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Historical and recent investigations on the bee fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) [PDF]

, 2008
The bee fauna of Taiwan was studied intensively in the first half of last century and was based in large parts on the extensive material collected by Hans Sauter between 1902 and 1914. Subsequent studies on bees of Taiwan have only been sporadic.
Dubitzky, Andreas, Schönitzer, Klaus, Yang, Jeng-Tze   +2 more
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Cosmos sulphureus: environmental bioindicator of diversity of bees

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences
Among the flowers most visited by bees in Brazil, those belonging to the Asteraceae family stand out, and one of them is the cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus).
Darclet Teresinha Malerbo-Souza, André Carlos Silva Pimentel, Carlos Frederico Silva da Costa, Hanya Rocha Anduras, Jordylene Felix da Silva, Camila Malerbo-Souza, André Luiz Halak   +6 more
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Sistema reprodutivo de Sparattosperma leucanthum (Vell.) K. Schum. (Bignoniaceae) The reproductive system of a Sparattosperma leucanthum (Vell.) K. Schum. (Bignoniaceae)

Revista Árvore, 2009
Sparattosperma leucanthum (Vell.) K. Schum. (Bignoniaceae) é uma árvore polinizada por mamangavas, apesar de outros visitantes florais explorarem néctar ou pólen das flores sem exercerem benefício reprodutivo.
Leandro Pereira Polatto, Valter Vieira Alves Júnior   +1 more
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Aspects determining the risk of pesticides to wild bees: risk profiles for focal crops on three continents. [PDF]

, 2012
In order to conduct a proper risk assessment of pesticides to bees, information is needed in three areas: (i) the toxicity of the pesticide; (ii) the probability of bee exposure to that pesticide; and (iii) the population dynamics of the bee species in ...
Blacquiere, Tjeerd, Carvalho, Stephan [UNESP], Freitas, Breno M., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Gikungu, Mary, Kasine, John M., Kinuthie, Wanja, Kipyab, Pamela, Koomen, Irene, Maina', Gladys, Martins, Dino, Mutiso, Martha, Ngaruiya', Paul, Nocelli, Roberta C. F., Odhiambo, Christopher, Oomen, P. A., Ribeiro, Marcia de F., Roessink, Ivo, Thompson, H., van der Steen, Jozef, van der Valk, Harold, Wassenbergu, Jacoba   +21 more
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The Agencies of the European Union: A Glimmer of Hope for Enlargement?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, the process of EU enlargement has become increasingly difficult. The longer the process drags on and the less likely accession appears, the more the candidate states are discouraged and the less influential the EU becomes. A different approach to integration must therefore be used.
Matis Poussardin
wiley   +1 more source

The Daily Texan [PDF]

, 2016
Texas Student ...
University of Texas at Austin
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Do Women Executives Make Workplaces Safer? Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In this study, we develop and test theory on whether, when, and how the prevalence of women in firms’ top management influences workplace safety – an important ‘do no harm’ dimension of corporate social performance. Consistent with our theorizing, we find that there is a negative relationship between the prevalence of women executives in firms’
Yangyang Chen, Emmanuel Ofosu, Don O’Sullivan, Shi Tang, Leon Zolotoy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among Hymenoptera

, 2014
Gaining a genomic perspective on phylogeny requires the collection of data from many putatively independent loci collected across the genome. Among insects, an increasingly common approach to collecting this class of data involves transcriptome ...
Brady, Seán G., Branstetter, Michael G., Faircloth, Brant C., White, Noor D.   +3 more
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Protecting an Ecosystem Service: Approaches to Understanding and Mitigating Threats to Wild Insect Pollinators [PDF]

, 2016
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society, alongside vital ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Arce, AN, Baldock, KCR, Boatman, ND, Brand-Hardy, R, Breeze, TD, Brown, MJF, Cresswell, JE, Dicks, LV, Fountain, MT, Garratt, MPD, Gill, RJ, Gough, LA, Green, M, Hartfield, CM, Heard, MS, Holland, JM, O'Connor, RS, Ollerton, J, Osborne, JL, Phillips, J, Potts, SG, Stone, GN, Sutton, PB, Tang, CQ, Vanbergen, AJ, Vogler, AP, Woodward, G   +26 more
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In the Pursuit of Innovation: The Role of Top Management Team Functional Diversity and Open Discussion in Family Firm Innovation Intentions

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary Interest in family firm innovation has increased in recent times, generating the assumption that family firms are less willing to innovate than nonfamily firms. We investigate firm innovation inputs by examining whether family firms differ from nonfamily counterparts regarding innovation intentions.
Marco Mismetti, Paola Rovelli, Cristina Bettinelli, Mara Bergamaschi   +3 more
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