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REPRESENTING POLLUTION AT THE AGRARIAN–URBAN FRONTIER: Participatory Documentary Film‐Making in Bar Elias, Lebanon

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon has become increasingly polluted, and residents are attributing illness to improper waste disposal and dumping. This article explores local epistemologies of pollution’s causes and effects in three films, which were researched and produced by local residents of Bar Elias, a small town in the Beqaa, which has rapidly
Hannah Sender, Hanna Baumann, Joana Dabaj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing alternative strategies to control almond red leaf blotch through the reduction of Polystigma amygdalinum inoculum in leaf litter. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Pons-Solé G, Aparicio-Durán L, Luque J, Torguet L, Miarnau X.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Diatoms Reduce Decomposition of and Fungal Abundance on Less Recalcitrant Leaf Litter via Negative Priming. [PDF]

Microb Ecol, 2023
Feckler A, Baudy-Groh P, Friedrichs L, Gonçalves S, Lüderwald S, Risse-Buhl U, Bundschuh M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THE NIGHT: Discovering Community and Care in Night Shift Work

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Within the burgeoning attention being paid to the night‐time economy (NTE) in and by cities, the demands and impacts of night work have gathered increasingly scholarly attention. Research has centred on the darker side of these, pointing to workers' precarity and vulnerability. What if we attend also to a ‘brighter side’ of the night and night
Jesse Mentha, Anna Edwards, Alison Young, Michele Acuto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass decomposition dynamics and soil microbial community changes during the photodegradation process of leaf litter from three plant species in hyper-arid deserts. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fan L, Lin L, Li X.
europepmc   +1 more source

The influence of weevil herbivory on leaf litter chemistry in dioecious willows. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Ramstack Hobbs JM, Garthwaite IJ, Lancaster L, Moffett-Dobbs JA, Johnson K, Criss N, McConathy V, James CA, Gipe A, Claeson SM, LeRoy CJ.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Home foreclosure discounts in auctions without reserve prices

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article estimates foreclosure discounts in Cape Town, South Africa, where, until 2019, foreclosure auctions occurred without reserve prices. Using newly constructed data linking sheriff auction notices to the universe of property transactions, rich property characteristics, and municipal service‐request records, I document large ...
Allan Davids
wiley   +1 more source

A metatranscriptomic exploration of fungal and bacterial contributions to allochthonous leaf litter decomposition in the streambed. [PDF]

PeerJ
Deep A, Sieber G, Boden L, David GM, Baikova D, Buchner D, Starke J, Stach TL, Reinders T, Hadžiomerović U, Beszteri S, Probst AJ, Boenigk J, Beisser D.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil and leaf litter ants from the Amazon Region offer new distribution records for Colombia. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
Arredondo BS, Carreño-Guevara Y, Gutierrez-Villanueva Y, Duran-Bautista EH, Gamboa-Tabares J, Guerrero RJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source