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Teaching the Common Good in Business Ethics: A Case Study Approach by Ryan, Mark R.

“…This paper addresses the instructional challenges of teaching business ethics in a way shaped by Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Focusing on the concept of the…”
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Business Ethics as a Form of Practical Reasoning: What Philosophers Can Learn from Patagonia by Ryan, Mark R.

“…As with other fields of applied ethics, philosophers engaged in business ethics struggle to carry out substantive philosophical reflection in a way that…”
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A quantitative framework to evaluate incidental take and endangered species population viability by McGowan, Conor P., Ryan, Mark R.

“…Incidental take is the permitted unintended or collateral killing, harassment, or habitat destruction of a protected species under endangered species law and…”
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Nest construction by a ground-nesting bird represents a potential trade-off between egg crypticity and thermoregulation by Mayer, Paul M, Smith, Levica M, Ford, Robert G, Watterson, Dustin C, McCutchen, Marshall D, Ryan, Mark R

“…Predation selects against conspicuous colors in bird eggs and nests, while thermoregulatory constraints select for nest-building behavior that regulates…”
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The role of demographic compensation theory in incidental take assessments for endangered species by McGowan, Conor P., Ryan, Mark R., Runge, Michael C., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Cochrane, Jean Fitts

“…► Many endangered species laws allow exceptions to prohibitions via incidental take provisions. ► We argue that the exceptions apply the theory of demographic…”
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SURVIVAL OF POSTFLEDGING GRASSLAND BIRDS IN MISSOURI by SUEDKAMP WELLS, KIMBERLY M, RYAN, MARK R, MILLSPAUGH, JOSHUA J, THOMPSON, FRANK R, HUBBARD, MICHAEL W

“…We describe survival patterns during the postfledging period for two species of grassland birds in Missouri. We monitored 155 radio-marked juvenile Dickcissels…”
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Factors Affecting Songbird Nest Survival in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie by KERNS, COURTNEY K., RYAN, MARK R., MURPHY, ROBERT K., THOMPSON, FRANK R., RUBIN, CORY S.

“…Factors associated with the nest survival of mixed-grass prairie passerines are not well known, especially in the context of contemporary grassland management…”
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Modeling Age and Nest-Specific Survival Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach by Cao, Jing, He, Chong Z, Suedkamp Wells, Kimberly M, Millspaugh, Joshua J, Ryan, Mark R

“…Recent studies have shown that grassland birds are declining more rapidly than any other group of terrestrial birds. Current methods of estimating avian…”
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Nest construction by a ground-nesting bird represents a potential trade-off between egg crypticity and thermoregulation by Mayer, Paul M., Smith, Levica M., Ford, Robert G., Watterson, Dustin C., McCutchen, Marshall D., Ryan, Mark R.

“…The online version of the original article can be found under doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1266-9…”
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Estimating survival of precocial chicks during the prefledging period using a catch-curve analysis and count-based age-class data by McGowan, Conor P., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Ryan, Mark R., Kruse, Casey D., Pavelka, Greg

“…Estimating reproductive success for birds with precocial young can be difficult because chicks leave nests soon after hatching and individuals or broods can be…”
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EFFECTS OF RADIO-TRANSMITTERS ON FECAL GLUCOCORTICOID LEVELS IN CAPTIVE DICKCISSELS by Suedkamp Wells, Kimberly M, Washburn, Brian E, Millspaugh, Joshua J, Ryan, Mark R, Hubbard, Michael W

“…We determined the effects of a leg-harness transmitter on fecal glucocorticoid levels of wild male Dickcissels (Spiza americana) in captivity. During the…”
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Population Viability of Piping Plovers: Effects of Predator Exclusion by Larson, Michael A., Ryan, Mark R., Murphy, Robert K.

“…The Great Plains population of piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) is listed as threatened or endangered and continues to decline. The effects of recently…”
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Factors Affecting Home Range Size and Movements of Post-Fledging Grassland Birds by Wells, Kimberly M. Suedkamp, Millspaugh, Joshua J., Ryan, Mark R., Hubbard, Michael W.

“…We describe post-fledging movements and evaluate the effects of local vegetation, temporal, and biological factors on home range size for two species of…”
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Conservation Reserve Program: source or sink habitat for grassland birds in Missouri? by McCoy, T.D, Ryan, M.R, Kurzejeski, E.W, Burger, L.W. Jr

“…The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has been credited with contributing substantially to the conservation of grassland birds. Although many species have…”
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CHANGES IN PIPING PLOVER NESTING HABITAT AVAILABILITY AT GREAT PLAINS ALKALINE WETLANDS, 1938–1997 by Root, Brian G., Ryan, Mark R.

“…Alkaline wetland beaches provide crucial habitat for breeding piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada…”
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Effect of Habitat Characteristics on the Probability of Parasitism and Predation of Bell's Vireo Nests by Budnik, Joel M., Thompson, Frank R., Ryan, Mark R.

“…Because habitat characteristics may influence rates of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and nest predation, we investigated the…”
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Looking for Good Work: From Matthew Crawford to Pope Francis via Wittgenstein by Ryan, Mark

“…In Catholic Social Teaching, work is a meaningful arena of human life. Yet while work can uplift the human personality, poorly imagined work does damage to the…”
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Grassland Bird Conservation: CP1 vs. CP2 Plantings in Conservation Reserve Program Fields in Missouri by McCOY, TIMOTHY D, RYAN, MARK R, BURGER, Jr, LOREN W, KURZEJESKI, ERIC W

“…To determine the relative value of different Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) plantings for breeding grassland and winter birds we measured vegetation…”
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DEMOGRAPHY OF BELL'S VIREOS IN MISSOURI GRASSLAND-SHRUB HABITATS by Budnik, Joel M, Ryan, Mark R, Thompson III, Frank R

“…Numbers of Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii) have declined throughout much of the breeding range in recent years, yet little information exists to determine factors…”
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Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality of Northern Bobwhite in Missouri by Burger, Loren W., Dailey, Thomas V., Kurzejeski, Eric W., Ryan, Mark R.

“…Efforts to understand fluctuations in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance illustrate inadequate knowledge of demographic processes. Therefore, we…”
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