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Landscape Configuration and Dune Habitats Conservation: Coterillo´s Dunes in the Region of Murcia (Spain) [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2018 The landscape of Coterillo is characterized by habitats that share the territory with exotic-invasive species and other species, which were planted in the early twentieth century to fix the dunes that invaded the salt ponds.
Gustavo Alfonso Ballesteros Pelegrín +2 more
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, 2001 Dunes are landforms which occur when a turbulent fluid flow occurs above an erodible substrate. The most obvious example occurs in deserts, where the wind blows sand into a wide variety of different shapes (see Chap. 17 for many illustration of such dunes). Linear dunes, or ‘seifs’, are ridges which form parallel to the prevailing wind direction, while
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The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extra‐pair behaviours – reproductive behaviours, including those related to copulation and paternity of offspring, amongst animals outside of a social pair bond – have long intrigued behavioural ecologists, particularly from the female animal's perspective.
Jørgen S. Søraker, Jamie Dunning
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Pedogenesis on the Sefton Coastal Dunes, NW England [PDF]
, 2010 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThis work examines the use of pedo-properties to identify dune soil system responses to environmental change on the ...
Millington, Jennifer A.
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini +2 more
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Hoehnea, 2018 RESUMO Programas de revegetação de áreas degradadas por mineração visam recompor os processos essenciais do solo e ajudar na recuperação das comunidades fúngicas associadas.
Flavia Paiva Coutinho, Leonor Costa Maia
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The sedimentology and dynamics of mega-dunes, Jamuna river, Bangladesh [PDF]
, 1998 This thesis quantifies the occurrence, morphology and flow dynamics of dune bcdforms in the main rivers of Bangladesh: the Jamuna, Meghna and Ganges. Field work was conducted as part of the River Survey Project (Bangladesh Flood Action Plan 24) between ...
Roden, Julie Elizabeth
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the way sustainable innovation, conceptualized as a second‐order construct integrating sustainable orientation and innovation culture, impacts triple bottom line (TBL) performance. It also examines the mediating roles of product, process, organizational, and marketing innovations.
Nuno Fernandes Crespo +1 more
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From Confusion to Clarity: A Multi‐Stage Process Framework for Understanding Consumer Confusion
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper reconceptualizes consumer confusion as a multi‐stage temporal process rather than a static outcome, addressing theoretical fragmentation in existing antecedent‐consequence models. By integrating cognitive appraisal, contextual amplification, and adaptive coping within a unified framework, we explain how confusion unfolds rather than
Fatih Celik, Erdogan Koc
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The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adolescents’ career expectations play a pivotal role in shaping identity and future opportunities, yet little is known about how national‐level comparisons influence these expectations. Drawing on social comparison theory, this study examines how relative standing in science achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), and math self‐efficacy is ...
Luyang Guo
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