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Managing the development of nurse plant species to improve tree growth and soil fertility in Mediterranean areas [PDF]
, 2008 In the Mediterranean basin, overexploitation has lead to the loss of most primeval forests and an increase of the surface area covered by shrublands that represent stages of degradation of mature forests.
Dreyfus, Bernard +6 more
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The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne +1 more
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Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología, 2011 Solventogenic and acidogenic Clostridium has been characterized by biochemical, physiological and molecular techniques. These microorganisms have been classified into four groups but these may not necessarily be the only four exclusive groups; in fact ...
D. Montoya +4 more
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Biota NeotropicaAbstract: Can differences in biological attributes related to seed germination and seedling development between phylogenetically close native species and invasive non-native species help explain biological invasion potential in subtropical forests? Can the expression of these attributes vary according to different conditions of light when assessed ...
Amanda Angélica Carmes +3 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Nuovi dati sull’espansione di Parkinsonia aculeata (Caeasalpinaceae) in Sicilia [PDF]
, 2013 New data about the expansion of Parkinsonia aculeata L. (Caesalpinaceae) in Sicily are reported. The species, cultivated as ornamental, has known as a naturalized since 1977.
BAZAN, Giuseppe +2 more
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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
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Adam Smith and the monetary approach to the balance of payments [PDF]
An abstract for this article is not available.Monetary policy ; Economic ...
Thomas M. Humphrey
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms are increasingly looking into carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a set of options to take past emissions of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Often two basic categories of CDR are distinguished: nature‐based solutions, such as planting trees or restoring wetlands, and technology‐based solutions, such as various forms of carbon capture ...
Sabrina Mili +3 more
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