Unrelenting spread of the alien monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus in Israel. Is it time to sound the alarm?
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.4349
Abstract: BACKGROUND Monk parakeets, Myiopsitta monachus Boddaert, are native to South America but have established populations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. They are claimed to act as agricultural pests in their native range, and… read more here.
Keywords: monk parakeet; monk parakeets; parakeet populations; monk ... See more keywords
Being and Becoming a Monk on Mount Athos: An Ontological Approach to Relational Monastic Personhood in the “Garden of the Virgin Mary” as a Rite of Passage
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DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0008
Abstract: Abstract This paper brings together ethnography as practice research, and theology as experiential theory, towards an ontological interdisciplinary understanding of relational personhood on Mount Athos. The first part of the paper consists of ethnographic data… read more here.
Keywords: rite passage; mount athos; personhood; monk ... See more keywords
Underwater hearing and communication in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi
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DOI: 10.3354/esr01092
Abstract: Hawaiian monk seals are among the most endangered marine mammals and the most basal of the phocid seals. The auditory biology of monk seals is compelling from behavioral, evolutionary, and conservation perspectives, but we presently… read more here.
Keywords: underwater hearing; monk seals; monk; monk seal ... See more keywords