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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka +7 more
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The comfort zone: Reflection on a taken-for-granted model [PDF]
, 2008 Reference to the comfort zone model is widespread within outdoor adventure education. It is based on the belief that when placed in a stressful situation people will respond by overcoming their hesitancy and grow.
Brown, Mike
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Oikos, EarlyView.Droughts, increasingly frequent under human‐driven climate change, are expected to intensify globally. Both pulsed and prolonged droughts can strongly affect organismal survival and population dynamics, potentially altering terrestrial communities and ecosystems.
Mattheau S. Comerford +14 more
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News from the international study Control of Adolescent Smoking : Smoking in Scottish schools [PDF]
, 2012 This study was funded by EC BIOMED II grant BMH4-CT98-3721,Transnational variation in prevalence of adolescent smoking: the role of national tobacco policies and the school and family environments.Publisher ...
Currie, Candace, Griesbach, D
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How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr +10 more
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Choosing Whether to Use Mobile Technology Outdoors
Education SciencesThe purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience behind the choice of whether to bring mobile technologies along while engaging in outdoor activities.
Trina J. Kilty
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Tourism in the outdoors : but whose outdoors?
, 2015 Using the outdoors for tourism, general recreation, and education is perceived to be environmentally friendly, but as numbers increase concerns of over-commercialisation, overcrowding, environmental degradation, and longterm sustainability issues of global warming and social inequity, are being raised. These problems are exacerbated because individuals
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Active outdoor play has been positioned in the literature as an opportunity to address concerns over climate (in)action and the rising trend of disconnection from the outdoors and nature. The objective of this systematic review was to examine associations between active outdoor play and people's connection to nature and/or environmental ...
Louise de Lannoy +10 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract While the physical and mental health benefits of greenspace exposure are well documented, ethnic minority communities in the United Kingdom continue to engage with these environments at disproportionately lower rates. This persistent disparity points to an oversight in existing literature, specifically regarding how these communities navigate ...
Andrew K. Palmer +5 more
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Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad & Divulgación Científica, 2010 La rúgula es una hortaliza que ha empezado a despertar interés como producto gourmet, por sus porciones comestibles en fresco, las hojas jóvenes; sin embargo, falta desarrollar tecnología para su producción y conocer sus características de crecimiento y ...
Fernando Colorado +2 more
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