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Experimental evidence that estimates of demographic parameters depend on initial population size

Oikos, EarlyView.
Classical population models assume that estimated parameters, such as intrinsic growth rate, depend on the species of interest and its environment, but not on the initial population size N(0). However, it has been theoretically proposed that this dependence is a mathematical consequence of reducing a two‐dimensional system (e.g.
Samantha L. Coinus, Alissa Deschamps, Vasco Lepori, Sarah M. Gray, Louis‐Félix Bersier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the state of the debate in ecological theology : review essay

, 2002
This review essay assesses the state of the debate on a Christian Ecological Theology with specific reference to the important volume of essays Christianity and ecology: seeking the well-being of earth and humans edited by Dieter Hessel and Rosemary ...
Conradie, E.M.
core   +1 more source

Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana, Michael Weinhardt, Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative evaluation of a community‐based approach to protected area law enforcement

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People living in and around terrestrial and marine protected areas can contribute to protected area law enforcement in different ways. While the involvement of local residents is considered important for bringing benefits to both conservation and people, evaluations of community‐based approaches to protected area law enforcement are limited ...
William Sharkey, Aidan Keane, Pablo Sinovas, Vimean Huot, Rachna Thim, Maliya Yorn, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta, J. M. Bacon, Graham Ward, Jordan Rowley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Care through cultivation: Indigenous Swidden agriculture as forest care

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues that the agricultural practices of Bunong swidden cultivators in northeastern Cambodia constitute relational care for forests that is fundamentally misunderstood, misrecognized, and marginalized by dominant state policies, conservation, and development paradigms. Bringing together care theory, long‐term ethnographic research,
Esther Leemann
wiley   +1 more source

Knowing Nature in the City: Reporting infrastructures and the politics of urban human–nature relationships

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Cities increasingly know nature through citizen‐generated data—municipal complaint hotlines, contributory biodiversity platforms and other reporting systems. These data are not neutral records of urban nature but social products, shaped by who reports, through what channels and why.
Eran N. Schwarzfuchs, Daniel E. Orenstein, Dror Ben‐Ami, Tamar Dayan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Christian Nationalism as Media

International Journal of Communication
Christian nationalist strategy hinges on owning media technologies. Responding to the urgent need to understand this strategy, this essay develops a theory of Christian nationalism rooted in media ecology.
Reed Van Schenck
doaj  

Unidad en la diferencia. Algunas claves para pensar el Diálogo Ecuménico hoy

Carthaginensia, 2018
El presente artículo, y en el contexto de la conmemoración de los 500 años de la Reforma Protestante iniciada por Martín Lutero en 1517, pretende ofrecer al lector algunas claves para entender y practicar el diálogo ecuménico con las comunidades ...
Juan Pablo Espinosa Arce
doaj  

People are good at stewardship

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental sciences and policy have long been framed on the premise that environmental harm is an expression of human nature rather than a product of specific historical and political arrangements. This framing has shaped a generation of interventions designed to constrain human behaviour rather than enable human capacity.
Philip A. Loring, Miguel Sioui
wiley   +1 more source