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Prioritization of measures to reduce the risks of man-made emergencies taking into account the contribution of scenarios to overall uncertainty

Вестник Университета гражданской защиты МЧС Беларуси
Purpose. Development of a quantitative measure of the contribution of emergency scenarios to the overall uncertainty of the risk of man-made emergencies at fuel and energy facilities, based on the entropy of the system, the informational significance of ...
Romina M. Kretsu, Anatoliy V. Rybakov
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Summer habitat use of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) in response to winter livestock grazing in the alpine steppe Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2018
Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae), burrowing lagomorphs endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), are considered pests by Chinese authorities because of their association with grasslands that are characterized as degraded.
Badingquiying, Andrew T. Smith, Richard B. Harris   +2 more
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PRNP Sequences of Tibetan Antelope, Blue Sheep, and Plateau Pika from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Reactivity of PrP Proteins to Rodent-Adapted Scrapie Strains in RT-QuIC and PMCA

Zoonoses, 2023
Tibetan antelope ( Rhinopithecus ), blue sheep ( Pseudois nayauris ), and plateau pika ( Ochotona curzoniae ) are wild animals living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Yue-Zhang Wu, Jing-Xing Wu, Xue-Hua Yang, Shan Lu, Kang Xiao, Dong-Dong Chen, Li-Ping Gao, Qi Shi, Jian-Guo Xu, Xiao-Ping Dong   +9 more
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Extrapolation strategy matters when transferring ecological niche models: new visualization tools for informed decisions

Ecography, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological niche models (ENMs) are commonly used to predict species' potential distributions across space and time, allowing researchers and practitioners to assess invasion risk, estimate the impacts of future climate change, and reconstruct past distributions.
Gonzalo E. Pinilla‐Buitrago, Jamie M. Kass, Robert P. Anderson   +2 more
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
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Climate Tolerances and Habitat Requirements Jointly Shape the Elevational Distribution of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps), with Implications for Climate Change Effects. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Some of the most compelling examples of ecological responses to climate change are elevational range shifts of individual species, which have been observed throughout the world.
Leah H Yandow, Anna D Chalfoun, Daniel F Doak   +2 more
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A highland-adaptation mutation of the Epas1 protein increases its stability and disrupts the circadian clock in the plateau pika

Cell Reports, 2022
Summary: The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) harbors hundreds of species well adapted to its extreme conditions, including its low-oxygen (hypoxic) atmosphere.
Na Liu, Hongni Tian, Ziqing Yu, Haijiao Zhao, Wenjing Li, Di Sang, Keteng Lin, Yilin Cui, Meimei Liao, Zhancong Xu, Chen Chen, Ying Guo, Yibing Wang, Huan-wei Huang, Jiawen Wang, He Zhang, Wei Wu, He Huang, Shengqing Lv, Zhenqian Guo, Wei Wang, Sanduo Zheng, Fengchao Wang, Yanming Zhang, Tao Cai, Eric Erquan Zhang   +25 more
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Effects of timed LED regimes on tomato plant traits, performance of two‐spotted spider mites, and predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis)

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2300-2311, April 2025.
Light‐emitting diode (LED)‐based treatments for enhancing crop production and pest management have primarily focused on continuous treatments. This study, using Tetranychus urticae and Phytoseiulus persimilis, demonstrates that the timing of LED supplementation is crucial for designing integrated pest management strategies that improve both plant ...
Patrice Savi, Samantha Hall, Maria Hernandez, Anil Mantri, Daniel Kliebenstein, Christian Nansen   +5 more
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Suitable habitat of Himalayan wolf in Upper Mustang, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Decades ago, the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco, a genetically distinct sub‐species of the gray wolf Canis lupus, faced persecution by local communities in the Nepalese Himalayas. Recently, wolf populations have returned and recolonized, sparking concerns about conflicts over livestock depredation, and emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive ...
Deu Bahadur Rana, Jhamak Bahadur Karki, HimLal Shrestha, Thakur Silwal, Bikash Ghimire, Bikram Shrestha   +5 more
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Phenology drives asymmetric responses of ecosystem productivity stability to warming and cooling

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem productivity stability is a key indicator of ecosystem functioning under climate change, but the role of cooling periods in increasingly variable climates remains poorly resolved.
Yao Wei, Yuzhang Li, Jiangqin Song, Mingli Ding, Shiping Wang, Xin Jing, Fandong Meng, Jinjiao Hu, Tianyuan Tan, Bo Fan, Yuting Lan, Zhenhua Zhang   +11 more
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