Dürrbaum, Ellen Fornoff, Felix Scherber, Christoph Vesterinen, Eero J Eitzinger, Bernhard
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Molecular ecology
Urbanization is affecting arthropod communities worldwide, for example by changing the availability of food resources. However, the strength and direction of a community's response is species-specific and depends on species' trophic level. Here, we investigated interacting species at different trophic levels in nests of cavity-nesting bees and wasp...
Amare, Mulubrhan Arndt, Channing Guo, Zhe Seymour, Greg
Little is known about the effects of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). The scarcity of empirical studies on this relationship can be partly attributed to the lack of an objective measure of urbanization levels. In this study, we investigate the effects of urbanization on Ethiopian women’s attitudes toward IPV...
Li, Wanlong Cui, Yaoping Liu, Xiaoyan Deng, Chengbin Zhang, Sen
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Environmental Research Letters
The ecological environment is fragile in arid regions, and the direct and indirect impacts of continuing urbanization on vegetation growth in cities still need to be studied in depth. In this study, we focused on four provincial capital cities (Urumqi, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, and Hohhot) in arid regions of China. We used continuous 30 m land cover and v...
Chen, Hao Atingabili, Samuel Mensah, Isaac Adjei Yaw Omari-Sasu, Akoto Agba Tackie, Evelyn Arboh, Francisca Danso, Bertha Ada
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction The global pandemic disease known as the obesity epidemic has spread throughout the planet. Particularly, Africa is facing a growing problem of obesity, and the trend is rising. This is a result of a ticking time bomb. Given the claim that multiple socio-economic factors significantly affect the diversity in obesity rates between natio...
Wang, Yongyang Cai, Yanpeng Xie, Yulei Zhang, Pan Chen, Lei
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Intensive human and economic activities in urban areas have had adverse effects on local resources and ecology, leading to a decline in ecological resilience. Enhancing ecological resilience is crucial for improving the urban ecosystem's ability to withstand and recover from external risks. However, quantitative research on urban ecological resilie...
Yesmin, Mst Farjana Chowdhury, Mohammad Rocky Khan Bornee, Farzana Akhter Kader, Manzur Mondal, Md Nazrul Islam Hossain, Mohammad Rashid, Mamunur
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Frontiers in Public Health
Objective Early childhood functional difficulty poses a substantial worldwide public health challenge, leading to adverse effects on children’s quality of life and overall productivity. Moreover, it represents a significant social and economic problem in Bangladesh. Therefore, the current study aimed to identify factors contributing to childhood fu...
Mu, Yan Liu, Pan English, Alexander Scott Li, Ren Chen, Jieying
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Frontiers in Psychology
Khan, Hayat Khan, Itbar
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
Climate change has become a major challenge in recent decades as a result of rapid economic growth due to increased energy use and a rise in urbanization. Environmental damage induced by energy use, urbanization, and economic growth can be overcome by technological advancement and good governance. This study examines the effect of urbanization, tec...
Gros, Clément Bulot, Adeline Aviron, Stéphanie Beaujouan, Véronique Daniel, Hervé
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
The development of urban areas now requires the integration of biodiversity issues, and this leads to better consideration of their seminatural habitats. Among these habitats, urban grasslands subjected to mowing management practices are commonly promoted over lawns to enhance biodiversity in cities. Despite their ecological value, relatively littl...
Costa, Leonardo Lopes Bulhões, Eduardo Manuel Rosa Caetano, João Pedro Almeida Arueira, Vitor Figueira de Almeida, Daniella Torres Vieira, Tatiane Bittar Cardoso, Leandro Jorge Telles Zalmon, Ilana Rosental
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Frontiers in Marine Science
Nest beach selection by sea turtles at a regional scale may depend on upper shore environmental cues. Thus, the variability of sandy beach conditions, including coastal erosion rates and urban development can affect their nesting ecology. Almost half of worldwide sandy beaches are suffering from erosion and most of them are located in highly develo...