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Domestic cat penetrability into rural and natural habitats of the Iberian Peninsula
Free‐roaming domestic cats in the Iberian Peninsula regularly venture into rural and natural areas, with some individuals travelling over 2 km from their homes. Our GPS tracking data from 64 cats reveal that younger, neutered and owned cats show larger home ranges and greater penetration into natural habitats, raising concerns for native biodiversity ...
Francisco Palomares, Ariadna Sanglas
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Terroir and rootstock effects on leaf shape in California Central Valley vineyards
The innumerable effects of terroir—including climate, soil, microbial environment, biotic interactions, and cultivation practice—collectively alter plant performance and production. A more direct agricultural intervention is grafting, in which genetically distinct shoot and root genotypes are surgically combined to create a chimera that alters shoot ...
Zoë Migicovsky +10 more
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More than food production: Assemblages of values underpinning women‐led agroecological initiatives
Abstract Agroecology advocates the transformation to sustainable agri‐food systems by renouncing production maximization and holistically integrating ecological and social aspects. The new peasantry fosters such sustainable agri‐food systems based on agroecological principles, driven by values of care for nature and people.
Beatriz Vizuete +4 more
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Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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Implementación de buenas prácticas agrícolas para la gestión ambiental rural
Los sistemas rurales han sido sometidos a un proceso de conversión creciente que ha provocado grandes cambios estructurales y funcionales en los agroecosistemas de la región.
Ailin SOMOZA +2 more
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Las implicaciones a la salud del trabajador agrícola por el uso de plaguicidas se constituyen en una de las mayores preocupaciones actuales en materia sanitaria, debido al uso indiscriminado de los mismos y la posible no aplicación de controles que ...
Candelaria Gordon Morante +1 more
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Human management of ongoing evolutionary processes in agroecosystems
Agricultural sustainability depends on the adaptation of crops to their local environment. Smallholder farmers who save seed provide an essential “evosystem” service by growing locally adapted seed varieties that can recruit biodiversity to enhance their growth and defense. While professional plant breeding has diverted evolutionary processes away from
Alicia Mastretta‐Yanes +9 more
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El objetivo de la investigación fue tipificar y analizar las actitudes, percepciones de riesgo y objetivos de los agricultores de chile seco en la adopción de innovaciones tecnológicas en Zacatecas, México.
Blanca Isabel Sánchez-Toledano +4 more
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El trabajo analiza la importancia de la diversidad vegetal en los agroecosistemas y los efectos de la intensificación de las prácticas agrícolas y del paisaje sobre la diversidad vegetal. La revisión de diversos estudios llevados a cabo por el equipo de
F.X. Sans +6 more
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Soberanía alimentaria y salud: perspectivas de tres pueblos indígenas de Colombia. [PDF]
Calderón Farfán JC +2 more
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