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‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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Alu insertion polymorphisms in the African Sahel and the origin of Fulani pastoralists

Annals of Human Biology, 2017
Background: The origin of Western African pastoralism, represented today by the Fulani nomads, has been a highly debated issue for the past decades, and has not yet been conclusively resolved. Aim: This study focused on Alu polymorphisms in sedentary and
Martina Čížková, Zuzana Hofmanová, Mohammed G. Mokhtar, Václav Janoušek, Issa Diallo, Pavel Munclinger, Viktor Černý   +6 more
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Tandemly duplicated TaERF109 genes confer drought tolerance and post‐drought recovery in wheat

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Tandemly duplicated TaERF109 transcription factor genes in wheat modulate growth traits and enhance drought tolerance by regulating the TaMADS56 transcription facto gene, cytokinin biosynthesis‐related genes, and nicotianamine synthase genes, revealing the critical role of tandemly duplicated genes in the coordination of stress responses and ...
Jun Chen, Shang Zhao, Wenjing Li, Chunxiao Wang, Yuan Gao, Zihan Yang, Yongbin Zhou, Ming Chen, Zhaoshi Xu, Youzhi Ma   +9 more
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Lactase persistence genotypes and malaria susceptibility in Fulani of Mali

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background Fulani are a widely spread African ethnic group characterized by lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum, clinical malaria morbidity and higher rate of lactase persistence compared to sympatric tribes.
Dolo Amagana, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Maiga Bakary, Israelsson Elisabeth, Järvelä Irma, Lokki A, Doumbo Ogobara K, Meri Seppo, Holmberg Ville   +8 more
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Change in population and land use intensity under the aspect of the physical environment and accessibility [PDF]

, 2007
The land use in the Tangale-Waja area is analysed according to the two basic categories of geography: Firstly the manifold interaction between men and environment which form the spatial characteristics of an area, and secondly the decrease of influence ...
Fricke, Werner, Heinrich, Jürgen, Kaufhold, Dieter   +2 more
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Scratching beneath the surface: Quantification of muscle architecture and myosin heavy chain content in the forelimbs of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys, Rodentia)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Black‐tailed prairie dogs are highly social ground squirrels that excavate communal burrow systems, most often in medium‐textured soils. Their forelimbs demonstrate morphofunctional trade‐offs for scratch‐digging and terrestrial ecology, including well‐developed and fast‐contracting proximal musculature with large mechanical advantage paired with ...
Luke A. Scheetz, Carter A. Burnett, Benjamin R. Kimble, David A. Eads, Michael T. Butcher   +4 more
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Haematological parameters, natural regulatory CD4 + CD25 + FOXP3+ T cells and γδ T cells among two sympatric ethnic groups having different susceptibility to malaria in Burkina Faso

BMC Research Notes, 2012
Background Fulani ethnic group individuals are less susceptible than sympatric Mossi ethnic group, in term of malaria infection severity, and differ in antibody production against malaria antigens.
Sanou Guillaume S, Tiendrebeogo Régis W, Ouédraogo André L, Diarra Amidou, Ouédraogo Alphonse, Yaro Jean-Baptiste, Ouédraogo Espérance, Verra Federica, Behr Charlotte, Troye-Blomberg Marita, Modiano David, Dolo Amagana, Torcia Maria G, Traoré Yves, Sirima Sodiomon B, Nébié Issa   +15 more
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‘Grabbing Our Land Deprives Us of Our Future’: Struggles Against State‐Led Land Dispossession, Demands for Justice and Citizenship in Dakar's Urban Outskirts

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do people at the outskirts of Dakar struggle against urban land grabs and state‐led dispossession for urban development? How do they express the injustices they face and their demands for justice? What are they claiming, and what success have they had?
Philippe Lavigne Delville
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How Theoretically Opposite Models of Interethnic Power-Sharing Can Complement Each Other and Contribute to Political Stabilization: The Case of Nigeria [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the thesis that the stabilization of Nigeria’s complicated political situation is furthered by the functioning in that country of institutions based on two models of interethnic power-sharing – consociationalism ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Between Dispossession and Inclusion: Land Injustice and Project‐Based Citizenship in the Bagré Irrigation Scheme (Burkina Faso)

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large‐scale irrigation schemes are central to agrarian transformation in sub‐Saharan Africa, yet their political implications are often reduced to questions of land redistribution or agrarian differentiation. Although existing scholarship has documented how irrigation restructures agrarian relations and generates dispossession, less attention ...
William's Daré
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