Market cycles--are they fundamental? In the first of two parts, we examine...

Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......cycles like the cycles that produce seasonal patterns, which are detectable, and can they...some of the more popular cycles and seasonal patterns can be detected using signal-processing...dangerous. It is possible to isolate seasonal patterns that appear to work consistently...

First definitive record of more than two nesting attempts by wild...

The Texas Journal of Science;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......biologists of a greater number of nesting attempts (Cottam & Trefethen 1968, Alamia...definitive records of more than two nesting attempts have not been documented prior to...white-winged doves participated in three nesting attempts with unmarked females. Each attempt...

Behavior of Puerto Rican parrots during failed nesting attempts.

Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Parrot nest attentiveness during failed nesting attempts (those that were abandoned by the...Puerto Rican Parrots during successful nesting attempts (those that involved no manipulation...We then compared data from failed nesting attempts to data from successful nesting ...

The Seasonality of Total Hospitalizations in Ontario by Age and Gender: A...

Canadian Journal of Public Health;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......of this study was to examine the seasonal patterns of all hospitalizations by age and...factors, are not well understood. Seasonal patterns in hospitalizations have been demonstrated...due to fall-related injuries.4 The seasonal patterns demonstrated by such diverse health...

Successful nesting behavior of Puerto Rican parrots.

Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......nest attentiveness during successful nesting attempts. STUDY AREA AND METHODS During the...examined only data from successful nesting attempts. We defined successful nesting attempts as those that involved no manipulation...

Ecological and seasonal patterns in the diversity of a species-rich bee...

European Journal of Entomology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Keywords. Sampling effort, seasonal patterns, ecological patterns, species richness...biodiversity, provided the ecological and seasonal patterns they show are taken into consideration...year study traced the ecological and seasonal patterns on 2 km^sup 2^ of a southern slope...

Breeding biology of the Song Thrush Turdus philomelos in an island...

Bird Study;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......countrywide by volunteers. The number of nesting attempts, location, surrounding habitat, nest...calculated as 2.7 young fledged from 3.7 nesting attempts. Daily nest survival rates were: egg...factor behind fewer breeding pairs and nesting attempts (Gruar et al. 2003). Little is ...

Persecution still threatens rare bird

Yorkshire Post;  September 11, 2006 ;     272 words ......continued to disappear from their nests. About 60 per cent of nesting attempts had failed away from the area monitored by English Nature...that on grouse moors away from Bowland, 60 per cent of nesting attempts fail because adults disappear during the nesting season...

Breeding ecology of Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain during the...

Bird Study;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......regional variation, based on individual nesting attempts recorded. Aim To present information...due to lower success of individual nesting attempts. If breeding productivity has played...reduction in the average number of nesting attempts per pair. The Turtle Dove Streptopelia...

Kaka breeding 'remarkable'

The Press;  October 13, 2000 ;     283 words ......over the project's three years, 12 out of 14 nesting attempts had been successful, with 35 chicks fledging...breeding seasons at Rotoroa, only one out of 10 nesting attempts were successful, with just four chicks fledging...

The fundamental truth about seasonals: the world is changing quickly, but...

Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......data on any market. In both of these seasonal patterns, a big move up or down coincides with...to Week 52, an accurate view of the seasonal patterns can be seen. Seasonal patterns evolve in some markets, and have completely...

Shot: bird near to extinction.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  September 14, 2006 ;     352 words ......persecution which is causing the problem ( on grouse moors 60% of nesting attempts fail because birds disappear, and it is really suspicious...remains a shadow of what it could be. In 2006 there were 22 nesting attempts, resulting in 12 successful hen harrier nests. Richard...

Eastern Wild Turkey hatching two clutches during the same breeding season....

Wilson Bulletin;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......82[degrees] 03' W), we observed two nesting attempts following successful hatches. One...second brood was not determined. Second nesting attempts (clutch completion and onset of incubation...reported 17, 25, and 27 days between nesting attempts, but they found that eggs in second...

A filter bank approach for modeling and forecasting seasonal patterns.

Technometrics;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......weeks). Because our focus is on the seasonal patterns, it is assumed that nonseasonal trends...depending on how one assumes that the seasonal patterns would evolve over time. Most widely...random fluctuation, the individual seasonal patterns not only are unlikely to duplicate...

OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARKS LIFTS SEASONAL RAPTOR CLOSURES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 21, 2008 ;     435 words ......staff reported two successful nesting attempts by peregrine falcons producing six fledglings; three successful nesting attempts by prairie falcons producing 15 fledglings; and two successful nesting attempts by golden eagles producing three...