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Beyond Traits and States: Interpersonal Decentering Is Also Activated Social Information Processing

Description: Article drawing on a process-focused model of interpersonal decentering's causal validity, the authors manipulated activation experimentally, comparing decentering scores from expressive writing essays under standard instructions (activation condition) versus control instructions, then correlated decentering scores with use of activated language. With condition controlled, both decentering scores correlated significantly with greater proportions of present-tense verbs, positive emotion words, a… more
Date: October 22, 2021
Creator: Jenkins, Sharon Rae; Shamji, Jabeen F.; Straup, Madison L. & Boals, Adriel
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Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service

Description: Article examining the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately according to the Lonsdorf model. Results show that the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination are completely different at the landscape and farm levels. This article shows that using the Lonsdorf model could lead to confusing results for the landscape ecologists and farmers who want to reduce the adverse effects of fragmentation on their products by creating new forest patches.
Date: March 22, 2021
Creator: Rahimi, Ehsan; Barghjelveh, Shahindokht & Dong, Pinliang
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The utility of zooarchaeological data to guide listing efforts for an imperiled mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Pleurobema riddellii)

Description: Article presents research that demonstrates Pleurobema riddellii, Louisiana Pigtoe, was likely present in the Trinity River basin during the late Holocene, which indicates questions about its taxonomic validity or presence in this basin are unfounded.
Date: July 22, 2020
Creator: Wolverton, Steven J.; Randklev, Charles R.; Johnson, Nathan A.; Smith, Chase H.; DuBose, Traci P.; Robertson, Clinton R. et al.
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