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Zoo Biology, EarlyView.This study established the first fecal hormonal reference values (P4/E2) for the Greater Caribbean manatee. Using non‐invasive ELISA, the authors found no significant differences between mature and immature females, highlighting that long‐term monitoring and ultrasounds are essential to fully understand their complex reproductive cycles.
Vanessa Bermúdez‐Cardona +3 more
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Forest Ecosystems, 2019 Background Forest productivity has a pivotal role in human well-being. Vegetation quantity, niche complementarity, mass-ratio, and soil resources are alternative/complementary ecological mechanisms driving productivity.
Ariel Isaías Ayma-Romay +1 more
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How vulnerable are amphibians to climate change? A mechanistic perspective
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Amphibians are frequently identified as highly vulnerable to climate change, yet the mechanisms driving this sensitivity remain uncertain. Approaches that explicitly link physiological mechanisms to environmental variation provide powerful tools for forecasting climate ...
Eric A. Riddell +2 more
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InsectsThis study considered using insect families as bioindicators to establish the health status of an ecosystem of lentic bodies. The water quality in urban lentic bodies in the Metropolitan Region, Chile, was evaluated from aquatic insect family assemblages
Sebastián Rodríguez +4 more
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Plant communities of high-Andean bofedal wetlands across a trans-Andean transect in southern Peru [PDF]
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)Aims: Ecosystems of the Tropical Andes include plant communities above 4,000 m in elevation, associated with wetlands known as bofedales. To enhance our understanding of them, we surveyed bofedal plant communities in the Peruvian Andes.
Mónica Maldonado-Fonkén +3 more
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Andares: Revista de Derechos Humanos y de la Naturaleza, 2023 La naturaleza, como generadora de los elementos esenciales para sostener la vida en el planeta, parece no estar representada en términos de conceptualización dentro de la normativa formal.
Oscar Mauricio Sánchez Nivicela
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Raza y naturaleza humana [PDF]
, 2011 La mayoría de los académicos sostienen que «la raza» no tiene relación con la naturaleza humana. Una minoría asevera que la tiene. Yo creo que «la raza» es una categoría cultural que puede convertirse en parte materializada de la experiencia humana ...
Peter Wade
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When and why to give shorebirds a head start
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson +4 more
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npj Climate ActionPayment for Ecosystem Services (PES) can promote different types of governance arrangements to address the triple challenge of biodiversity loss, climate change and air pollution.
Anahí Ocampo-Melgar +6 more
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Características y enfoques de los proyectos sobre cambio climático en Costa Rica de 2011 a 2022
Tecnología en Marcha, 2022 Con el fin de contribuir a una mejor toma de decisiones para enfrentar el cambio climático, la UICN analizó 43 proyectos sobre cambio climático en Costa Rica cuyo periodo de ejecución va del 2012 a 2022.
Melissa Marín-Cabrera
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