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Hierarchical classification system of Germany’s ecosystems as basis for an ecosystem accounting – methods and first results [PDF]

One Ecosystem, 2020
Information on changes in the area of different ecosystems is needed in order to establish an accounting system for ecosystem conditions and services. Currently, there are no comprehensive field mappings for the German federal states that obey a uniform ...
Karsten Grunewald, Burkhard Schweppe-Kraft, Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, Sophie Meier, Tobias Krüger, Martin Schorcht, Ulrich Walz   +6 more
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Evaluation of qualitative attributes of forest ecosystems by means of numerical quantifiers

Journal of Forest Science, 2007
This paper presents a proposal of four variants of quantifiers for the numerical expression of qualitative attributes of forest ecosystems, for example site, naturalness, biodiversity, ecological stability, threat of injurious agents, status of forest ...
Š. Šmelko, M. Fabrika
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Genus-level, trait-based multimetric diatom indices for assessing the ecological condition of rivers and streams across the conterminous United States

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Taxonomic inconsistency in species-level identifications has constrained use of diatoms as biological indicators in aquatic assessments. We addressed this problem by developing diatom multimetric indices (MMIs) of ecological condition using genus-level ...
Luisa Riato, Ryan A. Hill, Alan T. Herlihy, David V. Peck, Philip R. Kaufmann, John L. Stoddard, Steven G. Paulsen   +6 more
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Designing and validating an assessment agency questionnaire for EFL teachers: an ecological perspective

Language Testing in Asia, 2023
Teacher agency is a pivotal element of professionalism and second/foreign language (L2) education. However, its role in L2 assessment has remained under-researched. Part of this negligence is due to the absence of a validated questionnaire to measure the
Farhad Ghiasvand, Akbar A. Jahanbakhsh, Pardis Sharifpour   +2 more
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Can Restoration of the Commons Reduce Rural Vulnerability? A Quasi-Experimental Comparison of COVID-19 Livelihood-based Coping Strategies among Rural Households in Three Indian States

International Journal of the Commons, 2022
India has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of a larger quasi-experimental impact assessment, we assess the pandemic’s effects on household coping behavior in 80 villages spread across four districts and three states (n = 772).
Karl Alan Hughes, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Himani Sharma, Sanoop Lissah, Tenzin Chorran, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Atul Dogra, Nathan Cook, Krister Andersson   +8 more
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From Parasite to Symbiont: Cyborg Identity, Ecological Agency and Posthuman Freedom in Suarez’s Daemon and Freedom™

Humanities
This article examines Daniel Suarez’s techno-thrillers Daemon (2006) and Freedom™ (2010) as works of speculative fiction that critically engage with themes of posthuman identity, algorithmic governance, and ecological agency.
Ozden Dere
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Comparison of statistical approaches to predicting norovirus laboratory reports before and during COVID-19: insights to inform public health surveillance

Scientific Reports, 2023
Social distancing interrupted transmission patterns of contact-driven infectious agents such as norovirus during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since routine surveillance of norovirus was additionally disrupted during the pandemic, traditional naïve forecasts ...
Nikola Ondrikova, Helen Clough, Amy Douglas, Roberto Vivancos, Miren Itturiza-Gomara, Nigel Cunliffe, John P. Harris   +6 more
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An exploration into the links between coaching practices, coaching cultures, and the emergence of ecological agency in schools

International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
This study explores the relationship between coaching practices, coaching cultures, and ecological agency in schools. Using a phenomenological approach, it examines the experiences of nineteen teachers to understand how coaching influences teacher agency.
Jasmine Miller, Joe Cowley
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Operationalizing agency in livelihoods research: smallholder farming livelihoods in southwest Ethiopia

Ecology and Society, 2022
Livelihoods are activities and practices in which social and environmental factors interlink, and they play a key role in achieving human well-being and environmental conservation.
Aisa O. Manlosa
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Distribution of a Foliage Disease Fungus Within Canopies of Mature Douglas-Fir in Western Oregon

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii is a common native, endophytic fungus of Douglas-fir foliage, which causes Swiss needle cast, an important foliage disease that is considered a threat to Douglas-fir plantations in Oregon.
Yung-Hsiang Lan, David C. Shaw, E. Henry Lee, Peter A. Beedlow   +3 more
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