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How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Annotated Checklist of Wisconsin Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The first comprehensive survey of Wisconsin Endomychidae was initiated in 1998. Throughout Wisconsin sampling sites were selected based on habitat type and sampling history.
Price, Michele B, Young, Daniel K
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Communities actively seek nature for well‐being despite constraints: (Re)representation of nature experiences through composite narratives

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While the physical and mental health benefits of greenspace exposure are well documented, ethnic minority communities in the United Kingdom continue to engage with these environments at disproportionately lower rates. This persistent disparity points to an oversight in existing literature, specifically regarding how these communities navigate ...
Andrew K. Palmer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aeroacoustic Effect of Savonius Rotor Segmentation

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics
Switching to renewable energy has been accelerated in recent decades due to the depleting fossil fuel reserves and the need to mitigate environmental and climate degradation. Wind power, especially in urban areas, has seen a significant growth.
Shivangi SACHAR   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Auditory Distractors in the Visual Modality: No Evidence for Perceptual Load Hypothesis or Auditory Dominance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Attention is a valuable resource with limited capacity, so knowing what will distract us during important tasks can be crucial in life. There is a lot of support for the Perceptual Load Hypothesis (PLH) when examining visual distractibility; however,
Schlaegel, Jacob
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Embodied urban design: Fostering nature connectedness for pro‐conservation behaviour

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Those who feel more connected with nature are more likely to act in ways that support biodiversity. How connected people feel with nature depends in part on how meaningfully it figures into their experience of the built environment. Despite an increase in urban greening measures, these approaches often overlook how people perceive, interact ...
Shea McBride
wiley   +1 more source

Peculiarities of Metathesis in Kunha Language

open access: yesArbitrer
This paper focuses on metathesis, a linguistic phenomenon observed in the unique language called Kunha, a part of the North-Dravidian language family, where sounds are swapped within words. So, instead of the anticipated order of ..xy.. in a sequence of
Anup Kumar Kujur, Biswanandan Dash
doaj   +1 more source

Fire effects in Pinus uncinata Ram plantations

open access: yesForest Systems, 2016
Aim of study: Understanding fire ecology of main forest species is essential for a sound, scientifically based on managing of wildlands and also to assess likely implications due to changes in fire regime under a global change scenario.
Adrián Cardil Forradellas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting and Planting Shade Trees [PDF]

open access: yes, 1951
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Chadwick, L. C.
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