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The interdependence between biodiversity and socioeconomic variables on a local level: evidence for german counties [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores possible interdependence of biodiversity and several socioeconomic and political factors at the county level. It is aimed at the empirical identification of direct and indirect effects between biodiversity (loss) and their theoretical
Wolfgang Völkl, Angela Münch
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Global change in mountain regions: The Mountain Research Initiative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) promotes and coordinates research on global change in mountain regions around the world. In its seven years of existence it has actively participated in the design of the international research agenda, as noted by ...

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Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-omics analysis Taiwanofungus gaoligongensis fermentation with traditional Chinese medicine

open access: yesAMB Express
This study employed a multi-omics approach to investigate the accumulation of bioactive terpenoids and flavonoids in Taiwanofungus gaoligongensis during liquid culture supplemented with traditional Chinese medicine materials, including Coix lacryma-jobi ...
Tingwen He   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eva M. Mountain Diary, 1965-1969

open access: yes, 1965
Diary, 1965-1969 of Eva M. Mountain (1915-1997) of Dover, Foxcroft, Maine. In brief daily entries she described daily chores and social life of herself and her husband Clifton R. Mountain. She would have been 50 years old at the time and makes references
Mountain, Eva M.
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Insect communities of late Pleistocene steppe–tundra and Holocene boreal forest ecosystems in central Yukon Territory, Canada

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Subfossil insect communities from the Quartz Creek site provide a detailed record of both Late Pleistocene steppe–tundra and Holocene boreal forest ecosystems in central Yukon Territory, Canada. Fifteen Pleistocene assemblages (marine isotope stages [MIS] 4 to 2) are dominated by steppe–tundra and dry‐tundra taxa, particularly the weevils ...
Scott L. Cocker   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Species Delimitation Within Amolops mantzorum (David, 1872), with a Description of a New Subspecies (Anura, Ranidae)

open access: yesAnimals
Accurate species delimitation benefits detailed biological descriptions and conservation practices. In this study, we focus on a frog species distributed throughout the western edge of Sichuan Basin, China, the Sichuan torrent frog—Amolops mantzorum ...
Tianyu Qian   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated land use modelling of agri-environmental measures to maintain biodiversity at landscape level [PDF]

open access: yes
Integrated land use models (ILM) are increasingly applied tools for the joint assessment of complex economic-environmental farming system interactions.
Schauppenlehner, Thomas   +2 more
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Holocene vegetation change and fire–plant diversity shifts in Mediterranean France

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in fire activity are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and vegetation communities across the Mediterranean Basin. However, long‐term fire–vegetation interactions remain poorly investigated. Here, we combine a high‐resolution charcoal record with pollen data from the “Étang des Aulnes” lake (southern France) to reconstruct ...
Cécile Latapy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Characteristics of a Novel Bibenzyl Synthase (DoBS1) Gene from Dendrobium officinale Catalyzing Dihydroresveratrol Synthesis

open access: yesMolecules
Bibenzyl compounds are one of the most important bioactive components of natural medicine. However, Dendrobium officinale as a traditional herbal medicine is rich in bibenzyl compounds and performs functions such as acting as an antioxidant, inhibiting ...
Shao-Guo Zhou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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