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The importance of neutral over niche processes in structuring Ediacaran early animal communities [PDF]
Ecology Letters, Volume 22, Issue 12, Page 2028-2038, December 2019., 2019 Abstract The relative influence of niche vs. neutral processes in ecosystem dynamics is an on‐going debate, but the extent to which they structured the earliest animal communities is unknown. Some of the oldest known metazoan‐dominated paleocommunities occur in Ediacaran age (~ 565 million years old) strata in Newfoundland, Canada and Charnwood Forest,
Emily G. Mitchell +9 more
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Paleontological Heritage and its Conservation in the UNESCO European Geoparks. [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Together, places of scientific, historical or cultural significance within a region and the artefacts uncovered therefrom and displayed in museums and collections make up the total heritage of the region in question. Seemingly lifeless places and objects
Dan Grigorescu
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Geoconservation, Concept of [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerto] The exceptional scientific value of certain geodiversity elements justifies the need to implement proper measures in order to assure their conservation. Obviously, not all geodiversity elements should be envisaged for conservation. Most elements have no particular value, and a vast variety of geological resources are exploited everyday to ...
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Geoconservation Research, 2023 In a recent review article, Lima & Meneses (2023, Geoconservation Research, 6 (1): 114–127) reported on the Azores Geopark, introducing a new geosite for São Miguel Island. We here express our concerns regarding the data presented in this review article.
Sérgio P. Ávila +7 more
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Perception of the Geological-Mining Heritage to Promote Geotourism in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Geosciences, 2022 Biodiversity is an essential component of nature, relegating the aspects of geodiversity, which provides geological and landscape variety to a territory.
Gricelda Herrera-Franco +6 more
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Geoconservation, History of [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerto] The word "geoconservation" was probably used for the first time in Tasmania (Australia) in the beginning of the 1990s (Sharples 1993). Sharples, a pioneer of Australian geoconservation, reports that during the period of 1993-1994, the Forestry Commission of Tasmania prepared several reports with preliminary inventories of landforms in the ...
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Geodiversity and Its Implication for Geoconservation of the Youngest Eruptive Sites of Western Samoa
Proceedings, 2022 The last volcanic eruption in Western Samoa, which occurred between 1905 and 1911, produced a complex scoria and lava spatter cone and an extensive lava field that destroyed Sale’aula village, near the Pacific coast.
Károly Németh
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Geoheritage and geoconservation
, 2007 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Brocx, Margaret, Semeniuk, V
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Editorial form the Editor-in-Chief
Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 Initiatives to protect the Earth system in several countries are known since the seventeenth century, mostly dealing with the preservation of fossils, caves, and other geomorphological features.
Evandro Klein
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The complex governance of protected areas: Insights from geoheritage and geopark management in China
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 6, Page 679-690, December 2024.Abstract Geoparks aim to conserve areas of geological significance and achieve sustainable endogenous regional development via geotourism. The management of geoparks requires the involvement of all relevant stakeholders and authorities. However, the strategies when establishing geoparks are often based on the visions of scientists and policymakers ...
Andi Zhuang +3 more
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