1831. Accounting for cloud cover and circannual variation puts the effect of lunar phase on deer–vehicle collisions into perspectiveJacopo Cerri, Laura Stendardi, Elena Bužan, Boštjan Pokorny, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: Although several studies have focused on the influence of moonlight on deer–vehicle collisions, findings have been inconsistent. This may be due to neglect of the effects of cloud cover, a major impediment to moon illumination and circannual variation in both deer and human activity. We assessed how median cloud cover interacted with the illuminated fraction of the moon in affecting daily roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) roadkill in Slovenia (Central Europe). Data included nationwide roadkill (n = 49,259), collected between 2010 and 2019 by hunters, as required by law. Roadkill peaked under medium to high cloud cover and decreased during nights with low or extremely high cloudiness. This pattern was more pronounced on nights with a full moon. However, the effects of moon illumination and cloud cover had a lower predictive potential than circannual variation, as collisions clearly peaked in April/May, July and August/September. Our results suggest that moonlight could influence roe deer movements through compensatory foraging. However, on nights with a full moon, collisions could also be affected by weather. On bright nights, roe deer might be less active due to increased human presence and sustained vehicular traffic. Then, with medium to high cloud cover and also rainfall, human presence in the environment may be low enough to increase deer movements, but vehicular traffic can still be intermediate, maximizing the risk of collisions. Finally, with overcast skies, widespread rainfall can reduce both traffic volume and human outdoor activity, decreasing the risk of collisions. Moon illumination may indeed affect wildlife–vehicle collisions and roadkill, but its effects should be quantified as a function of cloud cover. Moreover, to make studies truly comparable, research about wildlife–vehicle collisions should also account for time of the year. Policy implications. Because collisions with roe deer peak at particular periods of the year, signs should be installed seasonally. By doing so, they would warn drivers about the risk, improve drivers' awareness and increase their safety. Moreover, as collisions also increase on nights with a full moon and overcast skies, interactive warning signs that are activated by ground illumination should also be useful.
Keywords: cloudiness, MODIS Surface Reflectance, moon, road ecology, roe deer, Slovenia, thin-plate splines, wildlife–vehicle collisions
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1832. Monitoring the galvanic corrosion of copper–steel coupling in bentonite slurry during the early oxic phase using coupled multielectrode arraysTadeja Kosec, Miha Hren, Klara Prijatelj, Bojan Zajec, Nina Gartner, Andraž Legat, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: In the case of a two-part container for spent nuclear fuel, consisting of an iron-based inner structure with a copper coating, the potential perforation of copper through minor damage may result in intensive galvanic corrosion between copper and steel. The present work focuses on the corrosion of steel galvanically coupled to copper and exposed to a slightly saline environment under oxic conditions. The electrochemical processes on individual electrodes were monitored by coupled multielectrode arrays (CMEAs). The CMEAs were either in contact with groundwater saturated with bentonite or immersed in groundwater only. Very high galvanic corrosion currents were detected between carbon steel and pure copper in the early oxic phase. Additionally, the use of CMEAs further made it possible to monitor the distribution of cathodic currents around the steel electrode, which behaved anodically. Various microscopy and spectroscopy techniques were applied to identify the modes of corrosion and the type of corrosion products present at the end of the period of exposure.
Keywords: copper, steel, bentonite, Aspö groundwater, coupled multi electrode array, electrochemical properties, Raman analysis, corrosion
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1834. Finančno vrednotenje proizvodnje v semenarstvu in drevesničarstvu ter potreben obseg investicij za širitev dejavnosti : CRP V4-2015 - Poslovne priložnosti v gozdnem semenarstvu in drevesničarstvuTjaša Baloh, Natalija Dovč, Boris Rantaša, Hojka Kraigher, 2023, treatise, preliminary study, study Keywords: gozdni reprodukcijski material, sadike, semena, klasična proizvodnja sadik, kontejnerska proizvodnja sadik, stroški
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1835. Smernice za zagotavljanje gozdnega reprodukcijskega materiala : predlog pripravljen v okviru projekta LIFEGENMONKristina Sever, Boris Rantaša, Marijana Vidrih Minić, Natalija Dovč, Janez Kermavnar, Marjana Westergren, Gregor Božič, Matjaž Guček, Andrej Breznikar, Aleš Poljanec, Hojka Kraigher, 2021, treatise, preliminary study, study Keywords: gozdni reprodukcijski material, gozdni semenski objekti, provenienčna območja, vrste, genetska pestrost
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1836. PrefaceVasja Leban, Anže Japelj, Lidija Zadnik Stirn, Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, 2023, preface, editorial, afterword Keywords: forest management, economics, conferences, preface
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