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Many Perceptions, One Landscape [PDF]
, 2014 This paper relates an attempt to develop an integrated understanding of landscape values in the Akaroa Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand, as part of the author's PhD research. This case study sought to understand the landscape through the eyes of
Stephenson, Janet
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Landscape and habitat effects on pest control and seed predation by carabid beetles
Basic and Applied EcologyIn both natural and anthropogenic environments, predation by arthropods plays a crucial role in the control of weeds and pests. Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are key generalist predators feeding on a wide range of prey.
Giacomo Ortis +3 more
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The Effect of Farmers' Decisions on Pest Control with Bt Crops: A Billion Dollar Game of Strategy.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2015 A farmer's decision on whether to control a pest is usually based on the perceived threat of the pest locally and the guidance of commercial advisors.
Alice E Milne +7 more
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‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino +3 more
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Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.Beyond the green solvent paradigm, this review redefines Deep Eutectic Systems (DES) as programmable supramolecular nanoassemblies. We survey their biomedical convergence: stabilizing thermolabile mRNA to enable cold chain‐free logistics, reshaping transdermal microneedle delivery, enabling long‐term wearables via eutectogels, and utilizing Generative ...
Jeesu Moon, Min Seo Kim, Jae‐Seung Lee
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Landscape genetics of highly disturbed arable systems : insights gained from investigating a small mammal species [PDF]
, 2015 A large proportion of the earth’s surface is dedicated to food production, and agriculture is widely acknowledged to influence local biodiversity via habitat loss and degradation.
Wilson, Amanda
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Landscape as Archive is a collaborative creative research publication which explores a particular hyperlocality on the Altyre Estate, a Bronze Age cist site.
Hale, Alex, Wall, Gina
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Biological ControlUrban plantings are often faced with herbivorous pest outbreaks and thus require extensive management regimes to protect plant health. Scale insects are common landscape pests that are frequently controlled with various insecticides.
Amber R. Stiller +5 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón +38 more
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Antimetabolic effects of plant proteins on homopteran insect pests [PDF]
, 1993 Homopteran insect pests can cause severe economical damage to crop plants by both direct physical means and as vectors of plant viral diseases. They are notoriously difficult insects to control by conventional methods, primarily due to their ability to ...
Powell, K.S, Powell, Kevin Steven
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