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Recent changes to conservation of New Zealand’s native biodiversity [PDF]
, 2005 This paper presents some observations about recent changes to conservation in New Zealand. It is influenced by practical experience over the past 15 years, first as conservation planner employed by the Department of Conservation, then as an ...
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Balancing Landscape Preferences and Water Conservation in a Desert Community [PDF]
HortTechnology, 2004 We surveyed homeowners with residential landscapes in Las Cruces, N.M., to determine design features participants valued in their landscapes, their attitudes toward the landscape use of desert plants and opinions on factors that would encourage respondents to reduce landscape water use. We also determined whether the willingness to use desert plants in
Jane E. Spinti +2 more
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Landscape Integrated Soil and Water Conservation (LISWC) System for Sloping Landscapes in Atlantic Canada [PDF]
Agriculture, 2021 Soil and water are fundamental and precious resources for agriculture. In Atlantic Canada (AC), intensive agricultural production systems have led to detrimental environmental effects such as soil erosion and the contamination of receiving waters, posing significant threats to the resilience and sustainability of the agro-ecosystem.
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The legacy of 20th Century landscape change on today’s woodland carabid communities [PDF]
, 2017 Aim For many species, the effects of landscape change can involve a time lag and result in an extinction debt. The landscape matrix plays a vital role in supporting species populations.
Adriaens +56 more
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Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2021 Soil and water conservation (SWC) is being advocated as an integral part of agricultural land management as it not only controls/minimizes soil erosion but also restores/rehabilitates the degraded lands.
Mamush Masha +3 more
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Vernal Pool Conservation: Enhancing Existing Regulation Through the Creation of the Maine Vernal Pool Special Area Management Plan [PDF]
, 2019 Conservation of natural resources is challenging given the competing economic and ecological goals humans have for landscapes. Vernal pools in the northeastern US are seasonal, small wetlands that provide critical breeding habitat for amphibians and ...
Calhoun, Aram J. K. +2 more
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2021 Freshwater biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene escalates the need for successful environmental water management to sustain human benefitting ecosystem services.
Craig A. McLoughlin +3 more
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Parks, people and pixels: evaluating landscape effects of an East African national park on its surroundings [PDF]
, 2010 Landscapes surrounding protected areas, while still containing considerable biodiversity, have rapidly growing human populations and associated agricultural development in most of the developing world that tend to isolate them, potentially reducing their
Binford, Elizabeth +7 more
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Potential therapeutic targeting of BKCa channels in glioblastoma treatment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review summarizes current insights into the role of BKCa and mitoBKCa channels in glioblastoma biology, their potential classification as oncochannels, and the emerging pharmacological strategies targeting these channels, emphasizing the translational challenges in developing BKCa‐directed therapies for glioblastoma treatment.
Kamila Maliszewska‐Olejniczak +4 more
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Conserving California Landscapes: Five-Year Report [PDF]
, 2003 Provides a review at the close of a program that was designed to conserve large expanses of open space, farmlands, and wildlife habitat in three California regions: the Central Coast, the Central Valley, and the Sierra ...
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