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Global Vegetation Clumping Index Products (8-day, 500 m) ... (May 14, 2018)

  The spatial distribution of vegetation foliage greatly affects the estimation of gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET) from various ecosystem and land surface models. Canopy clumping index (CI), a proxy of foliage spatial distrib...
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Research Displays the Geographical Environment for Food S... (Apr 10, 2018)

  Food safety is a critical issue in China and has attracted much attention from the government and the society.
  Prof. WANG Wuyi’s group at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CA...
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Theory Suggests Root Efficiency, Independence Drove Globa... (Mar 16, 2018)

  Source:Princeton University
  Summary:
  Researchers suggest that plants spread worldwide thanks to root adaptations that allowed them to become more efficient and independent. As plant species spread, roots became thinner so they could more effici...
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CAS Researchers Reveal Relationship between Canopy Leaf A... (Feb 24, 2018)

  The leaf area index (LAI) indicates the amount of leaf area per unit of ground area and the clumping index (CI) describes the spatial distribution of leaves in the canopy.
  When leaves are randomly distributed, the CI equals to 1.0. When leaves are...
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Scientists Probe Arsenic Cycle and Bioconversion in Terre... (Feb 6, 2018)

  A research group headed by Professor WEI Chaoyang from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has considerably enhanced the basic knowledge on arsenic cycle and bioconversion in terrestrial eco...
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Researchers Propose a New Regionalization Scheme for Effe... (Jan 4, 2018)

  During vegetation restoration, guideline that can help to decide where to plant tree, grass or shrub, are very important to lead an effective ecological restoration. Taking the Loess Plateau of China as an example, Dr. CHEN Pengfei at Institute of Geog...
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