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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
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, 2008 This publication is compiled from a three-part series of articles on muskox research in Agroborealis 38.2, 39.1, and 39 ...
Helfferich, Deirdre
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios +7 more
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Counting Sheep: Potential Applications of DNA Analysis to the Study of Medieval Parchment Production [PDF]
, 2011 This chapter follows up on several preliminary tests that have shown that DNA survives in medieval parchment manuscript leaves and may be extracted and analyzed, and offers suggestions for defining and implementing future genetic studies of parchment.
Stinson, Timothy
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Camera traps have become an increasingly popular non‐invasive alternative to animal‐attached devices for studying wildlife behaviour. This study compared wolf (Canis lupus) activity patterns derived from collar accelerometers and road‐positioned camera traps and revealed strong overall agreement but also important seasonal and diel mismatches between ...
Katarzyna Bojarska +7 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable Development interventions must deal with rapid and novel changes affecting complex social‐ecological systems, calling for design based on a resilience approach. However, limited analytical attention has been paid to the design settings in which such approaches are deployed.
Yiheyis Maru +6 more
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ВИДОВИ ОСОБЕНОСТИ НА PROCESSUS NASALIS ПРИ НЯКОИ ДИВИ И ДОМАШНИ ДРЕБНИ ПРЕЖИВНИ ЖИВОТНИ
Животновъдни науки, 2010 The nasal processes of adult representatives of 7 small ruminants species - domestic sheep, mouflon, domestic goat, roe deer, fallow deer, springbok and chamois - have been investigated.
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A review paper on Integrated Aquaculture Benefits Project at Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan [PDF]
, 2003 This paper highlights some of the practices involved in integrated aquaculture such as poultry-cum-fish, pig-cum-fish, sheep and goat-cum-fish and grasscutter-cum-fish. Also the role of fisheries in alleviating protein deficiency was reviewed. Successful
Meduna, A.J., Samuel, A.A.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Technological progress and population growth have increased global pork demand; leading to a rise of methane emission from pig farming, a key contributor to climate change. Anaerobic digestion offers a sustainable solution by converting manure into biogas.
María‐Pilar Martínez‐Hernando +5 more
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Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guarding dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex [PDF]
, 2015 Livestock guarding dogs have been placed on South African farms by the not-for-profit organisation, Cheetah Outreach Trust, since 2005, and have been proven to be an efficient form of non-lethal predator control against jackal, caracal, leopards ...
Cilliers, D +2 more
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