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The Problem of Maps [PDF]

open access: yes, 1964
published or submitted for ...
Brown, Lloyd A.
core  

Un modèle référentiel pour analyser les pratiques cartographiques dans l’enseignement et la formation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Cet article présente la construction d'un modèle référentiel destiné à analyser, à partir d'entretiens et d'observations, les pratiques cartographiques supposées innovantes de professeurs d'histoire-géographie de l'enseignement secondaire. Des références
Ernult, Boris   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

‘You shall not pass!’—frequent hikers' acceptance of access restrictions in overcrowded Italian Mountains

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Outdoor recreation is reported to have many positive effects on individuals and communities. However, when recreationists' presence becomes overcrowding, it can cause ecological damage to natural sites while also reducing the benefits of outdoor recreation for recreationists and local communities.
Giacomo Pagot   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cartographic and Narrative Sources Related to Ukek

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2022
Written sources related to the Golden Horde city of Ukek have long been introduced into scientific discourse, but there have been deviations in their translations and interpretation. The city is mentioned on three maps ascending from the common protograph (an extended version of the representation of the Volga in the Catalan style).
openaire   +1 more source

Stability in tapia woodlands amid non‐native expansion: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing to track 73 years of tree cover in Madagascar

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Afromontane ecosystems, characterised by mosaics of fire‐adapted grassy ecosystems and fire‐sensitive forests, are biodiversity hotspots facing escalating pressures from non‐native species, climate and land‐use change. Madagascar's Central Highlands is one such hotspot, hosting woodlands dominated by endemic Uapaca bojeri (tapia) which are ...
Elliot D. Convery‐Fisher   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polyvocal Portolans: Nautical Charts and Hybrid Maritime Cultures In Early Modern East Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Argues for the development of a late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Japanese cartographic practice that reflected a combination of traditions that were commonly practiced by seafarers traversing East Asian waters.Early Modern Japan ...
Shapinsky, Peter D.
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Harvesting of two alpine Artemisia: Effects of an amateur practice on wild plant dynamics

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild plants are consumed all over the world, and knowledge of the effects of harvesting is necessary to ensure the sustainability of this activity. Our 3‐year study of two closely related alpine Artemisia species in the Southern Alps revealed a positive impact of harvesting at the plant scale and on the short term.
Ninon Fontaine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCES ON HISTORY OF ARMED CONFLICT IN CHECHEN REPUBLIC IN LATE 20 TH CENTURY

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Russian History, 2014
The article deals with the problems of historiography of the armed conflict in the Chechen Republic. The analysis enabled to classify available sources on this subject by the functional-specific criterion -a source and a data carrier, that is the way of ...
N N Malishevsky
doaj  

Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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