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Characterization and sustainable management of natural resources such as soil, water, land, plants and animals.

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Evaluation of traditional and bootstrapped methods for assessing data-poor fisheries: a case study on tropical seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) with an improved length-based mortality estimation method

Matheus de Barros, Ronaldo Oliveira-Filho, Alexandre Aschenbrenner, Mauricio Hostim-Silva, Julien Chiquieri, Ralf Schwamborn

A review of advancements in the theory and characterization of soil macropore structure

Yanwen Cao, Kai Zhang, Shuyu Liu, Yilin Wang

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Citizen science enhances understanding of sea turtle distribution in the Gulf of California

Stephanie J. Rousso, María Dinorah Herrero Perezrul, Agnese Mancini, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, Jesse F. Senko

Estimation methods for the variance of Birnbaum-Saunders distribution containing zero values with application to wind speed data in Thailand

Natchaya Ratasukharom, Sa-Aat Niwitpong, Suparat Niwitpong

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Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich, Sidney Gouveia, Ricardo Dobrovolski, K.A.I. Nekaris, Vincent Nijman, Anthony B. Rylands, Fiona Maisels, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Julio Bicca-Marques, Agustin Fuentes, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Steig Johnson, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Leonardo Oliveira, Christoph Schwitzer, Christian Roos, Susan M. Cheyne, Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff, Brigitte Raharivololona, Mauricio Talebi, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Jatna Supriatna, Ramesh Boonratana, Made Wedana, Arif Setiawan

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A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

Mark J.F. Brown, Lynn V. Dicks, Robert J. Paxton, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Andrew B. Barron, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Breno M. Freitas, Dave Goulson, Sarina Jepsen, Claire Kremen, Jilian Li, Peter Neumann, David E. Pattemore, Simon G. Potts, Oliver Schweiger, Colleen L. Seymour, Jane C. Stout

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Effectiveness of five personal shark-bite deterrents for surfers

Charlie Huveneers, Sasha Whitmarsh, Madeline Thiele, Lauren Meyer, Andrew Fox, Corey J.A. Bradshaw

21,224 views · 1,475 downloads

Ecological solutions to reef degradation: optimizing coral reef restoration in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic

Diego Lirman, Stephanie Schopmeyer

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Are pumas subordinate carnivores, and does it matter?

L. Mark Elbroch, Anna Kusler

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Advancements in monitoring: a comparison of traditional and application-based tools for measuring outdoor recreation

Talia Vilalta Capdevila, Brynn A. McLellan, Annie Loosen, Anne Forshner, Karine Pigeon, Aerin L. Jacob, Pamela Wright, Libby Ehlers

Specific ion effects on the soil shear strength and clay surface properties of collapsing wall in Benggang

Bifei Huang, Maojin Yang, Honglin Zhong, Jinshi Lin, Fangshi Jiang, Ming-kuang Wang, Yue Zhang, Yanhe Huang

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Combining UAV-based hyperspectral imagery and machine learning algorithms for soil moisture content monitoring

Xiangyu Ge, Jingzhe Wang, Jianli Ding, Xiaoyi Cao, Zipeng Zhang, Jie Liu, Xiaohang Li

145 citations · 9,997 views · 4,077 downloads

Recent advances in biochar application for water and wastewater treatment: a review

Xiaoqing Wang, Zizhang Guo, Zhen Hu, Jian Zhang

130 citations · 8,994 views · 5,440 downloads

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The State of Active Seagrass Conservation and Restoration

Food Safety Issues During- and Post-Pandemic/Epidemic Situations; Production, Packaging, Storage, and Analysis Interventions

The Impact of Varying Environmental Landscapes on Insect Distribution

Advancing the Environmental DNA and RNA Toolkit for Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring and Management

Innovative Uses of Remote Sensing in Biodiversity Conservation

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