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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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DEFINING PERCEPTIONS OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN A GREAT PLAINS AND IN AN ANDEAN WATERSHED
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)The goal of this thesis project was to explore the perception groups related to watershed management in a Great Plains and in an Andean Watershed. It is essential for watershed stakeholders to acknowledge that there are ... -
The Making of a Crisis in Mexico: An Inductive Analysis of Media Sentiment and Information Cascades on the Value of the Mexican Peso during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In the two decades prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the Mexican government pursued policies aimed at liberalizing markets, while simultaneously trying to ensure the stability of the peso. These policies consisted of ... -
Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS
(International Mountain Society, 2007-08-01)Geo-referenced archive databases on mountain organisms are very promising tools for achieving a better understanding of mountain biodiversity and predicting its changes. The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) ... -
The importance of Opuntia in Mexico and routes of invasion and impact of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
(Florida Entomological Society, 2001-12-01)The appearance of the cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum in Florida has roused concern over its possible effects on the Opuntia-rich areas of Mexico and the southwestern United States. In this paper we discuss the economic ... -
The evolution of ecology in Mexico: facing challenges and preparing for the future
(Ecological Society of America, 2006-06-01)We review and analyze the historical development and challenges facing ecology as a science in Mexico, a country with limited financial and human (one scientist per 5000 inhabitants) resources and numerous environmental ... -
Reply to Cleveland et al.’s “Detecting (trans)gene flow to landraces in centers of crop origin: lessons from the case of maize in Mexico”
(EDP Sciences, 2005-09-01)Cleveland et al. (2005, Environ. Biosafety Res. 4: 197–208) offer useful suggestions for monitoring transgenes in landraces of maize, but we disagree with their statement that the scientific conclusions of our paper ... -
Fighting Iran with Trade Sanctions
(Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, 2014)How do American trade sanctions against Iran work? Have they worked? Championed by six American Presidents and sixteen Sessions of Congress, these sanctions against Iran have spanned nearly forty years. In that time, the ... -
Patterns of Aggression in Gulls: Asymmetries and Tactics in Different Social Categories
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1994-08-01)During contests in Western Gulls, Larus occidentalis, we examined patterns of aggression in relation to sex, age class, and territorial status. Data were collected on agonistic contests during parts of three reproductive ... -
Hybridization and Male Parental Investment in Birds
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1993-08-01)Hybridization within genera occurs more frequently in avian families and subfamilies where there is considerable male parental investment, less frequently in families with moderate levels of male parental investment, and ... -
Individual Variation and the Costs of Reproduction
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Review of Ravens in Winter
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Burman's Ode to El Once Neighborhood
(Brandeis University Press, 2011-01-01)In the mid-1990s, young directors such as Daniel Burman began making films about ethnic identities and multiple subjectivities in Argentina. Because these filmmakers relied more on personal stories than on overtly political ... -
Interoperability Building Information Modeling and acoustical analysis software - A demonstration of a performing arts hall design process
(Acoustica Society of America, 2013-06-02)By sharing and managing the database for a building model, Building Information Modeling (BIM) facilitates the design process at less cost. Some of BIM software has capabilities for acoustical analysis, but it is limited ... -
The interaction of habitat fragmentation, plant and small mammal succession in an old field
(Ecological Society of America, 2000-06-01)We compared the density and spatial distribution of four small mammal species (Microtus ochrogaster, Peromyscus maniculatus, Sigmodon hispidus, and P. leucopus) along with general measures of an old field plant community ... -
Traditional ecological knowledge: the third alternative
(Ecological Society of America, 2000-10-01)Contemporary Western attitudes concerning the management of natural resources, treatment of nonhuman animals, and the natural world emerge from traditions derived from Western European philosophy, i.e., they assume that ... -
Notes on ‘Organic IP’ & Underground Publishing: Alternative Book Worlds in Latin America
(Wiley, 2014-09-22)The print book today, far from being dead, is an ‘old’ medium being made anew. In Latin America – a context virtually invisible in book studies – the remaking of the print book is most evident in the explosion of small ... -
The Arrival of the Electric Streetcar and the Conflict over Progress in Early 20th Century Montevideo
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The Digital Academy: An Annotated Bibliography of African-American History Websites
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Infectious disease ecology: Effects of ecosystems on disease and of disease on ecosystems: A Review
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Phylogenetic Patterns in Montane Troglodytes Wrens
(University of California Press, 1999-05-01)Phylogenetic studies based on mitochondrial DNA sequences of 10 species of wrens in Troglodytes and related genera suggest a new hypothesis of relationships for the group. The Winter Wren (T. troglodytes) and the anomalous ...