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Does aversion to insects affect insecticide use? An elusive answer calls for improved methods in biophobia research

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Insecticides are commonly used to control insects and other arthropods in homes (hereafter collectively referred to as ‘insects’). Although aversion to insects might encourage the use of insecticides, it is unclear whether such feelings truly influence ...
Moshe Gish, Masumi Hisano, Masashi Soga
doaj   +1 more source

Declining bird populations are associated with loss of species identification skills in students

open access: yesEcosystems and People
Biodiversity, including bird diversity, is essential for ecosystem stability. However, recent declines in bird populations threaten the balance, additionally reducing opportunities for people to encounter birds in their daily lives and potentially ...
Talia Härtel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Evaluation and Perspective from Component Materials to Cells, Modules, and Packs

open access: yesAdvanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This review provides a bottom‐up evaluation of sodium‐ion battery safety, linking material degradation mechanisms, cell engineering parameters, and module/pack assembly. It emphasizes that understanding intrinsic material stability and establishing coordinated engineering control across hierarchical levels are vital for preventing degradation coupling ...
Won‐Gwang Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PXJ Volume 12 – Key Theme Summary and Article Index

open access: yes
Volume 12 of the Patient Experience Journal showcases a global dedication to advancing human experience in healthcare, illuminating both existing challenges and crucial emerging practices. The content, spanning three issues, emphasizes that improving the
Journal, Patient Experience
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The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extinction of experience and perceptions of wildness

open access: yes
The decline in human-nature interactions in people’s daily lives (i.e., extinction of experience), especially in childhood, is assumed to have adverse effects on human health and well-being as well as on pro-environmental behavior.
Andreas Samus
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Targets for maintenance of dead wood for biodiversity conservation based on extinction thresholds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Forestry decreases the amount of dead wood, thereby threatening the persistence of many saproxylic (wood-living) organisms. In this article, we discuss how targets for efforts to maintain and restore dead wood in managed forest landscapes should be ...
Ranius, Thomas   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Reconnecting children to nature: The efficacy of a wildlife intervention depends on local nature and socio‐economic context, but not on urbanisation

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Children's interactions with nature are important mediators of health benefits and future relationships with nature and conservation. However, there are growing concerns that children are becoming disconnected from nature as societal changes make natural
Johan Kjellberg Jensen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Extinction Learning to Anxiety Treatment: Mind the Gap

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2019
Laboratory models of extinction learning in animals and humans have the potential to illuminate methods for improving clinical treatment of fear-based clinical disorders.
Joseph K. Carpenter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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