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Population recovery of an endangered macaw enhances long‐distance seed dispersal via stomatochory
Oikos, EarlyView.Seed dispersal by large, mobile vertebrates plays a key role in shaping plant spatial dynamics and community structure. However, how variation in animal population size influences the magnitude and spatial scale of seed dispersal remains poorly understood.
Giulyana A. Benedicto +2 more
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Use of animal fiber-reinforcement in construction materials: A review
Case Studies in Construction MaterialsAlthough natural fibers (NFs), among which animal fibers (AFs) are found, have been used for millennia as reinforcement scheme of some construction materials (CMs), it is not until recent decades when scientific studies have been carried out to ...
M. Murillo +5 more
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock +4 more
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Evaluation of self-healing capacity of 3D printable bio-based fiber-reinforced cement-lime mortars [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences3D printing (3DP) of concrete is an innovative technology towards digitalisation and sustainability of construction industry. The design of printable materials is in the spotlight of research and some issues related to durability of 3DP members, such as ...
Márquez Álvaro +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori +5 more
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Molecules, 2019 Vegetal leftovers from the agro−food industry represent a huge source of primary and secondary metabolites, vitamin, mineral salts and soluble as well as insoluble fibers.
Camilla Maria Cova +5 more
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Animating blossom: Time‐lapse to encourage plant awareness in the YouTube era
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Time‐lapse videos can effectively capture key traits of flower blossoms, such as color, 3D structure, and temporal changes, making them valuable complements to herbarium specimens and other botanical collections. Despite the abundance of such videos on YouTube, most provide no ecological and botanical insights.
Tae Kyung Yoon
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Polímeros, 2011 É crescente o interesse nos compósitos poliméricos reforçados com fibras vegetais curtas em substituição às fibras de vidro, pois as fibras naturais provêm de fontes renováveis, não são abrasivas aos equipamentos de processamento, são biodegradáveis, e ...
Márcia A. S. Spinacé +4 more
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Perfuração gástrica por tricobezoar
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesBezoars are uncommon foreign bodies found in the stomach and intestines. They are usually secundary to "strange" or "weird" alimentary habits. The contents may include hait; stones, vegetal fibers and others.
Elisanio de Souza Cardoso +1 more
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VEGETAL COVERING IN CUT SLOPES BY MEANS OF GEOCELLS OF RUBBERIZED SISAL BIOBLANKETS IN BRASILIA/DF, BRAZIL [PDF]
Sociedade & Natureza, 2005 The strongly wavy relief transposition for implantation of highways has became intensely used in the last decades by means of tunnels, cuts and fillings, causing impacts to the landscape in result of some factors, as decapitation of surfaces, abrupt ...
Maurizio Sponga +2 more
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