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Flesh and bone: An integrative approach towards sexual size dimorphism of a terrestrial salamander (genus Salamandrina) by Pogoda, Peter, Kupfer, Alexander

“…Males and females face different selection pressures due to a sexually biased investment into reproduction. This often results in different morphologies…”
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Phylotranscriptomic consolidation of the jawed vertebrate timetree by Irisarri, Iker, Baurain, Denis, Brinkmann, Henner, Delsuc, Frédéric, Sire, Jean-Yves, Kupfer, Alexander, Petersen, Jörn, Jarek, Michael, Meyer, Axel, Vences, Miguel, Philippe, Hervé

“…Phylogenomics is extremely powerful but introduces new challenges as no agreement exists on ‘standards’ for data selection, curation and tree inference. We use…”
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Cranial shape evolution of extant and fossil crocodile newts and its relation to reproduction and ecology by Pogoda, Peter, Zuber, Marcus, Baumbach, Tilo, Schoch, Rainer R., Kupfer, Alexander

“…The diversity of the vertebrate cranial shape of phylogenetically related taxa allows conclusions on ecology and life history. As pleurodeline newts (the…”
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Morphology of the Cutaneous Poison and Mucous Glands in Amphibians with Particular Emphasis on Caecilians ( Siphonops annulatus ) by Mauricio, Beatriz, Mailho-Fontana, Pedro Luiz, Sato, Luciana Almeida, Barbosa, Flavia Ferreira, Astray, Renato Mancini, Kupfer, Alexander, Brodie, Jr, Edmund D, Jared, Carlos, Antoniazzi, Marta Maria

“…Caecilians (order Gymnophiona) are apodan, snake-like amphibians, usually with fossorial habits, constituting one of the most unknown groups of terrestrial…”
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Sperm storage in caecilian amphibians by Kuehnel, Susanne, Kupfer, Alexander

“…BACKGROUND: Female sperm storage has evolved independently multiple times among vertebrates to control reproduction in response to the environment. In…”
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Truly invasive or simply non‐native? Insights from an artificial crested newt hybrid zone by Hinneberg, Heiko, Bamann, Thomas, Geue, Julia C., Foerster, Katharina, Thomassen, Henri A., Kupfer, Alexander

“…Introductions of non‐native species can pose serious threats to native populations and ecosystems. However, the impact of introduced species depends on…”
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One hundred million years of skin feeding? Extended parental care in a Neotropical caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) by Wilkinson, Mark, Kupfer, Alexander, Marques-Porto, Rafael, Jeffkins, Hilary, Antoniazzi, Marta M, Jared, Carlos

“…Siphonops annulatus,…”
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Trophic ecology of a tropical aquatic and terrestrial food web: insights from stable isotopes (15N) by Kupfer, Alexander, Langel, Reinhard, Scheu, Stefan, Himstedt, Werner, Maraun, Mark

“…We used stable isotope analysis (15N/14N) to characterize the trophic relationships of consumer communities of an aquatic food web (a permanent pond) and the…”
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ESTIMATING INFLATION RISK PREMIA USING INFLATION‐LINKED BONDS: A REVIEW by Kupfer, Alexander

“…This paper provides an overview of studies that estimate the inflation risk premium using inflation‐linked bond (ILB) yields. I categorize existing studies,…”
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The effect of tax transparency on consumer and firm behavior: Experimental evidence by Razen, Michael, Kupfer, Alexander

“…Tax avoidance among large multinational corporations has considerably increased in recent years, triggering an intense discussion about how to ensure that all…”
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Care and parentage in a skin-feeding caecilian amphibian by Kupfer, Alexander, Wilkinson, Mark, Gower, David J., Müller, Hendrik, Jehle, Robert

“…An exceptional form of parental care has recently been discovered in a poorly known caecilian amphibian. Mothers of the Taita Hills (Kenya) endemic…”
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Maternal investment in the viviparous caecilian amphibian Typhlonectes natans (Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) by Reinhard, Sandy, Kupfer, Alexander

“…Modern amphibians have an extraordinary diversity of reproductive modes including varieties of oviparity and viviparity. Oviparous and viviparous caecilian…”
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A Language-Independent Measurement of Economic Policy Uncertainty in Eastern European Countries by Kupfer, Alexander, Zorn, Josef

“…This article proposes a novel way to construct an index for economic policy uncertainty that does not depend on language proficiency. We use two specific…”
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Expert Analysis: The Reciprocal Relationship between Sports Gambling and Fantasy Football on Television by Kupfer, Alexander, Anderson, Jamie

“…Television coverage of football gambling established the industrial preconditions within sports media for fantasy sports coverage to emerge and proliferate…”
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On the taxonomic status of Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium Werner, 1909 by Geissler, Peter, Kupfer, Alexander

“…The species Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dubium was described by Franz Werner (1909) based on a single specimen from the Royal Natural History Cabinet (Königliches…”
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Valuable information in early sales proxies: The use of Google search ranks in portfolio optimization by Kupfer, Alexander, Zorn, Josef

“…We extract information on relative shopping interest from Google search volume and provide a genuine and economically meaningful approach to directly…”
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The Effect of Digital Platform Strategies on Firm Value in the Banking Industry by Schreieck, Maximilian, Huang, Yongli, Kupfer, Alexander, Krcmar, Helmut

“…After digital platforms have become successful in the information technology (IT) industry, incumbents from traditional industries increasingly implement…”
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High osteological variation in a terrestrial salamander (genus Salamandrina) by Pogoda, Peter, Kupfer, Alexander

“…Morphological characters underlie diverse intraspecific variation. Investigating this variation on an intra- and interspecific level can help to understand the…”
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Revisiting Svensson's test of inflation target credibility by Kupfer, Alexander

“…I revisit Svensson's (1993) test of inflation target credibility by applying it to the European Central Bank (ECB)'s credibility regarding the maintenance of…”
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Being Informed or Getting the Product?: How the Coexistence of Scarcity Cues and Online Consumer Reviews Affects Online Purchase Decisions by Wrabel, Andrea, Kupfer, Alexander, Zimmermann, Steffen

“…Scarcity cues, which are increasingly implemented on e-commerce platforms, are known to impair cognitive processes and influence consumers’ decision-making by…”
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