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Geoderma, 2023 Most research on wild bees has focused on their role as pollinators, while their importance as soil ecosystem engineers has been largely overlooked, despite the fact that most species nest in the soil.
Philippe Tschanz +4 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Local management and landscape effects on diversity of bees, wasps and birds in urban green areas [PDF]
, 2008 Today almost all ecosystems on Earth are directly or indirectly influenced by human activity. Most species occur in ecosystems that are managed by humans and only a small fraction of biodiversity exists in protected areas.
Ahrné, Karin
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Factors threatening solitary bees [PDF]
This bachelor's thesis examines the factors threatening solitary bees and their essential role in ecosystems and agriculture. Solitary bees, which constitute the majority of bee diversity, are crucial pollinators that support biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Mitrofanov, Aleksandr
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Harnessing community science to conserve and study ground-nesting bee aggregations
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionProtecting diverse solitary ground-nesting bees remains a pivotal conservation concern. Ground-nesting bees are negatively impacted by anthropogenic land use change that often removes suitable nesting habitat from the landscape.
Jordan G. Kueneman +2 more
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Linking pollen foraging of megachilid bees to their nest bacterial microbiota
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Solitary bees build their nests by modifying the interior of natural cavities, and they provision them with food by importing collected pollen. As a result, the microbiota of the solitary bee nests may be highly dependent on introduced materials.
Anna Voulgari‐Kokota +4 more
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
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Cosmos sulphureus: environmental bioindicator of diversity of bees
Acta Scientiarum: Animal SciencesAmong the flowers most visited by bees in Brazil, those belonging to the Asteraceae family stand out, and one of them is the cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus).
Darclet Teresinha Malerbo-Souza +6 more
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Succession influences wild bees in a temperate forest landscape: the value of early successional stages in naturally regenerated and planted forests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In many temperate terrestrial forest ecosystems, both natural human disturbances drive the reestablishment of forests. Succession in plant communities, in addition to reforestation following the creation of open sites through harvesting or natural ...
Hisatomo Taki +6 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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