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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Source/Sink Patterns of Disturbance and Cross-Scale Mismatches in a Panarchy of Social-Ecological Landscapes

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2008
Land-use change is one of the major factors affecting global environmental change and represents a primary human effect on natural systems. Taking into account the scales and patterns of human land uses as source/sink disturbance systems, we describe a ...
Nicola Zaccarelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resisting the Great Endarkenment: On the Future of Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Elijah Millgram’s book The Great Endarkenment takes philosophy to task for failing to note the kinds of creatures we are (serial hyperspecializers) and what that means for philosophy.
Douglas, Heather
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Local and landscape effects of field margins on aerially dispersing beneficial insects and spiders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Field margins were implemented in UK agri-environment schemes with the aim to increase farmland biodiversity. Recently aerially dispersing aphid enemies have been shown to provide the majority of aphid control in winter wheat fields but there is a lack ...
Oaten, Heather, Oaten, Heather
core   +1 more source

Harnessing Large Language Models to Advance Microbiome Research: From Sequence Analysis to Clinical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Large language models are transforming microbiome research by enabling advanced sequence profiling, functional prediction, and association mining across complex datasets. They automate microbial classification and disease‐state recognition, improving cross‐study integration and clinical diagnostics.
Jieqi Xing   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban heat island patterns and their dynamics based on an urban climate measurement network

open access: yesHungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2016
In this paper the spatial pattern of Urban Heat Island (UHI) and its dynamical background are analysed. Furthermore, we examined the annual, seasonal and diurnal characteristics of UHI according to the Local Climate Zones (LCZs).
Tamás Gál, Nóra Skarbit, János Unger
doaj   +1 more source

Applying Landscape Ecology in Local Planning, Some Experiences. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Eikaas IL   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatially explicit landscape modelling: current practices and challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
International audienceIn the past 30 years, the notion of landscape has emerged in ecology as a result of both theoretical strategies and practical aspects of land use.
Gaucherel, Cédric, Houet, Thomas
core   +1 more source

Digital Agriculture: Past, Present, and Future

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Digital agriculture integrates Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to enhance efficiency and sustainability in farming. This review outlines its evolution, current applications, and future directions, highlighting both technological advances and key challenges for global implementation.
Xiaoding Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

You are what you eat – The influence of polyphagic and monophagic diet on the flight performance of bees

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Movement performance of insects is an important measure of physiological fitness and is likely affected by novel stressors associated with global change.
Jula‐Klarissa Krüger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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