GRAZING EFFECTS ON SHRUB-INDUCED RESOURCE ISLANDS AND HERBACEOUS VEGETATION HETEROGENEITY IN SAGEBRUSH-STEPPE COMMUNITIES

Grazing effects on shrub-induced resource islands and herbaceous vegetation heterogeneity in sagebrush-steppe communities

Spatial heterogeneity in plant communities promotes coexistence and diversity by providing a variety of niches for different species.In shrub-steppe communities, shrubs create distinct microsites under their canopies (canopy microsites) compared to areas between their canopies (interspace microsites).This creates spatial heterogeneity in soil nutri

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Multifactor models in the analysis of mutual fund effectiveness

The aim of this paper is to examine the efficiency of Polish mutual funds.The applied performance measures are parameters of the models developed by Jensen, Fama-French and Carhart.By means of average returns, it is found that equity funds are not able to outperform the benchmark in a statistically significant manner and use PURE FOOD WOMENS PRENAT

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Figuring the Relationship between Cash Dividend Ratio and Stock Price Crash in Companies Accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange

The present survey aims at instigating the relationship between cash dividend ratio and the risk of stock price PURE FOOD WOMENS PRENATAL crash of companies accepted in Tehran stock exchange.A statistical sample of 131 companies accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange was surveyed for the period between 2010 and 2015.In this study, Levin-Lin-Chu test is

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Review of the Ediacaran-Lower Ordovician (pre-Sardic) stratigraphic framework of the Eastern Pyrenees, southwestern Europe

The Ediacaran-Lower Ordovician successions exposed in the Eastern Pyrenees are updated and revised based on recent U-Pb zircon radiometric ages, intertonguing relationships of carbonate-dominated Floor - Equipment strata, and onlapping patterns marking the top of volcano-sedimentary complexes.A stratigraphic comparison with neighbouring pre-Varisca

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