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Role of freshwater availability and terrestrial land‐cover change in the distribution of a declining, terrestrial, insectivorous bird

open access: yesConservation 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
First continental‐scale synthesis of hygropetric beetle diversity and distribution across Neotropical highlands. Climatic and topographic gradients structure regional assemblages and niche overlap. Ecological convergence suggests adaptation to similar conditions across disjunct regions.
Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Floral resource strips enhance parasitoid abundance and diversity in apple orchards and promote agroecological advances in a South African biosphere reserve

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Floral resource strips within apple orchards increased parasitoid abundance and influenced community composition, enhancing local biodiversity in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve's transition zone. Ruderal and natural fynbos habitats supported higher parasitoid richness and abundance, emphasising the importance of conserving semi‐natural habitats ...
Fabrizia Ratto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐objective maritime vessel routing with safety considerations

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The routing of maritime vessels is a challenging optimization problem that involves finding an adequate balance between conflicting and multiple objectives. This paper proposes a methodology based on inverse optimization to find appropriate objective weights that account for conflicting objectives. To formulate the inverse optimization problem,
Nazanin Sharif   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Dying Among Institutionalised Nursing Home Residents From the Caregivers' Perspective: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine how family caregivers of deceased nursing home residents scored and justified their ratings for each item on the Quality of Dying in Long‐Term Care scale and to identify the consistencies and discrepancies between their perceptions and the scores assigned when assessing the residents' end‐of‐life experience. Design A convergent
Daniel Puente‐Fernandez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tournament effects in equity mutual funds: Impact of economic conditions and investment styles

open access: yesJournal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Mutual funds engage in annual competitions to secure top positions in year‐end performance rankings. One effect implies that losing funds increase their risk more than winning funds, hoping to improve their rankings. Another effect involves a rational response by winning funds that anticipate the actions of losing funds and take more risk to ...
Stéphane Chrétien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Human resources challenges in implementing the essential public health functions in Colombia, 2023Desafios de recursos humanos para a implementação das funções essenciais de saúde pública na Colômbia, 2023]. [PDF]

open access: yesRev Panam Salud Publica
Guerrero Espinel JE   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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