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Quantifying species distribution within the functional space

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Multidimensional representations of functional diversity help visualize species and organism distribution in functional space, providing insights into the mechanisms regulating community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Typically, the species distributions in functional space are represented by richness, divergence (or dispersion) and ...
José Carlos Carvalho, Pedro Cardoso
wiley   +1 more source

Clarify: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results [PDF]

open access: yes
Clarify is a program that uses Monte Carlo simulation to convert the raw output of statistical procedures into results that are of direct interest to researchers, without changing statistical assumptions or requiring new statistical models.
Gary King   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Lawyer CEOs and Strategic Disclosure of Litigation Loss Contingencies

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
Using hand‐collected data, we find that lawyer CEOs, defined as CEOs with a legal education background, tend to make first disclosures about pending litigation cases on a timelier basis for litigation cases that end up with material losses than do non‐lawyer CEOs.
Feng Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Extension Effectiveness for Organic Clients: Current Status and Future Directions [PDF]

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Responses from a national survey of U.S. organic farmers indicated dissatisfaction with the extension service. An ordered probit model was used to identify the factors influencing effectiveness ratings of extension advisors by farmers.
Lohr, Luanne, Park, Timothy A.
core   +1 more source

Top Executives with Academic Work Experience, Stakeholder‐friendly Engagement, and Firm Value

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
We study the role of top executives’ prior academic work experience in stakeholder‐oriented activities and related capital market benefits. Analyzing data from China, we demonstrate that firms managed by top executives with academic work experience have higher stakeholder‐friendly engagement scores than those without.
Zhe Li, Xinrui Liu
wiley   +1 more source

The Happiness Gains From Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market [PDF]

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Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences.
Alois Stutzer   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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