Le interazioni umani-ambiente nell’applicazione di tecniche agricole sapientemente adattate al territorio: l’esempio dell’isola di Pantelleria by Virginie Deguillame

“…Although the changing global dynamics and evolving lifestyles that alter the island's landscape, the inhabitants of Pantelleria have demonstrated a remarkable resilience in maintaining traditional knowledge and related techniques, rooted in their agricultural heritage and deep attachment to the land. …”
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Twobandad Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…With a host range of over 100 plant species, the twobanded Japanese weevil is recognized in the northeastern and midwestern United States as an important pest of landscape plantings (Wheeler and Boyd 2005). Although not a pest of major concern yet in the southeastern states, it is likely to extend its range due to movement of nursery stock. …”
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Engaging High Water Users in Water Conservation #2: High Water Users’ Water-Related Behaviors and Willingness to Act by Pei-wen Huang, Alexa J. Lamm

“… Approximately 50% of Floridians’ daily water consumption is used for outdoor purposes, such as landscape irrigation; this is 20% higher than the national average. …”
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FRAGSTATS: A Free Tool for Quantifying and Evaluating Spatial Patterns by Benxin Chen, Basil V. Iannone III

“…A few basic concepts of landscape ecology and GIS are included, but this fact sheet is intended for readers with at least some GIS knowledge. …”
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First records of two ascomycete fungi (Ascomycota) for Slovenia by Luka Šparl, Eva Zupan

“…Sánchez 1967 and Cudoniella tenuispora (Cooke & Massee) Dennis 1974 were observed in Tivoli, Rožnik and Šiška hill Landscape Park in central Slovenia. This is the first evidence of their presence in the country. …”
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Water Conservation and Extension Participants: An Interesting Synergy by Laura A. Warner, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Anil Kumar Chaudhary

“… The home landscape is a place where there is a great opportunity for people to adopt irrigation practices and technologies that conserve water. …”
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Identifications totémiques : réflexions sur la relation entre humains et entités surnaturelles chez les Salish centraux de la côte by Baptiste Gille

“…Nowadays, many indigenous people living in the Vancouver area, on Central Coast Salish territories, can claim to have a special relationship with a supernatural entity, often a non-human animal species, a vegetal species, or an element of the landscape. The purpose of this article is to highlight the different modalities of this identification with a protective non-human being, and it takes as its starting point hesitations, difficulties, and inaccuracies that occur when one tries to define such identification. …”
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Reconstituer les évolutions des espaces forestiers de l'Avesnois aux XIVe – XVIIIe siècles. Approches méthodologiques by Francesco Beretta, Claire-Charlotte Butez, Adrien Carpentier, Marie Delcourte

“…In the work frame of this applied research thesis work (Afforestation policy), it has been necessary to use specific tools and to convert ancient data to a readable useful format.The SyMoGIH method (Système Modulaire de Gestion de l'Information Historique / Modular System for Historical Data Management) offers the possibility to work at different scale level (territory, landscape, place) using space and time data for each geographical elements of the Avesnois National Park. …”
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Automatic exchange of financial information from the perspective of tax fairness and transparency by Isnaini Isnaini, Joni Emirzon, Ridwan Ridwan

“…Tax fairness and transparency concepts have gained increasing prominence in the global tax and financial regulatory landscape in recent years. Automatic Exchange of Financial Information (AEOI) has proven to be an effective tool for implementing these principles. …”
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Black Scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) by Morgan A. Byron, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Sandra A. Allan

“…In Florida, black scale is found on citrus, cultivated olive, avocado, and many popular landscape plants. It is likely that black scale, like many invasive pests, was imported to the United States on infested nursery plants. …”
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Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States by John J. Haydu, Alan W. Hodges, Charles R. Hall

“… The turfgrass and lawncare industry in the United States continues to grow rapidly due to strong demand for residential and commercial property development, rising affluence, and the environmental and aesthetic benefits of turfgrass in the urban landscape. Economic sectors of the industry include sod farms, lawncare services, lawn and garden retail stores, and lawn equipment manufacturing. …”
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Selective Extraction of Entangled Textures via Adaptive PDE Transform by Yang Wang, Guo-Wei Wei, Siyang Yang

“…Successful separations of human face, clothes, background, natural landscape, text, forest, camouflaged sniper and neuron skeletons have validated the proposed method.…”
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Native Trees for South Florida by A.W. Meerow, T.K. Broschat, H.M. Donselman

“…Native plants are particularly suited for new developments with retained vegetation, environmentally sensitive areas, and public spaces. Successful landscaping with native plants requires careful consideration of site history, soil and hydrology modifications, and current site conditions, ensuring the selection of appropriate species for specific landscape functions. …”
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Online Courses: To Accept Impossible to Ignore by S. V. Lobova, E. V. Ponkina

“…Online courses are changing the landscape of higher education. However, their adoption by the teaching community of Russian universities has not yet been fully studied. …”
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Using Reclaimed Water to Irrigate Turfgrass – Lessons Learned from Research with Phosphorus by George Hochmuth, Jinghua Fan, Jason Kruse, Jerry Sartain

“…Reclaimed water treated by filtration and chlorination is safe to use for designated purposes, such as residential landscape irrigation. Florida began using reclaimed water in 1966, and it is a leading state for using reclaimed water. …”
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Gopher Apple, Geobalanus oblongifolius Synonym: Licania michauxii by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…Gopher apple is an ideal groundcover for a coastal landscape with well-draining soil and a low pH (Gilman 2014). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg169 Note: This fact sheet is also available as a chapter in a comprehensive manual titled Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle,  Please see the manual for more information about other useful and attractive native plants for dunes and for further information about restoration and preservation techniques …”
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Columbia / New York: The Ruins of the Civil War by Thomas Constantinesco

“…Although ruins were long held to be lacking in the nineteenth-century US landscape—and their absence deemed a sign of America’s newness—ruins were ubiquitous throughout the nation, in particular in its growing urban centres. …”
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Un régime monétaire traditionnel contesté par la monnaie d’État : l’histoire du kip au Nord-Laos de 1975 à 2000 by Pierre Alary

“…The state’s interventions shaped the monetary landscape at the top of which is a suitable currency for the development of commercial exchanges. …”
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Exploiting Body and Place in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Catherine Lanone

“…This creates a kind of proto-ecofeminist logic, as colonial metaphors are applied to the landscape but also to Tess’s enslaved body, while she toils on the machine, relentlessly exposed to the male gaze. …”
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Ecclesiological implications for the church as intergenerational space focusing on families by P.R. Mans, P.A. Rosseau

“… The church is God’s primary vehicle to minister in a global landscape dotted with globalisation, social media, wars, environmental issues, global economics, global social developments, and politics. …”
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