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"<i>Academic mountaineering</i>" in medicine: competition vs. cooperation and medical professionalism. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Costa PT, Colbachini PCM, Mello LS, Fraga AMA, Firmida MC, Marson FAL.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mid‐Domain Effect and Wooded Habitat Shape Mediterranean Reptile Communities

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Analyzing a large number of reptiles observed across protected areas in Central Italy, we tested whether the mid‐domain effect explains hump‐shaped richness–elevation patterns. Species richness was best predicted by the combined influence of geometric constraints and woodland cover, revealing two contrasting species clusters and offering a robust ...
Daniele Dendi, Lauren De Nardi, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The independent predictive effect of insomnia symptoms before high-altitude exposure on acute mountain sickness: an observational study of healthy volunteers at 2726 m. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Hou S, Jiang J, Huang Y, Liang Y, Zhou X, Li L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Alaska Mountaineering Literature Symposium

, 2009
Dr. David Stevenson, Director of UAA Creative Writing and Literary Arts Dept., leads a discussion about mountaineering literature with Clare Chesher, literary critic from the Department of English, UAA; Charlie Sassara, climber and owner of Alaska Rock ...
Chesher, Clare, Stevenson, David, Sherwonit, Bill, Sassara, Charlie   +3 more
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Time requirements of pre-acclimatization at simulated altitude to prevent acute mountain sickness. [PDF]

J Travel Med
Burtscher J, Hüfner K, Gatterer H, Pichler-Hefti J, Hefti U, Tannheimer M, Kleinsasser A, Hackett P, Burtscher M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Injury fear in mountaineering accidents: a study of Turkish mountaineers' experiences. [PDF]

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil
Ekinci E, Parlar FM, Ercan Ö, Tekin N, Sönmez BY, Üstün ÜD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mountain

Journal of General Internal Medicine
openaire   +4 more sources

Death Rates of Elite and Professional American Athletes During Early Adulthood are Lower than the General Population. [PDF]

Am J Lifestyle Med
Orchard JW, Harmon KG, Orchard ND, Chang CJ, Sardelich D, Orchard JJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source