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The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 6

, 2022
Antigua and Barbuda benefits from ECLAC and UN DESA national consultation. -- A Hummingbird feature: Grenada to present its first Voluntary National Review to the High-Level Political Forum.

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FXTAS and the Spectrum of FMR1 Premutation‐Associated Phenotypes in Latin America: A Scoping Review

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Fragile X–associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late‐onset neurodegenerative disorder caused by FMR1 premutation expansions (55–200 CGG repeats). Although well described in populations of predominantly European ancestry, FXTAS remains poorly characterized in Latin America due to limited awareness, restricted access to ...
Amy Schmidmajer, Salomón Páez‐García, Santiago Martínez, Jacobo Ramírez‐Triana, Kevin O'Hara‐Veintimilla, Andrés Ricaurte‐Fajardo, Catalina Cerquera‐Cleves   +6 more
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The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 7

, 2022
New report launched on state of the climate in Latin America and the Caribbean. -- A Hummingbird feature: ECLAC analyzes COVID-19’s multiple effects on the region’s population.

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Floral resources and habitat affect the composition of hummingbirds at the local scale in tropical mountaintops

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Hummingbird communities tend to respond to variation in resources, having a positive relationship between abundance and diversity of food resources and the abundance and/or diversity of hummingbirds.
LC Rodrigues, M Rodrigues
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Evaluating the Robustness of NISAR's Cropland Product to Time of Observation, Observing Mode, and Dithering

Earth and Space Science, 2022
Cropland mapping is important for monitoring agricultural practices, cropland distribution and for supporting food security programs. Radar remote sensing will likely provide a means of cropland mapping, which can be efficient, accurate, and globally ...
S. Kraatz, P. Siqueira, J. Kellndorfer, N. Torbick, X. Huang, M. Cosh   +5 more
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Sinningia pampeana sp. nov. (Gesneriaceae) from the Pampa's rocky outcrops in southern Brazil and Uruguay

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Sinningia pampeana is a new rupicolous species from the rocky outcrops of the Pampa biome in southern Brazil and Uruguay. Morphological analyses based on herbarium material, field observations, and detailed illustrations support its recognition as a distinct species from Sinningia sellovii.
Gabriel Emiliano Ferreira, Daniel Alves Spiazzi, Pedro Henrique Sonsim Barbieri, Alain Chautems, Andréa Onofre Araújo   +4 more
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miR-Blood – a small RNA atlas of human blood components

Scientific Data
miR-Blood is a high-quality, small RNA expression atlas for the major components of human peripheral blood (plasma, erythrocytes, thrombocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, natural killer cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and B cells).
Julia Jehn, Franziska Trudzinski, Rastislav Horos, Judith Schenz, Florian Uhle, Markus A. Weigand, Maurice Frank, Mustafa Kahraman, Marco Heuvelman, Tobias Sikosek, Timothy Rajakumar, Jennifer Gerwing, Jasmin Skottke, Alberto Daniel-Moreno, Christina Rudolf, Franziska Hinkfoth, Kaja Tikk, Petros Christopoulos, Laura V. Klotz, Hauke Winter, Michael Kreuter, Bruno R. Steinkraus   +21 more
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Hummingbird plumage color diversity exceeds the known gamut of all other birds

Communications Biology, 2022
An analysis of the plumage colors in 114 hummingbird species finds that the breadth of the hummingbird color gamut exceeds or is equivalent to that of the previous estimate of all living birds.
Gabriela X. Venable, Kaija Gahm, Richard O. Prum   +2 more
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Hummingbird interaction niche packing is influenced by species richness and resource availability in the southern tropical Andes

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Niche partitioning is often considered an important mechanism promoting species co‐occurrence in species‐rich communities. As species richness increases, niche partitioning may lead to different niche structures, including increased packing of species niches when the ...
Bryan G. Rojas, Carlos Iván Espinosa, Catherine H. Graham, Boris A. Tinoco   +3 more
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The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 5

, 2023
Time-use surveys play an important role in guiding social policies. -- A HUMMINGBIRD FEATURE: Girls in ICT Day 2023: Digital Skills for Life. -- Energy sector transition can close gender gaps and harness women's capabilities.

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