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Bio‐Inspired Optimisation Methods Applied to Low Carbon Power and Energy Problems: A Survey

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bio‐inspired optimisation methods have been widely applied to complex real‐world problems, particularly in low‐carbon power and energy systems, where optimisation tasks often involve high‐dimensional, constrained and mixed‐integer characteristics.
Tianyu Hu, Shihao Zhao, Yuanjun Guo, Linxin Zhang, Zhile Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elephant barrier behaviors in response to conflict mitigation fences. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation issue, particularly in lower income countries, where it affects marginalized people and leads to the extirpation of threatened species. Managers increasingly use fences to reduce this conflict but lack evidence on the effectiveness of these barriers, especially on whether this reduces the number ...
Gonçalves D, Smith RJ, O'Neill HMK.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Homo‐epitaxy and twinning produce complex nanostructures in cryogenic calcite

Journal of Applied Crystallography, EarlyView.
A transmission electron microscopy study of cryogenic calcite samples reveals the homo‐epitaxial intergrowths of {1120}//{1120}rotated, {0001}//{1100} and {1102}//{1108} interfaces, all being energetically favorable, along with their cooperation with {1014} twinning.Calcite is famous for the rich diversity of oriented crystal growths.
Péter Németh, Marco Bruno, Dino Aquilano, Zsombor Molnár   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns, Trends, and Issues of Illicit Wildlife Hunting and Trade: Analysis Based on African Environmental Ethics [PDF]

, 2017
The creation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 has significantly altered the dynamics of trade in fauna and flora.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pluralistic Research Designs in Management and Organization Studies: Integrating Paradigms Through Structural and Anti‐structural Frameworks

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper focuses on pluralistic research designs in management and organization studies. While advocates often present such approaches as a means of reconciling practical relevance with scientific rigour, their philosophical coherence remains underexplored, particularly in relation to the paradigm debates of the 1980s and 1990s. Our analysis
Nicholas Black
wiley   +1 more source

Project orange elephant is a conflict specific holistic approach to mitigating human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka. [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2020
Dharmarathne C, Fernando C, Weerasinghe C, Corea R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Conceptual colour: race, economic knowledge, and the anthropology of financialization De la couleur comme concept : race, connaissances économiques et anthropologie de la financiarisation

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Economic anthropologists now carry out fieldwork in settings for which the ethnographic method was never designed, amongst powerful financial actors who are notoriously difficult to access, and in contexts which transcend geographical boundaries. This has engendered a re‐orientation of anthropology, to consider not only the economic lives of people but
Kimberly Chong
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation Strategies for Xishuangbanna: Assessing Habitat Quality Using the InVEST Model and Human–Elephant Conflict Risk with Geographic Information System

Diversity
Xishuangbanna, located in southern Yunnan, China, is a vital tropical rainforest reserve supporting rich biodiversity, including the endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Increasing human activities, such as urbanization and agricultural expansion,
Haixia Tang, Li Li, Chunping Pang, Timothy James Slate, Patrick Giraudoux, Eve Afonso, Hongyan Guo, Gongsheng Wu, Li Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source