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Enabling Change in Universities: Enhancing Education for Sustainable Development with Tools for Quality Assurance This thesis deals with enabling change in universities, more explicitly enhancing education for sustainable ...

Climate change affects temperature and landscapes, especially in northern latitudes where heavy winters are becoming less common. Changes in the environment can strongly affect animals locally adapted to their habitat. ...

Biological ageing, i.e. the loss of physiological functioning leading to increased frailty and mortality risk with advancing age, is influenced both by genotype and environmental factors as well as their interactions. The ...

Photosynthesis, the process in which carbon dioxide is converted into sugars using the energy of sunlight, is vital for heterotrophic life on Earth. In plants, photosynthesis takes place in specific organelles called ...

Greenhouse gases emitted from energy production and transportation are dramatically changing the climate of Planet Earth. As a consequence, global warming is affecting the living conditions of numerous plant and animal ...

Density, adult sex ratio and fecundity are biologically important population parameters, whose estimation is also essential for wildlife management and conservation. These parameters describe population viability and predict ...

Suurpetojen kannanhoitoon, ja etenkin suden kannanhoitoon liittyvä monitahoinen konfl ikti esiintyy jännitteinä paikallisyhteisöjen ja keskushallinnon, maaseudun ja kaupunkien sekä maallikoiden ja tutkijoiden välillä. ...

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 ...

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 ...