Hypothetico-deductivism: incomplete but not hopeless [PDF]
Alleged counter-examples deployed in Park (2004) against the account of selective hypothetico deductive confirmation offered in Gemes (1998) are shown to be ineffective.
Gemes, Ken
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Snapshot Japan 2023: the first camera trap dataset under a globally standardised protocol in Japan [PDF]
There is an urgent need to develop global observation networks to quantify biodiversity trends for evaluating achievements of targets of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Keita Fukasawa +16 more
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Predation Pressure on Sentinel Insect Prey along a Riverside Urbanization Gradient in Hungary
Urbanization is one of the most important global trends which causes habitat reduction and alteration which are, in turn, the main reasons for the well-documented reduction in structural and functional diversity in urbanized environments.
Csaba Béla Eötvös +2 more
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Enhancing AIS to Improve Whale-Ship Collision Avoidance and Maritime Security [PDF]
Whale-ship strikes are of growing worldwide concern due to the steady growth of commercial shipping. Improving the current situation involves the creation of a communication capability allowing whale position information to be estimated and exchanged ...
Fall, Kevin +2 more
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Can Cognitive Ability Give Invasive Species the Means to Succeed? A Review of the Evidence
Invasive species are a global conservation problem that have an enormous economic cost. Understanding the attributes of invasive species and what makes them successful at colonizing and flourishing in novel environments is therefore essential for ...
Birgit Szabo +2 more
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Mammal fauna during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene in the far northeast of Europe [PDF]
The paper summarises materials on the mammal remains in northeastern Europe, dated by radiocarbon. Altogether, 23 local faunas of small mammals and 47 local faunas of large mammals were analysed.
Andersen +72 more
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The goal of this study, conducted in seven large woodlands and three areas with small woodlots in northeastern Poland in 2004–2008, was to infer genetic structure in yellow‐necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis population and to evaluate the roles of ...
Sylwia D. Czarnomska +3 more
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Low Susceptibility of Pigs against Experimental Infection with HPAI Virus H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b
We found that nasal and alimentary experimental exposure of pigs to highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b was associated with marginal viral replication, without inducing any clinical manifestation or pathological changes.
Annika Graaf +6 more
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Tabanidae (Diptera: Insecta) attacking Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus) (Mammalia: Tapiridae) in Central Amazon, Brazil [PDF]
Tabanidae (Diptera) is a cosmopolitan family of flies with a wide distribution in South America. Female flies feed on various hosts, including domestic animals, wildlife, and humans, based on host specificity. This study used a tapir, Tapirus terrestris,
RUTH LEILA FERREIRA-KEPPLER +3 more
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Why are Lorino and Sireniki so different? Exploring communities through festivals, language use, and subsistence practices in contemporary Chukotka [PDF]
Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013Based on research in Chukotka, Russian Far East, this thesis focuses on the contemporary predicaments of native sports, public festivals, language practices, and marine mammal subsistence in the ...
Yashchenko, Oxana +1 more
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