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Landscape heterogeneity filters functional traits of rice arthropods in tropical agroecosystems

Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 3, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Biological control services of agroecosystems depend on the functional diversity of species traits. However, the relationship between arthropod traits and landscape heterogeneity is still poorly understood, especially in tropical rice agroecosystems, which harbor a high diversity of often specialized species.
Christophe Dominik, Ralf Seppelt, Finbarr G. Horgan, Josef Settele, Tomáš Václavík   +4 more
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A statistical model of land use/cover change integrating logistic and linear models: An application to agricultural abandonment

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2023
Several land use/cover change (LUCC) models have been developed to simulate future LUCC. However, current models work with the assumption that the input non-spatial variables are significant to the LUCC in hand and there is still a lack of model that ...
Ian Estacio, Corinthias P.M. Sianipar, Kenichiro Onitsuka, Mrittika Basu, Satoshi Hoshino   +4 more
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Inspired by Harold Conklin

Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2021
Harold C. Conklin (1926-2016) is without doubt one of the key figures in ethnobotany and environmental anthropology. His work is admired for, among other qualities, its precision and its level of « fine description ».
Gerard A. Persoon, Jan van der Ploeg, Merlijn van Weerd   +2 more
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Are Famine Food Plants Also Ethnomedicinal Plants? An Ethnomedicinal Appraisal of Famine Food Plants of Two Districts of Bangladesh

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Plants have served as sources of food and medicines for human beings since their advent. During famines or conditions of food scarcity, people throughout the world depend on unconventional plant items to satiate their hunger and meet their nutritional needs. Malnourished people often suffer from various diseases, much more than people eating a balanced
Fardous Mohammad Safiul Azam, Anup Biswas, Abdul Mannan, Nusrat Anik Afsana, Rownak Jahan, Mohammed Rahmatullah, Menaka C. Thounaojam   +6 more
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Resilience and adaptability of rice terrace social-ecological systems: a case study of a local community's perception in Banaue, Philippines

Ecology and Society, 2016
The social-ecological systems of rice terraces across Southeast Asia are the result of centuries of long-term interactions between human communities and their surrounding ecosystems.
Adam C. Castonguay, Benjamin Burkhard, Felix Müller, Finbarr G. Horgan, Josef Settele   +4 more
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Beyond Sustenance: Exploring the Cultural and Narrative Significance of Rice in Five Ifugao Narratives

Diversitas Journal
Ifugao is recognized worldwide for its Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and the Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT) inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995.
Karen Puguon, Joyce Arriola
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The Second Terrace: Reconnecting with Water and the Vernacular in the Ifugao Rice Terraces

Blue Papers
The traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) that is deeply embedded in the Ifugao Rice Terraces offers crucial insights for socio-ecological adaptation and resilience in times of climate change.
Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi, Shubham Majumder, Sara Sabry   +2 more
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Multiple Values and System Mechanisms of Rice Terrace Systems from the Perspective of Heritage Comparison

Fengjing Yuanlin
ObjectiveTerraced fields are common around the world, and those with high quality, such as Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in China, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera in the Philippines, and Subak Irrigation System in Indonesia, have all been listed ...
Yuliang YANG, Xuerun YU, Yuanmei JIAO, Songlin SUN   +3 more
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An aquatic wild plant as a keystone species in a traditional Philippine rice growing system: its agroecological implications

Annals of Tropical Research, 2000
In the province of Ifugao, Northern Luzon, Philippines rice cultivation on irrigated terraces has been practiced since centuries ago. The traditional system is characterized by one harvest per year from permanently flooded fields.The macrophyte Najas ...
Konrad Martin, Joachim Sauerborn
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Changing the traditional land use system of the world renowned Ifugao rice terraces

Annals of Tropical Research, 1994
The rice terraces in the mountains of Northern Luzon are an ecologically balanced agricultural system developed by the Ifugao cultural communities. It is closely connected to swiddens and forests, and intensively interrelated to the social life of the ...
Josef Margraf, Paciencia P. Milan
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