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A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya (2023)
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Howland, O. (2023). A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 164881. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164881

Introduction: Ongata Rongai is a rapidly growing peri-urban space in Nairobi Metropolitan, Kenya. The last 10 years have seen exponential population growth and building development leading to overcrowding and pressure on water and environmental resou... Read More about A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya.

Applying the concept of niche breadth to understand urban tree mortality in the UK (2023)
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Kim, E. H., Hitchmough, J. D., Cameron, R. W., Schrodt, F., Martin, K. W., & Cubey, R. (2023). Applying the concept of niche breadth to understand urban tree mortality in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 902, Article 166304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166304

Accelerated climate change has raised concerns about heightened vulnerability of urban trees, spurring the need to reevaluate their suitability. The urgency has also driven the widespread application of climatic niche-based models. In particular, the... Read More about Applying the concept of niche breadth to understand urban tree mortality in the UK.

Tropical forest lianas have greater non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in the stem xylem than trees (2023)
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Signori-Müller, C., Galbraith, D., Tavares, J. V., Reis, S. M., Diniz, F. C., Gilpin, M., …Oliveira, R. S. (in press). Tropical forest lianas have greater non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in the stem xylem than trees. Tree Physiology, Article tpad096. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad096

Lianas (woody vines) are important components of tropical forests and are known to compete with host trees for resources, decrease tree growth and increase tree mortality. Given the observed increases in liana abundance in some forests and their impa... Read More about Tropical forest lianas have greater non-structural carbohydrate concentrations in the stem xylem than trees.

Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging (2023)
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Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., McClaughlin, E., Clark, M., Dunham, S., Elliott, S., …Tarlinton, R. (2023). Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging. Heliyon, 9(9), Article E19211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19211

Understanding how smallscale (‘backyard’) poultry keepers interpret and respond to governmental directives designed to reduce the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is of paramount importance in preparing for future HPAI outbrea... Read More about Exploring the responses of smallscale poultry keepers to avian influenza regulations and guidance in the United Kingdom, with recommendations for improved biosecurity messaging.

The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) (2023)
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Keenan, L., & Wójcik, D. (2023). The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Environment and Planning A, 55(6), 1618-1627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X231190091

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are on the rise. Interlocking processes of globalization and financialization have increased their attractiveness and incentivized an upward spiral of M&A activity in recent years. This rise is profoundly spatial, as M... Read More about The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective (2023)
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Landman, T., & Smallman-Raynor, M. (2023). The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective. Political Geography, 106, Article 102957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102957

Since its appearance in Wuhan (China) in late December 2019, the geographical spread of COVID-19 and its constituent waves varied in pace and intensity around the world. Responses to the pandemic also varied across the world with high variation in ca... Read More about The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective.

Tropical peat surface oscillations are a function of peat condition at North Selangor peat swamp forest, Malaysia (2023)
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Ledger, M. J., Evans, C. D., Large, D. J., Evers, S., Brown, C., Jovani-Sancho, A. J., …Sjögersten, S. (2023). Tropical peat surface oscillations are a function of peat condition at North Selangor peat swamp forest, Malaysia. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, Article 1182100. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1182100

Tropical peatland condition across southeast Asia is deteriorating as a result of conversion to agriculture and urban zones. Conversion begins by lowering the water table, which leads to peat decomposition, subsidence and increased risk of large-scal... Read More about Tropical peat surface oscillations are a function of peat condition at North Selangor peat swamp forest, Malaysia.

Interrupted rhythms and uncertain futures: Mortgage finance and the (spatio-) temporalities of climate breakdown (2023)
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Knuth, S., Cox, S., Zavareh Hofmann, S., Morris, J., Taylor, Z., & McElvain, B. (2023). Interrupted rhythms and uncertain futures: Mortgage finance and the (spatio-) temporalities of climate breakdown. Journal of Urban Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2229462

As intensifying climate-related disasters strike cities across the United States, they are provoking rising concern for the stability of the U.S. housing market and broader financial system. How homeowners, mortgage lenders, federal institutions/regu... Read More about Interrupted rhythms and uncertain futures: Mortgage finance and the (spatio-) temporalities of climate breakdown.

Using mixed methods and community participation to explore household and ambient air pollution practices in a rural community in Malawi (2023)
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Phillip, E., Conroy, R. M., Walsh, A., Jumbe, V., Jewitt, S., Lee, S., & Stanistreet, D. (2023). Using mixed methods and community participation to explore household and ambient air pollution practices in a rural community in Malawi. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-02008-x

Aim Globally, household and ambient air pollution (HAAP) accounts for almost 7 million premature deaths each year. Over half of these are from incomplete biomass fuel combustion in open fires and inefficient cookstoves. Solutions to the problem rema... Read More about Using mixed methods and community participation to explore household and ambient air pollution practices in a rural community in Malawi.

Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply (2023)
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Blackstone, N. T., Rodríguez-Huerta, E., Battaglia, K., Jackson, B., Jackson, E., Benoit Norris, C., & Decker Sparks, J. L. (2023). Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply. Nature Food, 4(7), 596–606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00794-x

Social risk assessments and case studies of labour conditions in food production primarily focus on specific subpopulations, regions and commodities. To date, research has not systematically assessed labour conditions against international standards... Read More about Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply.

Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams (2023)
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Mejia, F. H., Ouellet, V., Briggs, M. A., Carlson, S. M., Casas‐Mulet, R., Chapman, M., …Torgersen, C. E. (2023). Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams. Global Change Biology, 29(19), 5482-5508. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16844

Human activities and climate change threaten coldwater organisms in freshwater ecosystems by causing rivers and streams to warm, increasing the intensity and frequency of warm temperature events, and reducing thermal heterogeneity. Cold-water refuges... Read More about Closing the gap between science and management of cold‐water refuges in rivers and streams.

‘Kalli in the ship’: Inughuit abduction and the shaping of Arctic knowledge (2023)
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Martin, P. R. (2023). ‘Kalli in the ship’: Inughuit abduction and the shaping of Arctic knowledge. History and Anthropology, https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2023.2235383

This article examines the contributions made to Arctic knowledge by Kallihirua, a member of the Inughuit community of Northern Greenland who was abducted by the crew of the Assistance during the 1850–51 expedition in search of the missing ships Erebu... Read More about ‘Kalli in the ship’: Inughuit abduction and the shaping of Arctic knowledge.

Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research (2023)
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Pétillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J. B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., …Skov, M. W. (2023). Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research. Science of the Total Environment, 898, Article 165544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165544

Coastal saltmarshes provide globally important ecosystem services including ‘blue carbon’ sequestration, flood protection, pollutant remediation, habitat provision and cultural value. Large portions of marshes have been lost or fragmented as a result... Read More about Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research.

Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya (2023)
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Mburu, C. M., Bukachi, S., Majiwa, H., Ongore, D., Baylis, M., Mochabo, K., …Howland, O. (2023). Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya. PLoS ONE, 18(7), Article e0287456. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287456

Introduction Livestock diseases are a big challenge for the livelihood of pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa because they reduce livestock productivity and increase mortality. Based on the literature available there is limited understanding on how p... Read More about Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya.

Volcanic ash deposition as a selection mechanism towards woodiness (2023)
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Beierkuhnlein, C., Nogales, M., Field, R., Vetaas, O. R., Walentowitz, A., Weiser, F., …Chiarucci, A. (2023). Volcanic ash deposition as a selection mechanism towards woodiness. npj Biodiversity, 2(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00018-2

The high proportion of woody plant species on oceanic islands has hitherto been explained mainly by gradual adaptation to climatic conditions. Here, we present a novel hypothesis that such woodiness is adaptative to volcanic ash (tephra) deposition.... Read More about Volcanic ash deposition as a selection mechanism towards woodiness.

IMAGINE sustainability: integrated inner-outer transformation in research, education and practice (2023)
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Ives, C. D., Schäpke, N., Woiwode, C., & Wamsler, C. (2023). IMAGINE sustainability: integrated inner-outer transformation in research, education and practice. Sustainability Science, 18(6), 2777-2786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01368-3

There has been a recent proliferation of research and practice on the interior dimensions of sustainability, such as values, beliefs, worldviews and inner capacities. This nascent field of inner transformation is dynamic and emerging, with varied ter... Read More about IMAGINE sustainability: integrated inner-outer transformation in research, education and practice.

Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target (2023)
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Cazzolla Gatti, R., Zannini, P., Piovesan, G., Alessi, N., Basset, A., Beierkuhnlein, C., …Chiarucci, A. (2023). Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target. Biodiversity and Conservation, 32, 3157–3174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02644-5

Protecting global biodiversity is one of the most urgent tasks for the coming decades. Area-based conservation is a pillar for preserving ecosystems and species. Strictly protected areas specifically preserve biodiversity and ecosystem processes. The... Read More about Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target.

Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands (2023)
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Hanz, D. M., Cutts, V., Barajas‐Barbosa, M. P., Algar, A., Beierkuhnlein, C., Collart, F., …Irl, S. D. H. (2023). Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands. Diversity and Distributions, 29(9), 1157-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13750

Aim: Oceanic islands possess unique floras with high proportions of endemic species. Island floras are expected to be severely affected by changing climatic conditions as species on islands have limited distribution ranges and small population sizes... Read More about Effects of climate change on the distribution of plant species and plant functional strategies on the Canary Islands.

Doing feminist longitudinal research across the COVID-19 crisis: Unheard impacts on researchers and garment workers in Cambodia (2023)
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Brickell, K., Chhom, T., Lawreniuk, S., McCarthy, L., Mony, R., & So, H. (2024). Doing feminist longitudinal research across the COVID-19 crisis: Unheard impacts on researchers and garment workers in Cambodia. Area, 56(1), Article e12885. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12885

This paper is based on the ReFashion study which used mixed-method longitudinal research to track and amplify the experiences and coping mechanisms of 200 women garment workers in Cambodia as they navigated the financial repercussions of the COVID-19... Read More about Doing feminist longitudinal research across the COVID-19 crisis: Unheard impacts on researchers and garment workers in Cambodia.

An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments (2023)
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Zhang, Q., & Swann, G. E. (2023). An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1150518. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1150518

Radiolaria are the primary contributors to biogenic opal in the tropical ocean, and their isotope compositions are potentially useful tool for reconstructing the silicon cycle in mid-depth waters. To date little attention has been paid to their isoto... Read More about An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments.