Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2002. / Title from t.p. of PDF document (viewed Apr. 17, 2005). Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-264).

This thesis is a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews that were conducted with six highly educated young second-generation immigrants from the deprived neighborhood of Bäckby in Västerås. By aiming to understand how the participants portray their substantive citizenship and its impact upon political participation as an essential pillar of Swedish democracy, the author focused upon how the participants described their perceived discrimination, sense of belonging, transnationalism, and political participation. The answers were transcribed using the intelligent verbatim method and coded deductively based on a wide range of relevant literature. Among many findings, the study showed that the participants were aware of the bright barrier framing their place of comfort as well as they were highly attached to Bäckby. However, the majority of the participants considered the homeland to be a country outside of Sweden. Peregrinus citizenship was the outcome of the author's interpretations of the participants' substantive citizenship, which also was a possible explanation of the low interest in politics that the participants illustrated through their answers. Among the study's conclusions was stated that the second-generation immigrants are not only a risk group because of social risk factors present within the deprived neighborhood, but also because of the similar factors present outside of it. / Det här examensarbete är en kvalitativ studie baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer som genomfördes med sex högutbildade unga andra generationens invandrare från den eftersatta stadsdelen Bäckby i Västerås. Genom att försöka förstå hur deltagarna framställer sitt substantivmedborgarskap och dess inverkan på det politiska deltagandet som en viktig pelare i den svenska demokratin fokuserade författaren på hur deltagarna beskrev sin upplevda diskriminering, känsla av tillhörighet, transnationalism och politiskt deltagande. Svaren transkriberades med hjälp av den intelligenta Verbatim metoden och kodade deduktivt baserat på ett brett spektrum av relevant litteratur. Bland många fynd visade studien att deltagarna var medvetna om den ljusa barriären som inramade sin komfortplats och de var mycket fästa vid Bäckby. Majoriteten av deltagarna ansåg dock att hemlandet var ett land utanför Sverige. Peregrinus medborgarskap var resultatet av författarens tolkningar av deltagarnas substantivmedborgarskap, vilket också var en möjlig förklaring till det låga intresse för politik som deltagarna illustrerade genom sina svar. Bland studiens slutsatser uppgavs att andra generationens invandrare är inte bara en riskgrupp på grund av sociala riskfaktorer som finns inom det utsatta området, utan också på grund av liknande faktorer som finns utanför det.

Satellite tracking technology was used to acquire previously unavailable data relating to habitat use, dispersal and survivorship of juvenile Peregrine Falcons, a species currently designated as “Endangered” in Manitoba. A partnership between Manitoba Conservation, Manitoba Hydro, the Sustainable Development Innovations Fund of the Province of Manitoba, Parkland Mews Falconry and Bird of Prey Education Centre, and the University of Manitoba facilitated the purchase and deployment of twenty solar-powered Global Positioning System-enabled Platform Transmitting Terminals (PTTs). Thirty Peregrine Falcons were equipped with PTTs between 2011 and 2013, including both wild and hacked falcons. Home range analysis based on kernel density estimation identified a space-filling pattern of landscape use as peregrines dispersed from the natal areas. Habitat associations determined for PTT-equipped peregrines confirm their association with open habitats, human developments and aquatic areas. Conversely, peregrines were generally not found in areas characterized by dense tree cover. Throughout the study area, juvenile falcons readily utilized human features including the support structures comprising the Manitoba Hydro Distribution and Sub-Transmission Line network. The period following fledging and dispersal from the natal area was characterized by expansive movement quantified using a Brownian Bridge Movement Model. The importance of the natal area was evident throughout the dispersal period. Fifteen falcons (50%) survived to initiate fall migration. Of these, ten (33%) successfully reached wintering grounds located in the United States, Mexico, and Belize. Four Peregrine Falcons were confirmed alive to project end (13%). Sixteen of 30 Peregrine Falcons were confirmed dead during the study period (53%); mortality was suspected for seven others (23%). Survivorship outcomes could not be determined for three falcons (10%). All of the observed mortality occurred during the first year of life. Although the annual production of peregrines in Manitoba currently shows an increasing trend, the population has not yet demonstrated the stability and growth to be considered secure. Ensuring a stable population will require continued active management. The provincial population may also benefit from supplementation based on delayed hack techniques. / May 2017

