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Impacts of human activities on bats in the boreal forest
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-06-09)
Human activities can negatively impact biodiversity, including bats, leading to excessive mortality, population declines and potentially species extinction. Amongst these threats, wind power and light pollution are both ...
Migratory behaviour and year-round distribution of two goose species
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-04-21)
Knowledge on flyway structures, year-round spatiotemporal distributions and migration strategies is a key for understanding the ecology of migratory populations and the evolution of migratory behaviours. Knowledge on these ...
Spiders of Iran – Systematics, diversity and distribution
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-05-12)
Spiders (Araneae) are the largest order of Arachnida and the sixth most speciose order of Animalia, comprising more than 50,000 extant species as well as over 1,400 species known from fossils. Despite this immense diversity ...
Host-parasite genomics and ecology: linking genes and transcriptomes to disease and contemporary selection
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-05-05)
Infectious diseases in natural populations are important areas of research in ecology and evolution as they describe how parasites influence the host fitness. A host may undergo adaptive evolution against the parasite by ...
The return of the white-tailed eagle: Ecology of predator-prey relationships in the Baltic Sea and Arctic inland
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-12-02)
Apex predators regulate ecosystems through top-down processes. In the last century many predator populations crashed due to anthropogenic impacts, but recently some have recovered and are re-colonizing old areas, as well ...
Genomic editing to elucidate the effects of PIM kinases on cancer cell signalling
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-03-31)
In humans, there are three PIM family genes, the two first of which were originally identified from mice as proviral integration sites for Moloney leukemia virus. They encode serine/threonine kinases that are aberrantly ...
State of the environment as a determinant of life quality: a local scale approach
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-12-09)
Traditionally nature plays a significant role for people worldwide. Thousands of years ago our ancestors made their life-related decisions by accounting for the environmental situation. They relied on natural phenomena, ...
Values and worldviews in environmental and sustainability education : perspectives to their role and significance
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-09-08)
This dissertation discusses the role of values and worldviews in environmental education (EE) and sustainability education (SE). Values and worldviews affect whether we feel concern for the environment and guide our ...
Investigating the human-animal relationship in working animals
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-10-06)
Throughout history, humans have coexisted with animals, fulfilling various roles in human life including providing food, clothing, and assistance in research and labor. The study of human-animal relationships has been a ...
Biodiversity conservation and compensations for nature and people: from current challenges to future tools
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-11-03)
ABSTRACT
World is facing an environmental crisis as biodiversity continues to decrease and ecosystems degrade at an alarming rate mainly because of global land use changes. Urgent actions are needed to prevent further ...