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Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The mechanisms of fern dispersal are under‐studied and there are few data to support the vectors assumed to drive patterns of sporophyte occurrence and speciation. Although wind is generally the fern spore dispersal vector described in the literature, there has always been competing evidence supporting alternate vectors.
James M. R. Brock
wiley   +1 more source

Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought?

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Compared to animals, plants show a wide range of reproductive strategies with different degrees of sex separation (e.g. dioecy, monoecy, hermaphroditism). While sex expression was previously thought to be genetically determined and fixed in plants, accumulating evidence suggests that sex expression can change reversibly even within one ...
Iris Sammarco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents in Improving Caregiver Perceived Preparation and Confidence to Parent

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Being a foster, relative or adoptive parent (herein referred to as ‘resource parent’) is a crucial but highly challenging role. Resource parent trainings are designed to build knowledge, skills, preparation and confidence in resource parents prior to beginning their support of children and youth.
Amy M. Salazar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bisexuality Report: Bisexual inclusion in LGBT equality and diversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Barker, Meg   +6 more
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Imposed and Self‐Imposed Isolation Among Children and Young People Who Have Grown Up in Domestic Abuse

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research about the effects of isolation on women living with domestic abuse (DA) shows that women's mental health and well‐being is negatively affected by the consequences of isolation while enduring DA. Less attention has been given to the effects of isolation for children's health and well‐being when experiencing DA.
Fiona Buchanan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A reality check: the cost of making post-exposure prophylaxis available to gay and bisexual men at high sexual risk

open access: bronze, 2000
Sophie Low-Beer   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

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