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Orientador: Carlos Frederico Wilcken / Banca: Luíz Alexandre Nogueira de Sá / Banca: José Cola Zanúncio / Resumo: Os percevejos são grupos de pragas amplamente distribuídas, causando perdas consideráveis em sistemas agrícolas e florestais. A recente descoberta da ocorrência percevejo bronzeado Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) no Brasil, tornou um problema de grande importância, por ser específico do gênero Eucalyptus. Devido a sua importância econômica, esse trabalho objetivou estudar as populações de T. peregrinus em florestas de clones de Eucalyptus grandis puro e clones híbridos de E. grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla. Como método de amostragem utilizou-se armadilhas amarelas adesivas para captura de adultos e coleta de ramos com folhas para ninfas, adultos e ovos. A distribuição espacial vertical e horizontal intra-planta desse inseto em folhas de eucalipto, mostrou que a coleta de um ramo no terço médio da posição leste da copa de planta clonal de E. grandis é o ponto de amostragem mais representativo para adultos, ninfas e ovos de T. peregrinus. Na distribuição espacial horizontal, adultos e ninfas de T. peregrinus apresentaram distribuição agregada em plantio de E. grandis x E. urophylla. As armadilhas amarelas apresentam coletas mais representativas de adultos do percevejo bronzeado quando instaladas mais próximas da copa de árvores de eucalipto e que, é efetiva para a detecção desse inseto. A umidade relativa e a precipitação pluviométrica afetam populações dessa praga, com correlação inversamente proporcional e independente do método de amostragem no período avaliado e a temperatura não afeta a flutuação populacional do T. peregrinus / Abstract: Bedbugs are widely distributed groups of pests causing considerable losses in agricultural and forestry systems. The recent discovery of the occurrence of bronze bug Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) in Brazil it became a really important problem, being specific on group of plant genus Eucalyptus. As a result that economic importance, this study aimed to investigate the populations of T. peregrinus in forests of Eucalyptus grandis clones of pure and hybrid clones of E. grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla. As a sample method it was used yellow sticky traps to capture adults and collecting branches with leaves for nymphs, adults and eggs. The spatial distribution of vertical and horizontal intra-plant of this insect in eucalyptus leaves, showed that the collection of a branch in the middle third of the position east of the plant canopy clonal E. grandis is the sampling point more representative of adults, nymphs and eggs of T. peregrinus. In the horizontal spatial distribution, adult and nymphs of T. peregrinus showed clumped distribution in cultivation of E. grandis x E. urophylla. Yellow traps have collected more representative sample of adult of bronze bug when installed closer to the canopy of eucalyptus trees and is effective for the detection of this kind of insect. The relative humidity of the air and rainfall affect populations of this pest, and independent and inverse correlation of the sampling method during the analysis period and the temperature does not affect the fluctuation of T. peregrinus / Mestre

Cette thèse de doctorat a pour objet l’édition critique, la traduction et le commentaire de trois textes de Lucien de Samosate : Sur la mort de Pérégrinos, Les Fugitifs et Toxaris ou l’Amitié (les numéros 55, 56 et 57 dans l’ordre canonique des œuvres de Lucien). L’édition est fondée sur l’examen de tous les témoins manuscrits et sur l’étude des liens qu’ils entretiennent entre eux (pour chaque texte, un stemma a été réalisé). L’apparat critique est positif. Il s’appuie sur un nombre limité de manuscrits, nécessaires à l’établissement du texte, tout en donnant une image représentative de la tradition. La traduction française cherche à conjuguer impératifs littéraires et souci de rester au plus près du texte. Le commentaire est linéaire sous forme de notes. Il associe principalement deux approches, historique et littéraire. L’apport de ce travail est triple. En matière d’édition, il met en lumière des textes de Lucien à tradition simple, un type de transmission qui n’avait pas jusque là été étudié pour lui-même par les précédents éditeurs ; le contraste observé par rapport aux textes à tradition double conduit à la réévaluation des différentes familles de manuscrits. En outre, il souligne l’intérêt historique des œuvres de Lucien : malgré leurs différences en terme de situation temporelle, chacun de ces trois textes renvoie aux réalités des premiers siècles de l’Empire romain. Enfin, il permet de mieux cerner la posture auctoriale adoptée par Lucien : celle d’un homme fier d’être un pepaideumenos, attaché à la vérité sous toutes ses formes, et conscient des pouvoirs et des dangers de la parole. / The subject of this PhD thesis is the critical edition, with a French translation and a commentary, of three texts by Lucian of Samosata : On the Death of Peregrinus, The Runaways et Toxaris or Frienship (the numbers 55, 56 and 57 in the canonical order of Lucian’s works). The edition is based on the study of all handwritten testimonials as well as their connection (for each text a stemma was established). The critical apparatus is positive. It relies on a limited number of manuscripts necessary for establishing the text while at the same time giving a representative picture of its tradition. The french translation aims at combining literary aspect with staying close to the original text. The commentary is linear ; it unifies an historical and literary approach. The benefit of this work is threefold. Regarding the edition, it sheds light on the texts of Lucian which have a simple tradition, a type of tradition that had not been studied on its own by previous editors. The observed differences in comparison with texts in double tradition leads to the reevaluation of the different families of manuscripts. Moreover it underlines the historical interest of Lucian’s works : in spite of their differences concerning their temporal situation, each of the three texts has roots in the life of the first centuries of the Roman Empire. Finally, it allows to better evaluate the role taken by Lucian as an author : the role of a man that is conscious of being a pepaideumenos, committed to the truth in all its forms and aware of the power and danger of speech.

