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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"conspicuousness"”.
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Consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness of South African imports in Mozambique
… nature and effects of consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness of imports on consumer reactions toward South African products in Mozambique. Purpose The purpose of the study is threefold: (1) to indicate those groups of Mozambican consumers who are more ethnocentric and who see greater …
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The role of fruit colour in avian fruit selection: an objective approach
… Birds choose more contrasting displays. Thus, conspicuousness influences fruit choice, and fruit colours seem to be an advertisement for ripe fruits.
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Skyscrapers in context
… of a skyscraper. Because of their size and conspicuousness, skyscrapers are simultaneously exposed to several different levels of"contexts, which are mainly defined by the distance between the viewer and the tall buildings. Awareness of these contexts is important in understanding or …
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Regional Affiliation: An Examination of Rio Viejo Middens as Evidence for Scaled-up Practice at Surrounding Sites.
… greater likelihood for the diminished conspicuousness of status differentiation during the associated events.</p>
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“It’s so me!” Using Value-Expressive and Socially-Adjusted Attitude Functions to Predict Counterfeit Purchase Intention
… and counterfeit luxury purses and whether brand conspicuousness played a role in purse preference based on two specific attitude functions, socially adjustive and value expressive.</p> <p>It was found that it was difficult to pinpoint a profile of the counterfeit luxury brand product based on …
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Similar but Different: The Complexities of Students' Mathematical Identities
… held beliefs also varied in specificity, conspicuousness, and importance. Recognizing that there are such differences among seemingly similar students may help teachers understand students better, and it is the first step in knowing how teachers can improve student's relationships with …
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The evolution of parental care in insects
… be selected to display their eggs conspicuously. Conspicuousness may carry costs to eggs, so females should prefer inconspicuous locations. In the field this conflict exists for one Rhinocoris species but is absent in a sister species, showing that parental care can have complex effects. My …
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Moth pollination, low seed set, and vestigialization of attractive floral traits in Abronia umbellata (Nyctaginaceae)
… evidence of an ecological cost associated with conspicuousness: we did not find reduced leaf herbivory among selfers relative to outcrossers.
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Standard Form Contract Regulation in the Transaction of Computer Program.
… knowing assent to those terms. It requires conspicuousness of terms that were not bargained for, and the importance of the terms should be explained so that consumers may understand the significance of them. The advantage of two separated assents is that the UCC is the default rule, gap …
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Phylogeography and the evolution of correlated traits under multiple origins of aposematism in the poison frog family
… of establishment due to the prey's increased conspicuousness. Previous studies suggested a single origin of toxicity and warning coloration. By expanding taxon sampling of the group, I reexamined the phylogenetic correlation between the origins of toxicity and warning coloration. I found four …
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Zukunftssicherung von Logistikunternehmen unter dem Aspekt der Fahrerbindung
… undetected because they do not produce any conspicuousness in the controlling department, and on the other hand they are corrected by the truckers employed. This means quality assurance of the processes is taken over by the driver. Some forwarders use the appropriate driver assistance for …
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Aspects of plant dispersal in the southwestern Cape with particular reference to the roles of birds as dispersal agents
… in panicles. This may enhance accessibility and conspicuousness of stem attached fruits for dispersal by birds. Four autecological studies tested certain predictions arising from models developed to describe fruit/frugivore interactions. The dispersal of the alien Acacia cyclops seeds by the …
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The importance of predator behaviour on risk to prey
… where a large-scale measure of density affected conspicuousness and a small-scale measure affected attack success. This was explained by a reduction in the total number of prey in the visual field as a group of prey is approached and attacked. In the final chapter, I turn my attention to …
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Analysis of distribution maps from bird atlas data: dissimilarities between species, continuity within ranges and smoothing of distribution maps
… the problem of different levels of abundance and conspicuousness of species, the reporting rates are sorted into percentiles, using five or 10 categories for the strictly positive reporting rates. Each grid cell is weighted by a function of the number of checklists collected for the grid cell. The …
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Avian brood parasitism as a model system for studying multispecies interactions
The relationships between avian brood parasites and their hosts are widely recognised as model systems for studying coevolution. Through the examination of tractable interactions between one species of brood parasite and one species of host, important insights have been gained on the processes that …