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Temporal dynamics in functional fruit traits of native and invasive fleshy fruited plants in subtropical Andean forests

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Fruits encompass the energetic and material flow between both interacting parties in frugivore‐mediated seed dispersal. Since fruit traits matter in frugivores' foraging decisions, the temporal dynamics of fruit traits might influence interaction outcomes.
Irene M. A. Bender   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

En busca del oro ¿Qué determina el éxito en competencias deportivas internacionales?

open access: yesEl Trimestre Económico, 2006
Este artículo examina los determinantes del logro deportivo en los Juegos Panamericanos durante el periodo 1959-1999. La muestra considera un panel de países participantes, en el que la variable por explicar corresponde al número de medallas obtenidas ...
Dante Contreras, Andrés Gómez-Lobo
doaj  

El proceso de sustitución de combustibles pesados por gas natural en el sector industrial del Valle del Cauca y del Cauca - Colombia 2004-2012

open access: yesApuntes del CENES, 2016
Este documento tiene por objetivo analizar el proceso de sustitución de la utilización de combustibles pesados hacia el gas natural por parte de medianas y grandes empresas ubicadas en el Valle del Cauca y norte del Cauca, que se observan durante el ...
Andrés Eduardo Rangel Jiménez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis de correlación espacial en el precio de la tierra de uso agrícola en Chile, periodo 2000-2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
La presente investigación tiene como objetivo principal analizar la correlación espacial en el precio de la tierra agrícola en Chile a nivel de comuna con datos de panel 2000-2008.
Castro Álvarez, Marcelo   +2 more
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Dinámica de la pobreza en Chile: evidencias en los años 1996, 2001 y 2006

open access: yesPersona y Sociedad, 2007
La pobreza es un fenómeno dinámico: los pobres no son pobres todo el tiempo y los no pobres no están a salvo de caer en esta condición. Para estudiar la pobreza dando cuenta de este dinamismo, es necesario contar con datos longitudinales o datos de panel.
Angela Denis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Four-Language Questionnaire to Investigate Environmental Risk Factors for the Development of Canine Atopic Dermatitis and to Monitor Disease Course and Progression. [PDF]

open access: yesVet Dermatol
Background: The chronic and multifactorial character of canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) often leads to poor disease control and treatment dissatisfaction. Environmental factors are likely to contribute to the disease development and may play a more important role than assumed previously.
Rhodius PC   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Resource windfalls and political sabotage: Evidence from 5.2 million political ads

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study the role of incentives in inducing sabotage in political contents, vis‐à‐vis natural resource windfalls. The latter induce plausibly exogenous increases in contests' stakes by extending opportunities for policy implementation or private gain upon winning and enhancing incumbent advantage.
David Lagziel, Ehud Lehrer, Ohad Raveh
wiley   +1 more source

How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisions remain inadequately understood. Some researchers argue that nativeness, rather than acting as an objective proxy for important ecological ...
Harold N. Eyster, Rachelle K. Gould
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis Malmquist y DEA intertemporal de las agriculturas de la Unión Europea

open access: yesEconomía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 2011
En este trabajo se realiza un análisis comparado de dos métodos no paramétricos de medida de productividad total de los factores con datos de panel basados en programación: índices de Malmquist y un modelo DEA intertemporal que permite acotar las medidas
Natalia Aldaz, Joaquín A. Millán
doaj   +1 more source

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