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State‐and‐transition models as a contextual framework for leading indicators of restoration trajectories

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract New incentives and instruments for financing ecosystem restoration require frameworks that support planning, monitoring and reporting, including the identification and use of leading indicators. Leading indicators have the potential to predict the outcomes of restoration interventions before full recovery has occurred.
Sarah J. Luxton, Josh Dorrough, David Eldridge, James Furlaud, Anna E. Richards, Katrina Szetey, Nicki Taws, Kristen J. Williams, Suzanne M. Prober   +8 more
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Mammal Responses to Habitat Degradation Induced by Cashew Expansion in West Africa

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Relationships between (a) estimated mammal species richness, (b) overall mammal species photographic rate, (c) carnivore photographic rate, (d) insectivore photographic rate, (e) omnivore photographic rate and (f) herbivore photographic rate and the local habitat characteristics as denoted by the scores of the first component of the Principal Component
Daniel Na Mone, Isnaba Nhassé, João Soares, Raquel de Oliveira, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Luís Palma, Ana Filipa Palmeirim   +6 more
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: A Q‐methodology approach

People and Nature
Mediterranean wildfires persistently challenge regions due to climatic factors, changing land use, and abandonment of rural areas, posing threats to both ecosystems and human well‐being.
Erika Piroli, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca, Jay Mistry, Yiannis Kountouris   +3 more
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Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta‐conspiracy framing

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prebunking can be used to pre‐emptively refute conspiracy narratives. We developed a new approach to prebunking – fighting fire with fire – which introduces a plausible ‘meta‐conspiracy’ suggesting that conspiracy theories are deliberately spread as part of a wider conspiracy.
Mikey Biddlestone, Ricky Green, Daniel Toribio‐Flórez, Dylan de Gourville, Robbie M. Sutton, Karen M. Douglas   +5 more
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Bee community and trait‐based responses to fire in a Mediterranean landscape

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Fire drives a short‐term increase in bee abundance and diversity, despite its strong negative impact on floral resources. Acting as an environmental filter, fire shapes bee communities as increased post‐fire fine‐scale heterogeneity favors bees with specific functional traits such as ground‐nesting and generalist species.
Georgios Nakas, Aphrodite Kantsa, Lazaros Neokosmidis, Jelle Devalez, Thomas Tscheulin, Nikos Koutsias, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Theodora Petanidou   +8 more
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Leaders' Functional Specialization and Responses to Institutional Shifts during Crises: Evidence from the Pandemic

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior studies on crisis management often highlight the adaptiveness of generalist leaders, whose diverse functional experiences allow for flexible and innovative responses. However, we propose that in situations where crises lead to abrupt shifts in dominant institutional pressures, leaders with specialized functional backgrounds potentially ...
Yidi Guo, Danqing Wang, Shuo Chen
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Fire as a driver of pyro-thermal niche variation in Acacia

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionMany plant species have evolved to persist in fire-prone regions under specific fire regimes. Seeds have developed mechanisms, including the breaking of physical seed dormancy by fire-related heat shock, that synchronize germination and ...
Sarah J. McInnes, Ryan Tangney, Ryan Tangney, Kelvin G. J. Chong, Natalie E. Allen, Mark K. J. Ooi   +5 more
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Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
We quantified dorsal luminosity and color composition of Psammodromus algirus in burned and adjacent unburned habitats at different times since fire. Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas displayed lighter dorsal coloration, particularly during the early stages of postfire succession, with the effect being more pronounced in larger individuals ...
L. Álvarez‐Ruiz, J. Belliure, J. G. Pausas   +2 more
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Reading Nietzsche in an Age of Conspiracy Theories

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay considers Friedrich Nietzsche's critique of Christian morality as a template for interpreting the epistemology of modern conspiracy theorists. The first section elucidates Nietzsche's notion of ressentiment as it can be applied to contemporary conspiracism. The effectiveness of this comparative assessment thus raises the question of
J.W. Olson
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