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A framework for maximizing the benefit from retaining regrowth on private land

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation interventions often have lower‐than‐desired positive impacts, as revealed by retrospective counterfactual‐based evaluations. To address this, a prospective counterfactual‐based approach can be used to estimate potential benefits and design conservation interventions to maximize outcomes. We developed a framework for estimating the
Hannah Thomas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Master's Problem: Revisiting Hegel's Critique of Social Domination

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues for a reinterpretation of Hegel's internal critique of the master in his famous ‘Master–Slave Dialectic.’ Hegel argues that, in addition to the evident injustice suffered by the enslaved, the arrangement also undermines the master's own purposes.
Stephen Cunniff
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonality and plasticity in the use of native and introduced plant resources by a large forest parrot

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
Human‐induced environmental change is reshaping plant communities, requiring native animals to adapt their foraging behaviour to track and exploit novel food resources. Trees such as pines (Pinus spp.) introduced for plantation forestry outside of their native ranges often become naturalized.
Tirth Vaishnav   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing the Protection of Victorian Forests: Murray River Red Gums, and East Gippsland [PDF]

open access: yes
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council, in developing recommendations for the Victorian Government on the future management of public lands forests along he Murray River, and in East Gippsland, commissioned an analysis of environmental ...
Bennett, Jeffrey W., Dumsday, Robert G.
core   +1 more source

Teacher Well‐Being Across Career Stages: An Ecological Study of Early‐ and Mid‐Career English Teachers in Japanese Secondary Schools

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher well‐being has garnered increasing attention in language education, as it plays a vital role in shaping both their professional lives and student learning. Although its importance is recognised, further research is still needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of language teachers' well‐being.
Takeshi Onodera
wiley   +1 more source

Social Threat as Motivation for Phonetic Divergence: Evidence From Nonbinary Participants

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether nonbinary speakers’ imitation of extended voice onset time (VOT) in word‐initial English /p, t, k/ is impacted by whether they believe they are listening to a nonbinary or binary model speaker. Forty‐five nonbinary American English speakers participated in an online VOT shadowing task, and the results find that ...
Jack Rechsteiner
wiley   +1 more source

ExNOTic: Should We Be Keeping Exotic Pets?

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
There has been a recent trend towards keeping non-traditional companion animals, also known as exotic pets. These pets include parrots, reptiles, amphibians and rabbits, as well as small species of rodent such as degus and guinea pigs.
Rachel A. Grant   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cross‐Sectional Study on Parakeets Feeding and Housing Practices in Italy

open access: yesJournal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Italy has one of the largest companion bird populations in Europe. This study aimed to investigate feeding and housing practices among Italian parakeet owners. An online questionnaire was distributed, yielding 433 voluntary responses. Participants were classified as hobbyists (HBY; ≤ 13 birds owned) or breeders (BRD; > 13 birds owned) to ...
Erdem Danyer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Learning Organisation Meme: Emergence of a Management Replicator (or Parrots, Patterns and Performance) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Organisations and organisms are self-maintaining systems which spontaneously seek to preserve an evolved order. Both are enabled by replicators: memes or genes respectively.
Price, Ilfryn, Shaw, Ray
core  

Psychogenic polydipsia in dogs – a review of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

open access: yesJournal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Polyuria and polydipsia represent a common clinical presentation in dogs and may result from numerous disorders affecting different body systems. Compulsive water consumption is characteristic of psychogenic polydipsia, a primary polydipsia disorder rooted in neurologic, behavioural or environmental factors.
G. Pavlovsky
wiley   +1 more source

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