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Solent Disturbance and Mitigation Project Phase II: Predicting the impact of human disturbance on overwintering birds in the Solent. [PDF]
, 2012 The Solent coastline provides feeding grounds for internationally protected populations of overwintering waders and wildfowl, and is also extensively used for recreation.
West, Andrew D. +3 more
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A nonlinear disturbance observer for robotic manipulators [PDF]
, 2000 A new nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO) for robotic manipulators is derived in this paper. The global exponential stability of the proposed disturbance observer (DO) is guaranteed by selecting design parameters, which depend on the maximum velocity ...
Chen, W.H. +2 more
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Land, 2022 Urban soils can contribute to organic carbon sequestration. The socioeconomic drivers of soil organic carbon (SOC) in urban areas may differ between regions due to the different land tenure and its derived green space management regimes.
Jifeng Du +4 more
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Development of a Landscape-Based Multi-Metric Index to Assess Wetland Health of the Poyang Lake
Remote Sensing, 2022 Human-induced changes in landscapes are one of the major drivers of wetland loss and degradation. The Poyang Lake wetland in China has been experiencing severe degradation due to human disturbance and landscape modification.
Dandan Liu +10 more
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Plants, 2022 Anthropogenic activities, such as the movement of plants through greening, can result in genetic disturbance that can interfere with local adaptation in wild populations.
Keita Watanabe +6 more
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The Solent Disturbance & Mitigation Project Phase II – On-site visitor survey results from the Solent region [PDF]
, 2010 This report sets out the results of the on-site visitor survey component of the Solent Disturbance and Mitigation project. The work was commissioned by the Solent Forum in response to concerns over the impact of recreational pressure on features of the ...
Liley, D. +2 more
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Diversity, 2021 Exurban development is a prevalent cause of habitat loss and alteration throughout the globe and is a common land-use pattern in areas of high natural amenity value.
Michale J. Glennon, Heidi E. Kretser
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Climate warming and human disturbance are known to be key drivers in causing range contraction of many species, but quantitative assessment on their distinctive and interactive effects on local disappearance is still rare.
Defeng Bai +6 more
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Animals, 2021 Tropical forests comprise a critically impacted habitat, and it is known that altered forests host a lower diversity of mammal communities. In this study, we investigated the mammal communities of two areas in Myanmar with similar environmental ...
Giacomo Cremonesi +11 more
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Ecotourism disturbances to non-human primates [PDF]
Zoological Research, 2013 In tandem with economic growth and rising living conditions, ecotourism has increasingly gained popularity among the Chinese public. Non-human primates, as charismatic animals and the closest relatives of human beings, have shown a strong affinity in attracting the general public and raising money, and for that reason a variety of monkey parks, valleys,
FAN, Peng-Lai, XIANG, Zuo-Fu
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