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New Ommatius Wiedemann from the Americas with two new species groups, keys, and taxonomic notes (Diptera: Asilidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Two species groups are proposed for Ommatius Wiedemann, normus and tibialis species groups, increasing the number to eight groups from the Americas. The normus group includes six species, two of which are new, O. nebulosus n. sp. and O. tepui n.
Scarbrough, Aubrey G.
core  

A taxonomic revision of Camptocerus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Neotropical ambrosia beetle genus Camptocerus Dejean was revised. Monophyly of the genus was tested using 66 morphological characters in a cladistic analysis. Camptocerus was recovered as monophyletic and 31 species were recognized.
Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M.
core   +2 more sources

Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*

open access: yesEconomic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, EarlyView.
There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
wiley   +1 more source

The private market for antimicrobials: an exploration of two selected mining and frontier areas of Guyana

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objective. To identify challenges that may raise pathogens’ resistance to antimicrobial drugs by exploring the private market for antimicrobials in two selected mining and frontier areas of Guyana. Methods.
Horace Cox   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

New York City Immigrants: The 1990s Wave [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
During the 1990s, more than 1.3 million people left New York City for nearby suburbs and other parts of the country while 1.2 million immigrants arrived.
Joseph Pereira, Rae Rosen, Susan Wieler
core  

The Importance of Environmental Heterogeneity in Evaluating the Conservation Status of Two Frog Species in a Changing Amazonian Interfluve

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Identifying the most effective criterion to assess the conservation status of vulnerable species in threatened tropical regions is crucial to evaluate recovery plans. We investigated the influence of environmental heterogeneity on the extent of occurrence (EOO), area of occupied habitat (AOH), and density variation of two Amazonian riparian frog ...
Rafael F. Jorge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progress and Poverty: Walter Rodney's Legacy

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conventional view of human progress states that the more humanity makes progress, the less poverty is entrenched. But, global development is currently characterized by a persistent combination of economic progress and growing relative poverty. This endemic inequality has puzzled economists for years.
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
wiley   +1 more source

Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Tropical tree height-diameter (H:D) relationships may vary by forest type and region making large-scale estimates of above-ground biomass subject to bias if they ignore these differences in stem allometry.
Affum-Baffoe, K.   +23 more
core   +1 more source

A Modified GHG Intensity Indicator: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy based on a Carbon Border Tax and Emissions Trading

open access: yes, 2013
It will be difficult to gain the agreement of all the actors on any proposal for climate change management, if universality and fairness are not considered.
Cheriet, Mohamed   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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