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The disruption of seed dispersal networks: disentangling the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal by frugivores is a central process linking plant reproduction, animal foraging, population persistence, and ecosystem resilience. Currently, the spatial template sustaining these interactions is rapidly reconfigured by habitat loss and fragmentation promoted by human activity.
Eliana Cazetta, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation status of the forest beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Azores, Portugal

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2017
Paulo Borges, Lucas Lamelas-López, Isabel Amorim, Anja Danielczak, Rui Nunes, Artur R.M. Serrano, Mário Boieiro, Carla Rego, Axel Hochkirch, Virgílio Vieira   +9 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Using a social‐ecological macrosystems framework to understand how human activities alter ecological synchrony

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song, Mallory Barnes, K. Ann Bybee‐Finley, Kyla M. Dahlin, Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Stephan B. Munch, Guillermo E. Ponce‐Campos, Casey Youngflesh, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Kai Zhu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shining light on the aurora's contributions to people: A qualitative study of the aurora borealis in Greenland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an abiotic natural phenomenon that contributes to human well‐being. There is currently a significant research gap in primary qualitative valuation of the aurora's links to people. This exploratory qualitative study applies the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ...
James David Broome, David Cook, Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Benjamin David Hennig   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

First records of the exotic ant Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Balearic Islands

Entomological Communications
The ant Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is a successful tramp species that is found in several tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world, including hundreds of islands in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ...
Javier Arcos, Francisco Alarcón
doaj   +1 more source

Examining Teacher Factors Related to Disproportionate Discipline for Soft Offenses: An Analysis Examining Teacher Perceptions

Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teachers' culturally responsive practices and wellbeing have been theorized as relevant to racial disparities in exclusionary discipline, but empirical research examining these associations is limited. Using state administrative data and teacher survey reports from 23 middle schools and 574 teachers, this study examined whether school‐level ...
Catherine P. Bradshaw, Toshna Pandey, Eujene Chung, Michelle K. Francis, Jessika H. Bottiani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species conservation profile of moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Azores, Portugal

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018
Paulo Borges, Jose Pérez Santa-Rita, Rui Nunes, Anja Danielczak, Axel Hochkirch, Isabel Amorim, Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Ole Karsholt, Virgílio Vieira   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Stepping-stones to the Edge: Artistic Expressions of Islandness in an Ocean of Islands

Island Studies Journal, 2013
Since the earliest of times, islands have captured the artistic imagination—and, often, for the artist who finds his or her muse in being ‘islanded’, the smaller the island the better.
Laurie Brinklow
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Ethnobotanical and genetic assessments of Central American avocado landraces reveal novel sources of biodiversity and ancient migration patterns

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann, Heather B. Thakar, Courtney A. Hofman, Hector Neff, Logan Kistler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source