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Multi‐Species Canopy Latrines in Costa Rican Cloud Forests: A Mammal Interactions Hub in a Single Tree Species [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe documented arboreal, multi‐species mammal latrines in montane cloud forests of Costa Rica by surveying 169 trees across 29 species. Latrines were found exclusively on Ficus tuerckheimii, with 11 occurrences across two mountain ranges and an additional observation in Honduras.
Quirós‐Navarro J +2 more
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Monuments to Mestizaje and the Commemoration of Racial Democracy in Puerto Rico
Visual Anthropology Review, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 350-387, Fall 2023., 2023 Abstract In this paper, I argue that monuments to mestizaje (miscegenation) in Puerto Rico reaffirm the myth of a harmonious mixture between the White Spaniard, Black African, and Indigenous Taíno. This racial triad, originally conceived in the nineteenth century, was institutionalized in 1956 by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to legitimize the ...
Rafael V. Capó García
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Understanding the drivers of expert opinion when classifying species as extinct
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 1, February 2023., 2023 Abstract The criteria as laid out by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List are the gold standard by which the extinction risk of a species is assessed and where appropriate biological extinctions are declared. However, unlike all other categories, the category of extinct lacks a quantitative framework for assigning this
David L. Roberts +3 more
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The echo of the world: The castaway, the Garabandal apparitions, and the crisis of presence
American Anthropologist, Volume 124, Issue 4, Page 734-750, December 2022., 2022 Abstract In the early 1990s, while I was conducting an ethnographic study in a psychosocial rehabilitation center in Barcelona for people suffering from psychosis, a patient and informant gave me four letters that he had supposedly sent to various recipients.
Ángel Martínez‐Hernáez
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Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 6, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Small‐scale fisheries account for 90% of global fishers and 40% of the global catch. Effectively managing small‐scale fisheries is, therefore, crucial to progressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Co‐management and community‐based fisheries management are widely considered the most appropriate forms of governance for ...
Patrick Smallhorn‐West +5 more
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International Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 24, Issue 6, Page 827-838, November/December 2022., 2022 Abstract The role of luxury as a source of tourism experiences is gathering growing attention, with special attention to the foundations of the relationships between gastronomy and social media marketing. Drawing from a visual methodology, this study analyses how luxury hotels (Burj Al Arab, Emirates Palace, St.
Noela Michael, Francesc Fusté‐Forné
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2022., 2022 The term terroir is used in viticulture to emphasize how the biotic and abiotic characteristics of a local site influence grape physiology and the properties of wine. In ecology and evolution, such terroir (i.e., the effect of space or “site”) is expected to play an important role in shaping phenotypic traits, but how important is the pure spatial ...
Paola L. Carrión +13 more
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The Art of Assemblage at La Venta
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 832-857, September 2022., 2022 How might the meaning of monumental sculpture be ephemeral? At La Venta, objects from greenstone figurines to massive basalt sculptures were recycled, reworked, and moved around the landscape, their new configurations and associations creating new kinds of meaning and enabling new kinds of ritual interaction.
Claudia Brittenham
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Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica, 2010 Se reseña el libro: De apóstol Matamoros a Yllapa Mataindios: dogmas e ideologías medievales en el (des)cubrimiento de América.
Álvaro Cruz García
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Descubrimiento y conquista, escenarios de una transformación global. Reflexiones sobre el amanecer de “lo colonial” en la América española [PDF]
, 2017 This article focuses on the “Discovery” and “Conquest” of America as a process of transformation. Going beyond the commonplace accounts that prevail in its historiography and that connect the colonization of America with looting and destruction, what we ...
Cruz Medina, Juan Pablo
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