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ABSTRACT Spondias species are increasingly valued for their fruit production, which relies heavily on insect pollination. The flowers of these species are generalised, attracting a diverse array of insect visitors, including bees, beetles, flies, wasps and butterflies.
Guaraci Duran Cordeiro+5 more
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Pricing firms’ biodiversity risk exposure: Empirical evidence from audit fees
Abstract Our study explores whether and how financial auditors—one of the most important information intermediaries of financial markets—consider firms’ (i.e., their clients’) exposure to biodiversity risks when making audit pricing decisions. Based on the risk‐oriented audit approach, we hypothesize that auditors price firms’ exposure to biodiversity ...
Tobias Steindl+2 more
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When travelling and feeding in the canopy, the western lowland gorillas engaged in bipedal locomotion likely as a strategy to mitigate the risk of falling at the cost of increased energy expenditure. Abstract Western lowland gorillas are the largest and most sexually dimorphic ape that habitually exploits arboreal environments.
Charlotte A. King+5 more
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“Are you Navajo or Inuit?” Identity, television dialogue, and Indigenizing semiotics
Abstract This study analyzes Indigenizing semiotic tactics in television narratives from the United States, combining corpus linguistic methodology with a theoretical framing inspired by linguistic anthropology. Given recent changes in the US television landscape, we analyze two landmark series with First Nations showrunners: Reservation Dogs and ...
Monika Bednarek, Barbra A. Meek
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Abstract Despite the growing interest in using crowdsourcing to address grand challenges such as climate change, the underlying mechanism that explains users' intention to submit ideas to such crowdsourcing initiatives of relevance for wider society is poorly understood.
Christian Garaus+2 more
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Biopiracy and beauty brands? patent trends of cosmetics and skin care companies
Abstract Concerns about the fairness and equity of ‘biodiscovery’ research endure despite the creation of legal frameworks designed to regulate access and benefit sharing involving genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. While some industries that engage in biodiscovery have been the subject of sustained scrutiny, others have received ...
David J. Jefferson, Daniel F. Robinson
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