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A synthetic eco‐evolutionary proposal for the conservation of wild relatives of the olive tree
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of genetic diversity for plant breeding. However, the identification of wild untapped genetic resources (i.e., unexploited in crops) is not always straightforward. We propose a methodology to guide the identification and conservation of these resources that integrates both genetic
Andrés Barea‐Márquez +6 more
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La Bretagne Linguistique, 2016 Physical activities, especially sports, represent specific moments in social life, and this is reflected in language through specific terms and usages. In the case of Brittany, wrestling tournaments (Breton wrestling, or gouren) are characterised on the ...
Tanguy Philippe
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Strategies for Assessing Post‐Wildfire Geomorphic Resilience in Semiarid Rivers
River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We review and summarize diverse components of a catchment that can be monitored after wildfire to assess the geomorphic resilience of the river corridor in semiarid regions. We distinguish upland portions of river catchments from river corridors.
Ellen Wohl +8 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Across their entire Atlantic breeding range, Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica have experienced decreases in food availability, often leading to population declines. The species is one of the most numerous seabirds in Føroyar (the Faroe Islands, in English) but has faced apparent, unquantified population declines.
Anne N.M.A. Ausems +3 more
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Les doublets synonymiques chez Hervé Burel (1905) ou comment casser l’entre-soi
La Bretagne Linguistique, 2013 In his autobiography composed in Breton around 1905 entitled Histor eur famill eus Breïz Isel, Hervé Burel (1858-1943), a peasant, made extensive use of a rhetorical device that is the subject of the analysis presented here, namely the synonymic doublet.
Nelly Blanchard
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Antinomic natural self-protection mechanism in long-lasting woods: a case study with three tropical species from French Guiana [PDF]
, 2009 We demonstrate in this work through 3 examples that Amazonian trees may specialize longlasting woods by means of at least to different approaches. Wallaba impregnates its wood with large amounts of weakly antifungal compounds acting in synergy, while ...
Amusant, Nadine +9 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
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La Bretagne LinguistiqueThis article looks at the sociolinguistic upheavals of the last century from the point of view of reading in Breton and, more broadly, the perception of the written language. While the number of Breton speakers has fallen precipitously, and those aged 60
Eve Rouxel
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Un « supplément » au Livr el labourer de Joachim Guillôme
La Bretagne Linguistique, 1990 The importance of Livr el labourer by Joachim Guillôme (1797-1857) in the history of Breton literature and language is still underestimated. At a time when the claim to full status for a language still had to be based on literary examples, this long poem
Yves Le Berre
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