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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Seed longevity is critical for successful genebanking, but it is hard to detect or predict. We examined survival of genebanked seeds from species native to the United States to estimate longevity. We tested whether RNA integrity (RIN) can be used to detect aging and predict mortality. Methods Dry seeds from >100 species were stored for
Christina Walters +7 more
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Soil, competition, and niche shifts shape the floral mosaic of an annual plant diversity hotspot
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Plant species with affinity for harsh substrates often have well‐defined edaphic (soil) niches and are ideal for exploring questions of community assembly. Vertic clay soils are chemically and physically challenging to plant establishment and productivity, and annual plant communities associated with these soils of the San Joaquin ...
Emma R. Fryer +5 more
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Urban Science, 2022 Over the past few decades, development in China (including Shenzhen) has been led by the State, meaning that the government has been responsible for major decisions in urban construction and management. However, the current enormous contradiction between
Xunyu Zhang +3 more
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Journal of Extension, 2010 A profile of participants in an Extension urban community gardening program reveals that the program is successful in bringing together a large number of people from diverse income and age groups. Community gardening contributes to a change in diet among 3/f4 of both new and continuing gardeners.
Blaine, Thomas W +3 more
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer +3 more
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338 Feasibility of building a community-based gardening initiative
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceObjectives/Goals: Community gardening can foster healthy behaviors among low-income communities. This project aimed to develop a community garden. The primary objectives of this project are (1) assessing the need for and perspective on a community garden
Sawsan Salah, Lori A. Francis
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Les jardins collectifs ont-ils droit de cité ?
In Situ, 2018 Collective gardens, a term which covers many different types of gardens, raise new issues around the environment, social links, exchanges and the protection of ‘ordinary’ nature in metropolitan territories.
Bruno Marmiroli
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Implementing a community garden in a socially vulnerable urban area of Brazil
Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2022 Community urban gardens are a type of urban agriculture. They provide spaces for social interaction and increase in life quality of maintainers and consumers.
Michele Hartmann Feyh
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities
Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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Cultivating Community Resilience With Agency and Sociality in Gardens for Health and Healing
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Communities must develop ever greater resilience as they face the climate emergency and concomitant health and food system challenges. Sustainable food systems research tends to adopt broad and often theoretical social-ecological systems perspectives on ...
Rachael Budowle, Christine M. Porter
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