Teaching Categories to Human Learners with Visual Explanations [PDF]
, 2018 We study the problem of computer-assisted teaching with explanations. Conventional approaches for machine teaching typically only provide feedback at the instance level e.g., the category or label of the instance.
Chen, Yuxin +4 more
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Preventing a Risk/Risk Trade-off: An Analysis of the Measures Necessary to Increase U.S. Pollinator Numbers [PDF]
, 2017 This Note will proceed in four parts. Part II will discuss the importance of pollinators and the possible reasons for their declining numbers. Part III will delve into the current and proposed actions to increase pollinator populations that are taking ...
Acchiardo Vallejo, Camila
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On Linnaeus’ (1764) butterfly type materials missing from the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Section of Zoology) and the case of Papilio hermione [PDF]
Nota LepidopterologicaWe briefly analyse the history of Queen Ulrika’s and of Linnaeus’ butterfly collections. We show that the type materials of some species were likely moved from Queen Ulrika’s to Linnaeus’ collection before 1803. We provide evidence that Honey and Scoble (
Emilio Balletto +4 more
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Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies? [PDF]
, 2015 There has been widespread concern that neonicotinoid pesticides may be adversely impacting wild and managed bees for some years, but recently attention has shifted to examining broader effects they may be having on biodiversity.
Botham, Marc S +6 more
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Whole-chromosome hitchhiking driven by a male-killing endosymbiont.
PLoS Biology, 2020 Neo-sex chromosomes are found in many taxa, but the forces driving their emergence and spread are poorly understood. The female-specific neo-W chromosome of the African monarch (or queen) butterfly Danaus chrysippus presents an intriguing case study ...
Simon H Martin +13 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background The increase in availability of genomic sequences for a wide range of organisms has revealed gene duplication to be a relatively common event.
Liswi Saif W +4 more
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Notes on Shifting Distribution Patterns and Survival of Immature \u3ci\u3eDanaus Plexippus\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) on the Food Plant \u3ci\u3eAsclepias Syriaca\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2017 Abundance and distribution of immature stages of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, on the food plant Asclepias syriaca were examined at a site in southeastern Wisconsin over one growing season.
Borkin, Susan Sullivan
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Impacts of land cover data selection and trait parameterisation on dynamic modelling of species' range expansion [PDF]
, 2014 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Bocedi, Greta +6 more
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Differential effects of jasmonic acid treatment of Brassica nigra on the attraction of pollinators, parasitoids, and butterflies [PDF]
, 2008 Herbivore-induced plant defences influence the behaviour of herbivores as well as that of their natural enemies. Jasmonic acid is one of the key hormones involved in both these direct and indirect induced defences.
Bruinsma, M. +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cooperatives as a democratic form of economic organization are an emerging focus in research on the social dimensions of circular economy. However, there is no international database on cooperatives and circular economy, impeding systematic analysis.
Rafael Ziegler +6 more
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