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- Altitudinal gradients in Magellanic sub-Antarctic lagoons: the effect of elevation on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and distribution
- In this article, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity associated with lakes and ponds along the altitudinal gradient of a Magellanic sub-Antarctic watershed are assessed. A monotonic decline in species richness was observed with increasing elevation, with simpler and more even community composition at higher altitude. This pattern differs from the mid-peak trend found in streams of the same watershed. Functional feeding group structure also diminished with increasing elevation.
- America Losing its Religion?
- Audio recording of a news segment from News Radio KFB. This episode discusses results from the General Social Survey in relation to religion and spirituality.
- The Art of Non-Violence in a Violent World
- Video recording containing audio of a podcast episode from Grim News. This episode includes a discussion on the principles of non-violence and its relationship with Jainism
- Assessing distribution shifts and ecophysiological characteristics of the only Antarctic winged midge under climate change scenarios
- Article integrating ecophysiological information with the development of new high-resolution climatic layers for Antarctica, to better understand how the distribution of P. steinenii may respond to change over the next century under different IPCC climate change scenarios. The authors conclude that the species has the potential to expand its distribution to include parts of the west and east coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula and even coastal ice-free areas in parts of continental Antarctica. The authors also propose P. steinenii as an effective native sentinel and indicator species of climate change in the Antarctic.
- AT#650 - Travel to Rajasthan, India
- Audio recording of a podcast episode from Amateur Traveler. This episode contains a discussion of travel ito the northern India state of Rajasthan.
- Bergson, Materialization, and the Peculiar Nature of Space
- This article shows how Bergson's notions of variable lived space and the dynamic character of physical matter could lead to theories of fractal dimension and theories of the creation and expansion of matter.
- A Biocultural Dialogue between Thoreau and Taoist Thought: Rethinking Environmental Ethics, Nature, Spirituality and Place
- Article describes how a fundamental question of the 21st century centers around the role and place of humans in their environment. The authors assert that this paper aimed to discover and manifest the connection and similarities between the philosophy of Thoreau and the ancient worldview of Taoism.
- Biocultural homogenization: Exotism of the femenine landscape of latin america
- Article discusses the importance of valuing an alternative, ecological, aesthetic and post-modern-exotic hermeneutic in viewing Latin America, and discusses the colonial impression of a "exotic" Latin America.
- Biocultural homogenization in elementary education degree students from contrasting ecoregions of Chile
- Article describes how biocultural homogenization is a wicked problem that implies the loss of biological and cultural diversity at different scales. The authors studied the perceptions that elementary education degree students (EEDS) have regarding the flora and fauna (co-inhabitants), their environments (habitats), and their daily customs or activities (habits) in these three ecoregions.
- Breeding strategies of open-cup-nesting birds in sub-Antarctic forests of Navarino Island, Chile
- Article describing the breeding strategies (i.e., nest dimensions, nest height from the ground, egg laying rhythm, clutch size, length of the developmental periods, breeding phenology, and diversity of nesting substrate) of five passerine birds that inhabit sub-Antarctic ecosystems.
- Dharmic Ecology for Mother Earth
- Presentation for the Dallas Philosophers Forum. This presentation discusses the intertwining of environmentalism in the dharmic practices of traditional grass-roots rural communities such as Bishnois, Bhils, and Swadhyaya.
- Do beavers improve the habitat quality for Magellanic Woodpeckers?
- This article determines which attributes of abandoned beaver meadows have a strong impact on habitat selection by the Magellenic woodpecker.
- Educación, Ecoturismo y Conservación Biocultural en los Bosques en Miniatura Del Cabo de Hornos
- Article demonstrates that using Field Environmental Philosophy (FEP) methodology, inconspicuous species can be made visible and their ecological, ethical, aesthetic, and economic values can be recognized by citizens.
- Environmental History of Dharmic Communities
- Presentation for the Dallas Philosophers Forum. This presentation discusses the intertwining of environmentalism in the dharmic practices of traditional grass-roots rural communities such as Bishnois, Bhils, and Swadhyaya.
