a resource for biochar and methane production: An analytical study 将利比亚的农业废弃物作为生物炭和甲烷生产的资源：分析研究

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.021

Monaem Elmnifi, Mohamed Almaktar, S. Vambol, Volodymyr Sydorenko, Viktor Mykhailov

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Benefits for visitors provided by protected areas in Bulgaria and willingness to become a conservation volunteer 保加利亚保护区为游客带来的益处以及成为保护志愿者的意愿

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.016

Vanya Koleva, T. Koynova, A. Dragoeva, Nikolay Kolev, Ivayla Kuleva, N. Natchev

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Mapping Groundwater Resource using Multispectral Sentinel 2 and Fuzzy Logic method, Case Study: Salafchegan, Qom, Iran 利用多光谱哨兵 2 和模糊逻辑方法绘制地下水资源图，案例研究：伊朗库姆萨拉夫切甘

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.014

Hamideh Shahsavari, Hossein Arefi, Meysam Davoodabdi Farahani, Mehran Alizadeh Pirbasti, S. Shobairi

{"title":"Mapping Groundwater Resource using Multispectral Sentinel 2 and Fuzzy Logic method, Case Study: Salafchegan, Qom, Iran","authors":"Hamideh Shahsavari, Hossein Arefi, Meysam Davoodabdi Farahani, Mehran Alizadeh Pirbasti, S. Shobairi","doi":"10.12775/eq.2024.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/eq.2024.014","url":null,"abstract":"Groundwater is one of the essential freshwater sources for human consumption, with the highest reserves of fresh water on earth after glaciers and glaciers. Conservation and maintenance of groundwater quality in a large area require an overview of the status and potential of groundwater resources in that area, which can be applied to potential areas using remote sensing technology. In this study, after extracting the factors influencing the formation of groundwater aquifers from the Sentinel satellite image, appropriate information layers were prepared and integrated into the ArcGIS using different fuzzy operators and potential maps prepared with the location of groundwater wells. The area was validated. The results of combining slope layers, slope direction, lithology, drainage length density, lineament length density, lineament buffer, drainage buffer, and vegetation in the area showed that fuzzy multiplication and gamma operators could be used as suitable operators for Introducing information layers to identify groundwater potential in the area. Also, using the gamma numbers 0.1 gave better results than larger gamma numbers. The research results showed that 15.9% of the studied area has good and very good potential for the presence of underground water in the production map using the fuzzy gamma with gamma 0.1 method. Also, this map was validated by 70.1% of water wells in the region. The normalized ratio of accuracy to validity in the final production model with this method was estimated to be 54%, which is entirely acceptable compared to other methods.","PeriodicalId":44105,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Questions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138985381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Air Quality Mapping and Urban Planning for Sustainable Urban Ecology: A Case Study of Chandigarh, India 可持续城市生态的空气质量绘图和城市规划：印度昌迪加尔案例研究

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.020

Shubham Saharan, S. Deswal, Mahesh Pal

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Impact of Covid-19 on Yamuna River water quality: Possible ways to rejuvenate the riverine ecosystem in national capital of India Covid-19 对亚穆纳河水质的影响：恢复印度国家首都河流生态系统的可能途径

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.015

Umamah M, N A Khan, N. S. N, Mufti A, Farooqi I, M A Khan, Gauhar M, Kashif Ali, S Gautam, A S Khan, Renu Dhupper, Sergij Vambol

{"title":"Impact of Covid-19 on Yamuna River water quality: Possible ways to rejuvenate the riverine ecosystem in national capital of India","authors":"Umamah M, N A Khan, N. S. N, Mufti A, Farooqi I, M A Khan, Gauhar M, Kashif Ali, S Gautam, A S Khan, Renu Dhupper, Sergij Vambol","doi":"10.12775/eq.2024.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/eq.2024.015","url":null,"abstract":"The water quality of Yamuna River was studied for four years from 2019 until August 2022. The period witnessed the onset of COVID-19 pandemic and government-imposed complete lockdown which caused slight improvement in the water quality. Five parameters pH, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Faecal Coliform (FC) monitored by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) were analyzed to see the changes in water quality of Yamuna River in the Delhi stretch before the onset of COVID-19 (2019), during the COVID-19 (2020 and 2021) and after the pandemic (2022). Maximum improvement in some water quality parameters were observed only during the 1st lockdown in the year 2020 when government had imposed complete restriction on the movement of people and industries were not functioning at there maximum capacity. The water quality again declined in the year 2021 and further in the year 2022. Major cause of pollution was the untreated waste reaching the river from various drains. Therefore, it is extremely important to intersect all the major and minor drains through Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). The floodplain of the river needs to be managed to keep the pollution in control.","PeriodicalId":44105,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Questions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139012027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Risk of Land Degradation: A Case Study of Phu Yen Province, Vietnam 土地退化的风险：越南富安省案例研究

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.019

Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, Pham Mai Phuong, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Tong Thi Hanh, Pham Bao Quoc, A. Lahori, Sergiy Yeremenko, Vasyl Tyshchenko, Rustam Murasov

