Condition-specific competition is widespread in nature. Species inhabiting heterogeneous environments tend to differ in competitive abilities depending on environmental stressors. Interactions between these factors can allow coexistence of competing species, which may be particularly important between invasive and native species. Here, we examine the effects of temperature on competitive intera...

Kaka (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis) studied in Big Bush State Forest spent 35% of their feeding time digging out Ochrocydus huttoni larvae from live mountain beech trunks (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides). Larvae of O. huttoni had a high energy value compared to that of other insects. The assimilation efficiency for energy of two captive kaka was 91 j: 3% when fed a diet of O. hut/o...

Introduction During the field season of 1983, a field party from the University of California investigated the faunas of the Kayenta and Moenave formations in northeastern Arizona, on lands of the Navajo and Kaibab-Paiute nations. This fieldwork was a continuation of paleontological, sedimentologic, and biostratigraphic reconnaissance of the region begun in 1981 and supported by grants from the...

A new species of Scyphophyllidium inhabits Mustelus mento near La Paloma, Uruguay. It resembles Scyphophyllidium giganteum from the Atlantic Ocean and specimens identified as S. giganteum from California by having anapolytic strobilae 155-258 mm long, 250-300 craspedote proglottids, scoleces 1.2-1.4 mm wide, necks 34-41 mm long, immature and mature proglottids wider than long, gravid proglottid...

Day NP, et al. Activities of daily living associated with acquisition of melioi-dosis in northeast Thailand: a matched case–control study. Variability of Burkholderia pseudomallei strain sensitivities to chlorine disinfection. To the Editor: Soft-tissue injuries sustained during wars are subject to environmental contamination and, thus, to a high risk for infection. Efforts to describe the epid...

The financing of SUS in a scenario of financialization O financiamento do SUS sob os " ventos " da financeirização Resumo O artigo reconstitui o processo de institu-cionalização do financiamento do SUS, prejudica-do, em primeira instância, pelas condições da polí-tica macroeconômica desenvolvida ao longo dos anos 1990 e 2000, e, em última instância, pelos efeitos provocados pela atual fase do c...