Body Size, Not Personality, Explains Both Male Mating Success and Sexual Cannibalism in a Widow Spider [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Theory suggests that consistent individual variation in behavior relates to fitness, but few studies have empirically examined the role of personalities in mate choice, male-male competition and reproductive success.
Rok Golobinek +2 more
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Voracity and Growth Reconsidered [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 This article investigates economic performance when enforceable property rights are missing and subsistence needs matter. It shows that if per capita income is sufficiently high, a windfall gain in productivity triggers behavior that leads to higher ...
Strulik, Holger
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Voracity, reaction to stings, and survival of domestic hens when feeding on the yellow scorpion (Tityus serrulatus) [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background: Scorpionism is a worldwide problem that has already made thousands of victims, and multi-disciplinary approaches for controlling their populations are to be more successful.
Gabriel Pimenta Murayama +3 more
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An Alkaloid from a Highly Invasive Seaweed Increases the Voracity and Reproductive Output of a Model Fish Species [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2022 The invasive macroalga Caulerpa cylindracea has spread widely in the Mediterranean Sea, becoming a favorite food item for native fish for reasons yet unknown.
Valentina Schiano +15 more
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Improving water quality does not guarantee fish health: Effects of ammonia pollution on the behaviour of wild-caught pre-exposed fish. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Ammonia is a pollutant frequently found in aquatic ecosystems. In fish, ammonia can cause physical damage, alter its behaviour, and even cause death. Exposure to ammonia also increases fish physiological stress, which can be measured through biomarkers ...
Patricia Soler +5 more
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'The Voracity Effect' and Climate Change: The Impact of Clean Technologies [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 In the absence of a successful international cooperative agreement over the control of emissions there is a growing interest in the role that clean technologies may play to alleviate the climate change problem.
Benchekroun, H., Ray Chaudhuri, A.
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Voracity of Coccinella undecimpunctata: effects of insecticides when foraging in a prey/plant system [PDF]
Journal of Pest Science, 2011 Copyright © Springer-Verlag 2011.Coccinella undecimpunctata L. is a euryphagous predator established in Azores that offers interesting potential as a control agent in the context of integrated pest management (IPM).
Antonio Onofre Soares, Patricia Garcia
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Voracity, growth, and welfare [PDF]
Economics Letters, 2012 Abstract This paper explores some implications of the comparison between feedback Nash and Stackelberg equilibria for growth and welfare in a ‘voracity’ model. We show that, as compared to the Nash equilibrium, the Stackelberg equilibrium involves a lower growth rate, while it leaves both the leaders and the followers better off, i.e., the ...
Kenji Fujiwara
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Poverty, voracity, and growth [PDF]
Journal of Development Economics, 2012 Abstract This article investigates economic performance when enforceable property rights are missing and basic needs matter for consumption. It suggests a new view of the so-called voracity effect according to which windfall gains in productivity induce behavior that leads to lower economic growth.
Holger Strulik
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Virus-Induced Voracity: Uncovering Hyperphagia Post-Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 [PDF]
Case Reports in NeurologyIntroduction: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is the leading cause of sporadic fatal encephalitis, typically presenting with temporal lobe abnormalities.
Arpan Mitra +5 more
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