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Evaluating the Future Role of the University of California Natural Reserve System for Sensitive Plant Protection under Climate Change

open access: yes, 2019
Protected areas are critical for conserving California’s many sensitive plant species but their future role is uncertain under climate change. Climate-driven species losses and redistributions could dramatically affect the relevance of protected areas for biodiversity conservation this century.
Riordan, Erin C, Rundel, Philip W
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“Letting the ancestors speak”: collaborative archaeology at the Hastings Natural History Reservation

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Since 2021, collaborative research at the University of California (UC), Berkeley's Hastings Natural History Reservation between the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, UC-Berkeley, and the University of Oregon has demonstrated the mutual benefits of a co ...
Gabriel M. Sanchez   +9 more
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A review of the ecological effectiveness of subtidal marine reserves in Central California, Part I: Synopsis of scientific investigations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Marine reserves, often referred to as no-take MPAs, are defined as areas within which human activities that can result in the removal or alteration of biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem are prohibited or greatly restricted (NRC 2001 ...
Carr, Mark H.   +7 more
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Abundant empirical evidence of multilevel selection revealed by a bibliometric review

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Natural selection is based on the concept of differential reproduction between entities, often characterized as a struggle between individual organisms.
César Marín   +5 more
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The natural resources of Carpinteria Marsh: their status and future [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
The purpose of this report is: 1) to document the natural resources of Carpinteria Marsh, 2) outline the uses those resources receive, 3) enumerate the problems and conflicts of use that affect those resources, and 4) recommend measures that will protect
Browning, Bruce M.   +3 more
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Polymodal K+ channel modulation contributes to dual analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions of traditional botanical medicines

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Pain and inflammation contribute immeasurably to reduced quality of life, yet modern analgesic and anti-inflammatory therapeutics can cause dependence and side effects.
Rían W. Manville   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Untersuchungen zur Renaturierung von Feuchtgebieten im Tijuana Ästuar unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von brackwasserhaltigen und salinen Teichen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study represents the first comprehensive biological and hydrochemical investigation of small coastal ponds in the saltmarsh dominated Tijuana Estuary, southern California (U.S.). Special attention is given to the brackish water biotopes.
Gersberg, Richard M.   +2 more
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Multilevel Selection in the Margins: A Review of Its Representation in Undergraduate Biology Textbooks

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Multilevel selection (MLS) is a foundational framework that expands the concept of natural selection beyond the traditional focus on individuals or genes to larger units, like groups.
Charlotte A. Greene   +6 more
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Did Enron Pillage California? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Revelations this summer about Enron Energy Services' byzantine electricity-trading practices have fueled charges that merchant power producers and traders artificially engineered the California electricity crisis of 2000-01.
Jerry Taylor, Peter Van Doren
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Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

open access: yesThe Lancet Public Health
Summary: Background: Smoking is the leading behavioural risk factor for mortality globally, accounting for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4·30 billion years of life lost (YLLs) from 1990 to 2021.
Dana Bryazka   +1008 more
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