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Incorporating physiological knowledge into correlative species distribution models minimizes bias introduced by the choice of calibration area
Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are important tools to estimate species’ geographic distribution across space and time, but their...
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Disaster Risk and Management Under Climate Change
This contributed volume is focused on SDG 3, 6, 7 ,9, 11, 15, and it covers extensive knowledge on damage and loss contexts of climate change in a...
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Mosaic integration and knowledge transfer of single-cell multimodal data with MIDAS
Integrating single-cell datasets produced by multiple omics technologies is essential for defining cellular heterogeneity. Mosaic integration, in...
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Climate Change
Peru is one of the countries that will be the most affected by climate change in the world, due to the presence of the Andes glaciers in its...
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Map** local knowledge through spatial text mining
The ecological knowledge of local residents in a given area is valuable information that can supplement physical environmental data. Like ecosystems,...
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Climate Change and Food Systems
Climate change affects the functioning of all of the components of food systems, often in ways that exacerbate existing predicaments and inequalities...
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Traditional knowledge in special fisheries: the case of Puruvesi vendace and seining
The practice of seine fishing for vendace ( Coregonus albula ) has continued as an unbroken tradition in Lake Puruvesi in eastern Finland since 1300...
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Avian functional diversity across the neotropics: current knowledge and perspectives
The value of birds as indicators of environmental change is of greater relevance given the current rapid habitat loss and transformation rates. This...
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Improving Orthoptera knowledge in north arid Argentine Patagonia
AbstractOrthopterans are among the most abundant insects in extra-Andean Patagonia. However, despite their ecological and economic importance, their...
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BacterAI maps microbial metabolism without prior knowledge
Training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to perform autonomous experiments would vastly increase the throughput of microbiology; however, few...
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Introduction to Climate Change
This section focuses on climate changeClimate change and the ocean. To understand the impacts and processes described in the following chapters, and...
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Perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services in urban river systems, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The ecosystem services concept has been studied in rural contexts but not as much in urban landscapes, particularly for aquatic ecosystems in Africa....
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Climate Change and Forests
This chapter describes climate change and forests in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Forests are highly vulnerable to climate change because they grow...
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Crop Responses to Climate Change
Climate change is a leading element for variation in crop responses and correlates mainly with other stresses (abiotic and biotic stresses), which...
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Climate Change Adaptations of Argentine Viticulture
The climatic projections indicate an increase in average annual temperature between 1.5 and 4 °C depending on the scenario with a decrease of snow...
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Contemporary Climate Change Impacts on Mexican Fauna
Climate change is a major force acting upon biodiversity and on the planetary dynamics as a whole. Consequently, in recent years, growing human and...
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Exploring Impact of Climate Change on Poultry Production in Nigeria
The study explored the impacts of climate change on poultry production in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. Other control variables such as...
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An exploratory study on students’ denominations, personal religious faith, knowledge about, and acceptance of evolution
BackgroundThe theory of evolution serves as an overarching scientific principle for all areas of biology. Hence, knowledge about and acceptance of...
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Local ecological knowledge and wise use of ephemeral wetlands: the case of the Cowal system, Australia
Ephemeral wetlands are important ecologically but are often jurisdictionally complex and under-studied. Forms of local knowledge, including local...
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Transformative change – a complex, multifaceted challenge for humanity
The Transformative Change Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will examine...