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Are lichens biocompasses? Revisiting an old prediction using new techniques

open access: yesPlant Biology, EarlyView.
The equator‐facing portions of tree trunks receive direct sunlight and create restrictive microclimate conditions for lichens that orient preferentially towards the Earth's poles where trunks are shaded, indicating an optimal zone at the fine‐scale radial dimension.
B. B. S. Nunes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a new perspective on forms and sites of democratic life

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Theoretical research is challenging traditional understandings of the role of citizens in democracies. Phenomena such as anonymity, non‐participation, and spectatorship, previously overlooked or deemed problematic, are now being reconsidered. Acknowledging that these phenomena can, in some cases, enhance democracy is important.
Andrea Felicetti
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Effect of Deservingness Cues on Tolerance for Administrative Burdens

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneficiaries of public programs must overcome several administrative challenges. Given what we know about the politics of the welfare state, it seems likely that the public's willingness to support reductions in burdens may be associated with the characteristics of potential policy targets including their life circumstances and their race ...
Simon F. Haeder
wiley   +1 more source

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