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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón +38 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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BuildingsCollapsible soils present significant geotechnical challenges due to their abrupt volume reduction and strength degradation upon wetting, which can lead to severe structural damage.
Yashar Mostafaei +4 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the drivers of biodiversity disclosure and the interplay between firm strategies and national institutions in shaping transparency. Using a global panel of 4703 firms across 40 economies from 2013 to 2022, we integrate differentiation, signalling and institutional perspectives to explain variation in reporting behaviour ...
Chi Chen +2 more
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THE PECULIARITIES OF CONSTRUCTION ON SUBSIDING SOILS IN THE CITIES OF THE CAUCASIAN MINERAL WATERS
Современная наука и инновации, 2022 In the article the peculiarities of construction on subsiding soils in the resort area of cities of the Caucasian Mineral Waters. An example of the calculation of the Foundation for a 9-storey building in the city of Essentuki.
Tatyana Nikolaevna Lopatina +1 more
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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On the use of biocementation to treat collapsible soils
Engineering Geology, 2022 Rafaela Cardoso +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing frequency of global crises has intensified concerns regarding climate vulnerability and the resilience of global production systems. This study examines the heterogeneous effects of supply chain development and supply chain digitalisation on climate vulnerability across countries, while accounting for institutional and investment ...
Ziwei Li +4 more
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GeotechnicsVolumetric collapse, a critical phenomenon in clayey soils, is characterized by a sudden reduction in volume when subjected to wetting under a specific effective vertical stress.
Juan Carlos Ruge +1 more
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