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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Sexual Differences"”.
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The importance of a double standard : inter sexual differences and cooperative breeding in the green Woodhoopoe
… at maturity. Second, as demonstrated by inter-sexual difli:rences in the reaction of birds to varied levels of breeder saturation, behavioral responses to ecological constraints may depend on life-history pattem.
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Foraging Ecology and Demography of Sternotherus Odoratus in a Southwestern Missouri Population
… and 3) to determine if there are any seasonal or sexual differences in diet. Turtles were collected from Lake Springfield, Green Co, MO from June through October 1998 (N=252). Individuals were collected, their stomachs were flushed, and fecal samples collected, and all samples were subsequently …
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Spatial ecology of the smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) in the Kaskaskia River of Illinois
… affinity for deadwood. Overall, there were clear sexual differences in habitat preference, but sexual differences in movement rate and home range size were less pronounced. Conservation efforts should focus on reducing effects of fragmentation, maintaining natural flow regimes and restoring river …
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Habitat Choice and Spatial Ecology of Nerodia Sipedon, the Northern Water Snake
… almost exclusively during the summer. However, sexual differences in habitat use were apparent with females preferring open off-shore areas with dense emergent vegetation, and males utilizing more shaded shoreline areas. These differences were likely driven by specific thermal requirements of …
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Chemical communication in the European otter, Lutra lutra
… was seen in spraint fatty acid profiles based on sexual identity. Differentiation was observed between L. lutra scent marking material types (Captive spraint; Wild spraint; Wild anal sac secretion). Inter-specific differences relied on a mixture of ‘digital’ and ‘analogue’ coding. SPME and gas …
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Assessing Industry Ideologies: Representations of Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Violence in the Book Versions and Film Adaptations of The Hunger Games Trilogy, The Divergent Trilogy, and The Vampire Academy Series
… analysis to identify messages about gender, sexuality, and sexual violence in both the book versions and film adaptations of The Hunger Games trilogy, the Divergent trilogy, and the Vampire Academy series. These three series are representative of a major pop culture trend in which young adult …
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Feminisms at the Door: Gender and Sex at a Women's College
… college students' experiences of their gender, sexuality, and racial identities, and of institutional politics as their single-sex college transitioned to co-education. It is an ethnography that utilizes feminist theorizing to understand tensions between feminists of different generations or …
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The Medieval Climatic Anomaly and Its Impact on Health in the Pacific Rim: A Case Study From Canyon Oaks, California
… dental caries revealed significant temporal and sexual differences. Males showed an increased reliance on marine resources beginning during the MCA which intensified after its termination. Females, on the other hand, indicated a stronger reliance on cariogenic, terrestrial resources during the …
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Sources And Consequences of Ecological Intraspecific Variation In The Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus Woodi)
Sceloporus woodi is a small, sexually dimorphic Iguanid lizard endemic to dry xeric habitats in Florida. This species is most often found in sand-pine scrub habitats, but also inhabits relic long-leaf pine "islands" within the scrub of the Ocala National Forest in north central Florida. In the …
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No strings attached: adult attachment styles in friends with benefits relationship
… between friends in which the friends engage in sexual activity, but do not define their relationship as romantic or committed (Bisson & Levine, 2009; Epstein, Calzo, Smiler, & Ward, 2009; Lehmiller, VanderDrift, & Kelly, 2011 ; Puentes, Knox, & Zusman, 2008). When examining intimate and …
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Control of LH secretion in red deer (Cervus elaphus)
… is partly governed by GnRH pulse amplitude. Sexual differences in the feedback effects of oestradiol on LH secretion were investigated by carrying out a study, comparable to the first experiments, on long-term castrated stags (n=6). These were conducted in December 1990 (non-breeding season) …
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Social organisation, ecology and conservation of loris tardigradus tardigradus (lorisformes; primates)
… 2.2ha ± 1.1 with no significant inter- or intra-sexual differences. Overlap was significantly higher inter-sexually than intra-sexually. Lorises formed spatial pairs with coinciding home ranges and little overlap with neighbouring animals and had high indices of territoriality. Lorises were …
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Economies of fantasy, pleasure and desire in explicit sex films
… representative languages for articulating female sexuality. The thesis argues that there are other important issues at stake within the frame of Explicit Sex films that have been side-lined through the terms of the censorship debate. The primary effect of the censorship debate has been the failure …
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Coloration, Camouflage, and Sexual Dichromatism in the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus)
… habitats, and if male and female snakes show differences in patterning or color. To explore how snake color might interact with the colors of their environment, I used standardized digital photography to record both snake and substrate coloration. I sampled 127 rattlesnakes from overwintering …
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The role of sound and sociability in the success of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp.)
… there was no evidence of ontogenetic or sexual differences in vocal muscle investment, suggesting that the primary function of vocalisation in lionfish may be agonistic in nature. In Chapters 5 and 6, while I found no evidence for directional orientation in response to in-situ playbacks …
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Destabilizing Machismo: Masculine and Feminine Constructions in the Theater of Susana Torres Molina
… (1999). In these two plays, the construction of sexual difference is portrayed as occurring within a masculine point of view, wherein it is explicit that men have the power to define, from a self-referential standpoint, their masculine identity, through contrast with a construction of the female. …
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Thermal adaptation in butterflies: patterns, significance and mechanisms
… the ingested food into body matter (chapter 5). Sexual differences in body mass, however, were caused by another mechanism. The males’ higher growth rates are evidently combined by a higher daily food consumption, while total food consumption and assimilation was higher in females. And, in …
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Nutritional Ecology of White-Tailed Deer: Assessment of an Index to Diet Quality and a Repellent
… of forage quality for free-ranging ruminants. Differences in digestive function between species of dimorphic ungulates render interspecific comparisons of fecal nitrogen unreliable; however, it is unknown whether sexual differences in digestive function also may bias this nutritional index. My …
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