Agrobiodiversité et pratiques agricoles dans le pays Jbala (Tafza et Bellota) by Alexandrine Barontini, Younes Hmimsa

“…A traditional agriculture mostly characterised by the use of a subsistence mixed farming as part of a agro-sylvo-pastoral system of production which constitutes specific landscapes. Physical, natural, socio-economic and historic particularities created favorable conditions maintaining several rare cultivated plants and practices.Thanks to the international scientific cooperation project (PICS) « La Montagne et ses Savoirs », we have collected (between October 2013 and April 2014) a series of interviews with farmers, merchants or inhabitants of the region, in two sites: Tafza and Bellota.We present here the results of a modest comparison between the agro-biological diversity and the linguistic diversity, through some of the vernacular taxinomy concerning fruits and fruit trees.…”
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Exciton-polariton ring Josephson junction by Nina Voronova, Anna Grudinina, Riccardo Panico, Dimitris Trypogeorgos, Milena De Giorgi, Kirk Baldwin, Loren Pfeiffer, Daniele Sanvitto, Dario Ballarini

“…Our theory in terms of the free-energy landscapes explains the appearance of these regimes using experimental values. …”
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Building for Birds Evaluation Tool: Breeding and Wintering Habitat for Forest Birds by Mark Hostetler, Jan-Michael Archer

“…This evaluation tool is most useful for small developments or developments in already fragmented landscapes. The tool is designed for use when no opportunity is available to conserve large forest areas of 125 acres or more within a proposed development. …”
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« Caroline » et la montagne. Ces albums populaires pour enfants qui construisent la montagne by Christophe Meunier

“…Probst’s picture books depict characters evolving in converted landscapes as they frequent inhabited territories. Caroline aux sports d’hiver (1959), the seventh part in the series, was published when winter mountain tourism started to become popular. …”
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Geotourism and Interpretation of Geomorphology in Mountain Tourism by Jonathan Bussard, Emmanuel Reynard

“…The spectacular landscapes of the site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Bernese Alps), inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2001, are recognised for their high scientific interest in the field of geomorphology. …”
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Protection et valorisation du patrimoine géomorphologique en Île-de-France (Bassin de Paris, France) by François Bétard

“…Only recognized for about ten years, geomorphological heritage has recently received greater attention from scientists and stakeholders, due to the growing threats to the preservation of landforms and landscapes, but also given the potential offered by the cultural and tourism value of geomorphological sites (or geomorphosites) for local development. …”
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A la recherche de la ressource foncière territoriale sur les territoires de montagne by Catherine Herrera

“…Spatial malfunctions (homogenisation of landscapes, urban sprawl, etc.) and socio-economic problems (exclusion of the most fragile elements of the population, growth of second homes, etc.) have led local authorities in charge of managing land and development to re-examine their relationship with space. …”
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Biology and Management of Benghal Dayflower (Commelina benghalensis) in Ornamental Crop Production by Yuvraj Khamare, Chris Marble, Robert Stamps

“…Benghal dayflower has many characteristics that make it a very troublesome weed in Florida landscapes, nurseries and other agricultural production areas. …”
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Propagation and Production of Gulf Bluestem by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…This plant is a candidate for beach projects requiring planting on the back side of a primary dune, or any side of secondary dunes, or for commercial or home landscapes. This prostrate or creeping perennial spreads by long stolons and is easily distinguished by glaucous leaves, prostrate growth habit, and terminal inflorescences with stalked spikelets from 4.0 to 6.5 mm (0.15 to 0.26 in) (Clewell 1985). …”
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Géotourisme et médiation scientifique dans l’offre touristique en montagne by Jonathan Bussard, Emmanuel Reynard

“…The spectacular landscapes of the site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Bernese Alps), inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2001, are recognised for their high scientific interest in the field of geomorphology. …”
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Are Consumers Interested in Ornamental Plants That Benefit Pollinator Insects? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…Fortunately, ninety million US households have yards, landscapes, or gardens that can enhance pollinator habitat and health. …”
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The Unhomed Vietnam Veteran: “Queer Houses” in Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam Works by Cristina Alsina-Rísquez

“…Up against a hostile and unreadable background, deprived of the tools to read the geographical and human landscapes, most returning veterans describe their feelings of alienation and constant fear. …”
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Survey of geomorphic and morphotectonic indixes to assessment active tectonics in Abdoughi area, North east of Yazd, Central Iran by arash shrbi, Soheyla Beygi

“…Study and measurement of landscapes and forms which made by active tectonics are important objects in morphology science. …”
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Les processus de patrimonialisation de la nature dans le Kodagu (Inde) : pluralités, imbrications, contradictions by Béatrice Moppert

“…Their abundance varies from sacred groves (devarakadu) to coffee plantation landscapes. These initiatives are brought up by actors with different intents and can result in conflicts. …”
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De la conservation conflictuelle à l'aménagement durable : le paysage et la biodiversité saisis par le droit by Jean-Marie Breton

“…Today, positive law takes into account, beyond the mere "environment" considered in globo, both landscapes, subjected to specific legal treatment and protection ; and biodiversity, the conservation and management of which, because of its recognition as a conventional common heritage of mankind, in an intergenerational perspective, have raised legal arrangements ad hoc, at national as well as regional and international levels.…”
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Propagation and Production of Atlantic St. Johnswort by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…This plant is a candidate for beach projects requiring planting of interdunal areas and secondary dunes as well as for commercial or home landscapes. Flowers occur from June to September, are terminal and axillary, and may be solitary or in small clusters called cymules or dichasia. …”
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Camping it out in the Never Never: Subverting Hegemonic Masculinity in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994) by Anne Le Guellec-Minel

“…Leaving behind the urban gay scene, the film subversively relocates two icons of queer culture, the drag queen and the transsexual, in the sublime landscapes of the Outback that have helped forge the Australian myth of heroic masculinity. …”
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Beef, hay, and non-nomadic pastoralism by Sabine Chabrat, Baritaux Virginie, Marie Houdart

“…This AOP offers a standout case – built on a territory typically more suited to grassland systems than pastoral farming, it is grounded in pastoral resources such upland pastures and remote marginal landscapes but also non-pastoral resources like hay. …”
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Évaluation des politiques environnementales accompagnant les projets autoroutiers : cas de l’a75 et via egnatia by Lamara Hadjou

“…The nature of the territories crossed, often mountainous and sensitive areas with unique landscapes, led the actors to think about a new support policy, taking into account both the areas directly crossed and those beyond the highway. …”
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Un dimensionnement des territoires en héritage. Nouvelles tours résidentielles pour un horizon écologique incertain by Geoffrey Mollé

“…The main hypothesis is that the permanence of high-rise buildings in past, present and future urban landscapes expresses the prevalence of institutional (legal-technical-economic) dimensions over environmental (bio-physical-chemical) and experiential (symbolic-sensory-affective) dimensions in structuring territorial evolutions. …”
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