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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Concept for Territory Development of Yunost and Konnyi Islands

Проект Байкал, 2016
To create a comfortable city, which uses maximum recreational potential, we propose a concept for the park that integrates two basic typologies: one of a city park with a number of urban amenities, infrastructure, anchor objects and a protected ...
Alexandra Kozak
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Recreational infrastructure in Slovenia: Characteristics and spatial distribution

Zbornik radova – VI Kongres geografa Srbije sa medunarodnim ucešcem - zbornik radova
High-quality recreation contributes significantly to life satisfaction. In recent decades, this field has experienced intense changes. Recreational activities and their popularity are changing, even if the core of the most common activities (walking, hiking, cycling, swimming...) remains fairly stable.
Dejan Cigale, Barbara Lampič, Naja Marot, Pina Petrović-Jesenovec, Lea Rebernik, Jasna Sitar, Gregor Starc   +6 more
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Influence of Urban Recreation and Infrastructural Resources on the Development of Tourist Destinations

, 2022
O artigo é dedicado à consideração dos aspectos socioeconômicos do desenvolvimento dos destinos turísticos urbanos. Uma cidade como destino turístico é um povoado que possui um número suficiente de recursos turísticos e recreativos, instalações de infra-estruturas sociais, pelo menos um tipo de acessibilidade de transportes, posicionando-se como centro
Solomina, Irina, Tsapuk, Dmitry, Isaeva, Olga, Shadskaja, Irina, Kapustin, Ivan   +4 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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Modeling Commodity Flow as a Statistical Function of Lock Unavailability and Usage [PDF]

, 2018
The inland waterway system in the United States allows for the transportation of commodities, and interruptions to the system can have remarkable economic consequences.
McGee, Grace
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Greater Resistencia Study Case: Greenfield and Increased Densification [PDF]

, 2012
. This paper focuses on one of the relevant issues of the phenomena of urban expansion and densification, i.e. the lack of planning of public greenfields.
Perez, M. (Malena), Schneider, V. (Valeria)   +1 more
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Urban green infrastructure and recreational patterns: A 3D geospatial data analysis

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Nora Fagerholm, Topi Tanhuanpää, Kamyar Hasanzadeh, Anna Kajosaari, Tiina Rinne, Markus Holpainen, Marketta Kyttä   +6 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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