- Exiting the Anthropocene: Achieving personal and planetary health in the 21st century
- Article describes how planetary health provides a perspective of ecological interdependence that connects the health and vitality of individuals, communities, and Earth's natural systems. The authors assert that in an era of interconnected grand challenges threatening health of all systems at all scales, planetary health provides a framework for cross-sectoral collaboration and unified systems approaches to solutions.
- The extreme rainfall gradient of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve and its impact on forest bird richness
- Article studying the effects of extreme rainfall variations on forest bird communities by monitoring the bird species richness in the different forest types present in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (CHBR).
- Field Environmental Philosophy: A Biocultural Ethic Approach to Education and Ecotourism for Sustainability
- This article proposes an educational methodology, called field environmental philosophy (FEP), which orients ecotourism practices to reconnect citizens and nature in order to contribute to local and global sustainability. FEP’s methodology is starting to be adapted in other world regions, such as Germany, Japan, and Mexico, to integrate education and ecotourism for sustainability.
- Introducción a la Sección Especial de Revista Bosque. Avances de una red de sitios de estudios ecológicos a largo plazo en el suroeste de Sudamérica
- This article is the forward to a special section on long-term ecological research in Chile. It briefly introduces the main topics and ideas of each of the articles and comment on their relevance in the context of research and monitoring of Chilean ecosystems and in the perspective of global change research.
- Lophozonia tree cavities used for nesting by Slender-billed Parakeets (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) in the central valley of southern Chile: a potentially vanishing keystone resource
- This article describes and quantifies characteristics of southern beech (Lophoonia obliqua) trees and their associated cavities used for nesting by Slender-billed Parakeets in the central valley of southern Chile.
- Negotiating local versus global needs in the International Long Term Ecological Research Network’s socio-ecological research agenda
- This article describes the assessment of six long-term socio-ecological research (LTSER) platforms through site visits, coupled with reflections and insights of the platform managers.
- Nest-site selection and breeding success of passerines in the world’s southernmost forests
- This article studies the nest-site selection and survival rate of the five most abundant open-cup forest-dwelling passerines (Elaenia albiceps, Zonotrichia capensis, Phrygilus patagonicus, Turdus falcklandii, and Anairetes parulus) in the world’s southernmost forests of Navarino Island, in the Cape Horn Biosphere reserve, Chile (55°S).
- Plant communities as bioclimate indicators on Isla Navarino, one of the southernmost forested areas of the world
- This article focuses on Isla Navarino (Chile) to understand changes in plant community composition and plant diversity and their relation to climatic factors along an altitudinal gradient.
- Potential Niche Expansion of the American Mink Invading a Remote Island Free of Nativepredatory Mammals
- This article evaluates whether the lack of potential predators and competitors, together with a more diurnal and terrestrial prey, have resulted in the mink expanding its spatial and temporal niche on Navarino Island as compared to that in its native habitats,
- Primer registro de Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus 1758) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) en la isla Navarino, Chile
- This article documents the presence of the common wasp Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus 1758) on Navarino Island, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Southern Chile. The common wasp V. vulgaris is an introduced species in the Southern Hemisphere that has been reported in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Argentina and South-central Chile.
- Primera década de investigación y educación en la Reserva de la Biosfera Cabo de Hornos: el enfoque biocultural del Parque Etnobotánico Omora
- This article discusses the historical context motivating the creation of the future Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Center in 2017.
- Range-wide genetic structure in the thorn-tailed rayadito suggests limited gene flow towards peripheral populations
- Article assessing range-wide genetic structure and contemporary gene flow in the thorn-tailed rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda), a passerine bird inhabiting the temperate forests of South America.
- Sodium chloride accumulation in glycophyte plants with cyanobacterial symbionts
- This article reports an apparently novel and taxonomically diverse grouping of plants that continuously maintain high tissue sodium contents and share the rare feature of possessing symbiotic cyanobacteria.