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, 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.
Overdyck, Elizabeth, Clarkson, Bruce D.
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Actual vegetation of Shimokamagari-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture [PDF]
, 2003 An actual vegetation map of Shimokamagari-cho was produced at a scale of 1:25 000 in original.Field surveys were carried out in 2001 and 2002. Aerial photographs taken in 2000 were used to confirm theboundary of each vegetation patch.
Ohta, Yoko, Nakagoshi, Nobukazu
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Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 2018 The availability of high-resolution cartographic data is a trigger for the discussion about the quality of urban ambiance, as a result of comparison between indexes of vegetation cover and built area, aiming at the inclusion of new urban parameters in ...
Nicole Andrade da Rocha +5 more
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Africa's Biodiversity Will Not Be Saved by Protected Areas Alone
Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Luca Luiselli
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Climate Stress Testing on European SME Securitised Loans Under Climate Mitigation Scenarios
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Assessing the future impact of climate risks on the probability of default (PD) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is challenging due to limited disclosure, policy uncertainty and exposure to physical risks. This paper addresses this gap by integrating macroeconomic variables from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS ...
Luca Zanin, Raffaella Calabrese
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Physio-Géo, 2015 The vegetation around Es Srassif, on arid margins of the Oriental Tell, was modified by clearing and is threatened by steppe.The comparison of the maps representing the land cover in 1893 and 1956 shows a sharp decline of forest vegetation in favour of ...
Hédi Abdallah, Houda Souilmi
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In Respect of People Living in a Permanent Vegetative State - And Allowing Them to Die
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 This article considers the controversy surrounding the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube and argues for a new approach in determining treatment decisions for people in a permanent vegetative state. Examination of the duty to respect living people as persons rather than as objects reveals that people in a permanent vegetative state are ...
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Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden
ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
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, 2014 Most Australians would be familiar with land that was once covered in trees being cleared for wall-to-wall housing, schools, factories and roads. When people think about the impact of urban development, vegetation clearing is one of the first things to ...
Byrne, Jason +5 more
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How Consumers Contest Legitimacy: Skepticism Toward Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Consumer skepticism toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives operates not only as an individual‐level response but also as a societal governance mechanism that disciplines firms and reshapes organizational legitimacy. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with consumers in an emerging Latin American economy, this study advances an ...
Francine Zanin Bagatini +2 more
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