Abstract The protection of endangered species requires knowledge about the habitat requirements and the genetic issues related to the population viability. In this doctoral thesis, I defined the breeding habitat features of the Finnish populations of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) by applying habitat suitability modelling. Secondly, I studied the conservation genetic issues of the Finnish population of the White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and the two Reed Bunting subspecies Emberiza schoeniclus witherbyi and E.s. lusitanica met in the Iberian Peninsula. All study populations are classified as threatened according to IUCN classification and they have experienced declines in population sizes in recent history. My results from habitat suitability models showed that human-induced changes in habitat threaten the Golden Eagle in Finland. The relative suitability for the species presence dropped to zero when the proportion of human altered landscape (agricultural or urbanized areas) in the core of the breeding habitat (4 km2) was more than 5%. Models further showed that habitat structure influences breeding habitat selection of the Peregrine Falcon, as it favours well-connected areas of open peatlands. Therefore, fragmentation (i.e., decreasing the connectivity) of open peatlands decreases the habitat quality for the species. The White-tailed Eagle has recovered mainly through local growth, but my results suggest that gene flow from neighbouring populations has had an impact as well, and has enhanced the genetic viability of the Finnish population. The current structure of the two subpopulations (one along the Baltic Sea coast line and another inland in Northern Finland) results mainly from the species’ ecology (i.e., philopatric behaviour), not from the recent population bottlenecks. The effective population size estimate of the coastal subpopulation of White-tailed Eagle was below the critical size needed to maintain evolutionary potential. The estimates of the effective population sizes for E.s. lusitanica and E.s. witherbyi and inland subpopulation of White-tailed Eagle were close or below the critical level of 50, which makes them prone to losing fitness due to inbreeding depression in the short term. Therefore, these study populations need to increase in size in order to secure population viability in the future. / Tiivistelmä Ihmisen aiheuttamat elinympäristöjen muutokset uhkaavat biodiversiteettiä kasvattamalla yhä useampien eliölajien sukupuuttoriskiä. Tehokkaat suojelutoimenpiteet edellyttävät tietoa uhanalaisten lajien elinympäristövaatimuksista sekä populaation elinkyvylle keskeisistä geneettisistä tekijöistä. Tarkastelen väitöskirjatyössäni maakotkan (Aquila chrysaetos) sekä muuttohaukan (Falco peregrinus) Suomen populaatioiden pesimäympäristön piirteitä maisemaekologisen mallinnuksen avulla. Toiseksi tarkastelen Suomen merikotkapopulaation (Haliaeetus albicilla) sekä Iberian niemimaalla esiintyvien pajusirkun alalajien Emberiza schoeniclus witherbyin ja E.s. lusitanican suojelun kannalta tärkeitä geneettisiä tekijöitä. Kaikki tutkimuspopulaatiot ovat uhanalaisia ja ne ovat kärsineet voimakkaista kannan pienenemisistä. Maisemaekologiset mallit osoittivat maakotkan välttävän ihmisen muokkaamaa ympäristöä (maatalousalueet ja rakennetut alueet). Lajin esiintymistodennäköisyys laski nopeasti nollaan, kun ihmisen muokkaaman ympäristön osuus nousi yli 5 prosenttiin pesimäympäristön ydinalueella (4 km2). Mallit osoittivat maiseman rakenteen vaikuttavan muuttohaukan habitaatinvalintaan, sillä se suosi pesimäympäristönään kytkeytyneitä avosoita. Avosoiden pirstoutuminen (l. kytkeytyneisyyden väheneminen) vähentää näin ollen muuttohaukan pesimäympäristön laatua. Merikotkapopulaatio on toipunut pääosin paikallisen kasvun myötä, mutta tulokseni viittaavat myös siihen, että geenivirta naapurimaiden populaatioista on lisännyt Suomen populaation geneettistä muuntelua. Nykyinen rakenne (rannikon ja Lapin alapopulaatiot) on seurausta lajin synnyinpaikkauskollisuudesta, ei niinkään populaatiokoon romahduksista. Rannikon merikotkapopulaation efektiivinen koko jäi alle kriittisen rajan, joka tarvitaan evolutiivisen potentiaalin säilymiselle. Pajusirkun alalajien sekä Lapin merikotkapopulaation efektiiviset populaatiokoot olivat lähellä kriittisenä pidettyä 50:tä tai jäivät alle, joten ne ovat vaarassa menettää kelpoisuutta sukusiitosdepression seurauksena lyhyellä aikavälillä. Sekä pajusirkun alalajien että merikotkapopulaatioiden tulee sen vuoksi kasvaa säilyäkseen elinvoimaisina tulevaisuudessa.

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