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Great Bay Estuary Restoration Compendium [PDF]
, 2006 Single species approaches to natural resource conservation and management are now viewed as antiquated and oversimplified for dealing with complex systems.
Burdick, David M. +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Remote SensingAs a highly productive and biologically diverse ecosystem, wetlands provide unique habitat for a wide array of plant and animal species. Owing to the strong disturbance by human activities and climate change, wetland degradation and fragmentation have ...
Kun Sun, Weiwei Yu
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Planners and the conservation of biological heritage: Implications for New Zealand and Australia [PDF]
, 1999 The aim of this paper is to encourage greater attention by planners to conservation of native or indigenous biodiversity, and to the skills and knowledge required for this endeavour.
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Context‐Aware Semiautonomous Control for Upper‐Limb Prostheses
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A semiautonomous prosthetic control strategy integrates electromyographic‐based intention with computer vision‐driven grasp adaptation and wrist orientation. Comparative experiments with functional tasks evaluate performance, usability, and cognitive workload.
Gianmarco Cirelli +7 more
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, 2012 Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas AaM University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration. Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the ...
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The use of diatom records to establish reference conditions for UK lakes subject to eutrophication [PDF]
, 2011 A knowledge of pre-disturbance conditions is important for setting realistic restoration targets for lakes. For European waters this is now a requirement of the European Council Water Framework Directive where ecological status must be assessed based on ...
Bennion, H, Simpson, GL
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Worm‐Inspired Soft Robots With Modular Outfit‐Changing for Intelligent Multienvironment Adaptation
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This study proposes a worm‐inspired soft robot capable of locomotion across multiple environments through a modular “outfit‐changing” strategy. The robot integrates pneumatically actuated peristaltic segments with interchangeable external modules, enabling efficient motion on ground surfaces, within pipelines, through granular media, and underwater ...
Xiaomin Liu +6 more
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Shuiwen dizhi gongcheng dizhiBoth the Shandong Plain in China and the Greater Houston Area in the United States have land subsidence problems that were caused by excessive groundwater pumping.
Yongwei ZHANG +5 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.We report a biodegradable electrolyte‐gated synaptic phototransistor that combines low‐power UV sensing with memory functionality, offering a sustainable platform for AI vision systems and health‐monitoring technologies. Presented here is a biodegradable, bioinspired synaptic phototransistor (SPT) based on an electrolyte‐gated field‐effect transistor ...
Theodoros Serghiou +5 more
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