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Underground Lag: Fungal Community and Edaphic Legacies After Disturbance

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Páramos are neotropical mountain ecosystems that regulate water and store large amounts of carbon, but are increasingly degraded by agriculture and grazing. Although native vegetation often recolonizes after abandonment, belowground recovery remains poorly understood.
Wilmer Dajhan Navarrete‐López, Arantzazu Molins, María Elena Solarte, Camila Enriquez‐Paz, Joshua Borràs, Josefina Bota, Elena Baraza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for high-altitude headache upon acute high-altitude exposure at 3700 m in young Chinese men: a cohort study. [PDF]

, 2013
BackgroundThis prospective and observational study aimed to identify demographic, physiological and psychological risk factors associated with high-altitude headache (HAH) upon acute high-altitude exposure.MethodsEight hundred fifty subjects ascended by ...
Bian, Shi-Zhu, Chen, Guo-Zhu, Dong, Jun-Qing, Gao, Xu-Bin, Huang, Lan, Li, Ming, Liu, Xi, Yu, Jie, Zhang, Ji-Hang   +8 more
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Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes, F. J. Muñoz‐Gálvez, Z. Iglesias‐González, M. García‐Llorente, D. López‐García   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examination of novel diagnostic approaches and contemporary strategies for preventing acute mountain sickness

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction and purpose: Acute mountain sickness is caused by hypoxia, of which the brain is the most sensitive. The frequency of occurrence at altitudes above 2500 m above sea level may reach up to 75% of travelers.
Zuzanna Olejarz, Karolina Nowak, Zuzanna Drygała, Julia Wyrwał, Zuzanna Zielińska, Magdalena Słowik, Karolina Nowak, Maria Nieć, Katarzyna Gierlach, Martyna Krasuska   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Respiratory parameters at varied altitudes in intermittent mining work [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: Workers in the mining industry in altitude are subjected to several risk factors, e.g., airborne silica and low barometric pressure. The aim of this study has been to assess the risks for this work category, evaluating single risk factors as ...
Bacaloni, Alessandro, Insogna, Susanna, Sinibaldi, Federica, Steffanina, Alessia, Zamora Saà, Margarita Cecilia   +4 more
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Exploring Costa Rica's fungal trends: Insights from digitized specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Fungi are essential to tropical ecosystems but remain largely absent from conservation agendas. By analyzing over 78,000 fungal records from Costa Rica—a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot—this study reveals key patterns in fungal diversity, distribution, and seasonality.
Melissa Mardones, Julieta Carranza‐Velázquez, Carlos Rojas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iranian hospitality: a hidden treasure [PDF]

, 2007
After making many field trips to the Islamic Republic of Iran Kevin O'Gorman reflects on the origins of Islamic and Iranian hospitality before highlighting some of the operational complexities of running the one of the highest hotels in the ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Incidence of acute mountain sickness in UK Military Personnel on Mount Kenya. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common problem of trekkers to high altitude. The UK military train at high altitude through adventurous training (AT) or as exercising troops.
Hazlerigg, A, Mellor, AJ, Woods, DR
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Assessing high‐resolution numerical models and bottom‐boundary factors for a Mediterranean heavy precipitation event

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
State‐of‐the‐art, convection‐permitting NWP models reproduced the main features of the October 22–23, 2019 heavy precipitation event in Catalonia. However, slight configuration changes yielded varying streamflow responses and statistical performance, highlighting the challenge of simulating these events in Mediterranean medium‐sized basins ...
D. Ramonell, D. S. Carrió, A. Amengual, R. Romero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mountain & Alpine Medicine

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2020
The interest in trekking and mountaineering is increasing, and growing numbers of individuals are travelling to high altitude. Following ascent to high altitude, individuals are at risk of developing one of the three forms of acute high-altitude illness:
Berger MM, Schiefer LM, Treff G, Sareban M, Swenson ER, Bärtsch P   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source