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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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Genome-Wide Identification of bHLH Transcription Factor Family in Malus sieversii and Functional Exploration of MsbHLH155.1 Gene under Valsa Canker Infection

Plants, 2023
Xinjiang wild apple (Malus sieversii) is an ancient relic; a plant with abundant genetic diversity and disease resistance. Several transcription factors were studied in response to different biotic and abiotic stresses on the wild apple. Basic/helix–loop–
Shanshan Jia, Xiaojie Liu, Xuejing Wen, Abdul Waheed, Yu Ding, Gulnaz Kahar, Xiaoshuang Li, Daoyuan Zhang   +7 more
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An Optimized Environmental DNA Method to Improve Detectability of the Endangered Sichuan Taimen (Hucho bleekeri)

Fishes, 2023
Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques have emerged as a cost-effective and non-invasive strategy for monitoring the distribution of endangered aquatic species.
Jie Deng, Hongxing Zhang, Qijun Wang, Fei Kong, Hu Zhao, Lu Zhang, Wei Jiang   +6 more
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Just and sustainable? : examining the rhetoric and potential realities of UK food security [PDF]

, 2011
The dominant discourse in 20th century UK food and agricultural policies of a liberal, free trade agenda was modified at the turn of the 21st to embrace ecological sustainability and "food security." The latter term has a long international history; the ...
Dowler, Elizabeth, MacMillan, Tom
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of big-eyed Mountain keelback Pseudoxenodon macrops

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of big-eyed mountain keelback Pseudoxenodon macrops was sequenced adopting Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology.
Jiahong Liao, Min Tang, Liqing Peng, Lichun Jiang, Zhangqiang You, Wei Chen   +5 more
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Ecological security evaluation of Africa [PDF]

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2020
Africa, the second largest continent in the world, has achieved remarkable economic and political results through exploration and positive development. Ecological security comprehensively reflects the health and integrity of an ecosystem, and it is broadly defined as the security state of a complex artificial ecosystem composed of natural, economic and
Guojun SUN, Feng ZHANG, Wenjuan ZHANG, Huihui WEI   +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Nanorana chayuensis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
In this study, we obtained the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Nanorana chayuensis. The mitogenome length is 17,882 bp, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNA), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), and 1 non-coding ...
Min Tang, Jiahong Liao, Liqing Peng, Lichun Jiang, Zhangqiang You, Wei Chen   +5 more
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Introduced honey bees increase host plant abundance but decrease native bumble bee species richness and abundance

Ecosphere, 2022
Long‐term variation in the population density of introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) has been shown to be associated with variations in floral traits in alpine lotus (Saussurea nigrescens).
Ruijun Su, Wenfei Dai, Yulian Yang, Xuelin Wang, Rui Gao, Mengying He, Chuan Zhao, Junpeng Mu   +7 more
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Analysis of Driving Factors and Predictions of Arable Land Area Based on PLUS Model

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] The spatial and temporal evolutionary characteristics of arable land in the Tumen River basin and the driving factors for changes in arable land area were explored, and changes in arable land area associated with the Land Spatial Planning of ...
Lyu Jing, Jin Ri, Wang Jingzhi, Zhang Peng, Zhu Weihong   +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Himalayan toad Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Anura: Bufonidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Duttaphrynus himalayanus was sequenced adopting Illumina high-throughput sequencing method. The complete mitogenome of the species was 17,172 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer
Jiahong Liao, Min Tang, Liqing Peng, Lichun Jiang, Zhangqiang You, Wei Chen   +5 more
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