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Diversified Rice Farms with Vegetable Plots and Flower Strips Are Associated with Fewer Pesticide Applications in the Philippines

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Ecological engineering is defined as the design of sustainable ecosystems for the benefit of both human society and the environment. In Southeast Asia, researchers have applied ecological engineering by diversifying farms using flower strips to restore ...
Finbarr G. Horgan   +3 more
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Inspirations Of Pope Francis’ Concept Of Integral Ecology

open access: yesSeminare, 2016
This article presents the cultural ideas as well as philosophical, social and scientific theories that shaped the concept of integral ecology presented by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si’.
Ryszard F. Sadowski
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Evolution of size-dependent flowering in a variable environment: construction and analysis of a stochastic integral projection model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Understanding why individuals delay reproduction is a classic problem in evolutionary biology. In plants, the study of reproductive delays is complicated because growth and survival can be size and age dependent, individuals of the same size can grow by ...
Dylan Z. Childs   +5 more
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Solving system of nonlinear integral equations by Newton-Kantorovich method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Newton-Kantorovich method is applied to obtain an approximate solution for a system of nonlinear Volterra integral equations which describes a large class of problems in ecology, economics, medicine and other fields.
Eshkuvatov, Zainidin K.   +3 more
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The Quest for Integral Ecology [PDF]

open access: yesIntegral Review, 2013
Integral ecology is an emerging paradigm in ecological theory and practice, with multiple and varied integral approaches to ecology having been proposed in recent decades.
Sam Mickey, Adam Robbert, Laura Reddick
doaj  

Spent Coffee Grounds Applied as a Top-Dressing or Incorporated into the Soil Can Improve Plant Growth While Reducing Slug Herbivory

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
Between 8 and 15 million tons of spent coffee grounds (SCG) are produced as global waste each year. To reduce waste to landfill, SCG are proposed as a carbon and nutrient source for degraded soils. SCG contain caffeine and other toxins that inhibit plant
Finbarr G. Horgan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homogenization techniques for population dynamics in strongly heterogeneous landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An important problem in spatial ecology is to understand how population-scale patterns emerge from individual-level birth, death, and movement processes.
Cobbold, Christina A., Yurk, Brian P.
core   +2 more sources

Effects of Intraspecific Competition and Larval Size on Bioconversion of Apple Pomace Inoculated with Black Soldier Fly

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
Waste from apple juice and cider industries (pomace) compares poorly against spent grains and other relatively high-nutrient wastes as a substrate for bioconversion by the black soldier fly (BSF: Hermetia illucens).
Finbarr G. Horgan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Language ecology and photographic sound in the McWorld [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The unique sounds of the world’s small-scale languages are being extinguished at an alarming rate. This article explores links between acoustic ecology and language ecology and outlines an approach to the creation of archive material as both source for ...
Wynne, John
core   +1 more source

Integrating Catholic Teachings into Education: Promoting Sustainable Practices Through Laudato Si’ in Lebanon

open access: yesReligions
Environmental challenges have become essential to study in today’s world because of the technical advancements and human achievements that have promoted an overestimation of human capabilities.
Nada Mallah Boustani
doaj   +1 more source

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