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Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bulgaria’s struggle at the frontline

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2016
Bulgaria has struggled to deal appropriately with mass irregular migration. It has also failed to address integration.
Eleanor E Roberts
doaj  

The European Union and the Balkans: between Symbiosis and Integration? [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of European Affairs, 2010
The European Union continues to constitute an incomplete economic-political entity at intergovernmental and supranational level. The EU is seeking to establish appropriate functional superstructures extending beyond the narrow confines of trade, the ...
Kyriakos D. Kentrotis
doaj  

Collision, Competition or Cooperation? China's BRI and the EU's Development Policies Towards Eastern Europe

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of China's growing engagement in Eastern Europe, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to challenge the European Union (EU) approach to promoting development in the region. We take issue with this claim by making three interrelated arguments.
Tanja A. Börzel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

John I Tzimiskes and Basil II: Two approaches to the Byzantine policy in the Balkans [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta
The text analyzes different methods and principles implemented by emperors John I Tzimiskes and Basil II during the pacification and integration of the Balkans into the Byzantine political and legal framework.
Cvetković Miloš
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction: The Balkans

open access: yesContemporary European History
This journal has in recent years published the Spotlight series, consisting of articles which each attempt to provide an overview of the historiographical landscape in various European countries and major themes in European history. The articles have highlighted methodological developments, significant debates, and risks and challenges to historical ...
openaire   +2 more sources

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’: From infection to all‐round characterisation of distinct tuf‐type strains with different virulence in tomato plants

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma (Ca. P.) solani’ is associated with bois noir (BN) of grapevine and stolbur of solanaceous plants and is primarily transmitted by Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret. Four tuf‐a and five tuf‐b1 ‘Ca. P. solani’ strains were transmitted to tomato plants (cv. Micro‐Tom) by using bait‐plants and by capturing H.
Gaia Carminati   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How did Japan catch‐up with the West? Some implications of recent revisions to Japan's historical growth record

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The logic of secret alliances

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

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