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Varied motivations for secondary forest reclearing among landholders make forest persistence challenging

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
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Aurélia Michel, Un monde en nègre et blanc. Enquête historique sur l’ordre racial

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2021
Mildred Lesmes-Guerrero
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Medikalizace smrti na přelomu 18. a 19. století. Okamžik smrti, zdánlivá smrt a vzorce chování k mrtvým z hlediska dějin lékařství

Theatrum Historiae, 2013
This paper deals with the topic of dying end death between the 18th and 19th centuries from the point of view of the history of medicine. Having considered some research results of contemporary historiography and some period medical treatises it ...
Václav Grubhoffer
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The long-lived effects of historic climate on the wealth of nations [PDF]

We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th ...
Bluedorn, John C., Valentinyi, Akos, Vlassopoulos, Michael   +2 more
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Designing the seaside: architecture, society and nature [PDF]

, 2006
The notion of taking a seaside holiday has only existed since the 18th century, when it was slowly becoming accepted that fresh air and sea water are good for health.
Gray, Fred
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What Was a Relevant Translation in the 18th Century? [PDF]

, 2017
The paper applies RT to analyse an 18th century translation of a Latin text by the preeminent Romanian scholar Demetrius Cantemir. The translation diverges significantly from the original and was met with harsh criticism.
Albrecht, Albrecht, Almazàn, Almazàn, Burke, Burke, Burke, Burke, Burke, Burke, Culler, Culler, Cândea, Cândea, Cândea, Cândea, Ellis, Ellis, Eşanu, Eşanu, Gutt, Gutt, Gutt, Gutt, Gutt, Gutt, Hammer, Hammer, House, House, Koutrianu, Koutrianu, Martínez, Martínez, Monica Vasileanu, Panaitescu, Panaitescu, Salama, Salama, Sellevold, Sellevold, Sperber, Sperber, Sperber, Sperber, Waquet, Waquet   +46 more
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From demonstratives to degree words: on the origin of the intensifying function of this/that in american english [PDF]

, 2018
The intensifying function of this/that can be traced back to the 14th century, when they acquired their adverbial status as a result of a grammaticalization process that turned them from deictic demonstratives into degree adverbs with the meaning of ‘to ...
Calle-Martin, Javier
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The first poverty line? Davies and Eden’s investigation of rural poverty in late 18th-century England [PDF]

, 2014
Two important and well-known surveys of the household budgets of the English rural labouring poor were produced by David Davies and Frederick Eden in the 1790s. We revisit these from the point of view of their original rationale — an investigation of the
Armstrong, Bowley, Boyer, Brunt, Burnette, Crafts, Davies, Davis, Deaton, Deaton, Eden, Feinstein, Floud, Freeman, Gazeley, Gillie, Gillie, Hammond, Holt, Horn, Horrell, Horrell, Horrell, Horrell, Horrell, Humphries, Humphries, Hunt, Ian Gazeley, King, Lindert, Muldrew, Nicola Verdon, Office for National Statistics, Oliver, Overton, Phelps-Brown, Pinchbeck, Poynter, Roberts, Rowntree, Rowntree, Shammas, Sharpe, Shaw-Taylor, Snell, Sokoll, Sokoll, Thompson, Valenze, Verdon, Williams, Winch   +52 more
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Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Collections of dried plant specimens (herbaria) provide an invaluable resource for the study of many areas of scientific interest and conservation globally. Digitisation increases access to specimens and metadata, enabling efficient use across a broad spectrum of research.
Alan James Paton, Gabriel K. Ameka, Alexandre Antonelli, Alex Asase, Russell L. Barrett, Ann Bogaerts, Domingos Cardoso, Mark Carine, Alastair Culham, Syadwina H. Dalimunthe, Nina Davies, Sofie De Smedt, Sebebe Demissew, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Quentin Groom, Elspeth M. Haston, Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro, Paul Kersey, Isabel Larridon, Jana Leong‐Škorničková, Lucia G. Lohmann, Jehova Lourenco Jr., Hannah McPherson, Muthama Muasya, Nicky Nicolson, Marcelo Pace, Jack F. Plummer, Hélène Ralimanana, Himmah Rustiami, Hervé Sauquet, Emily B. Sessa, Eric Smets, Alex Sumadijaya, Jordan Teisher, Daniel C. Thomas, Eka F. Tihurua, Janine E. Victor, Sarah T. Wagner, Quiang Wang, Andrew Young   +39 more
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