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Vascular plants of Kyiv recreational areas
Інтродукція Рослин, 2014 The data of floristic monitoring of recreative Kyiv areas are given. The flora of these areas is the component of urban flora. 562 species of littoral-aquatic flora of vascular plants, that belong to 297 genera, 90 families, 5 classes, 4 divisions in ...
T.S. Bagatska
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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Urban vascular flora and ecological characteristics of Kadıköy district, Istanbul, Turkey [PDF]
Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology, 2010 Cities are usually considered unnatural places lacking ecological benefits. Many ecological studies have been done in suburban or rural areas and have excluded the city. However, urban ecology has become increasingly important.
İbrahim İ. Özyiğit
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The urban flora of the Yanaul city (Republic of Bashkortostan)
Diversity of plant world, 2020 The work is based on the data of field studies carried out by the route method during 2017–2018 within the ad-ministrative boundaries of Yanaul city (Republic of Bashkortostan). According to research results, the flora of Yanaul includes 485 species of vascular plants from 286 genera and 81 families; 174 species are adventive, of which 38 can be ...
Svetlana Gareeva +2 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Exotic species predominates in the urban woody flora of central Chile
Gayana: Botanica, 2018 The expansion of cities promotes the replacement of local biotas with exotic species causing a decrease in global diversity. As urbanization continues to expand, efforts directed towards the conservation within urban landscapes could support ...
Ludovica Santilli +7 more
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele +1 more
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ANALYSIS OF THE FLORA OF RESIDENTIAL AND TECHNOGENIC AREAS OF GROZNY CITY
Юг России: экология, развитие, 2014 . The process of territorial expansion of the city is accompanied by intensive construction of industrial and social facilities, road network is actively developed, that leads to the transformation of natural vegetation, the appearance of manmade ...
M. Kh. Alikhadzhiev, R. S. Erzhapova
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Compositional Similarity of Urban Green Areas in Southeastern Brazil
Floresta e Ambiente, 2019 Urban afforestation greatly contributes to the ex situ conservation of native species in urban centers of Brazil. In this way, the aim of the present work was to analyze the similarity of the arboreal-shrub flora among urban afforestation in southeastern
Ronaldo Oliveira dos Santos +2 more
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