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Linguistics in the Study and Teaching of Literature [PDF]

, 2008
Literary texts include linguistic form, as well as specialized literary forms (some of which also involve language). Linguistics can offer to literary studies an understanding of these kinds of form, and the ways by which a text is used to communicate ...
Fabb, Nigel
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Brood parasitism reduces but does not prevent Bombus terrestris reproductive success

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Graphical depiction of the colony splitting process. Throughout figures in this paper, results pertaining to host success are represented in blue, and cuckoo success is represented in red. Abstract Cuckoo bumblebees are obligate brood parasites that must invade a colony of their host bumblebee species in order to reproduce.
Sofia Dartnell, Lynn V. Dicks
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Annual spatiotemporal migration schedules in three larger insectivorous birds: European nightjar, common swift and common cuckoo [PDF]

Animal Biotelemetry, 2017
Knowledge of spatiotemporal migration patterns is important for our understanding of migration ecology and ultimately conservation of migratory species. We studied the annual migration schedules of European nightjar, a large nocturnal insectivore and compared it with two other larger migratory insectivores, common swift and common cuckoo.
Lars Bo Jacobsen, Niels Odder Jensen, Mikkel Willemoes, Lars Hansen, Mark Desholm, Anthony D. Fox, Anders P. Tøttrup, Kasper Thorup   +7 more
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DeepAPT: Nation-State APT Attribution Using End-to-End Deep Neural Networks

, 2017
In recent years numerous advanced malware, aka advanced persistent threats (APT) are allegedly developed by nation-states. The task of attributing an APT to a specific nation-state is extremely challenging for several reasons.
E Stamatatos, JD Olden, MD Zeiler, N Rosenblum, N Srivastava, R Collobert, S Alrabaee   +6 more
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Role of freshwater availability and terrestrial land‐cover change in the distribution of a declining, terrestrial, insectivorous bird

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Insectivorous, Afro‐Palearctic migrant birds provide cross‐border ecosystem services, but many are declining rapidly. The complex life cycle of migrant birds makes their conservation difficult, but understanding where they spend time during the breeding season can help indicate where those actions will be most effective.
Catrin F. Eden, Simon Gillings, Richard K. Broughton, Bart Donato, Chris M. Hewson, Stuart P. Sharp   +5 more
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No egg or nestling-retrieval behavior in a cavity-nesting cuckoo host

Avian Research
The arms race between avian brood parasites and their hosts provides a classic model for studying coevolution. In one of the most widespread obligate brood parasites, the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), chicks typically evict all host progeny (eggs and ...
Chenyang Zhao, Jinggang Zhang, Peter Santema, Zixuan Lin, Jianqiang Li, Wenhong Deng, Bart Kempenaers   +6 more
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Effects of landscape context on avian specialist response to increased surface temperature in protected areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human development is a driver of global change and a major threat to biodiversity. Protected areas maintain and support biodiversity, but outside stressors, such as climate change and land use change, can negatively influence natural resources within protected areas.
Leah J. Rudge, Angela M. Holland, W. Gregory Shriver   +2 more
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Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system

Avian Research
Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) dependent on parental care for post-hatching demonstrate an intriguing ability to modify their begging vocalizations to ensure maximum care and resources from their interspecific foster parents.
Sabah Mushtaq Puswal, Guo Zhong, Xuan Zhang, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang   +4 more
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]

, 2015
The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AK Chippendale, AV Hedrick, B Hurlbutt, CH Hicks, CR Pavey, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, E Paradis, E Petersson, E Ranta, EJ Temeles, FD Parker, FE Kurczewski, G Halffter, G Head, G Shreeves, Gavin Shreeves, GB Monteith, GP Baerends, H Dollfuss, H Weimerskirch, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Hinton, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Hunt, J Tormos, JA Powell, JA Rosenheim, JA Rosenheim, James D. J. Gilbert, JC Costa, JDJ Gilbert, JDJ Gilbert, Jeremy Field, JF Berry, JH Marden, JJ Gilbert, JR Coelho, JR Lighton, K Ralls, KM O’Neill, KM O’Neill, M Andersson, M Blösch, M Goubault, Martyn Kennedy, ME Favila, MF O’Brien, MS Iglesias, O Krüger, O Lomholdt, P Lindenfors, P Myers, P Wheeler, PB Edwards, PR Stephens, R Lande, R Shine, R Tornberg, RC Castillo del, RC Stillwell, RF Preziosi, RM Bohart, RM Cox, S Nylin, SC Stearns, SD Gaimari, Selina Brace, ST Trumbo, TE Reimchen, TH Clutton-Brock, VL Kazenas, W Groot De, WU Blanckenhorn, WU Blanckenhorn, X Han   +87 more
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Opportunistic Recharge Enhancement in Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Groundwater supplies are increasingly stressed by climatic trends and multiple competing uses, especially in dryland environments. We propose opportunistic recharge enhancement (ORE) as a cross‐disciplinary, scalable framework to augment groundwater supplies by strategically integrating recharge co‐benefits into existing land and water management ...
Neha Gupta, Ryan Lima, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Caelum Mroczek, Katharine Jacobs, Rayni Lewis, Fern Bromley, Tianfang Xu, Holly Richter, Patrick Broxton, Yoganand Korgaonkar, Travis Zalesky, James Famiglietti, Abraham Springer   +13 more
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