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The drive to sustainability: A way in which local initiatives diffuse internationally
Abstract This article examines how local initiatives can gain international visibility and recognition as well as how they can diffuse to other cities. It explores the leadership of the mayors of Bogotá, Stockholm, and Portland, but also how there were specific contexts that favored the transformations of these cities.
Xira Ruiz‐Campillo
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Abstract Casearia (Salicaceae) is a pantropical genus of circa 200 species, around half of which dwell in the Neotropics. Despite the availability of phylogenetic studies that suggest that Casearia sensu Sleumer is not monophyletic, a strong phylogenetic framework was still lacking for this genus.
Astrid de Mestier +5 more
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A Worldwide State-of-the-Art Analysis for Bus Rapid Transit: Looking for the Success Formula [PDF]
This paper’s intended contribution, in terms of providing an additional angle in the existing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) state-of-the-art knowledge spectrum, is a dual one.
Karlsson, MariAnne, Nikitas, Alexandros
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Abstract Sexually selected traits show large variation and rapid evolution across the animal kingdom, yet genetic variation often persists within populations despite apparent directional selection. A key step in solving this long‐standing paradox is to determine the genetic architecture of sexually selected traits to understand evolutionary drivers and
Lucy Peters +4 more
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Araracuara, un nuevo género de Rhamnaceae de la Amazonía colombiana [PDF]
Se describe e ilustra Araracuara Fern. Alonso, un nuevo género de la familia Rhamnaceae conocido tan sólo de las mesetas de arenisca de la Amazonía colombiana.
Emmerlich, J. +3 more
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Distributional extensions of Carollia castanea and Micronycteris minuta from Guatemala, Central America [PDF]
Field expeditions in 2011 that inventoried the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of two wildlife protected areas in the tropical Caribbean of Guatemala have produced the first confirmed records of two bats for the country: the white-bellied big-eared bat ...
Barahona, R +6 more
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Particulate and water-soluble carbon measured in recent snow at Summit, Greenland [PDF]
Water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC), waterinsoluble particulate organic carbon (WIOC), and particulate elemental carbon (EC) were measured simultaneously for the first time on the Greenland Ice Sheet in surface snow and in a 3-meter snow pit.
Anderson, Casey +5 more
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Calibration and evaluation of optical systems for full-field strain measurement [PDF]
The design and testing of a reference material for the calibration of optical systems for strain measurement is described, together with the design and testing of a standardized test material that allows the evaluation and assessment of fitness for ...
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