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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"urban-to-rural"”.
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Physiological costs of total cholesterol in European starlings across an urban to rural gradient
<p>Urban areas—characterized by high human densities and associated buildings and impermeable surfaces—are increasing globally and represents a leading threat to wildlife that is drastically altering the natural resources they are accustomed to. Prior studies suggest that living in urban habitats …
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Ecology of Mid-Atlantic bats after white-nose syndrome: communities, reproduction, and diet within an urban-to-rural gradient
… and Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat). Impacts to Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat) populations have been negative, positive or neutral. Migratory bat species such as Lasiurus borealis (eastern red bat) are not impacted by WNS. To determine changes within the National Park Service National …
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A beautiful day in these neighborhoods: variations in access to school, food, and healthcare in neighborhoods along an urban to rural gradient
… for size, population, and orientation to basic amenities like food, healthcare and education. Most neighborhood level research has paid little attention to the contexts (urban, suburban, and rural) that neighborhoods are situated. The purpose of this research is to explore the …
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The city blues of an iridescent canary: physiological, behavioral, and developmental impacts of lead (Pb) on songbirds along an urban-to-rural gradient
<p>Urbanization is rapidly changing the environment and creating new challenges in the lives of animals across the globe. Anthropogenic contaminants found commonly in old construction materials—including heavy metals like lead— persist within the environment for prolonged periods of time and …
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Redistribution Effects of Wetland Mitigation Over Space and Time
… the third section uses the same Chicago dataset to analyze whether mitigation programs actually relocate wetlands through off-site mitigation from urban to rural areas and whether that relocation causes socioeconomic disparities. I demonstrate that the extent of wetland relocation and …
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Tourism and Rural Identity in the Waasland, Belgium
… tracts, are "green spaces" mainly devoted to agricultural output. The Flemish way of life and environment has become increasingly "urbanized." Tourism commissions operating in the countryside have drawn on Flemish heritage and identity, as well as the rural landscape to act as marketing …
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EVALUATING RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN NEIGHBORING PROTECTED AREAS OF RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA
… changes. Moving from a socialistic system into a free-market economy of supply and demand saw regulatory institutions, which historically managed natural resources like rangelands, dissolved or without the capacity to enforce their work requirements. Like other places in Russia, the region of …
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EVALUATING RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN NEIGHBORING PROTECTED AREAS OF RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA
… changes. Moving from a socialistic system into a free-market economy of supply and demand saw regulatory institutions, which historically managed natural resources like rangelands, dissolved or without the capacity to enforce their work requirements. Like other places in Russia, the region of …
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The expanding distribution of Ixodes scapularis and associated pathogens in the Chicago, IL, metropolitan area
… of the illness in the 1970s. The primary vector of Lyme disease, the tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), has expanded its range concurrently with the disease including into urban landscapes. To investigate landscape factors that may influence the colonization of I. scapularis and its …
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana, USA from 1992-2011
… (CCE) extends along the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the Canada-U.S. International border. In the U.S. portion of the CCE, located in northwestern Montana, development has increased since the 1990s, largely because of urban to rural migration. The CCE has become an amenity-based destination, which …
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The Quality of Teachers and School Performance in Urban and Rural Secondary Schools in Monduli District, Arusha, Tanzania
… in secondary schools, the study sought to investigate the extent to which quality of teachers contributed to secondary school performance in urban and rural secondary schools. More specifically, the study aimed at investigating the qualities of teachers, examining working environment and …
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Village Doctors and Vulnerable Bodies: Gender, Medicine, and Risk in North India
… migration: the movement of young women doctors from urban medical colleges to rural clinics in Rajasthan, North India. The ability for young women doctors to transfer their lives to a rural clinic, even for a year or two, is vital for career advancement in Rajasthan’s government health …
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Coyote (Canis latrans) Family Activity in a Landscape of Fear
At a global scale, rapid urban expansion is spilling human development over the boundaries that divide urban and rural. This overlap creates conflict as some wildlife species are forced to adjust to urban areas alongside human residents. One such species that has readily adapted to this urban life …
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Making the most of what remains: Examining the quality of urban grasslands for birds in Illinois
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The Role of Urban Climate and Land Cover in Phenology, Nest Success, and Habitat Use
Urban development is the fastest growing global land use and it increasingly brings drastic environmental change to natural systems. Climatic variability and spatial habitat heterogeneity within a city could influence species in habitat remnants. The objectives of this project were to investigate …
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Coyote (Canis latrans) Behavioural Adaptations Amid Seasonal Weather Changes
As urbanization overtakes natural habitats, understanding its effects on wildlife behaviour is crucial for the welfare of both human and non-human animals. Adaptation to urban landscapes can mean survival or extinction for some species. A key transformation from urbanization is the Urban Heat …
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Livelihoods, capabilities and insurgent citizenship in and around a rainforest metropolis : from violent urbanism to a new rurality?
… violence, poor health and inadequate access to healthcare and social rights. This uneven distribution of injustices has been theorized as “differentiated citizenship.” These injustices impinge on the wellbeing of the poor in several ways. The capabilities approach has contributed to expand …
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The eco-epidemiology of Chagas disease risk in Panama
Chagas disease is a vector-borne disease affecting between 5 to10 million people world-wide. It is spread by dozens of species of blood-feeding triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Trypanosoma cruzi, a kinetoplastid protozoan parasite and causative agent of Chagas disease, is shed in the feces of …
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Farming in the city: how the urban environment affects vegetable crop production, soil heavy metal contamination and nutrient dynamics, produce nutritive quality, and insect dynamics in urban gardens
Urbanization is a growing trend worldwide and especially in industrialized countries, where urban populations have reached over 80% of total populations. Growing food in urban areas is common in developing countries and accounts for a significant portion of urban dweller’s diet. Developed nations …
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Balkan Minds: Transnational Nationalism and the Transformation of South Slavic Immigrant Identity in Chicago, 1890-1941
… was inundated with unskilled workers eager to fuel the engines of the new economy. The South Slavs of the Balkans joined countless others from the furthest corners of the European continent during the final years of the nineteenth century and first two decades of the twentieth. Millions of …