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Is There Gender Bias Among Voters? Evidence from the Chilean Congressional Elections
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2017)
I exploit the unique institution of gender-segregated voting booths in Chile, allowing
the use of actual voting data, instead of self-reported surveys, to test for gender bias
among voters. I find evidence of a small but ...
Sex-biased Patterns of Saprophagous Calyptratae (Diptera) Collected With Different Baits of Animal Origin
(Entomological Society of America, 2015-05)
The aim of the present study was to explore the response behavior of males and females of different families of Calyptratae (Diptera) to two different baits (rotten liver and feces) as separate attractants. We describe the ...
Female-biased stranding in Magellanic penguins
(Cell Press, 2019-01)
Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) have been reported to become stranded along the coasts of northern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil during the austral winter 1, 2, 3. This location is more than a thousand ...
Dancehalls, Masquerades, Body Protest and the Law: The Female Body as a Redemptive Tool Against Trinidad and Tobago’s Gender-biased Laws
(2013-06-13)
The female body has long been the subject of awe, shame and controversy. ‘Sexual profiling’ in all cultures, cast assumptions about women who use their bodies to express themselves. Social stereotypes regarding ‘morality’ ...
Kin-bias, breeding site selection and female fitness in a cannibalistic Neotropical frog
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-02-01)
Resource availability influences sexual selection within populations and determines whether behaviours such as territoriality or resource sharing are adaptive. In Thoropa taophora, a frog endemic to the Atlantic Coastal ...
Mating Behavior of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
(SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERSNEW YORK, 2012)
The mating behavior of the coffee berry borer, (Ferrari), was observed under laboratory conditions. Pairs of adult virgin male and female beetles were placed in the wells of a polystyrene microtiter plate, one pair per ...
I Don't Want You to Be My President! Incivility and Media Bias During the Presidential Election in Chile
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2020)
This study observes two relevant issues in today's media ecosystem: incivility in online news comments and media bias during election periods. By analyzing 84 stories and 4670 comments published during the 2017 presidential ...
Female choosiness and mating opportunities in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2016-09)
We investigated the relationship between female choosiness and mating opportunities in the blood sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus. Rhodnius prolixus females exhibit active discrimination behaviour to male mating attempts which ...
The sex ratio of the koinobiont parasitoid microcharops anticarsiae gupta remains female-biased on young larvae of velvetbean in the laboratory environment
(2020-01-01)
The natural parasitic behavior of parasitoids should be known by those in charge of planning strategies for the biological control of pests; therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the larval instar of ...