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Impacts of Land Abandonment on Vegetation: Successional Pathways in European Habitats [PDF]
, 2011 Changes in traditional agricultural systems in Europe in recent decades have led to widespread abandonment and colonization of various habitats by shrubs and trees.
Bernhardt-Römermann, M. +11 more
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Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023 Grasslands are managed to provide multiple goods and services. During recent decades, abandonment of marginal grasslands and intensification of the most productive sites resulted in biodiversity losses and reduced ecosystem services (ESs).
Marie-Therese Krieger +4 more
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EVIDENCE OF COMMUNAL OVIPOSITION AND NEST ABANDONMENT IN THE NORTHERN TWO-LINED SALAMANDER (EURYCEA BISLINEATA, (GREEN, 1818)) IN NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT [PDF]
, 2014 Most plethodontid salamanders oviposit their eggs in an individual nest and attend the clutch until hatching. Here, we describe aspects of the reproduction of Eurycea bislineata (Northern Two-lined Salamander) from three field sites in northeastern ...
Ferguson, Taylor F. +2 more
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One Health, 2023 Culex pipiens s.s./Culex torrentium belong to the most widespread mosquito taxa in Europe and are the main vectors of Sindbis, West Nile and Usutu virus. The adult overwintering females can act as reservoir for these arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), thus contributing to their local persistence when transmission cycles are interrupted during the ...
Felix G. Sauer +6 more
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Animal Abuse as an Indicator of Domestic Violence: One Health, One Welfare Approach
Animals, 2022 For years now, the importance of animal cruelty has been gaining recognition in the industrialized cities of the West. Animal cruelty encompasses any act that causes a non-human animal unnecessary pain or suffering, including negligence, abandonment ...
Daniel Mota-Rojas +6 more
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Beyond cute: exploring user types and design opportunities of virtual reality pet games [PDF]
, 2017 Virtual pet games, such as handheld games like Tamagotchi or video games like Petz, provide players with artificial pet companions or entertaining pet-raising simulations. Prior research has found that virtual pets have the potential to promote learning,
Brady, Erin +3 more
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Biopolitics: Animals, meat, food [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2009 The general idea of this text is to reflect biopolitical constitution of the society and its implications related to the issues of animal welfare. Since animal in biopolitical formation is technically reduced to an object - commodity for contentment of ...
Janović Nikola
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The Neolithic Worked Bone Assemblage from Ulucak Höyük, Western Anatolia
Documenta Praehistorica, 2022 In this investigation we detail the results of a systematic analysis of worked animal bone from Ulucak, one of the earliest Neolithic sites in western Anatolia. The collection exhibits a wide range of types, including points, needles, spatulas, bevelled
Jarrad W. Paul +2 more
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Modelling and simulating change in reforesting mountain landscapes using a social-ecological framework [PDF]
, 2010 Natural reforestation of European mountain landscapes raises major environmental and societal issues. With local stakeholders in the Pyrenees National Park area (France), we studied agricultural landscape colonisation by ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to ...
A Gibon +64 more
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A multiple profile approach to the palynological reconstruction of Norse landscapes in Greenland's Eastern Settlement [PDF]
, 2014 Acknowledgments The Leverhulme Trust is thanked for financial support. Gordon Cook provided radiocarbon dates. Thanks are also due to Andy McMullen for botanical identifications and assistance in the field, and to Sikuu Motzfeld for hospitality during ...
Edwards, Kevin J +2 more
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