Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Ernest Blumenschein's "The Peacemaker": Native Americans, Greeks, and Jurisprudence circa 1913
(University of Chicago Press, 2001-03-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Wet Paint: Herman Melville, Elihu Vedder, and Artists Undersea
(University of Chicago Press, 1997-06-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin (1896-1986)
(University of Chicago Press, 1997-03-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Ernest Lawson's Spain
(University of Chicago Press, 2003-09-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Irving Norman, Redwoods, and Refugees
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The Face of "Grassroots Democracy" in Rural China
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Gu Wenda’s United Nations: A Consideration of Two Monuments
(University of Hawaii Press, 2003-12-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Plays, Possession, and Rock-and-Roll: Political Theatre in Africa
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1992-12-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Lack of Genetic Variation in Lacandonia schismatica (Lacandoniaceae: Triuridales) in Its Only Known Locality
(Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 1993-01-01)Lacandonia schismatica has only one known population in a small patch of tropical rain forest. Using electrophoretic techniques, we assessed its genetic variation in eight loci; no variation was found. We discuss this ... -
An International View of National Biological Surveys
(Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 1996-01-01)Museums and herbaria in industrialized countries hold a huge amount of data in the form of labels associated with specimens collected in developing countries. These data represent a significant part of the existing information ... -
Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference and Prediction (Book-Review)
(University of Chicago Press, 2011-09-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Male and Female Parental Roles in the Western Gull under Different Environmental Conditions
(University of California Press, 1981-07-01)I examined variation in parental care in the Western Gull (Larus occidentalis), spending two seasons on Southeast Farallon Island (SEFI), where the population was large and competition for breeding space appeared to be ... -
Proximate and Ultimate Causation of Egg Size and the "Third-Chick Disadvantage" in the Western Gull
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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 ...