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Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Science, 2020
Fire's growing impacts on ecosystems Fire has played a prominent role in the evolution of biodiversity and is a natural factor shaping many ecological communities.
L. Kelly, K. Giljohann, Andrea Duane, Núria Aquilué, S. Archibald, E. Batllori, A. Bennett, S. Buckland, Quim Canelles, M. Clarke, M. Fortin, V. Hermoso, S. Herrando, R. Keane, Frank K. Lake, M. McCarthy, A. Morán‐Ordóñez, C. Parr, J. Pausas, T. Penman, A. Regos, L. Rumpff, Julianna L. Santos, Annabel L. Smith, A. Syphard, M. Tingley, L. Brotóns   +26 more
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The geography of publishing in the Anthropocene

Conservation Science and Practice, 2020
One key aspect of the Anthropocene is the inherent disparities between the Global North and the Global South. These differences manifest in the causes and impacts of pollution, climate change, and species extinctions, but are they also present in the ...
Megan A. Hazlett, Kate M. Henderson, Ilana F. Zeitzer, Joshua A. Drew   +3 more
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Horn, Eva, Bergthaller, Hannes, (2020). The Anthropocene: Key Issues for the Humanities

Journal of Ecohumanism, 2023
Horn, Eva, Bergthaller, Hannes, (2020). The Anthropocene: Key Issues for the Humanities, Routledge, 2020, 192 pages, 14 B/W illustrations.
S. Fuchs
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Multiple threats imperil freshwater biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

Current Biology, 2019
Appropriation of fresh water to meet human needs is growing, and competition among users will intensify in a warmer and more crowded world. This essay explains why freshwater ecosystems are global hotspots of biological richness, despite a panoply of ...
D. Dudgeon
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The Sihailongwan Maar Lake, northeastern China as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series

The Anthropocene Review, 2023
Sihailongwan Maar Lake, located in Northeast China, is a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for demarcation of the Anthropocene.
Yongming Han, A. Zhisheng, Dewen Lei, Weijian Zhou, Luyuan Zhang, Xue Zhao, D. Yan, R. Arimoto, N. Rose, S. Roberts, Li Li, Yalan Tang, Xingqi Liu, Xuewu Fu, T. Schneider, Xiaolin Hou, Jianghu Lan, L. Tan, Xingxing Liu, Jing Hu, Yunning Cao, Weiguo Liu, Feng Wu, Tianli Wang, X. Qiang, Ning Chen, Peng Cheng, Yifei Hao, Qiyuan Wang, G. Chu, Meiling Guo, Meimei Han, Zhihai Tan, C. Wei, U. Dusek   +34 more
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
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Écologie cybernétique : le retour de l’utopie ou une alternative possible ?

Belphégor
The aim of this article is to examine fictions surrounding AI, through utopian and dystopian representations produced in the field of visual arts.
Ioanna Neophytou
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Projecting utopian thought: The conceptualization of the “good Anthropocene” in Kim Stanley Robinson’s "The Ministry for the Future" (2020)

Ilha do Desterro, 2023
While the Anthropocene has traditionally been associated with apocalyptic images, the notion of the good Anthropocene, widely criticized since its origin, has emerged as its utopian counterpart.
Ana Tejero-Marín
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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