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Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus

open access: yesMarine Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
wiley   +1 more source

Risk assessment of the biological control product Atheta-System with the organism Atheta coriaria Kraatz : Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Plant Health of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment

open access: yes, 2020
Atheta-System with the rove beetle Atheta coriaria (Kraatz 1856) as the active organism is sought to be used as a biocontrol agent for augmentation biological control in Norway.
Alsanius, Beatrix,   +8 more
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpected Encounters in Island Worlds: Interactions Between ROC/Taiwan Fishers and Chinese Diaspora Communities in the 20th‐Century Pacific

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Researchers have examined how the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) cultivated relations with Chinese diaspora communities to secure recognition of their government as the true homeland of the Chinese people. However, less attention has been paid to how accidental and contingent encounters between communities ...
Jess Marinaccio
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Observations on Iowa Shore Flies (Diptera, Ephydridae)

open access: yes, 1964
An intensive survey of the ephydrid fauna of Iowa was conducted in 1959-1961.
Deonier, D. L.
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Defecation in preparation for ecdysis drives microplastic clearance in cricket nymphs

open access: yesPhysiological Entomology, EarlyView.
In preparation for ecdysis, cricket nymphs cease feeding and gradually clear their gut contents via frass production, which removes most ingested MPs from their digestive tract. Following exoskeletal moulting, the foregut lining, including any remaining MPs, is shed and excreted alongside frass approximately 6 h later.
Jennie E. Mills   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Values in Citizen Participation: What Citizens Prioritize in Participation

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citizen participation is often initiated to strengthen democracy. While participatory innovations are typically assessed through normative frameworks emphasizing democratic values, little is known about which of these values are prioritized by citizens.
Take Sipma, Frank Hendriks
wiley   +1 more source

Trust Norms, Distrust, and Worst‐Case Defiance in the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When pandemics threaten, governments are expected to protect citizens. Trustworthiness and trust are central to meeting public expectations. Motivational posturing theory differentiates resistant and dismissive defiance during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Valerie Braithwaite
wiley   +1 more source

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