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Effectiveness of protected areas in the deforestation fronts of Acre, Brazil
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-11-02)
Deforestation in Amazonia is a high priority issue as it is intimately connected to global environmental problems, such as biodiversity loss and climate change. Contemporary threat from deforestation is concentrated on ...
Cavity-use and spatial ecology of the Eurasian pygmy owl in the managed boreal forests
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-05-13)
The loss and degradation of boreal old-growth forest is threatening biodiversity and a wide range of ecosystem services. Especially in Europe, the boreal forest has been subject to intensification of forestry practices, ...
Majavien elinympäristön käyttö ja sen tutkimuksessa käytettävien menetelmien vertailu
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-11-06)
Suomen kaksi majavalajia, euroopanmajava (Castor fiber) ja kanadanmajava eli amerikanmajava (Castor canadensis), ovat ekologialtaan hyvin samanlaisia. Kun euroopanmajava hävisi Suomesta, kannan elvyttämiseksi Norjasta ...
Apex avian species as sentinels for legacy and emerging contaminants in northern Baltic Sea coastal food webs
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-12-09)
Anthropogenic contamination is a wide-spread environmental problem. In addition to persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic legacy contaminants, emerging contaminants with unknown environmental behaviour are causing concern. ...
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, ...
Enhancing Fish Tolerance To Global Warming Through Swimming Exercise Training: Cardiac plasticity to swimming exercise training in hatchery-reared fish and its implications for thermal tolerance
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-09-08)
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing the magnitude and frequency of marine heatwaves, challenging the physiological limits of ectothermic animals, such as fish, and negatively affecting human activities that depend ...
How can cellular-level energy production explain how wild birds cope with environmental stress?
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-06-14)
All animals rely on energy in order to grow, reproduce and thrive. The conversion of nutrients into energy happens in mitochondria, which are crucial components of the cells. The efficiency with which mitochondria produce ...
Unfurling the diversity of the Neotropical fern genus Danaea (Marattiaceae)
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-06-07)
Tropical rainforests are at the same time some of the most species-rich and the least known terrestrial ecosystems. They are also under immense human pressure. Lack of information about species taxonomy, their distributions, ...
Mandates and incentives: implementing Finland’s first vaccination campaign against smallpox
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-06-14)
Despite the development of modern medicine and vaccines, vaccine-preventable childhood infections remain a major burden and even cause of death around the globe. The recent surge in the outbreaks of infectious diseases ...
The molecular mechanisms of rapid thermal adaptation in European grayling
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-02-09)
Adaptation is a key evolutionary process which may be important to maintain population viability during rapid environmental changes. The European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) is a freshwater salmonid that effectively ...