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True Mangroves of Bintuni Bay, Indonesia with Special Notes on the Existence of Amyema mackayensis (Blakely) Danser and Brownlowia argentata Kurz

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kehutanan
This research aimed to identify true mangroves in the ecotone area of Bintuni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. It applied a plotless transect sampling method to identify two true mangroves previously unknown to the area, namely Amyema mackayensis and ...
Ruhuddien Pandu Yudha   +4 more
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We Probably Thought That Would Be True: Perceiving Complex Emotional States in Nonhumans

open access: yesEthnobiology Letters, 2014
Review of:Do Fish Feel Pain? Victoria Braithwaite. 2010. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp. 256. $35.00 (hardcover). ISBN 9780199551200.How Animals Grieve. Barbara J. King. 2013. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Pp. 208, 7 halftones.
Raymond Pierotti, Cynthia Annett
doaj   +1 more source

Theoretical reflections on ethnobiology in the third millennium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Com en d'altres camps de l'activitat científica, l'etnobiologia s'ha diversificat considerablement al tombant del nou mil·lenni. A pesar dels esforços fets durant els últims anys, la disciplina encara dóna la impressió de trobar-se en la necessitat d ...
D'Ambrosio, Ugo
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A record of bilateral gynandromorphism in Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The discovery of a gynandromorph of a North American Epeolus Latreille is reported. A specimen of E. flavofasciatus Smith from Flagstaff, Arizona, USA discovered in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) exhibits male-specific ...
Onuferko, Thomas M
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Taxonomic note on the type species of Centris (Melanocentris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Centris (Melanocentris) Friese is one of many subgenera that have been proposed throughout the taxonomic history of the bee genus Centris Fabricius.  The lack of critical study of the type specimens of its type species, Centris atra Friese, resulted in ...
Vivallo, Felipe
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"Letting go of 'Natural Kind'. Towards a Multidimensional Framework of Non-Arbitrary Classification" Philosophy of Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article uses the case study of ethnobiological classification to develop a positive and a negative thesis about the state of natural kind debates.
Ludwig, David
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A vindication of ethnobotany: Between social and natural science

open access: yesMètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2016
Ethnobotany, a discipline located at the intersection between natural science and social science, is sometimes misunderstood by researchers from one field or the other.
Joan Vallès Xirau, Teresa Garnatje
doaj   +1 more source

Folkbotanical classification: morphological, ecological and utilitarian characterization of plants in the Napf region, Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Discussions surrounding ethnobiological classification have been broad and diverse. One of the recurring questions is whether classification is mainly based on the “inherent structure of biological reality” or on cultural, especially ...
Poncet, Anna   +2 more
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TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
How to manage the impact of free-ranging cats on native wildlife is a polarizing issue. Conservation biologists largely support domestic cat euthanasia to mitigate impacts of free-ranging cat predation on small animal populations.
Adamec   +86 more
core   +1 more source

The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country.
Allendes, Juan L.   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

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