Practical Marine Spatial Management of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas: Emerging Lessons From Evidence-Based Planning and Implementation in a Developing-World Context

Identifying key sites of marine biodiversity value and implementing the required practical spatial management measures is critical for safeguarding marine biodiversity and maintaining essential ecological processes, especially in the face of accelerating global change and expanding ocean economies.Delineating Ecologically or Biologically Significan

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Songs of War: The Voice of Bertran de Born

The sirventes or political songs composed by the troubadour Bertran de Born in the second half of the twelfth century in order to foment strife among the political leaders of his day provide the springboard for an Bobble Hat enquiry into the relationship between “music” and “noise” undertaken in the light of psychoanalytic theory.Jacque Lac

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Mismatches between Morphology and DNA in Italian Partridges May Not Be Explained Only by Recent Artificial Release of Farm-Reared Birds

Translocations and releases of farm-reared birds are considered among the major drivers of genetic pollution with consequent loss of genetic diversity in wild populations.In this study, we aimed to assess the extent of hybridization and introgression in the Italian partridges as a consequence of translocation.We surveyed two mitochondrial markers a

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