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Community Gardens Involving Young Children as a Potential Obesity-Prevention Strategy: A Systematic Review to Inform Future Research and Practice

, 2012
Teri Burgess‐Champoux
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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha, Anselmo Nogueira, Matheus Colli‐Silva, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +3 more
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Reshaping of soil properties and microbial community by the conversion from non-grain cultivated land to paddy field. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Li X, Chen H, Wang X, Ali Q, Lv L, Zhou T, Ijaz M, Ahmed T, Yan J, Li B.   +9 more
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Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Care Farming to Enhance Quality of Life Among Older Adults: Protocol for a Waitlist Randomized Trial.

JMIR Res Protoc
Chen C, Lam J, Shi Z, Akksilp K, Aw S, Chong MF, Ong CN, Sia A, Thang LL, Tham XK, Pong J, Omar K, Hung J, Kukumberg M, Ho R, Diehl E.   +15 more
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Plant Functional Group Removal Shifts Soil Nematode Community and Decreases Soil Particulate Organic Carbon in an Alpine Meadow. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Huang L, Ye L, Zhou X, Guo H, Zuo J, Wang P, Zheng Y.   +6 more
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Influence of Plant Community on Aedes Albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) Oviposition Behaviour: Insights from a Spanish Botanical Garden

Carlos Barceló, Andreu Rotger, Raúl Luzón, Mikel A. González‍, Mikel Bengoa   +4 more
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Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander, Thiago S. de Melo, Ayco J. M. Tack   +3 more
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A percepção dos profissionais de saúde sobre as ações em saúde de combate à dengue na comunidade do Jardim São Remo – Uma avaliação do PETSAÚDE/USP e CSE Butantã/ FMUSP / The perception of health professionals about health actions to combat dengue in the community San Remo Garden - An assessment of PETSAÚDE / USP and CSE Butantã / FMUSP

, 2018
Maria Fernanda Terra, Raquel Aparecida Casarotto, Viviane Mandarino Terra, Ângela Baroni de Góes   +3 more
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu, Pei‐yan Wang, Ya‐nan Li, Nan Hu, Yun‐yuan Li   +4 more
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