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Tree canopy arthropods have idiosyncratic responses to plant ecophysiological traits in a warm temperate forest complex
Biodiversity studies on forest canopies often have narrow arthropod taxonomic focus, or refer to a single species of tree. In …
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Lack of Cross-Sector and Cross-Level Policy Coherence and Consistency Limits Urban Green Infrastructure Implementation in Malawi
The quality, quantity and accessibility of urban greenspaces and green infrastructure offer multiple benefits for city dwellers, the environment and …
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‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species
Taxonomic progress is often hindered by intrinsic factors, such as morphologically cryptic species that require a broad suite of methods …
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Effects of habitat modifications on the movement behavior of animals: the case study of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) and tropical tunas
BACKGROUND: Aggregation sites represent important sources of environmental heterogeneity and can modify the movement behavior of animals. When these sites …
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Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering could lower future risk of ‘Day Zero’ level droughts in Cape Town
Anthropogenic forcing of the climate is estimated to have increased the likelihood of the 2015–2017 Western Cape drought, also called …
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Integration of remote sensing and bioclimatic data for prediction of invasive species distribution in data-poor regions: a review on challenges and opportunities
Abstract Prediction and modeling using integrated datasets and expertise from various disciplines greatly improve the management of invasive species. So …
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Composition of nutrients, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and microbiological quality in processed small indigenous fish species from Ghana: Implications for food security
The triple burden of malnutrition is an incessant issue in low- and middle-income countries, and fish has the potential to …
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Health consequences of drought in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: hotspot areas and needed actions
BACKGROUND: Over the past four decades, drought episodes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the of the World Health …
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With Power Comes Responsibility – A Rangelands Perspective on Forest Landscape Restoration
Tree planting has long been promoted to avert climate change and has received renewed impetus in recent years with the …
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A new understanding and evaluation of food sustainability in six different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia
Food systems must become more sustainable and equitable, a transformation which requires the transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge. We present a …
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A conceptual framework and practical structure for implementing ecosystem condition accounts
Ecosystem condition is a fundamental component in the ecosystem accounting framework as part of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental …
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Rock physics and geomechanical application in the interpretation of rock property trends for overpressure detection
Abstract One of the complexities of geomechanical study is in the classification of rock’s properties and overpressured intervals—a knowledge which …
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Heat and dehydration induced oxidative damage and antioxidant defenses following incubator heat stress and a simulated heat wave in wild caught four-striped field mice Rhabdomys dilectus
Heat waves are known for their disastrous mass die-off effects due to dehydration and cell damage, but little is known …
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Household air pollution and under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of 14 demographic and health surveys
BACKGROUND: Globally, over four million deaths are attributed to exposure to household air pollution (HAP) annually. Evidence of the association …
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Challenges of Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 From the Perspectives of Access to Modern Cooking Energy in Developing Countries
Sustainable development goal 7 (SDG 7) focuses on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by …
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Toward Balancing the Budget: Surface Macro-Plastics Dominate the Mass of Particulate Pollution Stranded on Beaches
Most studies report the abundance of plastic items in the environment, but mass is an equally important currency for monitoring …
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Quantitative microbial risk assessment for waterborne pathogens in a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving surface water body
BACKGROUND: Access to safe water for drinking and domestic activities remains a challenge in emerging economies like South Africa, forcing …
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Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis juliflora, avoids trade-offs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid and semi-arid regions of the …
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Genomic analysis of Bacillus cereus NWUAB01 and its heavy metal removal from polluted soil
Microorganisms that display unique biotechnological characteristics are usually selected for industrial applications. Bacillus cereus NWUAB01 was isolated from a mining …
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The Threat of the Combined Effect of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Factors in Forestry Under a Changing Climate
Plants encounter several biotic and abiotic stresses, usually in combination. This results in major economic losses in agriculture and forestry …