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Pruning slash drives ambrosia beetle (Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae) activity in Khaya grandifoliola C.DC.: Slash removal as a preventive management strategy Resíduos de poda aumentam a atividade de besouros da ambrosia (Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae) em Khaya grandifoliola C.DC.: A remoção dos resíduos como estratégia preventiva de manejo

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 677-684, November 2026.
Slash retention increased ambrosia beetle activity in Khaya grandifoliola, acting as both breeding substrate and source of attractive volatile cues that promoted localized population buildup. Beetle attacks occurred only near retained slash, while no attacks were recorded in slash‐removal plots, demonstrating that residue removal effectively prevents ...
Luana de Souza Covre   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolving Contexts and Diverging Strategies: Federalism and the Politics of Immigrant Welfare Exclusion in the US

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The intersection of immigration and welfare has taken a central stage in the politics of social policy and garnered increasing scholarly attention in welfare politics research. While prior research has examined how immigration affects welfare support and welfare generosity in the US, less is known about the determinants of immigrant‐related ...
Ping Xu, Ling Zhu, Sebastian Ege
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy Legitimization to Blame Avoidance—Discursive Strategies During Denmark's Mink Culling Crisis

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments navigate policy legitimacy during crises through three distinct discursive processes: legitimization, delegitimization, and blame avoidance. Using a sequential mixed‐methods design, the study analyzes Denmark's decision to cull all mink during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The quantitative analysis of 947 newspaper
Olivier Rubin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Policy Evidence Traceable: A Modular Preregistration Framework for Policy Evaluation

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Preregistration is increasingly used in policy research, but its value depends on whether preregistered commitments can be clearly linked to reported analyses. Policy studies often involve multiple outcomes, evolving administrative data, consequential design and analytic choices, and adaptive implementation, making it difficult to distinguish ...
Yiyun Xia, Tianhao Zhao, Yuhao Ba
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Policy Change in the European Union's Nature Restoration Regulation: An Integrative Approach

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The EU policy framework for nature restoration has undergone a significant change with the adoption of the Nature Restoration Regulation. Since 2022, the EU has developed a new comprehensive and continent‐wide legislation to restore degraded ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss, which came into force in August 2024 and is an integral part of ...
Ronit Justo‐Hanani
wiley   +1 more source

How to reduce avian electrocutions: Insulation or structural changes of dangerous poles

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 4, October–December 2026.
The cost‐effective results of the insulation of dangerous poles were clearly favourable to insolation as a better strategy than the structural design changes to protect the Spanish Imperial Eagles. Abstract Electrocutions of birds in power lines, particularly in distribution power lines, have been a well‐known and widespread global conservation problem
Virginia Morandini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open Access to Master Theses: Follow‐Up of Nine SEA‐EU Alliance Universities, 2019–2023

open access: yesLearned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Master's theses represent a substantial yet often underutilised form of scholarly output, containing original empirical, theoretical and methodological contributions. Despite their scientific value, access to master's theses has historically been limited.
Danijel Gudelj   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participatory mapping and Nature's Contributions to People: Insights from the Amazon Delta

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 10, Page 3618-3632, October 2026.
Abstract Understanding how traditional and coastal communities perceive and interact with nature is key to promoting inclusive conservation. This article examines human–nature interaction in the fishing village of Jubim, located in the Marajó Archipelago, delta of the Amazon River, Brazil.
Lara Sartorio Gonçalves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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