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Oikos, EarlyView.Seed dispersal by frugivores is a central process linking plant reproduction, animal foraging, population persistence, and ecosystem resilience. Currently, the spatial template sustaining these interactions is rapidly reconfigured by habitat loss and fragmentation promoted by human activity.
Eliana Cazetta, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr
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Colony Structure of the Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Sociobiology, 2014 The colony structure of Oecophylla smaragdina within the compound of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Island, Malaysia was determined. The current study involved a total of twelve nests which were taken from two different locations.
Marcela Pimid +3 more
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Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation data from Montserrat and the Cayman Islands to assess who collected these specimens, how they are used, and by whom.
Quentin Groom +16 more
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A review of predator exclusion fencing to create mainland islands in Hawaiʻi [PDF]
PeerJBackground Invasive species are the primary threat to island ecosystems globally and are responsible for approximately two-thirds of all island species extinctions in the past 400 years.
Lindsay Young, Eric VanderWerf
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A process model of children's early verb use [PDF]
, 2000 The verb-island hypothesis (Tomasello, 1992) states that children’s early grammars consist of sets of lexically-specific predicate structures (or verb-islands).
Gobet, F, Jones, G, Pine, J M
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both scientific and historical research using the specimens from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) to the Canadian arctic, remembered for its tragedy ...
J. Mason Heberling, Jackson P. Wright
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Genetic composition of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) at coastal feeding areas of Uruguay
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceThe highly migratory and marine nature of species such as green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) may hinder understanding of basic life history and impact ensuing management and conservation applications across their full range.
Laura Prosdocimi +11 more
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The Cowl - v.24 - n.12 - Feb 21, 1962 [PDF]
, 1962 The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 24, Number 12 - Feb 21, 1962.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
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“No Baker’s dozen was her taste”: Rhode Island, Ratification, and Rhetoric in American Constitutional History [PDF]
, 2014 In 1787, Rhode Island refused to send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, becoming the only state to do so. From its early colonial beginnings, Rhode Island\u27s unique status gave its residents the opportunity to develop ...
Morroni, Lucy
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