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‘Sinister Indian‐like Half‐circle’: Tennis, Orientalism and the White Racial Frame in the Twentieth‐Century British Sporting Press

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
wiley   +1 more source

Biochemistry and hematology parameters of the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)

Conservation Physiology, 2018
The San Cristóbal Galapagos tortoise, Chelonoidis chathamensis, is native to San Cristóbal, the most eastern and oldest island of the Galapagos Archipelago.
G. Lewbart, J. Griffioen, Alison P H Savo, J. Muñoz-Pérez, C. Ortega, A. Loyola, Sarah Roberts, George W. Schaaf, D. Steinberg, Steven B Osegueda, M. Levy, D. Páez-Rosas   +11 more
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“Alien versus predator”: predatory effect of coccinellid Exochomus quadripustulatus on the scale insect Toumeyella parvicornis. An open‐field experimentation on the Pinus pinea of Rome

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The release of gravid Exochomus quadripustulatus females proved to be effective in containing Toumeyella parvicornis infestations on stone pine trees, under open‐field condition. The ladybugs caused a lower infestation level compared to the trees that did not receive any ladybugs during the observation season.
Nicolò Di Sora, Luca Rossini, Giulia Luziatelli, Mario Contarini, Stefano Speranza   +4 more
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Genome-Wide Assessment of Diversity and Divergence Among Extant Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species

Journal of Heredity, 2018
Genome-wide assessments allow for fuller characterization of genetic diversity, finer-scale population delineation, and better detection of demographically significant units to guide conservation compared with those based on "traditional" markers ...
J. Miller, M. Quinzin, D. Edwards, Deren A. R. Eaton, E. Jensen, M. Russello, J. Gibbs, W. Tapia, Danny O. Rueda, A. Caccone   +9 more
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Burrow Persistence and Spatial Distribution of Federally and State‐Protected Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Populations in Southwest Alabama

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a keystone species and ecosystem engineer, has declined by ~80% over the past century due to primarily habitat loss. In a 28‐year resurvey of federally protected Mobile County and state‐protected Baldwin County, we found tortoise populations persisted at ~59% and ~31% of sites, respectively, with significant ...
Robin B. Lloyd Jr., Jeremiah A. Henning, Steven R. Schultze, David H. Nelson, Adam D. Chupp   +4 more
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Emergent conservation conflicts in the Galapagos Islands: Human-giant tortoise interactions in the rural area of Santa Cruz Island

PLoS ONE, 2018
The conservation of biodiverse areas around the world has contributed to the protection and recovery of endangered species. This has been the case for 11 species of Galapagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.) that today are successfully maintained over ...
Francisco Benitez-Capistros, Giorgia Camperio, J. Hugé, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, N. Koedam   +4 more
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Morphometric and Paleobiological Insights Into Pleistocene Sicilian Wolf Populations

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pleistocene wolves (Canis lupus) from Sicily represent one of the few known insular populations of this species from that time period. Despite their potential relevance for understanding carnivore adaptations in insular contexts, no dedicated study has previously investigated their morphology and evolutionary significance.
Domenico Tancredi, Carolina Di Patti, Sabrina Lo Brutto, Matteo Cammarata   +3 more
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Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provides Founders for Species Restoration Program

Scientific Reports, 2017
Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases in which species declared extinct can be revived are rare.
J. Miller, M. Quinzin, N. Poulakakis, J. Gibbs, L. Beheregaray, R. Garrick, M. Russello, C. Ciofi, D. Edwards, E. A. Hunter, W. Tapia, Danny O. Rueda, Jorge E. Carrión, Andrés A. Valdivieso, A. Caccone   +14 more
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Narratives of Strength: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience in Families

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resilience, originally viewed as a psychological capacity to ‘bounce back’ from challenges, is now understood to be shaped by broader social inequalities, including gender, socio‐economic status, politics and ethnicity. This study explores how stories and narratives can help nurture resilience and improve well‐being among those residing in an ...
Chandra Ramamurthy, Srilatha Juvva, Gregory Armstrong, Karl Andriessen   +3 more
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What Achilles did and the Tortoise wouldn't [PDF]

, 2012
This paper offers an expressivist account of logical form, arguing that in order to fully understand it one must examine what valid arguments make us do (or: what Achilles does and the Tortoise doesn’t, in Carroll’s famed fable).
Legg, Catherine
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