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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022 North America’s boreal forest contains some of the largest remaining intact and wild ecosystems in the world. However, human activities are systematically reducing its extent. Consequently, forest intactness and human influence maps are increasingly used
Pierre R. Vernier +7 more
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Human density and sampling time explain richness of anurans in the brazilian biomes
Caldasia, 2021 Anuran richness patterns are strongly influenced by environmental factors. However, investigations on this issue have focused on the influence of abiotic factors without considering the joint effect of many existing variables, including the data sampling
Arielson dos Santos Protázio +2 more
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Distribution update, conservation status and color in life of the rare Amazonian snake, Eutrachelophis papilio Zaher and Prudente 2019 (Serpentes: Xenodontini) [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaThe rare Amazonian snake Eutrachelophis papilio is known from only five individuals, from four localities, belonging to its type-series, the more recent collected over 10 years ago.
Nathalie CITELI +2 more
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Human impacts on the world’s raptors
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Raptors are emblematic of the global biodiversity crisis because one out of five species are threatened with extinction and over half have declining populations due to human threats. Yet our understanding of where these “threats” impact raptor species is
Christopher J. O’Bryan +19 more
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Evaluation of the status of ecological quality of tropical estuaries using meiofauna as biological indicators on the Northeast coast of Brazil (7°S) [PDF]
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia: Aim The status of ecological quality (EcoQ) has been used as a tool of ecological evaluation of water bodies based on benthic communities. It has been extensively used in temperate estuaries, but its usage for tropical environments has not been tested
Sebastião Tilbert +1 more
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Investigating the Impact of Natural Resources and Human Capital on Iran's Ecological Footprint [PDF]
حکمرانی و توسعه, 2023 In recent years, dealing with environmental degradation has been raised as a concern for developed and developing countries around the world. Human capital, economic growth and natural resources are all effective factors in sustainable development and ...
Fateme Abdollahi, Simin Ghaderi
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 The human footprint index (HFI) is an extensively used tool for interpreting the accelerating pressure of humanity on Earth. Up to now, the process of creating the HFI has required significant data and modeling, and updated versions of the index often ...
Patrick W Keys +2 more
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Mapping and Evaluating Human Pressure Changes in the Qilian Mountains
Remote Sensing, 2021 Human activities have dramatically changed ecosystems. As an irreplaceable ecological barrier in western China, the Qilian Mountains (QLM) provide various ecosystem services for humans.
Quntao Duan +4 more
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Readability Indices Do Not Say It All on a Text Readability
Analytics, 2023 We propose a universal readability index, GU, applicable to any alphabetical language and related to cognitive psychology, the theory of communication, phonics and linguistics.
Emilio Matricciani
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Severe human pressures in the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 We assess the magnitude and the extent of recent change of significant human footprint within protected areas, key biodiversity areas and the habitat range of 308 lowland forest specialist birds in Sundaland, a global hotspot of biodiversity in Southeast
Megha Verma +8 more
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