Five Little Mallards

Stopover ecology of mallards

Bengtsson, Daniel (2016). Stopover ecology of mallards – where, when and how to do what? Linnaeus University Dissertation No 242/2016, ISBN: 978-9188357-00-7. Written in English. The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is the most numerous and widespread duck in the northern hemisphere and a model species in ecology and harvest management. Migration is a crucial life stage for many birds and understan...

Aspergillosis in wintering mallards.

The "little five": exploring the nomological network of the five-factor model of personality in adolescent boys.

The California Child Q-set (CCQ) was used to explore the structure of personality in early adolescence and to develop scales to measure the "Big Five" dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Mothers provided Q-sorts of 350 ethnically diverse boys between 12 and 13 years old. Analyses of the construct validity of the scales provided a ...

Little languages: little maintenance?

So-called little, or domain-specific languages (DSLs), have the potential to make software maintenance simpler: domain-experts can directly use the DSL to make required routine modifications. At the negative side, however, more substantial changes may become more difficult: such changes may involve altering the domain-specific language. This will require compiler technology knowledge, which not...

Effects of Redhead Nest Parasitism on Mallards