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    A Decision Analytic Approach to Exposure-Based Chemical Prioritization

    The manufacture of novel synthetic chemicals has increased in volume and variety, but often the environmental and health risks are not fully understood in terms of toxicity and,...
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    Would you like to leave Beijing, Shanghai, or Shenzhen? An empirical analysis...

    : This study aims to estimate the migration effect of the overall samples and different flowing scales for the floating population from the perspective of personal wages....
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    Economic Impacts of Non-Native Forest Insects in the Continental United States

    Reliable estimates of the impacts and costs of biological invasions are critical to developing credible management, trade and regulatory policies. Worldwide, forests and urban...
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    Phenotypic signatures of urbanization are scale-dependent: A multi-trait stud...

    Abstract Understanding at which spatial scales anthropogenic selection pressures operate most strongly is a prerequisite for efficient conservation and management of urban...
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    IUFRO News 2012/9: IUFRO All Division 5 Conference - Forests and Forest Produ...

    A record number of more than 500 researchers from all over the world gathered at IUFRO's All Division 5 conference in Portugal to discuss "Forests and Forest Products Now and in...
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    IUFRO News 2013/8: Urgent Need for Reliable Methods of Virus Detection and Id...

    The topics covered in this issue range from viruses and phytoplasma of forest and urban trees to forest genetics, silviculture and ungulates, and legal aspects for sustainable...
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    Which Types of Relatedness Matter in Regional Growth? Industry, Occupation an...

    This paper provides a conceptual discussion of relatedness, which suggests a focus on individuals as a complement to firms and industries. The empirical relevance of the main...
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    IUFRO News 2010/11&12: Canopy Processes in a Changing Climate

    Read meeting reports on canopy processes in a changing climate, on the future of beech, as well as an article on redefining community forestry, and an interview with the new...
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    IUFRO News 2010/10: SilviLaser 2010: Point Cloud Brings Light into the Forest

    Reports from meetings on subjects as diverse as laser scanning for forest applications; landscape ecology; poplars and willows; uneven-aged forest management and larch genetics...
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    IUFRO News 2012/2: New Assessment of Biodiversity and Forest Management in REDD+

    New GFEP Expert Panel on Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+ is preparing an assessment that will provide a stronger scientific basis for decisions about REDD+ policies...
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    A Global Estimate of the Number of Coral Reef Fishers

    Overfishing threatens coral reefs worldwide, yet there is no reliable estimate on the number of reef fishers globally. We address this data gap by quantifying the number of reef...
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    Integrative taxonomy for continental-scale terrestrial insect observations.

    Although 21(st) century ecology uses unprecedented technology at the largest spatio-temporal scales in history, the data remain reliant on sound taxonomic practices that derive...
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    A decade of decline: Grant funding for researchers with disabilities 2008 to ...

    Recent data highlights an imbalance in research grant success among groups underrepresented within the biomedical workforce, including racial/ethnic minorities and women....
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    Investing in Threatened Species Conservation: Does Corruption Outweigh Purcha...

    In many sectors, freedom in capital flow has allowed optimization of investment returns through choosing sites that provide the best value for money. These returns, however, can...
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    Striking a balance: socioeconomic development and conservation in grassland t...

    The goal of preserving nature is often in conflict with economic development and the aspirations of the rural poor. Nowhere is this more striking than in native grasslands,...
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    IUFRO News 2012/8: High Demand for Forest Landscape Restoration in North Korea

    Read reports from meetings on forest landscape restoration, alien invasive species and boreal mixedwoods, and get informed about events such as the 3rd IUFRO Latin American...
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    Market Forces and Technological Substitutes Cause Fluctuations in the Value o...

    Critics of the market-based, ecosystem services approach to biodiversity conservation worry that volatile market conditions and technological substitutes will diminish the value...
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    IUFRO News 2013/1: IUFRO Headquarters is Moving Offices

    Find information on the online call for session proposals for the next IUFRO World Congress, reports from IUFRO meetings as well as interesting publications, upcoming meetings...
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    ZENO1

    zeno: Before you get the whole truth, you have to get the half truth. But, if you chase that poppycock down the rabbit hole, you'll find you can't get any truth. The model: Open...
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    dedup_wf_001--f42f296bd87f174efc2a336fc628e2c7

    A set of slides sent to the US Energy Information Administration. I wanted to know if they might be interested in what international distributions of production, consumption,...