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The importance of integrating herbarium records into conservation plans: a case study on Honduran ferns and lycophytes

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbarium collections are powerful, yet underutilized, tools for global biodiversity conservation and protected area management. By integrating digitized herbarium records with existing biodiversity data, previously unknown plant species were uncovered, exposing critical gaps in conservation knowledge.
Sven P. Batke, Thom Dallimore, Johan Reyes‐Chávez, David G. Hill, Wendy Atkinson, Eric van den Berghe, Geraldine Reid   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Water Supply Infrastructure in Medium‐Sized Cities to Meet User Demands: A Case Study of Natal, Brazil

World Water Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article investigates the management of water supply infrastructure in Natal, Brazil, analyzing the alignment between the utility's investments and user demands during the period from 2016 to 2019. Using data from the Customer Service Center (CAU) and official investment information, it was identified that approximately 67% of complaints ...
Loiane Tamara dos Santos Alves Romanato, Neilton Fidelis da Silva, Sheyla Varela Lucena, Leandro Andrei Beser de Deus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

World Water Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source

Incidência da perda precoce da prenhez em éguas da raça mangalarga

Boletim de Indústria Animal, 2014
Foi analisada a ocorrência da perda precoce da prenhez (PPP) durante dezesseis estações de cobertura, em éguas da raça mangalarga mantidas no Posto de Eqüideocultura de Colina, SP. Como PPP é considerada a perda de gestação iniciada e reconhecida no primeiro exame clínico retal, feito em torno da quarta semana após o último salto, mas no ...
Francisco Raul Abbott Perdigão de Oliveira, José Felipe de Souza Leão, Celso Augusto, Luiz Roberto Aguiar de Toledo, Francisco Gaceck   +4 more
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Governing the Ungovernable: Mapping the Development of Groundwater Irrigation and Groundwater Policies in India

World Water Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Groundwater governance is complex due to several externalities associated with groundwater being an invisible natural resource tied to the land with millions of extractors and limited means of exclusion. The paper traces the evolution of groundwater irrigation in India and the corresponding change in groundwater laws and policies to address ...
Anindita Sarkar, Amrita Sarkar
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of National Government and Development Partners on Uganda's Water, Sanitation, and Solid Waste Services Delivery: A Review

World Water Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study reviews the status of access to water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management (SWM) services in Uganda, examining the influence of national government policies, institutional frameworks, and financing mechanisms. It employs a mixed‐methods approach, combining qualitative analysis of primary data from key informant interviews ...
Ronald Sakaya, Charles B. Niwagaba, Alex Y. Katukiza, Christoph Lüthi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil community structure across native and exotic forests is shaped by edaphoclimatic conditions and eukaryotic biomarkers

Journal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.
Our results point to the importance of taking management decisions for these forests considering regional conditions as well as forest type. The provided list of soil keystone taxa should be taken into account in future research and soil monitoring, which is essential for sustainable management of land.
Concha Cano‐Díaz, Claudia Carvalho‐Santos, Rui P. Carvalho, Sofia R. Costa, A. Carolina Duarte, Paulo Fernandes, Susana Mendes, Bala Singavarapu, Brajesh K. Singh, Juntao Wang, Carlos A. Guerra   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

Polychromophilus spp. (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae): First Molecular Detection in Bat Flies From Brazilian Bats

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study identifies Polychromophilus sp. in blood‐feeding flies (Basilia speiseri and Basilia lindolphoi) from Myotis nigricans bats in Brazil, marking the first molecular detection of the parasite in an insect vector in this country. Two haplotypes were identified, both within the Polychromophilus murinus group.
Bruno S. Mathias, Vinicio R. De Lima, Gustavo Graciolli, Nubia R. M. F. Rocha, Jaciara O. J. Costa, Herbert S. Soares, Arlei Marcili, Karin Kirchgatter   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Environmental DNA Sampling for Simultaneous Detection of Hosts and Their Pathogens: A Case Study With the Critically Endangered Frog Genus Atelopus

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Environmental DNA is a powerful tool for simultaneous detection of rare species and their pathogens. We confirmed the presence of Atelopus at multiple sampling locations and found that the concentration of the amphibian pathogen Bd in eDNA samples was correlated with stream characteristics and the pathogen load of the amphibian community.
Jamie Voyles, Corinne L. Richards‐Zawacki, Allison Q. Byrne, Angie Estrada, Roberto Ibáñez, Keely M. Rodriguez, Caren S. Goldberg   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source