{"title":"Risk of Land Degradation: A Case Study of Phu Yen Province, Vietnam","authors":"Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, Pham Mai Phuong, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Tong Thi Hanh, Pham Bao Quoc, A. Lahori, Sergiy Yeremenko, Vasyl Tyshchenko, Rustam Murasov","doi":"10.12775/eq.2024.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/eq.2024.019","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of the land degradation vulnerability index (LDVI) is multifaceted, encompassing climate, soil, vegetation, policy formulation, and human actions. In Vietnam, the convergence of climatic fluctuations and human impact results in phenomena, such as soil sealing, erosion, salinization, and landscape fragmentation. These phenomena are recognized as significant triggers of land degradation. This paper seeks to present a method for assessing a land's susceptibility to degradation by utilizing ten ecological 10 criteria: NDVI; slope; bulk density (cg/cm3); cation exchange capacity in the soil (CEC; mmol(c)/kg); Soil organic carbon stock (SOC; dg/kg), pH; Nitrogen (N; cg/kg); soil thickness (cm); soil surface temperature LST (0C); precipitation of the driest quarter (mm). The research results show that Song Hinh and Son Hoa communes are standing on the most land degradation vulnerability. Some criteria that are considered important in assessing land degradation by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique are NDVI, followed by slope, nitrogen, bulk density, and soil thickness. The results of the study are consistent with records in localities that are often under pressure from drought. Extreme LDVI areas were larger identified on low mountains, slope terrain, and precipitation of driest quarter under 200mm, expanding on the agricultural areas with 40km2 total province agriculture area, followed by grassland (20.3 km2), natural forests (17.2 km2), plantation forests (8.2 km2), residences (8.2 km2), and bare land (8.15 km2). Poor land management practices, such as improper construction, inadequate water management, and lack of terracing, can contribute to soil erosion and land degradation. This LDVI assessment process can be applied to some tropical countries. The NDVI index combined with the slope, nitrogen, bulk density, and soil thickness can be exploratory indicators of land sensitivity to land degradation.","PeriodicalId":44105,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Questions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139012126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ethno-medicinal plants used by Jadh Bhotiya Community of District Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, India 印度北阿坎德邦 Uttarakashi 地区 Jadh Bhotiya 社区使用的民族药用植物

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.017

U. Devi, A. Bagri, A. B. Bajpai

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Impact of Surrounding Infrastructure on Urban Environment: A Case Study of Karachi Metropolitan 周边基础设施对城市环境的影响：卡拉奇大都市案例研究

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Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.018

A. Kausar, Ambreen Afzal, Owais Iqbal Khan, Asad Maqsoom, Ghuffran Saeed, S. Vambol, Rustam Murasov, Viktor Mykhailov

{"title":"Impact of Surrounding Infrastructure on Urban Environment: A Case Study of Karachi Metropolitan","authors":"A. Kausar, Ambreen Afzal, Owais Iqbal Khan, Asad Maqsoom, Ghuffran Saeed, S. Vambol, Rustam Murasov, Viktor Mykhailov","doi":"10.12775/eq.2024.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12775/eq.2024.018","url":null,"abstract":"Urban environment carries complex land-use and land cover (LULC), similarly Karachi as a metropolitan have multifaceted LULC and compact infrastructure. This study seeks to assess the impact of infrastructure of urban environment at mega city Karachi Pakistan. Approximately, fifteen different locations of metropolitan with different surroundings were evaluated based on the studied variables of surrounding such as temperature, humidity, formaldehyde (HCHO), total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) pollution, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in air i.e., air quality, maximum noise pollution and minimum noise pollution were investigated. The readings have been collected through relevant instruments and the results have been generated through interpolation in ArcMap 10.8. The obtained results revealed that the physical factors affect the temperature and humidity conditions of the study area. While environmental and noise pollution depends on the surroundings, e.g. industrial surrounding effects on air quality, i.e. 180 recorded at industrial region of Korangi, while construction sites are catalysts of noise pollution and highest noise pollution are recorded at North-Nazimabad. Cancer causing substance, i.e. formaldehyde found along the petrol pumps, airports and transportation junctions ranges up to 0.99 ppm near Jinnah International airport and mass transit location of Shahrah e Faisal. While total volatile compound pollution has been found along the Malir catchment area, i.e. 0.4 mg/m3. The lifestyle of Karachiites need to be transform there is a dire need to think about physical and mental concord of the citizens of metropolitan. Similarly, government should play some positive actions and introduced green and environmental friendly technology to control air and noise pollution.","PeriodicalId":44105,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Questions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138985117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bees visiting the broad bean (Vicia faba L.) and the impact of border planting on their abundance and the yield improvement in Ismailia, Egypt 在埃及伊斯梅利亚，蜜蜂拜访蚕豆(Vicia faba L.)和边境种植对其丰度和产量提高的影响

Ecological Questions Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.12775/eq.2024.012

Kariman M. Mohamed, Noha M. Ghareb, Soliman M. Kamel, Emma Bradshaw, Olivia Norfolk, Mohamed Shebl

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