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Biological conservation at risk in Slovakia: Brown bears under attack of autocratic pressures

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Recent governance changes in Slovakia have allowed extensive brown bear removals while reducing expert involvement. These developments raise concerns about long‐term management and consistency with EU conservation standards. The case underscores how political context affects conservation outcomes.
Michal Haring   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem Services Against Illegal Immigration: The Natural Control of the Migratory Butterfly Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) by Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) on Organic Soybean in Ukraine

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
In central Ukraine, the migratory butterfly Vanessa cardui emerged as a key pest of organic soybean during its outbreaks in 2019 and 2022. Despite early defoliation, crops recovered strongly due to high parasitism by Cotesia vestalis, reaching 100% in some fields.
Alex Gumovsky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An emendation of some Cretaceous species of "Reophax" (Foraminiferida) from northwest Europe and Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
The classification of some deep-water agglutinated foraminifera identified as Reophax minuta Tappan, 1940 is revised based upon examination of type material.
Geroch, S., Kaminski, M.A.
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Estimating the upper limit of prehistoric peak ground acceleration using an in situ, intact and vulnerable stalagmite from Plavecka priepast cave (Detrekoi-zsomboly), Little Carpathians, Slovakia-first results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Earthquakes hit urban centres in Europe infrequently, but occasionally with disastrous effects. Obtaining an unbiased view of seismic hazard (and risk) is therefore very important.
Bednárik, Marián   +11 more
core   +1 more source

New Records of the Subfamilies Cylloceriinae and Microleptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Eastern Europe

open access: yesZoodiversity, 2021
The species of the tribe Cylloceriini Wahl, 1990 collected in different parts of Poland and Ukrainian Carpathians are listed. Of them, Allomacrus longecaudatus (Strobl, 1903) and Rossemia longithorax Humala, 1997 are recorded for the first time from ...
O. Varga, A. Kostro-Ambroziak
doaj   +1 more source

Storm above Carpathians…

open access: yesBulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. History, 2021
Review of the Monograph: Oleksandr Pahiria. Carpathian Ukraine in the Papers of the 2nd Czecho-Slovakian Republic: in 2 volumes. Translated from Czech by Iryna Zabiiaka. Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University Press.
openaire   +1 more source

Investigating transthyretin variants H88R and I107V in amyloid priming: From destabilization to complete dissociation

open access: yesThe FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Investigated mutations in transthyretin (TTR) disrupt the F87‐centered hydrophobic core that stabilizes its tetrameric structure. The mild I107V mutation weakens inter‐chain packing, while H88R fully abolishes tetramer formation, yielding a monomeric, aggregation‐prone form. Structural, biophysical, and computational analyses reveal that both mutations
István L. Bódy   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

"So many people going the other way" : an examination of the moral strategy of language usage in five novels by Janet Frame : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The title quotation is from Janet Frame's novel, Living in the Maniototo (72). Abbreviations and editions of the five primary sources referred to in the text are as follows: EA The Edge of the Alphabets London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1962.
Pound, Lynette Ruth
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Peatland vegetation of the Syra Pogonia massif of the Rivneskyi Nature Reserve (Polissia, Ukraine): ecological characteristics

open access: yesБіологічні студії
Background. Peat bog complexes are self-sufficient ecosystems in which unique microclimatic conditions leading to a significant diversity of valuable plant communities are formed.
Mariia Yuskovets   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Downstream fining trends of gravel bar sediments: a case study of Czech Carpathian rivers

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2020
This study examines downstream grain-size trends in gravel bars, a typical feature of natural gravel-bed rivers, from two neighbouring heavily channelized rivers: the Lubina River and the Ondřejnice River draining the Czech part of the Outer Western ...
Adriana Holušová, Tomáš Galia
doaj   +1 more source

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