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IMPACTS OF INCOME CHANGES AND MODEL SPECIFICATION ON FOOD DEMAND IN URBAN CHINA [PDF]

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Functional form specification is a crucial task in demand analysis. Four food demand systems for 12 aggregated food items in urban China are estimated and compared using province level data for the period 1992-1999.
Chern, Wen S., Liu, Kang Ernest
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Taxonomy and diversity of Marcgraviaceae, north of the São Francisco river, northeast Brazil

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of Marcgraviaceae species diversity north of the São Francisco river in northeastern Brazil, analyzing species richness and distribution patterns across 384 000 km² of phytogeographic domains. Through field collections, herbarium studies (both physical and digital), and detailed morphological analyses, we ...
Thales Carvalho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arisaema siahaense sp. nov. (Araceae) from India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Arisaema Mart. (Araceae) belonging to sect. Fimbriata is described and illustrated here from the Siaha District, Mizoram, India. This new species is characterized by an evergreen, dioecious herbaceous habit, up to 1.08 m high, having a subglobose tuber, with a solitary trifoliate leaf.
Rabishankar Sengupta   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of olive fruit: Follows three-period growth pattern of other stone fruits

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1948
The olive fruit has, in general, the same growth pattern of the other stone fruits, such as the peach, plum, apricot, and cherry.
H Hartmann
doaj  

A new species from an inselberg in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: Stachytarpheta forzzae (Verbenaceae), supported by morphological, palynological and anatomical evidence

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
We describe Stachytarpheta forzzae, a new species from an inselberg located in the municipality of Guaratinga, state of Bahia, within the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Morphologically, it resembles S. sprucei, the only other species of the genus known to inhabit inselbergs.
Pedro Henrique Cardoso   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

INCOME ELASTICITY OF RICE DEMAND IN JAPAN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS [PDF]

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Researchers believe that rice in developed countries such as Japan became an inferior good a few decades ago. This study employs the flexible complete demand system for the recent cross-sectional data in Japan. Our results clearly show that rice in Japan
Chern, Wen S., Taniguchi, Kiyoshi
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Frugivory‐mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy‐fruited tree

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
The recovery of large carnivores offers unique opportunities to study their cascading impacts on plant population dynamics. Medium‐sized carnivores, both prey and seed dispersers, are suppressed by apex predators, indirectly increasing seed‐eating rodent's populations and potentially altering plant establishment.
Tamara Burgos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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