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A Fine-Scale Hotspot at the Edge: Epigean Arthropods from the Atacama Coast (Paposo-Taltal, Antofagasta Region, Chile) [PDF]

open access: yesInsects, 2021
The Atacama Desert at its margins harbors a unique biodiversity that is still very poorly known, especially in coastal fog oases spanning from Perú towards the Atacama coast.
Jaime Pizarro-Araya   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Loss of Diversity in the Anthropocene Biological and Cultural Dimensions

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2021
Theories of nationalism emphasise its standardising effects. Ernest Gellner compared the pre-nationalist world to a painting by Kokoschka (a colour extravaganza) and the world of nationalism as one by Modigliani (calm, monochrome surfaces), while ...
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
doaj   +1 more source

Planetary‐scale change to the biosphere signalled by global species translocations can be used to identify the Anthropocene

open access: yesPalaeontology, Volume 65, Issue 4, July/August 2022., 2022
Abstract We examine three distinctive biostratigraphic signatures of humans associated with hunting and gathering, landscape domestication and globalization. All three signatures have significant fossil records of regional importance that can be correlated inter‐regionally and help describe the developing pattern of human expansion and appropriation of
Mark Williams   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2021., 2021
Abstract The term Anthropocene initially emerged from the Earth System science community in the early 2000s, denoting a concept that the Holocene Epoch has terminated as a consequence of human activities. First associated with the onset of the Industrial Revolution, it was then more closely linked with the Great Acceleration in industrialization and ...
Jan Zalasiewicz   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spread of Amazonian Freshwater Fishes Beyond Their Native Ranges

open access: yesFish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 56-67, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The spread and establishment of Amazonian species outside their native ranges through activities such as sport fishing, aquaculture, and the ornamental fish industry may lead to ecological changes in recipient ecosystems. We investigated the global distribution of Amazonian freshwater fish (AFF) and conducted a case study in the upper Paraná ...
Aymar Orlandi Neto   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Anthropocene and Its Contenders: Cross‐Disciplinary Tools for a Nationally Divided Humanity

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract Building on two essays previously published in Earth's Future, this Commentary aims to further and expand the debate by considering two indirectly correlated aspects: interdisciplinarity and internationalism, both of which can find a powerful ally in the notion of the Anthropocene.
Daniele Conversi
wiley   +1 more source

Nationalism in an Overheating World: An Introduction to Thomas Hylland Eriksen's Life and Works

open access: yes
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 34-37, January 2026.
Daniele Conversi
wiley   +1 more source

Darwinian natural selection: its enduring explanatory power. [PDF]

open access: yesProc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2012
Dimijian GG.
europepmc   +1 more source

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