Publications by authors named "J L Barredo"

Primary forests are of paramount importance for biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. In Europe, these forests are scarce and threatened by human activities. However, a comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of disturbances in these forests is lacking, due in part to their incomplete mapping.

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  • * Analysis of three datasets revealed a 'PTSD circuit' involving the medial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and anterolateral temporal lobe, especially in veterans with traumatic brain injuries.
  • * Functional connectivity within this circuit was linked to PTSD symptoms and decreased after transcranial magnetic stimulation, suggesting it could be a key focus for future treatment trials.
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The crises of climate change and biodiversity loss have pushed the aim for increasing the resilience of forest ecosystems high on the agenda of foresters and policymakers. At the same time, synergistic opportunities for restoring forests and biodiversity are emerging to safeguard these ecosystems. Naturalness is a key characteristic of forest ecosystems, which should be considered when estimating benchmarks for resilience and biodiversity conservation.

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The landscape mosaic model quantifies and maps the spatial juxtaposition of different land uses. It provides a landscape perspective of anthropic threats posed by agriculture and urban development, and the spatial-temporal shifting of the landscape mosaic indicates landscapes where anthropic intensity has changed. We use the U.

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