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Effects of terrestrial buffer zones on amphibians on golf courses. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
A major cause of amphibian declines worldwide is habitat destruction or alteration. Public green spaces, such as golf courses and parks, could serve as safe havens to curb the effects of habitat loss if managed in ways to bolster local amphibian ...
Holly J Puglis, Michelle D Boone
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Implementation of the Concept of Conservation Ar ea Buffer Zone in Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2021
Conservation area buffer zones are recognized to provide ecological, social, and economic benefits in supporting conservation areas' integrity. Nevertheless, little is known hitherto about the development dynamics of conservation area buffer zones in ...
Salwa Nadhira, Sambas Basuni
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Ecosystem service coproduction across the zones of biosphere reserves in Europe

open access: yesEcosystems and People, 2021
Biosphere reserves (BR) balance biodiversity protection and sustainable use through different management restrictions in three zones: core areas, buffer zones, and transition areas.
Julia Palliwoda   +12 more
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Quand la trajectoire d’objets techniques liés à la gestion des eaux agricoles révèle des valeurs attachées à la nature

open access: yesVertigO, 2021
Based on a comprehensive survey, in a context of intensive agriculture in wet and drained Brie, the article tracks the way in which the discussion of two technical objects (the drainage system and artificial wet buffers) is organised.
Laura Seguin, Fabienne Barataud
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Developing Cyber Buffer Zones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Cyber peacekeeping is a new and novel field of research that focuses on the ways that nations and society can restore peace and security in the aftermath of cyber warfare. In this article, the authors make an original contribution to the field by developing the concept of cyber buffer zones. They aim to answer two specific questions: Can the concept of
Michael Robinson   +3 more
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Capacity of riparian buffer zones to reduce sediment concentrations in discharge from peatlands drained for forestry

open access: yesSilva Fennica, 2005
In 1995–2001, the efficiency of riparian buffer zone areas to reduce the concentrations of suspended solids in discharge from peatlands drained for forestry purposes was studied at 7 locations in south-central Finland.
Nieminen, Mika   +4 more
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Possibilities of geoinformational analysis for assessment of the state and directions of development of geodetic support of the territory of Ukraine

open access: yesReports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics, 2022
Topographic, geodetic and cartographic activities are one of the main activities for the effective development of the economy, science of strengthening national security and defense.
Bespalko Ruslan   +2 more
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Understanding migration to protected area buffer zones in Costa Rica utilizing cultural consensus analysis

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
Human migration to the world’s protected areas’ (PA) buffer zones is widely seen as a significant threat to conserving biodiversity. Research since 2005 has demonstrated some evidence for global migration trends but also highlighted the simultaneous need
David M. Hoffman   +4 more
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Neighbourhood walkability, leisure-time and transport-related physical activity in a mixed urban–rural area [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2014
Objectives. To develop a walkability index specific to mixed rural/suburban areas, and to explore the relationship between walkability scores and leisure time physical activity.Methods. Respondents were geocoded with 500 m and 1,000 m buffer zones around
Eric de Sa, Chris I. Ardern
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Radio Base Stations and Electromagnetic Fields: GIS Applications and Models for Identifying Possible Risk Factors and Areas Exposed. Some Exemplifications in Rome

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
This paper—which is contextualized in the discussion on the methodological pluralism and the main topics of medical geography, the complexity theory in geographies of health, the remaking of medical geography and ad hoc systems of data elaboration ...
Cristiano Pesaresi, Davide Pavia
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