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On Pardosa schenkell (Araneae, Lycosidae) and its presence in Germany and Poland [PDF]
, 2009 The wolf spider Pardosa schenkeli Lessert, 1904 was since long regarded as occurring in Germany and Poland but is excluded from the recent checklist of spiders found in these countries.
Kronestedt, Torbjörn
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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Spider communities in agricultural habitats: the effect of habitat interfaces on the distribution of species. [PDF]
, 1992 Two Sites representing a change in habitat type at a community interface in an agricultural situation between managed and unmanaged areas were sampled using transects of pitfall traps crossing the interface at right angles from one habitat type to the ...
Ackland, Rosalyn
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Color change and ecology in female Misumenoides formosipes crab spiders [PDF]
, 2013 Female Misumenoides formosipes crab spiders, unlike their highly mobile, short-lived male counterparts, are relatively sedentary predators that forage long after the males have died off. Associated with their foraging ability is a phenomenon rare amongst
Anderson, Alissa G.
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen +15 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher +1 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2019 Spider diversity plays an important role in the balance of nature. Thus, a study on the diversity of spiders was carried out in Awka, Anambra State in the South Eastern Nigeria from January, 2018 to June, 2018. Spiders were collected from three habitats
C.D. Ezeonyejiaku +3 more
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Beyond Structural Interventions: The Human Architecture Shaping ESG Integration in Corporate Systems
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the promotion of ESG in corporate discourse, substantive integration of ESG principles into business practices remains challenging. This study applies and extends Meadows' leverage framework to examine ESG integration in UAE‐listed firms.
M. Schulte, Dimitris Christopoulos
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Airway spider or airway spiders? [PDF]
Anaesthesia, 2018 M, Sorbello, F, Petrini
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