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Using expert elicitation to predict feral cat, Felis catus, responses to management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
We generated estimates of lethal feral cat management success for 864 scenarios, only 71 lethal management scenarios met a population reduction target of 57%. Cat‐targeted poison baits, in dry conditions and arid areas were most successful. Feral cat management requires continued adaptive strategies to reduce cat impacts.
Annalie Dorph, Sarah Legge, Trent D Penman, Rebecca Cherubin, Shona Elliot‐Kerr, Erica Marshall, Kate Parkins, Guy‐Anthony Ballard   +7 more
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Darwin's Geological Research in Argentina [PDF]

, 2009
On the occasion of the 200th. anniversary of Charles Darwin´s birth, the Asociación Geológica Argentina decided to prepare a special issue devoted to the geological research undertaken by Darwin in Argentina.
Aguirre-Urreta, Maria Beatriz, Griffin, Miguel, Ramos, Victor Alberto   +2 more
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Charles Darwin as a Celebrity [PDF]

, 2009
Several recent works in sociology examine the manufacture of public identities through the notion of celebrity. This paper explores the imagery of Charles Darwin as a nineteenth-century scientific celebrity by comparing the public character deliberately ...
Browne, Janet E
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The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
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Evaluating the impact of ‘Ask the Specialist Plus’: a training program for improving cultural safety and communication in hospital-based healthcare

BMC Health Services Research
Background First Nations peoples in colonised countries often feel culturally unsafe in hospitals, leading to high self-discharge rates, psychological distress and premature death.
Vicki Kerrigan, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath, Cassandra Doig, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman, Shannon Daly, Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri, Bilawara Lee, Marita Hefler, Anna P. Ralph   +8 more
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Strength and Erosion Resistance of Spinifex Fibre Reinforced Mudbrick

Fibers
This study assesses the usability of natural materials available in Australia’s remote communities for making fibre-reinforced mudbricks. The present construction cost for housing in remote areas is too high to maintain the level of housing required for ...
Dongxiu Guo, Ali Rajabipour, Milad Bazli, Cat Kutay, Varuna Sumanasena, Truong Nhat Phuong Pham   +5 more
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Empowerment is the Basis for Improving Education and Employment Outcomes for Aboriginal People in Remote Australia

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2019
In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people score poorly on national mainstream indicators of wellbeing, with the lowest outcomes recorded in remote communities.
Byron Wilson, Tammy Abbott, Stephen J. Quinn, John Guenther, Eva McRae-Williams, Sheree Cairney   +5 more
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Front pages of No. 49, 1990, English version [PDF]

, 1990
Special issue entitled: A Brief History of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands 1959 ...
Smith, G. T. Corley
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Editorial: Darwin and Kew anniversaries [PDF]

, 2009
Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago this year and his monumental work On the origin of species, laying the foundation of modern evolutionary theory driven by natural selection, was published 150 years ago.
Walker, Colin
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A multi‐trait evaluation of patterns and fitness consequences of breeding phenology plasticity with nocturnal warming and food restriction in a lizard

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Faced with climate warming, ectothermic species shift their breeding phenology, which is in part attributed to an acceleration of gestation or incubation in warmer environments.
Théo Bodineau, Pierre de Villemereuil, Baptiste Lemaire, Simon Agostini, Beatriz Decencière, Matéo Millet, Sandrine Meylan, Jean‐François Le Galliard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source