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Steven Piper
Publikováno v:
Journal of the Philosophy of Sport. 45:209-213
Shawn Klein states the dual aim of this book is to encourage scholars of all academic disciplines, new and old, to consider, amongst other things, the ‘… nature, importance, and qualities of sport ...
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Gabrielle van der Velde, Sharanya Varatharajan, Hainan Yu, Pierre Côté, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Deborah Sutton, Heather M. Shearer, Kristi Randhawa, Silvano Mior, Jessica J. Wong, Danielle Southerst, Margareta Nordin, Steven Piper, Maja Stupar
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Manual Therapy. 21:18-34
Background Soft-tissue therapy is commonly used to manage musculoskeletal injuries. Objective To determine the effectiveness of soft-tissue therapy for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper and lower extremities. Desig
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Clinical Biomechanics. 29:1099-1107
Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection has significant mortality and morbidity among young adults. Unfortunately, causal mechanisms remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to quantify mechanical strain in the vertebral artery while simultaneou
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Climate Research. 47:201-205
Phenological change in long-distance migratory birds has responded less to climate change than that in short-distance migrants and residents. A general lack of information about the timing of migration in the winter quarters has prevented progress in
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Keith A. Hobson, Béla Kovács, Anders Pape Møller, D. Z. Szabó, Tibor Szép, Judit Vallner, Steven Piper
Publikováno v:
Journal of Ornithology. 150:621-636
Analyses of stable isotopes and trace elements in feathers may provide important information about location and habitat use during molt, thereby enabling the investigation of migratory connectivity and its ecological consequences in bird species that
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Journal of Ornithology. 148:257-260
Environmental indicators such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (Pettorelli et al. 2005) provide important insights into spatial and temporal patterns of primary productivity and hence food availability for many different organisms
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Journal of Ornithology. 147:245-253
On the basis of correlation analyses between annual Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values in Africa and the annual survival rate estimated for a breeding population of barn swallows Hirundo rustica from Denmark, we identified potential
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Biodiversity and Conservation. 15:4239-4251
The application of distributional modelling techniques to invertebrates has seldom been explored, primarily due to a lack in adequate distributional data for these taxa. Here, we have selected a simple modelling approach for the generation of distrib
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Behavioral Ecology. 17(2):277-284
We analyzed the pattern of distribution and the effect of molting on the escape behavior of feather mites on the wing feathers during the nonmolting and molting season of the barn swallow Hirundo rustica. Feather mites showed consistent preference fo
Autor:
Steven Piper
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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 21:293-302
Land retirement is one option that can be used to address water shortages in agricultural areas. The regional economic impacts of land retirement should be considered when evaluating these proposals. This paper presents a methodology for estimating t