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Changing cultural pathways through gender role and sexual development: A theoretical framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Greenfield's theory linking sociodemographic change to dynamic cultural values for family interdependence versus individual independence is applied to sexual and gender role socialization and development.
Greenfield, PM   +3 more
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Rates of agonism among female primates: a cross-taxon perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Agonism is common in group-living animals, shaping dominance relationships and ultimately impacting individual tness. Rates of agonism vary considerably among taxa, however, and explaining this variation has been central in ecological models of female ...
Altmann   +131 more
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The promise and peril of intensive-site-based ecological research: insights from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
. Ecological research is increasingly concentrated at particular locations or sites. This trend reflects a variety of advantages of intensive, site-based research, but also raises important questions about the nature of such spatially delimited research:
Anderson, Bruce T.   +12 more
core   +2 more sources

A holistic approach to studying social-ecological systems and its application to southern Transylvania

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
Global change presents risks and opportunities for social-ecological systems worldwide. Key challenges for sustainability science are to identify plausible future changes in social-ecological systems and find ways to reach socially and environmentally ...
Jan Hanspach   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

An introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Weather and climatic extremes can have serious and damaging effects on human society and infrastructure as well as on ecosystems and wildlife. Thus, they are usually the main focus of attention of the news media in reports on climate.
Changnon, David   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Zwischen Ökologisierung des Gewässerschutzes und Kommerzialisierung der Wasserwirtschaft: Neue Handlungsanforderungen an Raumplanung und Regionalpolitik

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2009
The paper analyses two parallel, but distinct, trends of water management in Germany — the ecological orientation of water protection and the commercialisation of water services — in terms of their relevance for spatial development.
Timothy Moss
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution Characteristics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Marine Sediments of Binhai County, Jiangsu Province

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
In recent years, research on heavy metals has become very popular, because the status of heavy metals can reflect the marine environment of a region. Based on this, this paper carries out the evaluation and analysis of heavy metals in marine sediments ...
Shu Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outpatient antibiotic prescription trends in the United States: A national cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
OBJECTIVETo characterize trends in outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United StatesDESIGNRetrospective ecological and temporal trend study evaluating outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from 2013 to 2015SETTINGNational administrative claims data ...
Durkin, Michael J   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Ecological trends at animal husbandry nitrogen utilization [PDF]

open access: yesBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2015
The aim of current work was a part of study for animal husbandry effects on emissions of greenhouse gases and some mitigation strategies between the end of XX and the beginning of XXI century.
Krastev K.
doaj  

Social-Ecological Guilds: Putting People into Marine Historical Ecology

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2011
Marine historical ecology provides historic insights into past ocean ecosystems that are crucial to effectively confronting the declining health and resilience in marine ecosystems.
Janna M. Shackeroff   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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