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Prehistoric bird extinctions and human hunting.
Holocene fossils document the extinction of hundreds of bird species on Pacific islands during prehistoric human occupation. Human hunting is implicated in these extinctions, but the impact of hunting is difficult to disentangle from the effects of other changes induced by humans, including habitat destruction and the introduction of other mammalian predators. Here, we use data from bones colle...
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In many important political problems, citizens can directly participate in the decision making through a referendum. Examples include accession to international organizations (EU, Euro monetary union) or Quebec’s independence referendum. These settings are often characterized by uncertainty over the future consequences of the decision, the possibility of (at least partial) learning about these ...
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During the year 1906, while stationed in Ferozepore in the Punjab, I have had under treatment twelve native soldiers in my Regiment, the 15th Sikhs, suffering from Malta fever, and I think that a few notes about them may be of interest. As they illustrate the different clinical aspects which the disease may present, that Malta fever is endemic in this station, has now been absolutely proved. La...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Politics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0964-4016,1743-8934
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2015.1055880