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Journal of Biogeography, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Climate change has influenced the evolution of the world's biota, shaping species distributions, promoting diversification and causing extinctions. The turbulent climatic oscillations of the Pleistocene, which caused repeated periods of isolation and secondary contact, have left lasting signatures on the genomes of species across the world.
Anna M. Kearns +9 more
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The Adaptability of Life on Earth and the Diversity of Planetary Habitats
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The evolutionary adaptability of life to extreme environments is astounding given that all life on Earth is based on the same fundamental biochemistry. The range of some physicochemical parameters on Earth exceeds the ability of life to adapt, but stays ...
Dirk Schulze-Makuch +4 more
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In this Counterpoint, we argue for the importance of social movements in responding to the climate crisis by challenging the taken‐for‐granted practices and policies of corporate capitalism. These challenges politicize what is seen as ‘common sense’ and show that there are alternatives to the dominant social order of fossil‐fuelled economic ...
Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright
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Habit and Mind. On the Teleology of Mental Habits
Phenomenology and Mind, 2014 In the following pages we shall discuss the notion of habit in sight of its role in the constitution of meaning. We make use of Wittgenstein’s analysis of rule following to show the crucial role played by habits in the establishment of verbal meanings. Then, we show how habits can be established according to the Peircian model of abduction.
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Nature, 1879 MR. H. C. DONOVAN, in a letter headed as above (NATURE, vol. xx. p. 457), describes the bone munching of cattle in Natal, and asks whether they have a similar habit in other places. Such is the case in Norway, especially at the upper pasturages around the “saeters,” or mountain chalets, where they are commonly supplied with a daily modicum of fish ...
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2016 Arkansas is the only U.S. state that does not have a landlord’s implied warranty of habitability, meaning tenants have a requirement for maintaining their rental properties at certain habitability standards, but landlords are not legally required to ...
Ashley Bachelder +3 more
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Determination of habitable zones in extrasolar planetary systems: Where are Gaia's sisters? [PDF]
, 2000 S. Franck +5 more
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Does a Small Country Have Meaningful Regional Personality Differences? The Case of Estonia
Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Regional differences in the Big Five personality domains have been observed in several countries at different geographical granularities, often correlating with regional political, economic, social, and health (PESH) indicators.
Ling Xu +6 more
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Habitability in large cities of Andalusia. Housing neighborhood / La habitabilidad en las ciudades de Andalucía: Del barrio a la vivienda [PDF]
Contexto: Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2016 This article is based on the approach of the Right to the City and the concept of habitability and research is part of the living conditions of disadvantaged people. cartographic-social analysis in Andalusia.
Carmen Egea Jiménez +2 more
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