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Skeletal age during hurricane impacts fluctuating asymmetry in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), or random deviations from symmetry, can be used as a proxy for developmental instability, and anthropogenic and natural disruptions have been associated with increased levels of FA. In this study, we investigate the effect of demographic variables (age, sex, and decade of birth) and hurricane experience on FA in a model ...
Romero AN +3 more
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Communities of endophytic fungi in a Puerto Rican rainforest vary along a gradient of disturbance due to Hurricane Maria. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Even more than a year after the catastrophic passage of Hurricane Maria, communities of endophytic symbionts in a Puerto Rican rainforest bear a signature of forest disturbance. Abstract Increases in the frequency and intensity of hurricanes influence the structure, function, and resilience of Caribbean forests.
Colón Carrión N, Troche CL, Arnold AE.
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How do you solve a problem like Maria? The politics of disaster response in Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas. [PDF]
World Med Health Policy, 2022 Abstract COVID‐19 is not the first, nor the last, public health challenge the US political system has faced. Understanding drivers of governmental responses to public health emergencies is important for policy decision‐making, planning, health and social outcomes, and advocacy.
Willison CE +5 more
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Moth Communities Reveal High Stability Despite Ongoing Compositional Shifts Over Five Years Following Hurricane Disturbance. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe examined the temporal dynamics and ecological stability of tropical forest moth communities using a unique dataset spanning 6 months before and up to 5 years after two extreme hurricanes. While abundance and richness recovered within 2 years, species composition continued to shift, indicating ongoing reassembly with a directional trajectory toward ...
Alonso-Rodríguez AM +3 more
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Disturbance ecology in human societies
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 1082-1093, August 2023., 2023 Abstract We define societal disturbances as discrete events that abruptly disrupt the functioning of human societies. There is a variety of such events, including hurricanes, floods, epidemics, nuclear accidents, earthquakes and wars, among others. These disturbances can interact, further increasing their impacts.
Juli G. Pausas, Alexandro B. Leverkus
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The dynamics of power in disaster response networks
Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 418-433, December 2021., 2021 Abstract A major challenge for disaster scholars and policymakers is to understand the power dimension in response networks, particularly relating to collaboration and coordination. We propose a conceptual framework to study interests and negotiations in and between various civic and professional, response networks drawing on the concepts of ...
Kees Boersma +3 more
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A systematic review of 20 years of crisis and disaster research: Trends and progress
Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 374-392, December 2021., 2021 Abstract The field of crisis and disaster studies has proliferated over the past two decades. Attention is bound to grow further as the world negotiates the prolonged challenges of the Covid‐19 pandemic. In this review, we provide an overview of the main foci, methods, and research designs employed in the crisis and disaster research fields in the ...
Jeroen Wolbers +2 more
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Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, 2023 En este artículo propongo que las relaciones socio-afectivas en Temporada de huracanes, de Fernanda Melchor dibujan un vórtice semántico-material través de la violencia emprendida por los personajes.
Selma Rodal Linares
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Tourism facing the challenge of recurring natural hazards: a view from Cancún
Investigaciones Geográficas, 2012 This article discusses the duality between economic development based on tourism and the impact of land occupation at the expense of an environment that includes specific natural hazards.
Frank Babinger
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Mitologías Hoy, 2023 El artículo propone una lectura de la construcción de las identidades masculinas jóvenes en Temporada de Huracanes (2017) de Fernanda Melchor. Por tal motivo se realiza un análisis de elementos propios de las masculinidades hegemónicas a través de la ...
Carlos Alberto Sifuentes Rodríguez +1 more
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