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Acoustic sensor networks and machine learning: scalable ecological data to advance evidence-based conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Evidence-based frameworks have helped to transform decisions in medicine, education, agriculture, and international development. Conservation has lagged other fields in embracing the data-driven revolution, largely because of the difficulty and expense ...
McKown, Matthew, Klein, David
core   +1 more source

Leveraging Cloud Computing and IoT to Improve Research Solutions for Ecological Modelling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Developing strategies for conservation and sustainable use of the environment and natural resources is mandatory nowadays, as the effects of global change are affecting populations worldwide and economic crises are threatening even well-known pro ...
Santana, Fabiana
core   +1 more source

Literature-Based Environmental Literacy for Middle School Students' Understanding of Local Ecology in East Java [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
This study aims to analyze the relationship between ecological knowledge, ecological attitudes, ecological behavior, and students' literary engagement in the context of environmental literary literacy.
Ambarwati Ari   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating explanations of land cover change using approximate Bayesian Computation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The ecology of the Mediterranean region today is the product of thousands of years of human intervention, combined with the effects of climatic change on its flora, and natural disturbance arising from its active fire regim e ...
Simon, Miles   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing the importance of kelp forests for small-scale fisheries under a global change scenario

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Kelp forests are critical habitats for temperate coasts that are experiencing dramatic declines worldwide in recent decades. Yet, even though they often support wildlife populations of high socioeconomic value, the consequences of kelp forest decline for
Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Biodiversity and Resource used Practices in High altitudes Region of Western Himalayas

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2005
The people located in Sangla  valley in  the  state  of Himachal Pradesh  are  economically poor  due  to its inaccessibility and inhospitable geo-climatic setup but they  are  remarkably  rich  in  social and  cultural milieu and endowed natural wealth.
Gopal S. Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition in scientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Recent conceptual shifts in ecology towards integration of humans into ecosystems requires all possible sources of ecological knowledge available (Berkes 2004, 2009 this issue).
Tom Roa   +5 more
core   +1 more source

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF TEACHING THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF UNTSUKULSKY DISTRICT

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2018
Aim. The aim of the work is to identify the specific features of teaching the concept of sustainable development in the general education establishments of the Untsukul District of Dagestan. Methodology.
Nadira O. Guseynova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is a prior and how to derive one? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Application of Bayesian statistics requires eliciting prior distributions, an important first step that is often ignored. The difficulty in prior elicitation is largely due to the vague definition of the prior.
Qian, Song S.
core   +1 more source

Scientific and local ecological knowledge, shaping perceptions towards protected areas and related ecosystem services

open access: yesLandscape Ecology, 2020
Most protected areas are managed based on objectives related to scientific ecological knowledge of species and ecosystems. However, a core principle of sustainability science is that understanding and including local ecological knowledge, perceptions of ...
M. Cebrián‐Piqueras   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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