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Climate Change in the Piscataqua/Great Bay Region: Past, Present, and Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Earth ’s climate changes. It always has and always will. However, an extensive body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities are now a significant force driving change in the Earth’s climate system.
Burakowski, Elizabeth   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Fate of orphans of Canada geese harvested by hunters in Connecticut, USA, depends upon which month the parents were killed

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Little is known about what happens to juvenile birds after one or both of their parents are harvested by hunters during the post‐fledging dependency period. Here, we compare the fate of juvenile Canada geese Branta canadensis that lost ≥ 1 parent to hunters (orphans) during this period to other juveniles that retained both parents (non‐orphans). For 25
Michael R. Conover, Lauren J. Head
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Wasting Disease management responses in North America: A public policy analysis

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
In this study we use the Multiple Streams Framework from public policy theory to assess the responses of wildlife management agencies in states and provinces with CWD‐positive cases in the United States and Canada to alleviate public concerns and manage the spread of this disease.
Kelly H. Dunning   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catholic missions and missionaries in Maine, 1611-1724 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1933
Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University Bibliography: p.
MacLaughlan, John James
core   +1 more source

M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the climate effects of mid-1800s deforestation in New England, USA, using a Weather, Research, and Forecasting (WRF) Model Multi-Physics Ensemble [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The New England region of the northeastern United States has a land use history characterized by forest clearing for agriculture and other uses during European colonization and subsequent reforestation following widespread farm abandonment. Despite these
Bonan, Gordon B.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Sustainability Controls as Technologies of Actorhood: Constructing the Responsible Supplier in Global Supply Chains Le contrôle de la durabilité comme technologie d'actorialité : façonner le fournisseur responsable dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement mondiales

open access: yesContemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how accounting and control practices constitute and distribute agency and responsibility for sustainability in global supply chains. Drawing on a field study in the fashion industry, we describe the sustainability control practices used by a major buyer firm vis‐à‐vis its suppliers and trace their evolution from a ...
Martin Messner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

More than Decisions: Reviews of American Law Reports in the Pre-West Era [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In the early nineteenth century, both general literary periodicals and the first American legal journals often featured reviews of new volumes of U.S.
Danner, Richard A.
core   +3 more sources

Political Partisanship and State‐Level Bank Efficiency

open access: yesFinancial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between political partisanship and commercial bank efficiency in the United States from 1972 to 2020, assessing the persistent influence of political affiliations at the state and District of Columbia levels. Bank efficiency scores are estimated using a double‐bootstrap approach, and the analysis is conducted within
Jeremy Eng‐Tuck Cheah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tolerance of Egg and Yolk‐Sac Larval Yellowfin Sole (Limanda aspera) to Ocean Warming and Acidification

open access: yesFisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera) support the largest flatfish fishery in the world and contribute substantially to the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) flatfish catch. The EBS has been warming and acidifying, trends that are expected to intensify into the future.
Emily Slesinger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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