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Challenges and Opportunities in Multi‐Method Integrated Geophysical Prospection of Buried Building Remains at the Sanctuary of Olympia

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ancient Olympia was one of the most important sanctuaries and the venue for the Olympic Games in Greek and Roman times. Its remains are located in the Olympia Terrace (Peloponnese, Greece) at the present‐day confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos at the base of Mount Kronos.
Sarah Bäumler, Dennis Wilken, Peter Fischer, Lena Slabon, Timo Willershäuser, Birgitta Eder, Hans‐Joachim Gehrke, Erofili‐Iris Kolia, Franziska Lang, Oliver Pilz, Andreas Vött   +10 more
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Managed Bumblebees Outperform Honeybees in Increasing Peach Fruit Set in China: Different Limiting Processes with Different Pollinators

, 2015
© 2015 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Huang Jiaxing, Zhou, Zhiyong, Hong Zhang (25820), Zhou, Z, Jiaxing Huang (178661), Bernard E. Vaissière (506818), Gai Qinbao, Qinbao Gai, Qinbao Gai (709890), Jie Dong (12143), Williams, PH, Paul H. Williams (178643), Jie Dong, Vaissiere, BE, Paul H Williams, Jiandong An, Williams Paul H., Gai, Q, Jiandong An (178647), Zhiyong Zhou (339121), Bernard E Vaissière, Zhang, Hong, Williams, Paul, H., An, J, Dong, Jie, Zhang Hong, Vaissière Bernard E., Zhou Zhiyong, An Jiandong, Jiaxing Huang, Huang, J, Vaissière, Bernard, Dong Jie, Hong Zhang, Gai, Qinbao, Zhang, H, Dong, J, Huang, Jiaxing, Zhiyong Zhou   +38 more
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Synergistic Enhancement of Antioxidant Activity in Arbutus unedo Leaf Extract by Biological Fluids: Implications for Functional and Nutraceutical Applications

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of biological fluids (saliva, blood plasma, and urine) on the antioxidant capacity of an aqueous extract derived from Arbutus unedo leaves. The extract displayed a concentration‐dependent reducing activity in the ferric reducing power assay (IC50 = 292 ± 7.54 µg/mL) and phosphomolybdenum assays (IC50 = 461.67 ± 4.
Idir Moualek, Hamdi Bendif, Karima Benarab, Giulio Lupidi, Fehmi Boufahja, Stefania Garzoli, Karim Houali   +6 more
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Bumble bee communities in power-line clearings: Effects of experimental management practices [PDF]

, 2020
1. Bumble bees fill an important function in temperate, boreal and alpineecosystems as pollinators of wild plants and cultivated crops. Global declines in popula-tion size of many bumble bee species call for knowledge about how habitats inuencedby human ...
Steinert, Mari, Markus A. K. Sydenham, Stein R. Moe, Eldegard, Katrine, Mari Steinert, Sydenham, Markus A. K., Moe, Stein Ragnar, Katrine Eldegard   +7 more
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Applications of honeybee-derived products in bone tissue engineering

Bone Reports
Nowadays, there is an increasing prevalence of bone diseases and defects caused by trauma, cancers, infections, and degenerative and inflammatory conditions. The restoration of bone tissue lost due to trauma, fractures, or surgical removal resulting from
Shahla Korani, Naeemeh Khalesi, Mitra Korani, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar   +4 more
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Rescue of Stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) nests: an important form of mitigating impacts caused by deforestation

Sociobiology, 2014
As stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, their preservation is of vital importance to sustain the global ecosystem and to safeguard human food resources.
Luciano Costa, Rafael Franco, Leandro Guimarães, Ayrton Vollet Neto, Filipi Silva, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro   +5 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
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Predictability of bee community composition after floral removals differs by floral trait group [PDF]

Biology Letters, 2017
Plant–bee visitor communities are complex networks. While studies show that deleting nodes alters network topology, predicting these changes in the field remains difficult. Here, a simple trait-based approach is tested for predicting bee community composition following disturbance.
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ESG Controversies in Global Firms: A Black Mark?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite increasing attention paid by companies to sustainability, there is still evidence of environmental, social and governance (commonly referred to as ESG) scandals. As research on this topic is scant, this paper aims to analyse the impact of ESG controversies on firms' sustainability practices, that is, ESG policies, as well as ...
Beatrice Bais, Guido Orzes, Marco Sartor
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