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Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation

open access: yesNew Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Wood density is central for estimating vegetation carbon storage and a plant functional trait of great ecological and evolutionary importance. However, the global extent of wood density variation is unclear, especially at the intraspecific level. We assembled the most comprehensive wood density collection to date, including 109 626 records from
Fabian Jörg Fischer   +105 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bureaucracy versus Post‐Bureaucracy Paradox in Public Administration: A Historical Perspective on the Selection and Training of Public Managers

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the historical trajectory of public administration (PA), bureaucratic and post‐bureaucratic models have competed and coexisted in unstable relations. Recent studies have put forward the idea that those models constitute two poles of the paradox.
Marta Ingaggiati   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bumps in the Road Toward Social Equity Budgeting: The Administrative Pitfalls When Implementing Participatory Budgeting

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Participatory budgeting can encourage meaningful community engagement in all phases of the budgeting cycle to promote social equity. However, participatory budgeting administrators often experience administrative and political challenges in establishing participatory processes that effectively promote social equity.
Michelle L. Lofton   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legislative Attention and Nonprofit Efficiency: A Link Across Sectoral Boundaries

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Government attention matters for nonprofit management and nonprofit‐government interactions. This study focuses on legislative attention, an important yet less‐studied aspect of government attention in public policy research, and examines its impact on nonprofit efficiency.
Yuhao Ba, Jessica Berrett, Jason Coupet
wiley   +1 more source

The Inclusion Trade‐Off: Comparing the Design and Functionality of Collaborative Governance Forums

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental challenges require collaboration across jurisdictions, often through forums or intermediary spaces for repeated interaction. A persistent forum design question concerns inclusion criteria, or which actors should be included.
Adam Wiechman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catherine de' Medici and the Forest of Orleans: Queenly Participation in Early Modern French Forest Management

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay demonstrates how a gender‐informed, more‐than‐human lens can provide new ways to analyse how the role of a queen in forestry management was conceptualised by sixteenth‐century professional men. It explores these ideas as they are presented in a work published by Guillaume Martin, Lieutenant General of the forests and waterways of ...
Susan Broomhall
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Firms' Adoption and Use of Mobile Money Under Uncertain Times: Evidence From Burkina Faso

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how uncertainty affects mobile money adoption and use by informal businesses. Despite the prevalence of the informal sector in developing countries and the recognized potential of mobile money for financial inclusion, empirical research on its adoption and usage among unregistered businesses is limited.
Serge Stéphane Ky, Clovis Rugemintwari
wiley   +1 more source

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