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Evaluation of national parks on the basis of Nature 2000 areas

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2017
The goal of this work is to present the valorisation of national park based on the criteria resulting from standard data forms (SDF). The analysis covered a number of areas protected under the Birds Directive and Habitats Directive with the A, B or C ...
Kapuściński Ryszard, Szyszko-Podgórska Katarzyna   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optical Diversity and Nanostructural Organization in the Colored Scales of Sternotomis

Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Vivid colors in Sternotomis beetles originate from nanoscale photonic architectures embedded within individual scales. Here, we provide a comparative optical and structural analysis of 57 scale types that reveal how ordered, quasi‐ordered, and disordered 3D networks tune color, saturation, and angular response.
Viola Bauernfeind, Viola V. Vogler‐Neuling, Ilja Gunkel, Primož Pirih, Ullrich Steiner, Bodo D. Wilts   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers for the Diversity of Mollusc Communities in Unique Calcareous Fen Habitats

Diversity
The research was carried out in calcareous fen habitats which share coverage with Natura 2000 sites designated under the EU Habitats and the Birds Directive. A total of 27 taxa of molluscs were recorded: 23 gastropod and 4 bivalve species.
Iga Lewin, Adam Tarkowski, Piotr Sugier, Wojciech Płaska, Edyta Buczyńska, Paweł Buczyński   +5 more
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TreeSpider: In‐Canopy Exploration With Tether‐Based Aerial Modular Arms

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A tethered drone with perching arms and a 360° ring enables unprecedented maneuverability within dense forest canopies. By dynamically adjusting tether length and decoupling pitch from the frame, it navigates between branches, senses multiple trees, and interacts physically with foliage.
Luca Romanello, Tian Lan, Salaheldin Hassan, Maximilian Leutschafft, Erdem Ekinci, Sophie F. Armanini, Mirko Kovac, Basaran Bahadir Kocer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat deterioration promotes the evolution of direct development in metamorphosing species [PDF]

Evolution, 2020
Although metamorphosis is widespread in the animal kingdom, several species have evolved life-cycle modifications to avoid complete metamorphosis. Some species, for example, many salamanders and newts, have deleted the adult stage via a process called paedomorphosis.
ten Brink, H., Onstein, R.E., de Roos, A.M.   +2 more
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obligaciones de los Estados miembros en materia de gestión de los Espacios Natura 2000 derivadas de los apartados 1 y 2 del artículo 6 de la Directiva Hábitats

Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2014
The Habitats Directive established the Natura 2000 network, a coherent European ecological network of special areas of conservation that exists in the European Union for the conservation of species of wild fauna and flora and natural habitats of ...
Juan José Pérez Pérez
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity offsetting and restoration under the European Union Habitats Directive: balancing between no net loss and deathbed conservation?

Ecology and Society, 2016
Biodiversity offsets have emerged as one of the most prominent policy approaches to align economic development with nature protection across many jurisdictions, including the European Union.
Hendrik Schoukens, An Cliquet
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring under the EU habitats directive

Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, 2018
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openaire   +1 more source