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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Purpose to Proof: Sustainability Framings and Substantiation Signals in Award‐Winning Advertising (2020–2025)

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on signaling theory, this exploratory content analysis examines how elite advertising awards operate as institutional gatekeepers for sustainability communication. A comparative corpus of award‐winning campaigns (2020–2025; N = 83) is used to trace observable substantiation signals rather than to verify sustainability performance or ...
Mehmet Yakın
wiley   +1 more source

Natura 2000-sites: Legal requirements for agricultural and forestry land-use

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2022
The agricultural and forestry use of land does not only mark large parts of the European Union, but also a significant share of land within the European ecological network Natura 2000. Member States, therefore, try to exempt as far as possible these land uses from the protection regime of Natura 2000-sites.
openaire   +4 more sources

Fecal Glucocorticoid and Androgen Metabolites in Eastern Gray Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) Following Environmental Relocation

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
Fecal glucocorticoid (GCM) and androgen metabolite (AM) concentrations were monitored for 3 months following the relocation of three eastern gray kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) between zoological facilities. Both metabolites showed high concentrations during the early postrelocation period, followed by a rapid decline and stabilization, suggesting ...
Laura Menchetti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling fisheries and habitat protection in Romanian coastal marine protected areas

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2014
The extension of the Natura 2000 European ecological network to the Romanian marine territory (1 site according to the Birds Directive requirements and eight sites according to the Habitats Directive requirements, one also being a natural reserve and one
Tania Zaharia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Twenty-Three Years of Land-Use Changes Induced Considerable Threats to the Main Wetlands of Sardinia and Sicily (Italy) along the Mediterranean Bird Flyways

open access: yesDiversity, 2021
Biodiversity loss has multiple causes, but habitat degradation through land-use change is the predominant driver. We investigated the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in preserving the main wetlands of the two largest islands of the Mediterranean
Alessandro Ferrarini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a Mediterranean coastal area: implications for dune conservation in a long‐term ecological research eLTER site

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates the taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a protected coastal dune system in Central Italy, revealing strong ecological associations between moth assemblages and dune zonation. Differences in species composition and trait attributes, along with the presence of habitat‐exclusive species, highlight the role of ...
Micaela del Valle Rasino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

New data on the distribution of the Italian agile frog Rana latastei Boulenger, 1879 in Slovenian Istra

open access: yesNatura Sloveniae, 2013
After the first confirmed record of the Italian agile frog in the Dragonja River Valley, a herpetological field survey was organized in 2012 to estimate the species range in this area.
David Stanković, Katja Poboljšaj
doaj   +1 more source

BirdNET: Automated Detection for Monitoring Critically Endangered Lemurs from the Maromizaha Forest

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of integrating PAM with BirdNET, a convolutional neural network originally developed for avian vocalization detection, to monitor two critically endangered lemurs, Indri indri and Varecia variegata, in Madagascar's Maromizaha rainforest.
Valeria Ferrario   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildfire incidence in Spanish Natura 2000 sites is largely explained by forest land cover

open access: yesiForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
The relationship between wildfires and protected areas remains controversial in Mediterranean regions, where several studies have reported a disproportionate incidence of fires within protected sites.
Enríquez-de-Salamanca
doaj   +1 more source

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