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Human Activities and Wildfires: The Impact of Forest Roads, Trails, and Forest Management on Wildfire Occurrence

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The risk of wildfires is increasing due to high temperatures and dry weather conditions caused by climate change. Outbreaks and spread of wildfires are usually conditioned by weather, topography, and fuel characteristics.
Youn Yeo-Chang, Se-Eum Lee, Soo-Jin Lee, Hyo-Rin Kim   +3 more
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Polychip‐A High‐Throughput Droplet Microfluidics Platform for Interrogating Microbial Interactions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Polychip, a fully integrated droplet microfluidics platform, enables high‐throughput, single‐cell resolution screening of polymicrobial interactions. By seamlessly combining six automated microfluidics operations on a single chip, the system accelerates antimicrobial discovery by 11 to 14 times compared to traditional robotic methods.
Jeong Jae Han, Adrian Ryan Guzman, Aifen Zhou, Han Zhang, Rohit Gupte, Haemin Jung, Kaylee Delgado, Sini Skariah, Ali Sultan, Arul Jayaraman, Paul de Figueiredo, Arum Han   +11 more
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Ecological Forecasting: Agenda for the Future

This brochure outlines the economic importance of ecological forecasting, as well as the importance of ecosystems for sustainable development, land management, and ...
National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Ecological Systems.
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Ecological nodes in a social-ecological network: a social science perspective

The study of social-ecological networks (SEN) is a powerful approach to understanding and analyzing human-environment systems and interactions (Bodin et al., 2019; Bodin & Tengö, 2012; Sayles et al., 2019).
Fischer, Manuel (author), Schegg, Julia (author), Ingold, Karin (author)   +2 more
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Social sustainability of alternative food systems viewed through actor argumentation [PDF]

, 2005
The method of the study was qualitative attitude research, which is based on the generation and analysis of argumentation. The material was produced by presenting selected statements concerning different aspects of social sustainability to the ...
Pylkkänen, Päivi, Vesala, Kari Mikko, Nousiainen, Marko, Vesala, Kari   +3 more
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Institutional rearrangements in the north Luangwa ecosystem: Implications of a shift to community based natural resource management for equity in protected area governance

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Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is presented as an equitable approach, particularly relative to strict types of Area-based conservation.
Rhoda Nthena Kachali, Neil M. Dawson, Jacqueline Loos   +2 more
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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
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Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Quantifying Membrane Fouling: Fouling Layer Structure and Chemical Interaction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Nano SIMS) is established as a powerful analytical tool to visualize and quantify the membrane fouling layers. ABSTRACT Membrane technology has garnered considerable attention for applications in wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Nevertheless, membrane fouling remains a major barrier, yet the lack of
Mengfei Wu, Xinhua Wang, Pin Zhao, Weilong Song, Ming Xie   +4 more
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Synthesis: building resilience and adaptive capacity in social–ecological systems

, 2001
A weekly magazine on business development issued an analysis of Madonna, the pop star, and raised the question ‘How come Madonna has been at the very top in pop music for more than 20 years, in a sector characterized by so much rapid change?’ A few ...
Carl Folke, Johan Colding, Berkes, Fikret,, Folke, Carl,, Colding, Johan,, Fikret Berkes   +5 more
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Flower resource availability and Tetragonisca fiebrigi flower visits in two farming communities of Bolivian Chiquitanía

Global Ecology and Conservation
This article describes the flower availability and resource use of the generalist stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi at two farming communities (agroindustrial vs. traditional) of Bolivian Chiquitanía.
Camila Benavides-Frias, Alexandria Saravia-Nava, Paula Rodriguez, Ping Sun, Felipe Benra, Daniela Morón Aguilar, Jan Hanspach   +6 more
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