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Using Visual Systems Mapping to Improve Transparency and Comparability of Life Cycle Assessment Baseline Scenarios

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Visual systems mapping is a systems engineering approach used to represent complex processes and interactions. This study evaluates its application for documenting assumptions in life cycle assessment (LCA) baseline scenarios. In LCA, the baseline or reference case represents the business as usual system against which changes in impacts (e.g.,
Maggie R. Davis, Steven Conrad
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The effects of moose and pine density on browsing damage in Swedish pine forests

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Moose Alces alces is a culturally and economically important game species in Sweden, but their browsing on regenerating Scots pine trees Pinus sylvestris often causes extensive damage to the production and quality of timber. Forest and wildlife managers are faced with the dilemma of how to reduce damage to timber trees while also supporting moose ...
Oskar Franklin, Christer Kalén, Annika M. Felton, Märtha Wallgren   +3 more
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Hunting as anthropogenic sink of biomass or source of carrion? A brief case study based on German hunting bags

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Dead biomass is a crucial nutrient source for ecosystems. Although hunting residues can subsidize numerous scavenging organisms and are known to drive important zoogeochemical processes at very different scales in the ecosystem, this has received little attention.
Jörg Beckmann, Jörg Müller, Sophie Horlebein, Christian von Hoermann   +3 more
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Habitat selection of moose in Sweden in managed boreal forests with Pinus contorta and P. sylvestris

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Human land use can take advantage of using exotic species to increase financial benefits. However, the use of exotic tree species might affect ecosystem functioning, potentially including the habitat use and movement behaviour of animals, modifying their ecological impact, and interactions with human land use.
Maria Bodlund, Fredrik Stenbacka, Fredrik Widemo, John P. Ball, Göran Ericsson, Wiebke Neumann   +5 more
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Life‐history stages and behavior influence demographic classification of moose captured on remote cameras

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Obtaining accurate information on demographic states, such as the age and sex classes of animals, is an important step for monitoring wildlife populations. Traditionally, demographic data are collected from harvest, aerial surveys and telemetry studies.
Alexej P. K. Sirén, Zalmai Moheb, Emily Carlson, Adam Beiner, Michael Pfeister, Ian Doherty, Bruno López Del Hierro, Claudio López Del Hierro, Isabella Hanley, Helena Firlings, Ela Shevket, Arielle Lifton‐Jochnowitz, Lee Kantar, Scott R. McLellan, Carter Barthelman, Tammy L. Wilson   +15 more
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Chronic wasting disease is associated with elevated cortisol concentrations in a white‐tailed deer population

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Many clinical signs of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white‐tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus are consistent with those of chronic stress including hyperexcitability, head tremors, teeth grinding, pacing, excessive salivation, drinking, and urination. Deer with CWD‐positive (CWD+) status are more likely to exhibit poor body condition and to die, and
Cameron G. Mitchell, Jacob D. Wyrick, Justin R. Kosiewska, Mark Q. Wilber, Daniel M. Grove, Dailee L. Metts, Lisa I. Muller   +6 more
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Optimising Embodied Carbon in Axial Tension Piles: A Comparative Study of Concrete, Steel, and Timber Piles Using a Hybrid Genetic Approach. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Abushama K, Hawkins W, Pelecanos L, Ibell T.   +3 more
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Heightened threats to small woodland caribou populations in Canada and key considerations for their persistence Menaces pesant sur les petites populations de caribou des bois au Canada et considérations essentielles à leur rétablissement

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
Abstract Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are one of the most iconic wildlife species in Canada. These large ungulates depend on undisturbed, interconnected assemblages of mature and old‐growth conifer forests for survival, and exhibit life‐history traits typical of K‐selected species (i.e., low reproductive rates, long generation times, and slow ...
Anna M. Calvert, Mathieu Leblond, Esther Chang   +2 more
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Upcycling of regular wood trunks and logs using wave function collapse (WFC), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies for circular design. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Luo J, Yu B, Jiang Y, Fingrut A, Holloway A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unravelling the Effects of Indonesia's Oil Palm Export Ban on Global Stock Markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Export bans are frequently used as trade policy instruments to stabilise domestic prices, but they often generate unintended consequences. This study examines the effects of Indonesia's palm oil export ban, introduced in April 2022 and lifted in May 2022, on the performance of the global agricultural sector and the stock markets of palm oil ...
Tim Ölkers, Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Anna Roeland, Oliver Mußhoff   +3 more
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