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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract In the western United States, conservation practitioners are increasingly working with private landowners to restore habitat for North American beavers (Castor canadensis) and to use nonlethal mitigation techniques when beavers damage crops and infrastructure.
Brian D. Erickson, Megan S. Jones
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La necesaria investigación de los sistemas de calefacción urbana en la docencia del Urbanismo [PDF]
, 2011 A pesar de que la influencia de las infraestructuras urbanas en la práctica profesional del urbanismo es evidente, los arquitectos urbanistas que se forman en las Escuelas de Arquitectura que existen en España, reciben escasa información sobre esta ...
Eguaras-Martínez, M. (María) +1 more
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Revista de Salud Ambiental, 2018 Las amebas de vida libre (AVL) son protozoos ubicuos, presentes en suelos y en ecosistemas acuáticos naturales y artificiales. Participan en los procesos de depuración desarrollados en las Estaciones Depuradoras de Aguas Residuales (EDAR), convirtie ...
María Benito +8 more
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Historia contemporánea, 2019 En el último tercio del siglo XIX el crecimiento demográfico y la expansión urbana agravaron los problemas de hacinamiento y salubridad en las grandes urbes europeas.
Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal +1 more
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Harnessing social media data to track species range shifts
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity monitoring programs and citizen science data remain heavily biased toward the Global North. Especially in megadiverse countries with limited biodiversity records, incorporating social media data can help address existing data gaps.
Shawan Chowdhury +15 more
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Fragmentación de los hábitats de la Red Natura 2000 afectados por el PEIT (Plan Estratégico de Infraestructuras y Transporte) [PDF]
, 2008 En este artículo se presentan nuevos resultados obtenidos a raíz del proyecto fin de carrera del primer autor (Martín, 2006). En este proyecto se utilizó una metodología basada en SIG diseñada para trabajar a escalas propias del planeamiento territorial ...
Mancebo Quintana, Santiago +3 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Stelios Katsanevakis +7 more
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Política y Sociedad, 2005 Measuring quality in tourism requests to study not just tourists’ satisfaction with different services —total quality— but tourism’s contribution to sustainable and integral development in host societies.
Antón Álvarez Sousa*
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity is globally threatened by human impacts, including land‐use transformation and climate change, which has prompted a rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) energy. However, utility‐scale PV plants require vast areas and can lead to conflicts with biodiversity conservation, making ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno +10 more
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Risks of concealing environmental degradation
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Matt W. Hayward +8 more
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