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Improving Understanding of the Dynamics of Biodiversity Generation in Agricultural Areas Through Participatory Systems Mapping

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how Participatory System Mapping (PSM), implemented through multiple parallel stakeholder workshops, can uncover interacting factors and feedback structures shaping ditch biodiversity, stimulate systemic learning and generate actionable insights for biodiversity governance.
Wouter Spekkink, William Voorberg, Wiesje Korf, Hedi Westerduin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early recolonization of a dredged lowland river by dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2016
The influence of dredging on the dragonfly assemblages of the small regulated lowland River Krąpiel (north-western Poland) was analyzed a short time after the dredging. Dragonfly assemblages were destroyed, but they began to recover rapidly.
Buczyński Paweł, Zawal Andrzej, Buczyńska Edyta, Stępień Edyta, Dąbkowski Piotr, Michoński Grzegorz, Szlauer-Łukaszewska Agnieszka, Pakulnicka Joanna, Stryjecki Robert, Czachorowski Stanisław   +9 more
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Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Patella Limpet as Biomarkers of Cytogenotoxicity in Recreational Port Waters

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz, Eva Garcia‐Vazquez, Verónica Soto‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does a decision support tool designed to depict West Nile virus risk explain variation in ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus use of managed forests?

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Infectious diseases are commonly cited as significant contributors to wildlife population declines. It is, therefore, important to investigate the extent to which tools designed to mitigate the effects of infectious diseases explain wildlife responses to habitat management.
Jacob Goldman, Darin J. McNeil, Lauren M. Chronister, Randall Koleck, Samuel Lapp, Jeffery T. Larkin, Reina Tyl, Justin Kitzes, Jeffery L. Larkin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in the vegetation of a small lowland river valley (Krąpiel, NW Poland) after dredging

Acta Biologica, 2015
The paper presented the impact of dredging on the vegetation of a regulated section of a lowland river based on the example of the Krąpiel River (NW Poland). The field research with pre-investment monitoring was conducted over three vegetation seasons in
Edyta Buczyńska, Paweł Buczyński, Edyta Stępień, Andrzej Zawal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using a live‐streaming webcam to assess the behavioural responses of waterbirds to changes in the density of swans Cygnus spp.

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife research has benefitted from the development of new methods that allow data to be collected remotely, with less disturbance to focal animals. The proliferation of livestreaming webcams, for example, those used by nature reserves for public engagement purposes, have offered new possibilities for the study of wildlife behaviour.
Kevin A. Wood, Grace Clarke, Paul E. Rose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slip characteristics of planar and rough granite fractures under unloading normal force

Frontiers in Earth Science
Unloading processes are common in natural systems. Intense unloading activities can alter the frictional equilibrium of faults and induce their instabilities.
Zongheng Tao, Zongheng Tao, Wei Tang, Wei Tang, Xingling Li, Kang Tao, Wengang Dang, Wengang Dang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The wolf is back! Non‐consumptive effects of the return of a large carnivore on the use of supplementary feeding sites by roe deer

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding how prey species tradeoff predation risk and resource acquisition is particularly important for advancing our knowledge of predator–prey relationships. We investigated this by studying the use of concentrated anthropogenic resources, namely supplementary feeding sites, by roe deer Capreolus capreolus before and after grey wolf Canis lupus
Federico Ossi, Moniek Heurman, Arnaud Bruat, Charlotte Vanderlocht, Benjamin Robira, Nathan Ranc, Simone Dal Farra, Francesca Cagnacci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of ± 550 kV DC GIS Basin Insulator

High Voltage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The basin insulator is a core component of the insulation system for ± 550 kV gas‐insulated switchgear (GIS). This paper, using a finite element method for multi‐physics simulations of electric–thermal coupling, determines a geometry suitable for the industrial production of ± 550 kV GIS basin insulators.
Shaohua Cao, Chengwei Jing, Siqiong Zhang, Zuodong Liang, Zehao Zhang, Fangwei Liang, Yong Yang, Geng Chen, Jinliang He, Chuanyang Li   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consequences and implications of dredging remediation on sediment metal variation in a highly-industrialized urban river

Sustainable Environment Research
This study evaluated the dredging effectiveness in the heavily metal-contaminated Salt River, located in an industrial area in southern Taiwan, after sediment remediation in 2019.
I-Min Wu, Yee Cheng Lim, Chih-Feng Chen, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chih-Ming Kao, Cheng-Di Dong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source