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The promise of digital herbarium specimens in large‐scale phenology research
New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 2, Page 617-624, July 2026.Summary The online mobilization of herbaria has made tens of millions of specimens digitally available, revolutionizing investigations of phenology and plant responses to climate change. We identify two main themes associated with this growing body of research and highlight a selection of recent publications exemplifying: investigating phenology at ...
Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand +5 more
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Collective Care and Rural Transitions: The Role of Empathy in Addressing Land Degradation
Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Land degradation in rural areas is often addressed through technical and economic measures, while the relational and emotional dimensions of governance remain underexplored. This study examines how empathy operates within participatory land governance, drawing on a participatory scenario planning (PSP) workshop conducted in the Târnava Mare ...
Ruxandra Malina Petrescu‐Mag +2 more
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The study, conducted in the parish of San Vicente de Pusir, province of Carchi, focuses on the effectiveness of agroecological and biocultural practices in the production of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and its contribution to sustainability in rural ...
Aranguren Carrera, Jesús +2 more
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Indigenous peoples as trustees of forests: a bio-socio-cultural approach to international law. [PDF]
Int Environ AgreemLizarazo-Rodriguez L +2 more
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Colonial shadows - a systematic review of the Xavante health transformation. [PDF]
Int J Equity HealthGórka K.
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Abstract: The concept of biocultural diversity examines the interde-pendence of biological and cultural diversity, emphasizing their co-evolution as part of complex socio-ecological sys-tems. Despite its potential for integrating conservation with cultural values, it faces three conceptual confusions: defining the scale of biocultural interactions ...
O'Leary Simpson, Fergus +2 more
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Identifying, Quantifying and Qualifying Biocultural Diversity:Assessment of Biocultural Diversity
, 2020 Niemelä Jari Kalevi +5 more
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Biocultural Perspectives on Aging
2023The human microbiome affects, and is affected by, biocultural and physiological factors including nutrition, metabolism, immunity, and mental health. The gut microbiome plays critical roles in inflammation, which influences how tissues, organs, and bodies age.
MELISSA K. MELBY +2 more
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A biocultural analysis of circumcision
Biodemography and Social Biology, 1997The phenomenon of circumcision may well serve a range of religious and symbolic functions. In addition to these conceptual categories, we argue that circumcision also serves a more mundane, practical function of lowering excitability and distractibility quotients--sexual arousal--of pubescent males, i.e., biasing young males more toward increased ...
R S, Immerman, W C, Mackey
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The Bioculture of Caregiving: A Commentary on "Biocultures"
New Literary History, 2007It may surprise readers, but caregiving has relatively little to do with medicine. The two helping professions that have made caregiving central to their knowledge and practice are lower in status: nursing and social work. The real experts in caregiving are usually lower still on the status ladder: families and the sick or disabled themselves.
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