People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Volunteers have been involved in nature observations for decades through citizen science initiatives, providing large data sets as well as problem identification that allow a more complete understanding of many natural phenomena. Although communication is a core component in citizen science, the key factors that determine its effectiveness in ...
Kristiina Gibson +18 more
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Ophiolites in the Eastern Cordillera of the central Peruvian Andes
, 2010 A discoutinuous NNW-SSE trending belt of scattered ultraiuafic (UM) and subordínate mafic (M) rocks ís exposed alona some 250 km in the Eastern Cordillera of the peruvian Andes (Junin and Huanuco Departnients. -°"-12° S).
Acosta, Jorge +4 more
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Changes in Bulk and Rhizosphere Soil Microbial Diversity Communities of Native Quinoa Due to the Monocropping in the Peruvian Central Andes. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Estrada R +6 more
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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Holocene variations in Lake Titicaca water level and their implications for sociopolitical developments in the central Andes. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Guédron S +9 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Concern has been raised that in recent decades knowledge of plant species has severely declined in western countries. However, in the absence of regularly repeated and standardized surveys, no reliable statement can be made as to whether plant species knowledge has actually declined in recent decades.
Petra Lindemann‐Matthies +2 more
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Exposure assessment of 170 pesticide ingredients and derivative metabolites in people from the Central Andes of Peru. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Honles J +11 more
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Aesthetic values as relational values: Environmental aesthetics in go‐along interviews
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Aesthetic values are often categorised as a type of relational values, yet their shared characteristics with other relational values remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we turn to Emily Brady's theory of environmental aesthetics; her interpretation of aesthetic value exhibits important parallels with the concept of relational ...
Rafael Zinnenlauf +3 more
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On the quality of climate proxies derived from newspaper reports – a case study [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2008 One of the main problems in climate reconstruction from documentary sources is the evaluation of the quality of non instrumental meteorological records in absence of instrumental observations to perform a calibration.
C. Peña-Ortiz +3 more
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Rapid surface uplift and crustal flow in the Central Andes (southern Peru) controlled by lithospheric drip dynamics. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Göğüş OH +4 more
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