Shiekh Marifatul Haq's research while affiliated with Ilia State University and other places

... Yet subjectively assigned, CC values were proved to be effective (Matthews et al. 2015). Moreover, when a high number of experts is involved, the FQA approach is effective to assess ecosystem integrity and especially to highlight gradients of anthropogenic disturbance and the success of ecosystem restoration (Taddeo and Dronova 2018;Spyreas 2019;Haq et al. 2022). The more experts are included the better is the possibility to moderate outliers (Delbecq et al. 1975;Matthews et al. 2015). ...

... We used the spatial turnover (Simpson pairwise dissimilarity) and nestedness-resultant components (nestedness-fraction of Sorensen pairwise dissimilarity) of β-diversity analysis applying "Sorensen" as family of dissimilarity index while the Dissimilarity analysis was conducted in the package "betapart" [55]. In addition, indicator species analysis was used to identify the key weed species for each habitat type using PAST software [56]. Indicator values were computed according to Dufrêne and Legendre [57], and the statistical significance of the maximum indicator value was determined using the Monte Carlo Test of significance [58]. ...

... The Chure harbors about 1000 plant species of different life forms [16,29,47]. The floral diversity is comparable with that of the Indian part of Chure [54]. It includes more than 281 tree species that constitute about 40% of total tree species recorded in Nepal, 186 shrubs, and 322 herbs including Pteridophytes [16]. ...

... Indeed, very few contributions have been made to evaluate the urban and peri-urban green spaces in developing countries by using the contingent's valuation methods and by asking the inhabitants their matters of concern, preferences, and opinions. This study, even if focused on Pakistan [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], demonstrates the usefulness of a cost-effective method to estimate the values connected with ES in peri-urban green areas that can be exported to other developing countries as well. The concluding part of the research will clarify the overall situation of the area with respect to associations between green spaces, green areas, and ecosystems and also introduce their research methods for assessment along with recommendations. ...

... Indeed, very few contributions have been made to evaluate the urban and peri-urban green spaces in developing countries by using the contingent's valuation methods and by asking the inhabitants their matters of concern, preferences, and opinions. This study, even if focused on Pakistan [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], demonstrates the usefulness of a cost-effective method to estimate the values connected with ES in peri-urban green areas that can be exported to other developing countries as well. The concluding part of the research will clarify the overall situation of the area with respect to associations between green spaces, green areas, and ecosystems and also introduce their research methods for assessment along with recommendations. ...

... The indigenous knowledge of using medicinal plants for the treatment of various disorders is an old age practice of human evolution (Gertsh 2009;Jan et al. 2022a). Approximately 85% of world's population living in developing countries is solely dependent on traditional medicinal plants for obtaining their health care (Calixto 2005;Mir et al. 2021a;Khoja et al 2022c). Ethnic communities living adjacent to forest areas rely on medicinal plants collected from wild for their primary health care. ...

... Climate regulation Plants regulate climate by absorbing greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2), using carbon stocks to quantify the climate regulation services (Marifatul Haq et al., 2022) C total = C above + C below + C dead + C soil C total is total carbon storage, C above is aboveground carbon storage, C below is belowground carbon storage, C dead is dead organic matter carbon storage, and C soil is soil carbon storage Air Purification ...