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Climate and Volcanic Activity Modulate Area–Distance Effects on Plant Diversity Along the Temperate–Subarctic Island Volcanic Arc

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To evaluate how equilibrium (ETIB) and niche‐based (NTIB) island‐biogeography frameworks jointly explain taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in a temperate–subarctic, volcanically active archipelago. Location Kuril Islands, northwestern Pacific (44°–50° N). Time Period Present. Taxon Vascular plants.
Kirill Korznikov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spotted Seals, Phoca largha, in Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The worldwide literature on management of spotted seals, Phoca largha, was reviewed and updated, and aerial surveys weref lown in 1992 and 1993 to determine the species' distribution and abundance in U.S. waters.
Rugh, David J.   +2 more
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Evolutionary taxonomy and conservation status of environmentally sensitive and endangered musk deer (Moschus spp.): An updated review

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
This study reviews the historical taxonomic classification and evolutionary background of musk deer, clarifying long‐standing confusion in their identification. It highlights the current global distribution and conservation status of these species, emphasizing the threat posed by poaching and habitat destruction. The work aims to raise public awareness
Zhirong Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disputes over small territories : a study of the spatial, political and philatelic aspects of such disputes : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Geography at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
“Most governments are now alive to the advertising and propaganda value of postage stamps” Sir Dudley Stamp (1966) Professor of Geography Seventy years after the formation of the United Nations, the world continues to be plagued by civil disorder ...
Dawson, Kenneth Porter
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Commodity risk assessment of Salix unrooted cuttings from the UK

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gray Whale Energy Requirements

open access: yesMarine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) rely on energy obtained from Arctic feeding grounds to complete their 15,000–20,000 km annual round‐trip migration between feeding and breeding areas. However, quantitative estimates of their food requirements remain scarce. Using an age‐structured bioenergetics model incorporating life
Selina Agbayani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sakhalin island and the one of its researcher - Zimina Tatiana Alekseevna

open access: yesОвощи России, 2012
Sakhalin island is one of the regions of Russia with extreme climatic conditions. The first scientist in the field of biology, agriculture, and agro-ecology of Sakhalin region was Zimina Tatiana Alekseevna, Doctor of agricultural science.
E.G. Dobrutskaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Nonparasitic Species of the Holarctic Lamprey Genus Lethenteron Creaser and Hubbs, 1922, (Petromyzonidae) from Northwestern North America with Notes on Other Species of the Same Genus [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
A new nonparasitic lamprey, Lethenteron alaskense from Alaska and Northwest Territories is described and illustrated. The holotype (No. NMC 76-614) is deposited in the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Canada.
Kott, Edward, Vladykov, Vadim D.
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Genomic Signatures and Demographic History of the Widespread and Critically Endangered Yellow‐Breasted Bunting

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 23, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Population declines may have long‐term genetic consequences, including genetic erosion and inbreeding depression, which could affect species' evolutionary potential and increase their risk of extinction. Small populations are more vulnerable to genetic threats than common species, but even species with large populations can also be at risk of ...
Guoling Chen, Simon Yung Wa Sin
wiley   +1 more source

PICES Press, Vol. 11, No. 2, July 2003 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Cover [pdf, 1.2 Mb] PICES Science Board and Governing Council hold their first joint meeting [pp. 1-3] [pdf, 0.2 Mb] 3rd International Zooplankton Production Symposium [pp.

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