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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trait choice profoundly affected the ecological conclusions drawn from functional diversity measures

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Although trait choice is crucial to quantify functional diversity appropriately, the quantitative methods for it are rarely compared and discussed.
Linhai Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secondary wind dispersal enhances long-distance dispersal of an invasive species in urban road corridors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Roads contribute to habitat fragmentation and function as dispersal barriers for many organisms. At the same time many nonnative plant species are associated with road systems, a relationship that has been explained by the availability of disturbed ...
Kowarik, Ingo, Lippe, Moritz von der
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Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ringing out the old: urban ecology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Bangalore has the privilege of being home to two historic gardens, Lalbagh, which dates back to Hyder Ali’s administration and created in the 18th century, and Cubbon Park, formed in the 19th century by the British administration.
Nagendra, Harini
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Educational leaders' reports of conditions for supporting SEL implementation: The power of partnerships

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Well‐implemented social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are associated with positive student outcomes. Through CalHOPE, County Office of Education (COE) leaders are providing implementation support to districts and schools seeking to improve SEL delivery statewide.
Ashley N. Metzger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology of Urban Bees: A Review of Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Study

open access: yesCities and the Environment, 2009
Urban bee ecology is an emerging field that holds promise for advancing knowledge of bee community dynamics and promoting bee conservation. Published studies of bee communities in urban and suburban habitats are fewer than those documenting bees in ...
Gordon W. Frankie   +2 more
doaj  

Scale effects of the spatiotemporal relationship between nighttime light and population activity intensity: a case study in Shanghai, China

open access: yesGIScience & Remote Sensing
Understanding the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of population activities is critical for advancing interdisciplinary research in economic development, climate change, environmental management, and urban sustainability.
Xiangzhong Guo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seed rain and soil seed banks limit native regeneration within urban forest restoration plantings in Hamilton City, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Restoration of native forest vegetation in urban environments may be limited due to isolation from native seed sources and to the prevalence of exotic plant species.
Clarkson, Bruce D., Overdyck, Elizabeth
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