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Using land-use history and multiple baselines to determine bird responses to cocoa agroforestry.
Full text linkAgroforests can play an important role for biodiversity conservation in complex landscapes. A key factor distinguishing among agroforests is land-use history - whether agroforests are established inside forests or on historically forested but currently open lands. The disparity between these land-use histories means that the appropriate biodiversity baselines may differ, which should be accounted for when assessing the conservation value of agroforests. Specifically, comparing against multiple baselines in forest and open land could enrich our understanding of species responses by contextualizing them. Here, we implemented this approach using data from a recently published meta-analysis on the response of bird diversity to various kinds of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) agroforestry (rustic, mixed shade cocoa, low shade cocoa). First, we re-grouped cocoa agroforests based on land-use history into forest-derived and open-land derived agroforests. Second, we compared forest- and open-land-derived agroforests to forest and open land, representing two alternative baselines. We found that forest-derived agroforests hosted bird diversity similar to forests. Open-land-derived agroforests were significantly less diverse than forests and comparable to open lands. There are two key contributions of this work: first, given the biodiverse forest baseline, we highlight the risk of forest degradation through cocoa agroforest establishment. Moreover, we emphasize rehabilitation opportunities through open-land-derived cocoa agroforestry on historically forested open land, but more studies are needed to determine how birds may benefit. Second, comparing against multiple baselines offers the opportunity to discuss relative contributions of agroforestry to bird conservation on a landscape-scale. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
Dominic A. Martin
No full textDominic A. Martin, University of Zurich, Switzerlandhttps://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/sust-seminar-headshots/1168/thumbnail.jp
Back to the Future of the Body
Full text linkWhat can the past tell us about the future(s) of the body? The origins of this collection of papers lie in the work of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities which has been involved in presenting a series of international workshops and conferences on the theme of the cultural life of the body. The rationale for these events was that, in concepts as diverse as the cyborg, the questioning of mind/body dualism, the contemporary image of the suicide bomber and the patenting of human genes, we can identify ways in which the future of the human body is at stake. This volume represents an attempt, not so much to speculate about what might happen, but to develop strategies for bodily empowerment so as to get “back to the future of the body”. The body, it is contended, is not to be thought of as an “object” or a “sign” but as an active participant in the shaping of cultural formations. And this is emphatically not an exercise in digging corpses out of the historical archive. The question is, rather, what can past lived and thought experiences of the body tell us about what the body can be(come)?
Dominic Janes edited this book and contributed this chapter
Dominic “Tony” A. Antonelli
No full textTony Antonelli is the Director of Advanced Programs for the Commercial Civil Space line of business for Lockheed Martin Space. In this role, he provides leadership for the strategic expansion of Commercial Civil Space programs and capabilities, including innovation and development of space exploration programs, human space flight, weather satellites, and launch systems.
Tony is a retired Navy Captain and former NASA Astronaut who has accumulated over 4,700 flight hours in over 40 different kinds of aircraft and served as the pilot for two Space Shuttle missions: STS-119 and STS-132. While serving at NASA, Tony’s leadership roles within the Astronaut Office included the Space Launch System, Commercial Crew, Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM), and Space Shuttle Propulsion.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Washington. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School.
Tony has been honored with numerous awards, including a Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two NASA Space Flight medals, a Navy Meritorious Service Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the NASA Return-to-Flight Award.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2018/1045/thumbnail.jp
From Foucauldian Biopower to Energopower and Infopower:An Interview with Dominic Boyer and Colin Koopman
No full textKirsten Hasberg talks to Dominic Boyer, anthropologist and author of Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthroprocene, and to Colin Koopman, philosopher and author of How We Became our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person. Their books published in mid-2019 put forward novel conceptualizations of Foucauldian biopower, which they term infopower and energopower, respectively. Criss-crossing between philosophical conceptualizations and concrete problems like the struggles of renewable energy communities (Boyer) and the influence of economic thinking on datafication (Koopman), the conversations show how Foucauldian concepts are relevant to today's power struggles inherent to the energy transition and the digital transformation.Kirsten Hasberg talks to Dominic Boyer, anthropologist and author of Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthroprocene, and to Colin Koopman, philosopher and author of How We Became our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person. Their books published in mid-2019 put forward novel conceptualizations of Foucauldian biopower, which they term infopower and energopower, respectively. Criss-crossing between philosophical conceptualizations and concrete problems like the struggles of renewable energy communities (Boyer) and the influence of economic thinking on datafication (Koopman), the conversations show how Foucauldian concepts are relevant to today's power struggles inherent to the energy transition and the digital transformation
In search of strategies to mitigate the impacts of global warming on aquatic ecosystems
No full textJustin D. Brookes, Martin Schmid, Dominic Skinner, and Alfred Wües
sj-docx-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231173505 – Supplemental material for Probing the Effect of Candidate Localness in Low-Information Elections: Evidence from the German Local Level
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-psx-10.1177_00323217231173505 for Probing the Effect of Candidate Localness in Low-Information Elections: Evidence from the German Local Level by Jan A Velimsky, Sebastian Block, Martin Gross and Dominic Nyhuis in Political Studies</p
SMM913071 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Optimized multiple testing procedures for nested sub-populations based on a continuous biomarker
No full textSupplemental material, SMM913071 Supplemental Material for Optimized multiple testing procedures for nested sub-populations based on a continuous biomarker by Alexandra Christine Graf, Dominic Magirr, Alex Dmitrienko and Martin Posch in Statistical Methods in Medical Research</p
Un habitat de plaine du Premier Age du Fer à Saint-Martin (Collorgues, Gard)
Full text linkIn the inside of the eastern Languedoc, an agricultural deep ploughing revealed and damaged the level field settlement at Saint-Martin near Collorgues (Gard), that has been subjected to an urgent salvage excavation. It covers a surface about 2 100 m2. Plenty of hand modelled (not wheel turned) vases has been discovered on the ploughing surface and in the four operated prospect excavations, specially a deposit of vases that were accumulated on the antique surface and can be reconstituted and a pit filled up with hearth cleaning. The whole of ware dating of the beginning of the first Iron Age, is characteristic of the "suspendien" faciès recently recognized in the eastern Languedoc. The settlement is placed in his context, so that it is possible to note the extent if this faciès towards the north.Révélé et endommagé par un défonçage agricole en 1985, l'habitat de plaine de Saint-Martin à Collorgues (Gard), dans la partie intérieure du Languedoc oriental, a fait l'objet d'une fouille de sauvetage urgent. Il couvre une surface de 2 100 m2 environ. Un abondant mobilier de céramiques non tournées a été découvert en surface du défonçage et dans les quatre sondages effectués, en particulier un dépôt de vases reconstituables accumulés en surface du sol antique, et une fosse comblée avec des vidanges de foyer. L'ensemble du matériel, datable du début du Premier Age du Fer, est caractéristique du faciès «suspendien» récemment reconnu en Languedoc oriental. Le gisement est replacé dans son contexte, ce qui permet de noter l'extension de ce faciès vers le nord.Dedet Bernard, Goury Dominic. Un habitat de plaine du Premier Age du Fer à Saint-Martin (Collorgues, Gard). In: Gallia, tome 45, 1987. pp. 1-12
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