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Information use in anurans: how conspecifics and predators influence reproductive decisions
The student, Valerie Buxton, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-03-24 at 10:47.
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Sexual and Reproductive Decisions and Experiences of Women Living With HIV/AIDS in Abuja, Nigeria
… women, the majority of them in their sexual and reproductive years (UNAIDS, 2006). With antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, most of them are living longer and healthier to engage in sexual and reproductive activities (WHO, 2006). This study explored the sexual and reproductive decisions and experiences …
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Fitness and Implications of Reproductive Decisions for Black Brant Nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Cost of breeding is influenced by numerous decisions during reproduction. In black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans; hereafter brant), an arctic goose, I studied effects of choices individual female brant which influence numerous life history traits. For birds maintaining long-term monogamous …
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Reproductive Decisions in American Robins (Turdus Migratorius): Relationships Among Paternity Allocation, Parental Care, Plumage Variation, and Mate Choice
… and evolutionary factors shape breeding decisions in birds, but we are only beginning to address how these factors can interact to shape behavioral outcomes, particularly in species with overlapping broods. In my dissertation, I addressed the reproductive consequences of behavioral …
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Reproductive decisions among couples with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: a descriptive qualitative study of a sample from Bulawayo
Men and woman of reproductive age are the largest group infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Zimbabwe. Over 70% of the reported HIV/AIDS cases in Zimbabwe are among the 20-29 year age group. The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore and describe the impact of being HIV …
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Reproductive Health in the Philippines: Poverty, Religiosity, and Navigating Reproductive Choices
… rhetoric that have delayed efforts supporting reproductive health intended to aid low-income women concerning their sexual and reproductive health. The second incentive is to detect how low-income women’s thoughts and behaviors in making reproductive decisions are resonant or not of the …
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The Effects of Optimism on Anti-Natalism
… opinions on others’ choices, particularly their reproductive decisions, as these choices are important decisions that impact the lives of multiple people. People can believe that everyone should have children (<em>pro-natalism</em>) or that everyone should refrain from having children …
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Cheating and Selfishness in Reproductive Interactions among Nest Associative Cyprinids
… I utilized gonadosomatic index (GSI) to compare reproductive condition among the bluehead chub Nocomis leptocephalus and its putative nest associates in Catawba Creek, Virginia. GSI of potentially obligate associates tracked host GSI more closely than weak associates, while weak associates …
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Life History Variation of Common Terns in the Gulf of Maine
… functions in the energy budget of an organism. Reproductive effort varies as organisms make reproductive decisions based on available energy. Factors influencing life histories are those that change energy and time budgets such as diet, competition, and environmental conditions.</p> <p>Common …