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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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Two new species of Gliricola (Phthiraptera: Gyropidae) from the spiny tree rat, Mesomys hispidus, in Peru.
(Biological Society of Washington, 1993-06)Two new species of Gliricola, G. woodmani and G. halli (Phthiraptera: Gyropidae), are described and illustrated for specimens from the spiny tree rat, Mesomys hispidus (Rodentia: Echimyidae), in Peru. Resumen--Se describe ... -
Predation by squirrel monkeys and double-toothed kites on tent-making bats
(American Journal of Primatology, 1985)Central American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi) appear to recognize the modified leaves that phyllostomid bats utilize for diurnal roost sites. The monkeys visually and manually search these bat tents for both bats ... -
Host and elevational specificity of parasitic beetles (Amblyopinus Solsky) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Panama.
(Biological Society of Washington, 1987-02)The literature on staphylinid beetles of the tribe Amblyopinini, all of which are parasitic on Neotropical or Australian mammals, has provided few specifics on the natural history and host relationships of these beetles. ... -
Ecology and Geography of Human Monkeypox Case Occurences Across Africa
(Wildlife Disease Association, 2012-04)As ecologic niche modeling (ENM) evolves as a tool in spatial epidemiology and public health, selection of the most appropriate and informative environmental data sets becomes increasingly important. Here, we build on a ... -
Indigenous Knowledges Driving Technological Innovation
(UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 2011-09)This policy brief explores the use and expands the conversation on the ability of geospatial technologies to represent Indigenous cultural knowledge. Indigenous peoples’ use of geospatial technologies has already proven ... -
Más allá del “formato memoria”: la repostulación del imaginario postdictatorial en Los rubios de Albertina Carri
(North Carolina State University, 2006)Horror, trauma, duelo, luto, olvido, memoria, identidad; Los rubios activa, desde el mismo momento de su aparición, una serie de lecturas críticas que indagan, profundizan, complejizan y, casi podríamos decir, se regodean ... -
Iconic Fictions: Narrating Recent Argentine History in Post-2000 Second-Generation Films
(Intellect, 2012-03)This article examines a recent trend in Argentine post-dictatorial cinema that has not received sufficient critical attention: post-2000 fictional films by second-generation film-makers that go back to a child’s or a ... -
Historical Stasis: Solanas and the Restoration of Political Film after the 2001 Argentine Crisis
(Intellect, 2010)This article argues that Fernando Solanas’s documentary production in the wake of the 2001 Argentine institutional crisis (especially his 2004 film Social Genocide) should not be straightforwardly assimilated to his 1960s ... -
“Releo Mis Papeles del Pasado para Escribir Mi Romance del Porvenir”: Respiración Artificial y El Programa de Refundación del Campo Cultural Argentino
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A review of Cummingsia Ferris (Mallophaga: Trimenoponidae), with a description of two new species.
(Biological Society of Washington, 1985-05)Descriptions and illustrations are given for the four previously recognized species of Cummingsia: C. inopinata Méndez, C. intermedia Werneck, C. maculata Ferris, and C. peramydis Ferris; and for two new species: C. albujai ... -
Fruits of their labors [Afterward C]
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Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the “Tricky Ground” of Indigenous Research
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Species' geographic distributions through time: Playing catchup with changing climates
(Springer Verlag, 2012-03-02)Species’ ranges are often treated as a rather fixed characteristic, rather than a fluid, ever-changing manifestation of their ecological requirements and dispersal abilities. Paleontologists generally have had a more ... -
Seasonally dry tropical forest mammals: Adaptations and seasonal patterns
(Island Press, 2011-01)Seasonally dry tropical forests have one of the most extreme climates within tropical ecosystems. Mammals that inhabit tropical dry forests must be capable of dealing with high temperatures, low precipitation in the dry ... -
An Interview with James Brinsfield
(Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Arthttp://albrecht-kemper.org/james-brinsfield-paintings-2007-2011/, 2011-12)Kansas City-based painter James Brinsfield, interviewed by University of Kansas art history professor David Cateforis, discusses selected works in the exhibition "James Brinsfield: Paintings 2007-2011," on view at the ... -
Length Scale Analysis of Surface Energy Fluxes Derived from Remote Sensing
(American Meteorological Society, 2003)Wavelet multiresolution analysis was used to examine the variation in dominant length scales determined from remotely sensed airborne- and satellite-derived surface energy flux data. The wavelet cospectra are computed between ... -
Seasonal trends in air temperature and precipitation in IPCC AR4 GCM output for Kansas, USA: evaluation and implications
(Royal Meteorological Society, 2009-01-08)Understanding the impacts of future climate change in Kansas is important for agricultural and other socioeconomic sectors in the region. To quantify these impacts, seasonal trends in air temperature and precipitation ...