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Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions
Insects, 2020 Invasions of non-native species can threaten native biodiversity, and island ecosystems are ideal for studying these phenomena. In this article, first, we report on the invasive species that combine to threaten the island cycad Cycas micronesica by ...
Benjamin E. Deloso +3 more
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Diversity, 2020 The United States is currently home to five native cycad species. We provide a discussion on these five cycad species to illuminate how evolutionary and geopolitical processes influence phytogeography and published checklists of threatened plants.
Benjamin E. Deloso +2 more
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Effective engagement of conservation scientists with decision-makers [PDF]
, 2020 This chapter offers advice on how the conservation science community can effectively engage with decision-makers. The rationales for why we, as scientists, need to do this have been widely discussed in the literature.
Evans, Megan C. +2 more
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Conservation biology meets medical science [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2022 In my letter I refer to publications around syndemics, and link them up to other health concepts, calling for a stronger link between medical, social and environmental sciences to advance the global management of pandemic threats.
Dirk S. Schmeller
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Protection of metal artefacts with the formation of metal-oxalates complexes by Beauveria bassiana.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012 Several fungi present high tolerance to toxic metals and some are able to transform metals into metal-oxalate complexes. In this study, the ability of Beauveria bassiana to produce copper oxalates was evaluated in vitro.
Edith eJoseph +7 more
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Robust study design is as important on the social as it is on the ecological side of applied ecological research [PDF]
, 2014 1. The effective management of natural systems often requires resource users to change their behaviour. This has led to many applied ecologists using research tools developed by social scientists.
Jones, Julia P.G. +3 more
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Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2023 Paraloid B72™ acrylic varnish has been used in the conservation of cultural properties since 1950’s. With a Tg close to 40 oC, some substances can be adsorbed onto varnished surfaces.
Marcia de Mathias Rizzo +1 more
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Ecological Impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño in the Central Equatorial Pacific [PDF]
, 2018 The authors thank Cisco Werner (NOAA/NMFS) for proposing this special issue and encouraging our submission. We thank each of the editors, Stephanie Herring, Peter Stott, and Nikos Christidis, for helpful guidance and support throughout the submittal ...
Brainard, Russell E. +10 more
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Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO) – A heritage science resource
Chemistry Teacher International, 2023 Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO) is a new online resource that shares strategies for teaching science in art conservation and related cultural heritage fields.
Murray Alison +15 more
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A Critical Review on the Analysis of Metal Soaps in Oil Paintings
ChemistryOpen, 2021 Up to 70 % of the oil paintings conserved in collections present metal soaps, which result from the chemical reaction between metal ions present in the painted layers and free fatty acids from the lipidic binders.
Prof. Francesca Caterina Izzo +3 more
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