Geese breeding in the Arctic have to do so in a short time-window while having sufficient body reserves. Hence, arrival time and body condition upon arrival largely influence breeding success. The green wave hypothesis posits that geese track a successively delayed spring flush of plant development on the way to their breeding sites. The green wave has been interpreted as representing either th...

last rib backfat thickness, broken vertebrae, or scores for stomach ulcers (P > 0.21). Also, deletions of VTM premixes did not affect these same measurements (P > 0.22). However, RAC decreased (P < 0.01) backfat thickness by 8% and tended to decrease scores for stomach ulcers (P < 0.06). In conclusion, there were no interactions to suggest that the effects of RAC on growth performance and carca...

To achieve overall business goals, GQM+Strategies® is an approach that aligns the business goals at each level of an organization to strategies and assesses the achievement of goals. Strategies derived from business goals are based on rationales (context factors and assumptions). Because extracting all rationales is an important process in the GQM+Strategies approach, we propose Context-Assumpt...

The reproductive strategies of frogs are highly diverse, but analysis of these strategies in a phylogenetic context has lagged behind other taxa. Here we investigate associations between aspects of parental care and egg size in a phylogenetic context. We obtained data on egg size and parental care strategies in various species of frogs from the scientific literature. We developed a phylogenetic...