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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
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Transcriptome and comparative chloroplast genome analysis of Taxus yunnanensis individuals with high and low paclitaxel yield

Heliyon
Paclitaxel is a potent anti-cancer drug that is mainly produced through semi-synthesis, which still requires plant materials as precursors. The content of paclitaxel and 10-deacetyl baccatin III (10-DAB) in Taxus yunnanensis has been found to differ from
Dong Wang, Jiansheng Wei, Xiaolong Yuan, Zhonghua Chen, Lei Wang, Yunfen Geng, Jinfeng Zhang, Yi Wang   +7 more
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Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptome analysis reveals key genes and pathways for prickle development in Zanthoxylum armatum

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Zanthoxylum armatum is an economically important tree species. However, well-developed prickles on its stems and leaves pose serious challenges in terms of management and harvesting.
Yi Wang, Yuhui Jiang, Fayu Feng, Yongqing Guo, Jiabo Hao, Li Huyan, Chunhua Du, Liang Xu, Bin Lu   +8 more
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Conservation of Medicinal and Endangered Plants

Medicinal plants play important role in traditional healthcare systems and modern pharmaceutical industries, while endangered plant species are essential for maintaining ecological balance and biodiversity. However, rapid urbanization, deforestation, overharvesting, climate change, and unsustainable agricultural practices have led to a significant ...
Sachin S. Chavan, Mustafa M. Dhandu
openaire   +1 more source

Corruption Control and Corporate Hazardous Waste Emissions: Cross‐Country Evidence and the Moderating Role of Agenda 2030

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of corruption control, as a public institutional mechanism, on hazardous waste emissions of private sector entities. We also examine the extent to which Agenda 2030 moderates the relationship. We analyse data from the top 500 global companies.
Babajide Oyewo, Olayinka Adedayo Erin, Mohammed Kayode Ajape, Becky Forbin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zero Deforestation Commitments and Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies: An Analysis of Their Role in Mitigating Deforestation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of corporate zero‐deforestation commitments (ZDCs) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies in mitigating deforestation. Drawing on data from 110 companies included in the Forest 500 dataset, the research explores whether sustainability commitments and digital innovation influence firms' deforestation ...
Valentina Beretta, Eugenia Parodi, Celine Buschmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling the Roles of Supply Chain Management and Resilience in Advancing Circular Economy: Empirical Evidence Using PLS‐SEM

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, environmental concerns have reached critical levels, emphasizing e‐waste management as essential to mitigating resource depletion. However, existing literature lacks frameworks identifying the antecedents of a circular economy.
Pedro Senna, Lino G. Marujo, Julio César Ferro de Guimarães, Leonardo Mangia Rodrigues, Míriam Machado Fabris Mesquita   +4 more
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The Role of Solution Business Model Patterns in Digital Agriculture: Linking Business Model Components and Sustainable Outcomes From a Startup Business Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital agriculture is expanding rapidly, yet research has only begun to examine how AgTech startups design and adapt their business models, through digital technologies, in response to technological change and rising sustainability expectations.
Mauro Florez, Isabelle Bourdon, Julian Schirmer, René Eber, Valentina Materia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source