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Parameter Estimation of the Nonlinear Muskingum Flood-Routing Model Using The new dragonfly algorithm [PDF]
مهندسی عمران شریف, 2021 Flood routing is one of the most complex problems investigated in hydrologic engineering and it can help design engineers to recognize the impacts of riverine projects. Among the different flood routing methods, the Muskingum model as the best hydrologic
S. Khalifeh +2 more
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Trait correlates of distribution trends in the Odonata of Britain and Ireland [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 A major challenge in ecology is understanding why certain species persist, while others decline, in response to environmental change. Trait-based comparative analyses are useful in this regard as they can help identify the key drivers of decline, and ...
Gary D. Powney +3 more
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Dragonflies of Moldova: an updated checklist of the Odonata fauna
Geo&Bio, 2023 The present research compiles all known records of dragonflies in Moldova, including Transnistria (from the beginning of the 20th century until present), based on all known literature and other sources, and also the personal observations of the author in
Olena Dyatlova
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Anthropology and Humanism, 2022 This prose poem explores autobiography as a trace site for the affective encounters between life and non-life. Using my own memories of making a childhood bug collection, I attempt to answer a question Povinelli asks in Geontologies—What does life desire? —by merging it with a question raised in my own ethnographic fieldwork—What do I desire?
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Natura Sloveniae, 2021 One adult male dragonfly Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata was recorded at Lake Vogršček in the Vipava Valley (W Slovenia) during the Biological Students Research Camp – Otlica 2021.
Damjan Vinko, Ali Šalamun
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Diversity, Status and Phenology of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Cyprus (Insecta: Odonata)
Diversity, 2021 Based on literature data, unpublished material and the results of the year-round monitoring at selected sites island-wide by the Cyprus Dragonfly Study Group since 2013, we acquired an excellent knowledge of the diversity and status of the Odonata of ...
David J. Sparrow +2 more
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Demographic rates of northern royal albatross at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Demographic rates, such as annual survival rate, are generally difficult to estimate for long-lived seabirds, because of the length of time required for this kind of study and the remoteness of colonies.
Yvan Richard +3 more
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Linking locally valued plants and places for conservation, Community Baboon Sanctuary, Belize
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Local people make daily decisions around land use, many living in or near conservation areas. Community members may already value and care for important local areas by employing self-imposed use restrictions regardless of formal conservation area ...
Jill Korach, Peter Herrera, Chris Myers
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The Noise-Reduction Characteristics of Microstructure of Dragonfly Wing Leading Vein
Applied Sciences, 2021 Dragonfly wings have many excellent functions, such as superhydrophobic, fatigue resistance, anti-reflection, etc. However, there are few reports on the low noise flight of dragonfly wings.
Shan Jiang +6 more
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