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Early evolutionary history of the seed

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman, Alan R. T. Spencer, Jason Hilton   +2 more
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Evolutionary game analysis of forestry carbon sink trading model under blockchain technology. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Yukun S, Haiquan W.
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao, Ran Sun, Brian Lucey, Feng He, Andrew Urquhart   +4 more
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The weak land carbon sink hypothesis. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Randerson JT, Li Y, Fu W, Primeau F, Kim JE, Mu M, Hoffman FM, Trugman AT, Yang L, Wu C, Wang JA, Anderegg WRL, Baccini A, Friedl MA, Saatchi SS, Denning AS, Goulden ML.   +16 more
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Navigating Market Constraints: Sustainable Startups Driving Transformative Change Through Venture Creation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to venture‐creation research by examining how sustainable startups can overcome market constraints to drive transformative change through their business development. Conceptually, we address this question by identifying venture‐creation narratives in the learning and experimental phases of sustainable startups that ...
Ville‐Veikko Piispanen, Hanna Lehtimäki, Kaisa Henttonen   +2 more
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Short-Term Effects of Thinning on the Carbon Sink Function of Secondary Broadleaf Forest Ecosystems. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Wu X, Jiang X, Zheng S, Qiu W, Miao G, Zhong J, Xu L, Shi Y.   +7 more
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Potential of continuous cover forestry on drained peatlands to increase the carbon sink in Finland. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Lehtonen A, Eyvindson K, Härkönen K, Leppä K, Salmivaara A, Peltoniemi M, Salminen O, Sarkkola S, Launiainen S, Ojanen P, Räty M, Mäkipää R.   +11 more
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Sequencing Finance for Climate Resilience: Instruments, Institutions and Hong Kong's Role in Mobilising Private Capital in Southeast Asia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina, Madeleine Rachel Widia, Olivia Felice Janice Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink. [PDF]

Nat Ecol Evol
MacDougall AS, Vanzant B, Sulik J, Bagchi S, Naidu D, Muraina TO, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Wilfahrt P, Slette I, Hierro JL, Pearson DE, Abedi M, Akasaka M, Alberti J, Aleksanyan A, Amisu AA, Anderson TM, Arnillas CA, Ayer M, Bakker JD, Basant S, Basto S, Biederman L, Bloodworth KJ, Boscutti F, Boughton EH, Bruschetti CM, Buckley HL, Buckley YM, Bugalho MN, Caldeira MC, Campetella G, Cannone N, Carbognani M, Carbutt C, Carniello MA, Cervellini M, Chaudhary T, Chen Q, Clark AT, Cousins S, Dalle Fratte M, Day NJ, Deák B, Dietrich J, Dixon A, Eisenhauer N, Elgersma KJ, Eren O, Eskelinen A, Estrada C, Fay PA, Fayvush G, Flynn KC, García Meza D, Gargano D, Gherardi L, Girkin NT, González L, Graff P, Hagenberg LWC, Halbritter AH, Havrilchak NA, Herdoiza N, Hersch-Green E, Hopping K, Jentsch A, Jimoh SO, Kerby J, Kirkman K, Knops JMH, Koerner SE, Koltz A, Komatsu KJ, Koura BI, Kruse S, Laanisto L, Lannes LS, Li W, Liang M, Lkhagva A, López-Olmedo L, Lorenzo P, Lortie CJ, Loydi A, Luo W, Macek P, Malfasi F, Mariotte P, Martina JP, Martínez-Blancas A, Martinson H, Martorell C, Meave JA, Medina-Villar S, Mganga KZ, Monsimet J, Nerlekar AN, Niu S, Ohlert T, Oliveras Menor I, Oñatibia GR, Ortega YK, Osborne B, Palpurina S, Pascual J, Pennings SC, Pérez-García E, Peri PL, Petit Bon M, Petraglia A, Pijcke F, Prober SM, Quiroga RE, Ramirez JI, Reed S, Rosado BHP, Roscher C, Rowley DW, Sereda I, Small DM, Smith NG, Song Y, Stevens C, Suarez Jimenez LE, Te Beest M, Tedder M, Terry RS, Thornton KS, Tian D, Titcomb G, Valkó O, 'Ciska' Veen GF, Virtanen R, Welti EAR, Wheeler GR, Wolf AA, Wolff P, Young AL, Young HS, Zeglin LH, Zhu K, Zong S, Siewert MB.   +144 more
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