Aggregation and the Structure of Value
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Roughly, the view I call “Additivism” sums up value across time and people. Given some standard assumptions, I show that Additivism follows from two principles. The first says that how lives align in time cannot, in itself, matter. The second says, roughly, that a world cannot be better unless it is better within some period or another.
Weng Kin San
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Results of 2-Year Ring Testing of a Semifield Study Design to Investigate Potential Impacts of Plant Protection Products on the Solitary Bees Osmia Bicornis and Osmia Cornuta and a Proposal for a Suitable Test Design. [PDF]
Environ Toxicol Chem, 2021 Franke L +15 more
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Fungicide ingestion reduces net energy gain and microbiome diversity of the solitary mason bee [PDF]
Mitzy F. Porras +10 more
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A Formal Theory of Robert Nozick's Framework for Utopia
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers the very first formal model of Robert Nozick's model of possible worlds and his vision of a utopian society, as outlined in Part III of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Nozick envisioned utopia as a meta‐utopia—a collection of self‐organized, voluntary sub‐communities—arguing that such an institutional framework is equivalent to ...
Susumu Cato, Hun Chung
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Solitary Bees as Vital Bioindicators: A Comprehensive Review of the Diversity, Decline, and Conservation Imperatives of the Halictidae Family [PDF]
Showket Ahmad Dar +10 more
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Phenotypic Variation in Fitness Traits of a Managed Solitary Bee,Osmia ribifloris(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) [PDF]
, 2015 Blair J. Sampson +4 more
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Macronutrient composition in pollen affects development and survival in wild bees
Physiological Entomology, EarlyView.Small carpenter bees (Ceratina calcarata) were reared on diets formulated with black poplar and dandelion pollen, while closely monitoring developmental metrics, lipid content and survival. Macronutrient analyses on both pollen types revealed dandelion pollen contained lower levels of protein, essential amino acids and several fatty acids, which ...
Khara W. Stephen, Sandra M. Rehan
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Positive Correlation between Pesticide Consumption and Longevity in Solitary Bees: Are We Overlooking Fitness Trade-Offs? [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Strobl V +6 more
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Solitary Bees for Orchard Pollination
, 1997 Contrary to our usual idea that "bees• live in hives, with queens, workers, and drones, most bees cannot be hived, are not social, don't store honey, and rarely sting. The introduced, European honey bee is a highly specialized exception, rather than a representative "bee".
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Are Wild Bee Pollinator Populations Declining? [PDF]
, 2010 How climate change may affect insect pollinator populations in the Midwest.Environmental Change Institute UIUCAgroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program UIUCunpublishednot peer ...
Cameron, Sydney A., Marlin, John C.
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