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‘The most advanced outpost of cultivation’: palynological evidence for cereal agriculture and population resilience in a marginal upland environment

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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An Advancing GCT-Inception-ResNet-V3 Model for Arboreal Pest Identification

Agronomy
The significance of environmental considerations has been highlighted by the substantial impact of plant pests on ecosystems. Addressing the urgent demand for sophisticated pest management solutions in arboreal environments, this study leverages advanced
Cheng Li, Yunxiang Tian, Xiaolin Tian, Yikui Zhai, Hanwen Cui, Mengjie Song   +5 more
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
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Stakeholder exposure to and knowledge of tree pests and diseases and their management in urban areas

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Urban trees and forests provide many benefits to the urban environment and are important for climate change adaptation. Yet, they are increasingly threatened by insect pests and diseases, hereafter tree pests/diseases. There is little evidence of the risk awareness and knowledge of different urban stakeholders of this growing threat, how they are ...
Raum, S, Hossu, C-A, Lupp, G, Pauleit, S, Egerer, M   +4 more
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Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonstationarity in wildlife disease dynamics: insights from the prairie dog–plague system

Oikos, EarlyView.
Ecological relationships often vary in strength and direction across ecosystems, a pattern that has become increasingly evident as ecology expands to broader spatial and temporal scales. Although such nonstationarity – the changing effect of predictor variables across spatiotemporal contexts – is widely acknowledged in ecological research, it has ...
Gabriel M. Barrile, Joshua F. Layfield, David J. Augustine, Lauren M. Porensky, Courtney J. Duchardt, Imtiaz Rangwala, Ana D. Davidson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

From mainland to islands: the evolution of resistance and tolerance to herbivory in long‐lived oaks

Oikos, EarlyView.
Island biogeography theory predicts that island plants should exhibit reduced defences compared with their mainland relatives due to relaxed herbivory pressure. However, growing empirical evidence challenges this prediction, revealing substantial variation among systems, plant lineages and defence types.
Irene Virseda, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, Miquel Capó, Ayco J. M. Tack, Johan A. Stenberg, Finn Hansen, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Raúl de la Mata, Joana Cursach, Beatriz Lago‐Núñez, Carla Pastoriza, Alessio Tei, Cristina Saez‐Asensio, Sergio Rasmann, Gregory Röder, Xoaquín Moreira, Carla Vázquez‐González   +16 more
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Rainforest conversion to monoculture plantations restructures functional communities of braconid parasitoid wasps

Oikos, EarlyView.
The conversion of rainforests into rubber and oil palm plantations drives biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Parasitoid wasps are highly diverse and play an essential role in ecosystems by regulating herbivore populations. Declines in density and diversity of parasitoid wasps, after land‐use change is well‐documented, but potential functional losses ...
Azru Azhar, Fabian Brambach, Nicolò Camarretta, Ina Geedicke, Kasmiatun, Alexander Knohl, Martyna M. Kotowska, Christoph Leuschner, Rizky Nazarreta, Rawati Panjaitan, Katja Rembold, Christian Stiegler, Endah Utari, Delphine Clara Zemp, Purnama Hidayat, Damayanti Buchori, Stefan Scheu, Jochen Drescher   +17 more
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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion, Rachel Gaulton, Maria Erica Jamil, Marion Pfeifer, Johan Willem Ferry Slik, Stephen G. Willis, F. Merlin Franco   +6 more
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Virulence of Jordanian indigenous Beauveria bassiana isolates as entomopathogenic fungi against red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Background Red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), has recently become a significant threat to date palm trees in Jordan and other regions around the world. This destructive pest causes significant economic
Leena A. Irshaid, Mais A. Sweiss, Hazem S. Hasan, Hassan F. Dahi, Heba A. Al-Awaisheh, Danea A. Al-Rajabi   +5 more
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