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Reciprocal transplants support a plasticity-first scenario during colonisation of a large hyposaline basin by a marine macro alga [PDF]
, 2017 Background Establishing populations in ecologically marginal habitats may require substantial phenotypic changes that come about through phenotypic plasticity, local adaptation, or both.
Daniel Johansson +3 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Names in the genus Pinguicula established for taxa from the Baltic and Nordic countries, including their oversea territories and Iceland, were analyzed to provide nomenclatural and taxonomic clarity. Of the 33 names retrieved from the literature and online databases, one is illegitimate, two are invalid and 16 were found to require typification.
Yoannis Domínguez
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European integration and EU eastward enlargement process in international trade: using a gravity approach for exploring bilateral trade flows [PDF]
The paper is going to give an overview of the comparative evaluation of the Baltic Sea region countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, Russia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) competitiveness based on various methodological approaches ...
Paas, Tiiu
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka +7 more
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mSphere, 2018 Here we report on a new nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (nanoSIMS) approach based on enzyme-mediated oxygen isotope exchange, which combines the visualization of general metabolic activity in the cytoplasm with insights into the activity of ...
Simon Langer +2 more
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Baltic cod reproduction in the Gotland Basin: annual variability and possible causes [PDF]
, 1999 Baltic cod spawning takes place in the deep basins and reproduction success is mainly related to environmental conditions (salinity and oxygen regimes, i.e. the 'reproduction volume'). Due to the Baltic Sea heterogeneity, cod reproduction success in the
Berzins, V. +4 more
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Oikos, EarlyView.Population growth reflects the combined influence of regulation and density‐independent factors operating through demographic processes. Under exceptional circumstances (e.g. populations recovering from near‐extinction), growth may initially be weakly regulated but typically slows as negative density dependence (NDD) sets in.
Bård‐Jørgen Bårdsen +2 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
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Governance Beyond the Nation-State : Transnationalization and Europeanization of the Baltic Sea Region [PDF]
, 2004 After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) developed into a highly dynamic area of cross-border cooperation and transnational networking. Four types of governance beyond the nation-state are discussed here: (1) international regimes, such
Daemen, Luke +7 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser +3 more
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