Spotlight on SDGs: Life on Land




A collection spotlighting the latest research in protecting and restoring terrestrial ecosystems helping to further progress on Goal 15: Life on Land

Biodiversity & ecology

International Journal of Ecology
Variations in Avian Species and Functional Diversity in Different Habitat Types in a Vulnerable Savannah Ecosystem in Ghana
Abdulai Sulemana, Kweku A. Monney, and Justus P. Deikumah

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
Evolutionary History and Taxonomic Reclassification of the Critically Endangered Daggernose Shark, a Species Endemic to the Western Atlantic
Luis Fernando da Silva Rodrigues-Filho, Paula da Costa Nogueira, Davidson Sodré, José Rafael da Silva Leal, Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes, Getulio Rincon, Rosangela Paula Teixeira Lessa, Iracilda Sampaio, Marcelo Vallinoto, Jonathan S. Ready, and João Bráullio Luna Sales

International Journal of Zoology
Diversity and Abundance of Breeding Birds, Habitat, and Nesting Substrate Selection in Urban Areas: A Relevant Case from the Southern Slope of the Mediterranean
Ikram Douini, Wafae Squalli, Ismail Mansouri, Mohamed Mounir, El-Mostafa Benka, Mohamed Dakki, and Soumaya Hammada

Bee, plant and sun

Sustainable land use

Applied and Environmental Soil Science
An Overview of the Emergence and Challenges of Land Reclamation: Issues and Prospect
Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Robert Birundu Onyancha, Juliana Ngozi Ndunagu, Otolorin Adelaja Osibote, Joseph Onyeka Emegha, Vincent Aizebeoje Balogun, Heri Septya Kusuma, and Handoko Darmokoesoemo

International Journal of Ecology
Ecological Conditions and Ecosystem Services of Artificial Wetlands in Semiarid Ethiopian Highlands
Admasu Moges and Tesfaye Mebrate

International Journal of Forestry Research
Vegetation Structure and Tree Species Diversity inside and outside a Newly Established Zalon Taung National Park in Northwest Myanmar
Tin Hnaung Aye and Shozo Shibata

Tree lifecycle

Environmental monitoring

Advances in Meteorology
A Novel Approach for Monitoring the Ecoenvironment of Alpine Wetlands using Big Geospatial Data and Cloud Computing
Haijun Wang, Xiangdong Kong, Ji Luo, Pengju Li, Tianhui Xie, Xiaobo Yi, Fang Wang, and Jie Xiao

International Journal of Ecology
Species Distribution Modelling of Two Sympatric Hornbills: The Great Hornbill and Rufous-Necked Hornbill in Bhutan
NirKumar Puri, AmitKumar Verma, Ramesh Chhetri, Harish Bahadur Chand, and Sandip Rijal

The Scientific World Journal
Monitoring Urban Expansion and Loss of Agriculture on the North Coast of West Java Province, Indonesia, Using Google Earth Engine and Intensity Analysis
Laju Gandharum, Djoko Mulyo Hartono, Asep Karsidi, and Mubariq Ahmad

Monitoring equipment

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