Apex predators structure ecosystems through lethal and non-lethal interactions with prey, and their global decline is causing loss of ecological function. Behavioural changes of prey are some of the most rapid responses to predator decline and may act as an early indicator of cascading effects. The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an apex predator, is undergoing progressive and extensive...

Purpose – An assessment is offered of the contribution made by accounting histories of women produced since 1992 and the current state of knowledge production in this subject area. Design/methodology/approach – the study is based on a review of published sources on accounting history and women’s, gender and feminist history. Findings – Whereas feminist historians and historians of gender boast ...

adopting feminist perspectives is, by and large, novel in social science. however, feminism historical background might be followed until 18th century. through the years, patriarchal epistemology and gendered metaphysics of science have been criticized fundamentally by radical feminist thinkers. although such criticisms obviously have limitations, their constructive role in addressing original ...

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial found only in the wild in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmanian devils are classified as endangered and are currently threatened by devil facial tumour disease, a lethal transmissible cancer that has decimated the wild population in Tasmania. To prevent extinction of Tasmanian devils, conservation management was implemented in 2003 ...

Feminist theology approaches the biblical teaching of fall with a non-historical or traditional interpretation. The suggests that primordial couple sinned by eating forbidden fruit from tree God prohibited (Gn 3:1–24). Additionally, woman is blamed because she functions as femme fatale who enticed Adam to eat fruit. Writers within feminist and non-feminist argue so-called ‘Yahwist’ responsible ...

The Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum, is a polychromatic fish that occurs in Nicaragua. All of these fish start life as normally colored, cryptic individuals. In some populations a few fish change into conspicuously colored morphs, most frequently gold. When kept in unmixed color groups, golds and normals grow at the same rate; but when they are mixed, growth of the golds becomes faster an...