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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital tools in urban forestry

open access: yesnpj Urban Sustainability
Digital tools are used widely to plan and manage urban forests for sustainability. We conducted a scoping review to investigate how researchers use and envision integrating digital tools into urban forestry.
Matthew Fry   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Federal Protections for Farmworker Health in the United States: A Scoping Review of Three Decades of Research

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This scoping review characterizes the scope, methods, and framing of empirical research evaluating the Field Sanitation Standard (FSS) and Worker Protection Standard (WPS) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Labor respectively.
Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Risk and High Burden of Depression and Suicide in the Maya‐Mestizo Population of Yucatán, México

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major depression and suicide are critical public health concerns, particularly in underrepresented populations with unique genetic and sociocultural contexts. The Maya‐mestizo population presents the highest suicide rates in the country but remains understudied in psychiatric genetics. This study evaluated the association between three genetic
Marta Menjivar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio Economic Assessment of Urban Forestry Respondents’ income in Okiti Pupa, Ondo State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2015
The paper investigates the socio economic assessment of urban forestry respondents’ income in Okitipupa, Nigeria. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and these were administered to 200 urban forestry respondents.
OI Faleyimu, M Akinyemi
doaj   +2 more sources

Examining Volunteer Motivations and Recruitment Strategies For Engagement in Urban Forestry

open access: yesCities and the Environment, 2010
Few studies in urban forestry have examined the motivations of urban forestry volunteers. In this research, two social psychological theories (Volunteer Functions Inventory and Volunteer Process Model) are utilized to examine motivations for ...
Christine Moskell   +2 more
doaj  

Morpho‐functional analyses of the jaw apparatus in the Blue‐and‐yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna, Psittaciformes, Aves): Adaptations to feeding behavior

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Macaws are renowned for processing dry, mechanically resistant fruits, yet the species‐level anatomical and functional correlates of this performance remain incompletely resolved. We examined the feeding apparatus of the Blue‐and‐yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) using an integrated approach that combines osteology, myology, and bite‐force estimates
Sérgio R. Posso   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing ecosystem services and climate resilience through urban forestry in Dehloran region, Iran

open access: yesJournal of Urban Management
Urban forestry presents a promising strategy to enhance ecosystem services (ESs) and manage climate change through increased carbon sequestration (CS).
Fatemeh Mohammadyari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decree on Climate 2019. What resources support forests and silviculture in our cities?

open access: yesForest@, 2019
The Decree on Climate 2019 focuses on reforestation campaigns and silviculture actions applied to existing forests of Italian metropolitan cities, incurring a total expenditure of €30 million in the next two years.
Salbitano F, Sanesi G
doaj   +1 more source

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