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CLIMATE ENGINEERING FROM HINDU‐JAIN PERSPECTIVES

Zygon, 2019
Although Indic perspectives toward nature are now well documented, climate engineering discussions seem to still lack the views from Indic or other non‐Western sources.
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Experimental and field evidence indicate that islet‐nesting tundra birds experience reduced nest predation and benefit indirectly from high snow goose densities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Landscape features can shape the occurrence and strength of predator–prey interactions by influencing predation risk and prey distribution. In the High Arctic, some bird species select nesting sites with physical features that impede access for their main terrestrial predator, the Arctic fox.
Marylou Beaudoin, Andréanne Beardsell, Éliane Duchesne, Madeleine‐Zoé Corbeil‐Robitaille, Pierre Legagneux, Dominique Berteaux, Joël Bêty   +6 more
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Speaking the Forbidden: mlecchavāc in Mahābhārata 1.135

Rhesis
In Indian xenology, the term mleccha refers to an individual who does not conform to the social and linguistic norms of the Āryas. Studies have analysed its multiple uses, including its role in toponymy, religious taboos, and ethnicity.
Diletta Falqui
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Indian Culture and Western Thoughts: A Philosophical Insight on the Essence of Cultural Identity by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya [PDF]

Methexis
Culture, which shaped our religious beliefs and practices, plays a significant role in preserving an age old civilization. Its value and impact on a group of persons, society, state or a nation is limitless.
Pukhrambam Julia Chanu, L. Bishwanath Sharma   +1 more
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The interacting effects of precipitation and microhabitat on non‐native seed predation are contingent on temporal dynamics

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how different drivers of global change interact to shape ecological processes remains a major challenge in ecology. Climate change is reshuffling the interactions that structure communities, with major implications for biological invasions.
Mariana C. Chiuffo, Agostina Torres, Mauro N. Tammone, Martin A. Nuñez, Mariano A. Rodriguez‐Cabal   +4 more
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Rearticulating Dharma: Just Sustainabilities and the Bees Quarter in Amish Tripathi’s Ram Chandra Series

Religions
The Bees Quarter episode in Amish Tripathi’s Ram Chandra Series rearticulates dharma by relocating it from a transcendent cosmic mandate to a framework enacted through spatial and procedural ethics.
Dongwon Lee
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A plant–pollinator invasional meltdown: the Japanese pagoda tree Styphnolobium japonicum facilitates the invasion of the giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis

Oikos, EarlyView.
An invasional meltdown can occur when a non‐native species facilitates the spread of another non‐native species in the invaded area, increasing its likelihood of survival or its ecological impact. Plant–pollinator systems pose an exceptional study system to test this concept, which remains poorly known.
Daniel Echeandía, Jordi Margalef‐Marrasé, Marc Riera, Jordina Belmonte, Julia Lanner, Sonja Mader, David Navarro, Ricardo Caliari Oliveira, Rut Puigdemunt, Carlos Hernández‐ Castellano   +9 more
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The impact of the varna-caste system on marriage and family relations in India: historical and legal dimension

Law and Safety
The article examines the process of marriage and family relations formation and development in India. It is shown that in the pre-Aryan period, although women were not equal in rights with men, they still had freedom of choice in marriage and family life.
I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko
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Patterns of wild meat and other protein consumption in the periphery of Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons, Mattia Bessone, Josué Ausse Baraka, Josué Engombe Botomia, Espérance Miezi, Bénédicte Nsilu, Jonathan Nkamisha Mukole, Michel Opelele Omeno, Jean Semeki Ngabinzeke, Barbara Fruth   +9 more
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Dharma [PDF]

, 1911
Lexikonartikel zu Dharma basierend auf Sanskritquellen, im Hinduismus und im ...
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