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Fitness of two phenotypes of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2001 The coccinellid H. axyridis shows considerable intraspecific variability of elytral patterns. In this paper, we suggest that a genotype that confers a specific pattern of elytra could also confer other specific autecological attributes.
Antonio O. SOARES +2 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2004 Our goal has been to determine the effect of the presence of aphids on voracity (measured as number of prey eaten and biomass consumed) of Coccinella septempunctata L.
Éric LUCAS +3 more
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Public spending and Wagner’s law in Central and Eastern European countries
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2012 This paper provides direct empirical evidence on cyclicality and the long-term and short-term relationship between government spending and output in eight Central and Eastern European countries in a period 1995–2009. We analyzed annual data on government
Irena Szarowská
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Fiscal illusion and cyclical government expenditure: State government expenditure in the United States [PDF]
, 2015 © 2016 Scottish Economic Society. A well-established literature argues that fiscal illusion increases the level of government expenditure. This article focuses on the proposition that fiscal illusion also influences the cyclicality of government ...
Abbott, Andrew, Jones, Philip
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Nature, 1884 I AM not aware that the Drosera has been noticed to capture so large an insect as the dragon-fly, Pyrrhosoma minium. Passing a pond-side on a bright June morning, where this insect wasflying plentifully, and near which Drosera rotundifolia was growing in abundance, I saw that many of these insects had fallen victims to the carnivorous propensities of ...
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'Leaning against an open door' : ideology and the cyclicality of public expenditure [PDF]
, 2014 When is government expenditure likely to be procyclical? While economists tend to anticipate counter-cyclical expenditure, recent studies report procyclical expenditure.
Abbott, Andrew, Jones, Philip
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La ciudad del todo urbanizable: estrategias del sector inmobiliario y nuevas e insostenibles formas de urbanización [PDF]
Ciudades, 2004 Since the end of twentieth century, real estate companies –property developers and builders- have modified their traditional strategies in order to obtain more land to compete in the new territories, diversifying business areas and investing outside ...
Basilio Calderón Calderón
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Seasonal dynamics of dominant species of soil predators (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in agrolandscapes and their potential gluttony [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2020 We studied the seasonal change in the number of dominant species of predatory beetles on vegetable crops and determined their potential gluttony. A total of 1,472 beetles were collected, belonging to 22 species of ground beetles (Carabidae) and 27 ...
Fazlitdin Halimov
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, 2016 This paper won an honorable mention writing flag award in the research category. It was written for Mia Carter's E 344L class, "Representations of Childhood and Adolescence in Literature and Film".Carter, MiaUndergraduate ...
Moore, Clare
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Infinity and Voracity of Lists in John Milton’s Paradise Lost
Aletria: Revista de Estudos de Literatura, 2016 Tomando uma sugestão de Stanley Fish, o foco deste artigo cairá sobre as formas de “emaranhamento” que lêem como um jogo de clausura e um estado de liberdade ilimitada, duas noções aparentemente opostas que, no entanto, sustentam a poética miltoniana.
Luiz Fernando Ferreira Sá +1 more
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