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Population genomic assessment of semi-captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Myanmar: endangered species management and conservation implications. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Genomics
Somenzi E   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ecosystem Services Against Illegal Immigration: The Natural Control of the Migratory Butterfly Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) by Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) on Organic Soybean in Ukraine

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
In central Ukraine, the migratory butterfly Vanessa cardui emerged as a key pest of organic soybean during its outbreaks in 2019 and 2022. Despite early defoliation, crops recovered strongly due to high parasitism by Cotesia vestalis, reaching 100% in some fields.
Alex Gumovsky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benefitting from brutality? Profits of north‐western Europe's slave trade at the eve of the industrial revolution

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the most contentious issues in the study of the Atlantic slave trade is the profitability of the trade. In this paper, we contribute by pooling all available data on transatlantic slave ship voyage accounts into a joint dataset. This dataset includes data from a period of 100 years (1730–1830) and from five nations (Denmark, France ...
Klas Rönnbäck   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Contested Spaces: Gendered Interactions in Everyday Entrepreneuring Among Jua Kali Women in Rural Kenya

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the daily experiences of Jua Kali women entrepreneurs in Western Kenya, unpacking how gendered power relations are enacted within informal marketplaces and how women entrepreneurs mobilize agency within these structurally and institutionally constrained contexts.
Tabitha Sindani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Working the Pages”: Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID‐19

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Venezuelan refugee crisis has displaced nearly 8 million people, with transgender and queer refugees among the most marginalized groups. This paper explores the intersecting precarity and entrepreneurship of Venezuelan trans women refugees who became sex workers in Brazil during COVID‐19.
Yvonne Su   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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