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Temporal community change in stream ecosystems varies by assemblage across US climates

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem properties are temporally dynamic. Temporal variability has been shown to decrease with increasing levels of biological organization (i.e. from population to community and ecosystem levels).
Megan C. Malish, Stephen C. Cook, Mariana Perez Rocha, Albert Ruhí, Michael T. Bogan, Thomas M. Neeson, Daniel C. Allen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of PermaNet^® Dual compared to Interceptor^® G2 and PermaNet 3.0 in experimental huts in Siaya County, western Kenya. [PDF]

Malar J
Ogutu N, Agumba S, Moshi V, Onyango P, Ouma C, Ramaita E, Kariuki L, Gimnig JE, Abong'o B, Ochomo E.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficacy of two PBO long lasting insecticidal nets against natural populations of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in experimental huts, Kolokopé, Togo. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Ketoh GK, Ahadji-Dabla KM, Chabi J, Amoudji AD, Apetogbo GY, Awokou F, Glitho IA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

The non-inferiority of piperonyl-butoxide Yorkool^® G3 insecticide-treated nets compared to Olyset®Plus measured by Anopheles arabiensis mortality in experimental huts in Tanzania. [PDF]

Malar J
Odufuwa OG, Maasayi MS, Mbuba E, Ntabaliba W, Philipo R, Ngonyani S, Mpelepele AB, Matanila I, Ngonyani H, Moore J, Mlacha YP, Stevenson JC, Moore SJ.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the potential of using male‐killing endosymbionts to induce female‐biased insect populations for enhanced biomass production

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Overview of the mindset and long‐term goals with the approach suggested in this study. We provide a first proof of concept that male‐killing endosymbionts can be used to establish female biased populations with higher production efficiency than populations with a 50/50 sex ratio. This biological tool can have marked positive impact on future commercial
Stine F. Laursen, Perran A. Ross, Nadieh de Jonge, Ary A. Hoffmann, Torsten N. Kristensen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental huts trial of the efficacy of pyrethroids/piperonyl butoxide (PBO) net treatments for controlling multi-resistant populations of <i>Anopheles funestus s.s.</i> in Kpomè, Southern Benin. [PDF]

Wellcome Open Res, 2018
Akoton R, Tchigossou GM, Djègbè I, Yessoufou A, Atoyebi MS, Tossou E, Zeukeng F, Boko P, Irving H, Adéoti R, Riveron J, Wondji CS, Moutairou K, Djouaka R.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source