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Autor:
Shakesby, Rick
Publikováno v:
Area, 2000 Dec 01. 32(4), 443-444.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/20004108
Autor:
Tol, Richard S.J
Publikováno v:
In Environmental Science and Policy 2004 7(1):77-77
Publikováno v:
Biodiversity and Conservation. 25:2597-2627
Mediterranean islands (MI) are hotspots of global biodiversity and lie in one of the most susceptible to climate change (CC) areas of the world; a big challenge for any conservation strategy. In fact, there is already increasing evidence for CC in th
Autor:
Stephen Morse, Antoinette M. Mannion
Publikováno v:
Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 36:747-763
Genetically modified (GM) varieties of crops, notably soybean, maize, rape (canola) and cotton, were first grown commercially in 1996. In 2010 they occupied 148 million ha in 29 countries, mostly in the Americas and Asia but with an obvious absence i
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Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 30:175-200
Mediterranean ecosystems rival tropical ecosystems in terms of plant biodiversity. The Mediterranean Basin (MB) itself hosts 25 000 plant species, half of which are endemic. This rich biodiversity and the complex biogeographical and political issues
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Global Ecology and Biogeography. 12:131-146
Aim The aim of this study was to explore the environmental factors that determine the spatial distribution of oro-mediterranean and alti-mediterranean plant communities in Crete. Location The paper provides a quantitative analysis of vegetation-envir
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Land, 6(1):14
Land, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 14 (2017)
Land, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 14 (2017)
Islands across the world have evolved at the interface between land and sea, thus comprising landscapes and seascapes. Many islands have also been influenced by anthropogenic factors, which have given rise to mosaics of anthromes (sensu Ellis and Ram
Autor:
Antoinette M. Mannion
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Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 23:37-56
The first domestications of plants and animals, which occurred between 10 K years and 5 K years BP, and which underpinned the inception of agricultural systems, represent a major turning point in cultural and environmental history. Whilst much has be
Autor:
Antoinette M. Mannion
Publikováno v:
Outlook on Agriculture. 27:219-224
Agriculture has been responsible for the transformation of a substantial portion of the biosphere from wildscapes to landscapes. In view of the fact that human population is likely to increase by c 46% in the next two decades, pressure on agricultura
Autor:
Antoinette M. Mannion
Publikováno v:
Outlook on Agriculture. 26:151-158
Today, agriculture remains a major agent of land transformation, the nature of which varies considerably between the developed and developing worlds. Of particular significance is the transformation of tropical forest lands into agricultural lands. T