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Abstract This article is situated within the framework of how the built environment and its use connect to governmental policy. Research looking at the implementation of innovative learning environments (ILEs) has focused primarily on the experiences and perceptions of ‘users’ (teachers and students).
Jo Fletcher, John Everatt
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Abstract Insect outbreaks significantly impact tree mortality and carbon‐nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems, yet most terrestrial biosphere models do not represent insect disturbances due to the complexity of nutrient processes and limited data. To address this gap, we implemented a new insect impacts module in the QUINCY (Quantifying Interactions ...
Yimian Ma +3 more
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Contrary to fire suppression policies that promote ecological homogenization, we suggest that patchy prescribed fires could be used to enhance spatiotemporal diversity in the Cerrado by promoting fine‐scale heterogeneity in floral resources and resource‐mediated plant–bee interactions.
Caio S. Ballarin +4 more
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Diversity and Structure of the Gama Gallery Forest in Central Brazil in 2009
The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity and structure of the tree community of the Gama gallery forest, in the Federal District, in 2009. A total of 151 permanent plots of 10×20 m were allocated continually along ten lines perpendicular to the watercourse.
Roberto Tramontina Araujo +2 more
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a composição, riqueza e abundância de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)em ambientes de savana e sistemas associados aproveitando os gradientes de uso (natural; antrópico) e estrutura da vegetação (florestal; não ...
Tatiana Soares Peixoto +4 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Searching for the beasts in the archive as methodological praxis
This article offers searching for the beasts in the archive as a methodological tool available to researchers invested in both anticolonialism and antianthropocentrism. By focusing on three basic units of reference—categories, histories, and borders—the article shows how searching for the beasts unsettles some taken‐for‐granted assumptions that ...
Senel Wanniarachchi
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Cultural geography of heat: Artistic experiments with heat’s animacies
A sustained, cultural geographical engagement with heat is long overdue. I advance this agenda by engaging with the work of contemporary artists. Artists are responding to uneven conditions of global heating by exploring heat’s animacies: how heat interweaves with the practices and textures of life.
Sasha Engelmann
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Experiential Learning Opportunities: Forest City Film Festival & Forest City Gallery [PDF]
Emma Amodio participated in two internships: first, as a Filmmaker Marketing Concierge with the Forest City Film Festival and second, as a Storytelling and Fundraising intern with the Forest City Gallery, both in London, Ontario. In her report, Emma talks about her internships as transformative experiences that shaped her professional and personal ...
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ABSTRACT Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are of major public health importance due to their role as vectors of mosquito‐borne pathogens and the impact of nuisance biting. Accurate geographical knowledge of mosquito fauna is the foundation of effective arbovirus surveillance and biosecurity.
Hollie J. Zimmermann +3 more
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