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Invasive non‐native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity, ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high‐risk INNS from being introduced is the most cost‐effective way to avoid their adverse impacts.
Wayne Dawson +49 more
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Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*
There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
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We characterized and compared the bacterial community within intertidal and supratidal cyanobacterial mats from barrier islands in North Carolina across small horizontal and vertical spatial scales. We found that vertical layers within these stratified mats varied in their community composition and diversity together with nutrients and isotopic ...
Schyler A. Ellsworth +2 more
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VAT and the Turks & Caicos Islands – an independent appraisal [PDF]
Commissioned by the Turks & Caicos Islands Business Council, this report examined the suitability of VAT to the TCI. Its recommendation that VAT was not suitable was adopted by the Cayman government and, after much debate, accepted by the TCI and UK ...
Teather, Richard
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ABSTRACT Monitoring live and stranded cetaceans can be expensive and logistically challenging, resulting in knowledge gaps. Very high‐resolution (VHR) optical satellites are considered a potential solution to addressing some of these gaps. Despite success at detecting live and stranded cetaceans, satellites have only been trialed on restricted ...
Penny J. Clarke +8 more
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Baseline Review of the Status and Management of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries in the Caricom Region [PDF]
This report provides a review of the status and management of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fisheries in the CARICOM region. It provides a general overview of the habitat requirements and threats to survival of this lobster, along with the distribution and
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Spectral Analysis of Flickering Gamma‐Ray Flashes Observed During the ALOFT 2023 Campaign
Abstract We examine a newly discovered category of high‐energy radiation events called flickering gamma‐ray flashes (FGF) detected during the airborne lightning observatory for FEGS and TGFs campaign in July 2023. These FGFs are characterized by highly pulsating gamma‐ray emissions that have no detectable concurrent optical or radio signals (Ostgaard ...
D. Sarria +9 more
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Big 4 offshore: Transparency arbitrage across legal and geographical boundaries
Abstract How do global firms manage conflicting constituencies in complex markets? The Big 4 accounting firms have expanded their size and scope to the extent that they need to relate to different constituencies simultaneously, sometimes on controversial issues.
Saila Stausholm +2 more
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Investigating the impact of postponement and stock‐sharing strategies on prepositioned relief stocks
Abstract Prepositioning is a critical disaster preparedness mechanism for humanitarian organizations (HOs) but requires significant investment. Improving the efficiency of prepositioned stocks is a primary concern within the humanitarian community. This study, conducted in collaboration with the Emergency Supply Prepositioning Strategy (ESUPS) Working ...
Lamia Gülnur Kasap‐Şimşek +2 more
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Assessment of the American Flamingo distribution, trends, and important breeding areas.
The American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, is a charismatic bird distributed throughout the Caribbean, North and South America. Its wide distribution, the complexity of international monitoring due to its capacity for long-distance flying, and a focus ...
Leopoldo Torres-Cristiani +4 more
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