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The first complete chloroplast genome sequence of a medicinal goldthread species, Coptis omeiensis (Ranunculaceae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Coptis omeiensis, as an important Chinese medicinal plant, has been endangered because of overharvesting. To better understand and protect this species, we report the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. omeiensis.
Min Yao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The State of the Great Central Valley -- The Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Part of a series that provides various quality of life indicators for California's Central Valley. Includes data on air quality, water, and land use.
Doug Jackson, John Landis
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollinators In Peril: A Systematic Status Review of North American and Hawaiian Native Bees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
While the decline of European honeybees in the United States and beyond has been well publicized in recent years, the more than 4,000 species of native bees in North America and Hawaii have been much less documented. Although these native bees are not as
Kelsey Kopec, Lori Ann Burd
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Languages Die: The Extinction Of The World\u27s Languages And The Erosion Of Human Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In When Languages Die, K. David Harrison illustrates the individual face of language loss, as well as its global scale. Languages are the accretion of thousands of years of a people\u27s science and art - from observations of ecological patterns to ...
Harrison, K. David
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A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Comparability Between Corporate Biodiversity Impact Accounting Tools

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrating corporate biodiversity impacts into investment decisions can direct investments toward nature‐positive firms, creating a market signal. The strength of this signal is a function of how closely investments align. This alignment depends on the comparability (the degree of similarity and difference) of tools used to account for ...
Benjamin Stimpson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for biodiversity conservation in Australia: Part 2. National best practice guidelines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Disease in natural ecosystems of Australia, caused by the introduced plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi, is listed as a key threatening process under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Hardy, G.E.St.J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Toward an SDG‐Based Typology for US Nonprofits

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an emerging institutional logic that nonprofits must navigate alongside existing sector‐specific frameworks. Drawing on institutional logics and organizational hybridity theories, we examine how nonprofits incorporate SDGs into their missions and what this reveals about managing institutional ...
Dominik S. Meier, Elizabeth Searing
wiley   +1 more source

Keberadaan dan Pemanfaatan Tumbuhan Obat Langka di Wilayah Bogor dan Sekitarnya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Comparative studies and surveys to several medicinal plant gardens in Bogor area and national park areas adjacent to the Bogor have been done in 2006-2009. From these activitis a number of endangered medicinal plants at Bogor were recorded.
Hidayat, S. (Syamsul)
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