Foraging plasticity and physiological adaptations enable hummingbirds to subsist on dilute nectars
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Hummingbirds frequently feed on small volumes (<30 μL) of sucrose‐rich nectars. Climate change is expected to affect both the abundance and the concentrations of accumulated nectar.
Rosalee L. Elting +5 more
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La métrica Sigma (SM) mide el rendimiento del proceso a través de los defectos por millón de oportunidad (DPMOs). Tradicionalmente se utiliza la ecuación de Westgard (MW), la cual no realiza una estimación directa de DPMOs.
Marqués-García Fernando +12 more
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QUALITY AND PRICES OF INTRA-EUROPEAN TRADE OF FOOD-INDUSTRY PRODUCTS [PDF]
The completion of the European Single Market should bring out an exploitation of comparative advantages in production and trade. It is usually assumed that, given the predominance of intraeuropean trade flows in the global import figures of the European ...
Andrés Picazo, Ernest Reig Martínez
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La adaptacion del plan nacional de evaluacion de la calidad de las universidades al contexto de una universidad con estructura matricial de centros y departamentos: el caso de la universidad politecnica de cataluña [PDF]
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Jofre Roca, Lluís, Rotger, Jordi
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Fear of exercise and health-related quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator [PDF]
Several studies have reported improved survival rates thanks to the use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in the treatment of patients with life-threatening arrhythmia.
Brugemann, J. +5 more
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Abstract The rapid expansion of biodiversity data presents new opportunities to understand and forecast biosphere dynamics. However, disparate and dispersed data, taxonomic and geographic inconsistencies, pervasive quality issues, and a lack of reproducable workflows hinder synthesis, introduce biases and limit accurate assessment of biodiversity ...
Brian J. Enquist +38 more
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Community structure and water quality in Mediterranean streams of a Natural Park (Sant Llorenç del Munt, NE Spain) [PDF]
Se estudian las comunidades de macroinvertebrados de los ríos del Parque Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i la Serra de l'Obac (Barcelona, NE España) y su relación con las condiciones de flujo de los ríos.
Bonada i Caparrós, Núria +2 more
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Abstract Bioclimatic variables, widely used in ecological and biogeographical studies, are typically derived from 30‐year averages of monthly data (e.g. 1971–2000). Unfortunately, the use of these long‐term averaged variables often creates a temporal mismatch with the observational data collected, which potentially undermines how environmental ...
Gonzalo E. Pinilla‐Buitrago +1 more
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La “Ceguera Pregnante” en la inteligencia. Un caso histórico
La disciplina de análisis de inteligencia ha evolucionado en las últimas décadas a la luz del progreso tecnológico y de otras áreas del conocimiento.
Maria Jose Espona, Manuel Giavedoni Pita
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Excellence and Quality in Andalusia University Library System [PDF]
From 1996 onwards, then, the Quality Assessment National Plan and the adoption of its agenda by regional authorities and Universities alike has resulted in a growing acceptance by the Spanish academic community of the challenges and opportunities ...
Baena Díaz, Carmen +4 more
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