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Guillermo Aguilera Nuñez, Anders Glimskär, Giulia Zacchello, Richard M. Francksen, Mark J. Whittingham and Matthew Hiron
Permanent grasslands cover more than a third of European agricultural land and are important for a number of ecosystem services. Permanent grasslands used for agriculture are broadly separated into agriculturally improved and semi-natural grasslands. Hig...
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Elzbieta Wojciechowicz-Zytko and Edyta Wilk
The influence of different semi-natural surroundings adjacent to apple orchards on the occurrence of predatory syrphids and biological control of Aphis pomi Deg. and Dysaphis plantaginea Pass. was compared. Two methods of catching hoverflies were used: y...
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Janeth Mwile Mwasenga and Ibrahimu Chikira Mjemah
The development of socio-economic activities within the 60 m buffer zone has imposed change on the characteristics of rivers in northern Tanzania, subjecting rivers to collateral and irreversible damage due to their prolonged exposure to anthropic activi...
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Georgios Theodosiou and Sampson Panajiotidis
Urban streams are ecosystems of great ecological and hydrological importance for human environments. However, they face pressure on biodiversity, hydromorphology, and water quality. In this study, an urban riparian system of a Mediterranean city (Thessal...
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Ketrin Lorhayne Kubiak, José Alberto Pereira, Dinéia Tessaro, Sónia A. P. Santos and Jacinto Benhadi-Marín
The olive tree is perfectly adapted to the Mediterranean region, where it represents high economic, social, and landscape importance, olive orchards being an important repository of biodiversity. The order Coleoptera encompasses families that provide imp...
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Csaba Centeri
Seventy-seven percent of all agricultural land is related to livestock, meat and dairy, including grazing land and arable fields used for animal feed production. The effect of livestock on the natural environment is well documented. Many types of researc...
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Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gomez, Ana Vulevic and Gualter Couto
Islands as peripheral and ultra-peripheral are typically highlighted as ecologically sensitive areas to human activities due to the tremendous biological diversity of beings and the future possibility of habitat loss. In this regard, the comprehension of...
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Luca Folador, Alessio Cislaghi, Giorgio Vacchiano and Daniele Masseroni
Forest fire is a common concern in Mediterranean watersheds. Fire-induced canopy mortality may cause the degradation of chemical?physical properties in the soil and influence hydrological processes within and across watersheds. However, the prediction of...
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Bolette Bele, Ann Norderhaug and Hanne Sickel
Interest in localized agri-food systems has grown significantly in recent years. They are associated with several benefits and are seen as important for rural development. An important share of the academic debate addresses the contribution of localized ...
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Pawel Marcinkowski, Adam Kiczko and Tomasz Okruszko
The impact of vegetation on the hydrology and geomorphology of aquatic ecosystems has been studied intensively in recent years. Numerous hydraulic models developed to date help to understand and quantitatively assess the influence of in-stream macrophyte...
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