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Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future

Blue-Green Systems, 2019
Research and practice during the last 20 years has shown that urban agriculture can contribute to minimising the effects of climate change by, at the same time, improving quality of life in urban areas.
S. L. G. Skar, R. Pineda-Martos, A. Timpe, B. Pölling, K. Bohn, M. Külvik, C. Delgado, C. M.G. Pedras, T. A. Paço, M. Ćujić, N. Tzortzakis, A. Chrysargyris, A. Peticila, G. Alencikiene, H. Monsees, R. Junge   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding and Exploiting Phage–Host Interactions

Viruses, 2019
Initially described a century ago by William Twort and Felix d’Herelle, bacteriophages are bacterial viruses found ubiquitously in nature, located wherever their host cells are present.
Edel Stone, Katrina Campbell, Irene Grant, Olivia McAuliffe   +3 more
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The Long and Short of It: A Warmth‐Based Explanation of the Effects of Brand Name Length on Brand Equity

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite a consensus that shorter (vs. longer) brand names positively influence consumer mindset metrics, the mechanisms driving this influence remain unclear, as does the effect of brand name length on brands' financial performance. This article helps fill these literature gaps.
Ammara Mahmood, Jonathan Luffarelli
wiley   +1 more source

SCHOOL GARDENS AS A TOOL FOR TRANSFORMATION

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade
The present article addresses the ecological crisis and the urgency of climate issues, positioning Environmental Education (EE) as an essential survival strategy, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paula Cristina Boufleuher Vergutz, Mario Ramão Villalva F’ilhi, Davi José Nicaretta Boufleuher   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Weight Loss and Physical Activity Reduces Perceived Physical Fatigability Among Older Adults With Obesity

Obesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of three lifestyle interventions on perceived physical fatigability. Methods Concurrent with a dietary weight loss program (caloric deficit ~400 kcal/day, weekly dietitian support), older adults with obesity (N = 183) were randomized to three groups: aerobic exercise (150–200 min/week of ...
Reagan E. Garcia, Jason Fanning, Chaeryon Kang, Bonny Rockette‐Wagner, Christopher E. Kline, Barbara J. Nicklas, Nancy W. Glynn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source

[Discovery of small pool at Bok Tower Gardens]

, 2013
eye-level viewsDavid Price, then Director of Horticulture at Bok Tower Gardens, took this picture. This photograph is printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper. "2.0" is written in black ink on the back of the photograph indicating its general
Price, David;
core   +1 more source

Birmingham Botanical Gardens 1973 - 1987

, 1973
This document is a scrapbook created by the Birmingham Botanical Gardens ...
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
core  

Rainforest conversion to monoculture plantations restructures functional communities of braconid parasitoid wasps

Oikos, EarlyView.
The conversion of rainforests into rubber and oil palm plantations drives biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Parasitoid wasps are highly diverse and play an essential role in ecosystems by regulating herbivore populations. Declines in density and diversity of parasitoid wasps, after land‐use change is well‐documented, but potential functional losses ...
Azru Azhar, Fabian Brambach, Nicolò Camarretta, Ina Geedicke, Kasmiatun, Alexander Knohl, Martyna M. Kotowska, Christoph Leuschner, Rizky Nazarreta, Rawati Panjaitan, Katja Rembold, Christian Stiegler, Endah Utari, Delphine Clara Zemp, Purnama Hidayat, Damayanti Buchori, Stefan Scheu, Jochen Drescher   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source