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Towards Data-Driven Precision Crop Management of PotatoNARA Subscribed
Smart data use in precision potato production was one of the key note topics at the EAPR July 2024 conference in Oslo, Norway. Key enabling technologies for soil and crop monitoring, crop management, and harvest as used in the Netherlands were presented. Statistics on the adoption of the technologies and results of applications were given if available. Key technologies are FMIS, GNSS, satellite imagery, proximal sensors, cloud...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Extracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are regarded as rare diseases and are prone to complications such as pain, bleeding, relentless growth, and high volume of shunted blood. Due to the high vascular pressure endothelial cells of AVMs are exposed to mechanical stress. To control symptoms and lesion growth pharmacological treatment strategies are urgently needed in addition to surgery and interventional radiology. AV...
The distribution of cadmium in soil and cacao beans in PeruNARA Subscribed
Research strategies to catalyze agroecological transitions in low- and middle-income countriesNARA Subscribed
Governments are updating national strategies to meet global goals on biodiversity, climate change and food systems proposed in the Convention on Biological Diversity post-2020 framework and agreed at the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference (COP26) and Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). This represents a unique and crucial opportunity to integrate and accelerate food system actions to tackle interconnected global challenges. In...
Tree diversity in Asia's tropical and subtropical forests is central to nature‐based solutions. Species vulnerability to multiple threats, which affect provision of ecosystem services, is poorly understood. We conducted a region‐wide, spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of 63 socioeconomically important tree species to overexploitation, fire, overgrazing, habitat conversion, and climate change. Trees were select...
Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forestsNARA Subscribed
Understanding the vulnerability of tree species to anthropogenic threats is important for the efficient planning of restoration and conservation efforts. We quantified and compared the effects of future climate change and four current threats (fire, habitat conversion, overgrazing and overexploitation) on the 50 most common tree species of the tropical dry forests of northwestern Peru and southern Ecuador. We used an ensemble...
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open accessNARA Subscribed
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodivers...
Uncovering spatial patterns in the natural and human history of Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa ) across the Amazon BasinNARA Subscribed
Aim Our goal was to test the hypothesis that ancient humans substantially contributed to shaping the current distribution of Brazil nut ( Bertholletia excelsa ), an Amazonian tree species that has been important for human livelihoods since pre‐Columbian times. We scrutinized the putative association between Brazil nut and Amazonian Dark Earth soils ( ADE ) and geometric earthworks called geoglyphs, and examined the existence o...