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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban soils amplify and homogenize bacterial zoonotic pathogens across multiple Chinese cities

Communications Earth & Environment
Urbanisation is rapidly reshaping global landscapes, yet its impact on zoonotic pathogens in soil remains poorly understood. Here we investigated potential bacterial zoonotic pathogen distribution and diversity across four land use types (forests ...
Yiyue Zhang, An Xie, Jake M. Robinson, Gaofei Jiang, Shuzhen Li, Huayuan Shangguan, Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Bin Wang, Xin Sun   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanization and species occupancy frequency distribution patterns in core zone areas of European towns [PDF]

, 2016
More and more of the globe is becoming urbanized. Thus, characterizing the distribution and abundance of species occupying different towns is critically important.
Jokimaki, Jukka, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, Marja-Liisa, Suhonen, Jukka   +2 more
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Recalcitrant seeds with physiological epicotyl dormancy may limit seedling recruitment of an endangered subtropical oak species

BMC Plant Biology
Castanopsis kawakamii is an endangered relict oak species inhabiting the southern edge of the subtropical region of China. Its recalcitrant acorns (hereafter seeds) exhibit sequential radicle and epicotyl dormancy, requiring prolonged two-phase release ...
Zhaoren Wang, Lanyu Qin, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, Bomeng Wu, Ye Tian, Zhenying Huang, Shuanning Zheng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

LAND TRANSFORMATION: A THREAT ON BANGALORE’S ECOLOGY - A CHALLENGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

Land constitutes the most important character for sustainable development in a region. Rapid urbanization has become an area of crucial concern against the bonanza of urban ecology.
Ashok D. HANJAGI, Priya NARAYANAN
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Fra Babylons Hængende Haver til Landbrugshøjhuse [PDF]

, 2010
The historical development of Urban Farming from the Gardens of Babylon to the talk of producing food in Modern farmscrabers. Included is the birth of the concept Urban Ecology and how it is implemented in present day Urban Design, and related to the ...
Kledal, Paul Rye
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Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review [PDF]

, 2007
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being.
Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Barrett, Bartley, Beier, Bengtsson, Bixler, Bodin, Bolund, Booth, Bratton, Brunner, Brussard, Butler, Cairns, Calow, Collins, Costanza, Costanza, Davey-Smith, Davey-Smith, de Groot, de Leo, de Vries, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Dunn, Ehrlich, Faber-Taylor, Flores, Grimm, Haddad, Haeuber, Haila, Hartig, Hartig, Henwood, Hobbs, Horwitz, Humpel, Humpel, Jari Niemela, Jongman, Kalevi Korpela, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kim, Kinzig, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Lackey, Levin, Li, Loreau, Lu, Macintyre, Macintyre, Mageau, Mayer, Millennium Assessment, Moss, Naeem, Newell, Noss, Odum, Opdam, O’Campo, Paton, Patz, Payne, Philip James, Pickett, Pickett, Pikora, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rioux, Ross, Rudlin, Sallis, Sandström, Schrijnen, Simberloff, St Leger, Stephen Venn, Stokols, Takano, Tanaka, Tilman, Troyer, Turner, Turner, Ulrich, Ulrich, Ulrich, van der Ryn, van Kamp, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Walmsley, Wells, Westphal, Whitford, Wicklum, Wilson, Yli-Pelkonen, Zielhuis, Zielinski-Gutierrez, Zipperer   +119 more
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci, Md Deluair Hossen, Andrew Muhammad, Seong‐Hoon Cho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmscrapers - fra horisontalt til vertikalt bylandbrug [PDF]

, 2011
The historical development of Urban Farming from the Gardens of Babylon to the talk of producing food in Modern farmscrabers. Included is the birth of the concept Urban Ecology and how it is implemented in present day Urban Design, and related to the ...
Kledal, Paul Rye
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Rat cities and beehive worlds: density and design in the modern city [PDF]

, 2011
Nestled among E. M. Forster's careful studies of Edwardian social mores is a short story called "The Machine Stops." Set many years in the future, it is a work of science fiction that imagines all humanity housed in giant high-density cities buried deep ...
Alexiou, Ardrey, Bettelheim, Burt, Calhoun, Calhoun, Calhoun, Calthorpe, Carson, Coleman, Conan, Corbett, Corbusier, Corbusier, Dantzig, Duany, Dubois, Edmund Ramsden, Edwards, Ehrlich, Fischer, Forster, Forster, Freedman, Gillette, Gropius, Hall, Hall, Hauser, Hogben, Howard, Jacobs, Jon Adams, Krier, Kultermann, Lakoff, Lamb, Langdon, Langer, Light, Lima, Malzberg, McHarg, Mencken, Mumford, Mumford, Mumford, Mumford, Mumford, Müller, Nadenicek, Newman, Pines, Porteous, Preston, Ramírez, Reade, Roemer, Scott, Seligman, Soleri, Soleri, Soleri, Solomonson, Spirn, Steadman, Steadman, Stokols, Sullivan, Thompson, Walker, Walker, Whyte, Wolfe, Wright, Wright   +75 more
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