Political responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in city soundscapes around the globe. From March to October 2020, a consortium of 261 contributors from 35 countries brought together by the Silent Cities project built a unique soundscape recordings collection to report on local acoustic changes in urban areas. We present this collection here, along with metadata including observational descriptions o...
The degradation of riparian ecosystems occurring throughout the past decades hasmotivated efforts aimed at the restoration of these ecosystems. The success of active revegetation approaches to restoration requires appropriate selection of reproductive material, which in turn requires knowledge of seed traits and germination. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (common alder) is a key riparian tree widely used in resto...
The degradation of riparian ecosystems occurring throughout the past decades has motivated efforts aimed at the restoration of these ecosystems. The success of active revegetation approaches to restoration requires appropriate selection of reproductive material, which in turn requires knowledge of seed traits and germination. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. (common alder) is a key riparian tree widely used in rest...
O envelhecimento da população é uma realidade mundial, com impacto na realidade portuguesa. Neste contexto e tendo em conta as repercussões políticas, económicas, sociais e na saúde que este fenómeno acarreta, foi desenvolvido pela Organização Mundial de Saúde, um novo paradigma, denominado Envelhecimento Ativo. Os estudos com foco neste paradigma têm vindo a aumentar, no entanto, existem lacunas significativas...