Akihisa Mori

Abstract Theoretically, dietary specialists should be morphologically, behaviourally and physiologically specialized to feed efficiently on a subset of the available prey. Yet, relatively few studies have actually tested each of these links in specialist predators, especially in terrestrial vertebrates. We address this issue here by comparing the relationships among feeding morphology, mechanics, swallowing duration and realized diet for a dietary generalist versus a specialist snake when feedin

Transitions research has often been unintentionally biased toward novelty and assumes incumbents as homogeneous groups that are “locked-in” to certain sociotechnical regimes. In reality, incumbents are heterogeneous at the company and industrial levels and thus have heterogeneous responses that can both accelerate and deter sustainability transitions. To fill the research gap, this paper explores the determinants of such heterogeneous responses and insights for sustainability transitions, taking

There is an ongoing debate about criteria based on which allocation of climate finance, particularly financing adaptation, is made. This article aims at investigating the determinants of fund allocation and the consequences of rearrangement considering the case of the Adaptation Fund (AF). This research conducts a mixed-method approach including binary logistic regression and multiple regressions to analyze the factors that influence access to and volume of funding from the AF, respectively, alo

Solar photovoltaics with behind-the-meter energy storage systems are gaining recognition as net energy billing replaces feed-in tariffs because they can unlock demand-side flexibility, keep grid stability, and enhance the resilience of end users. However, incumbent grid companies tend to prioritize grid stability and reliability and disregard resilience, which decreases end users’ perceived benefits, intention, and adoption of the systems. The combined third-party ownership–aggregation business

Concentrations of metabolites and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) and activities of enzymes related to energy metabolism were measured in plasma of Korean and Japanese beef cattle, which were raised by the indoor feeding system programmed to feed larger amount of roughage in their growing periods and larger amount of concentrate diet in their finishing periods (Japanese feeding system), and grazing New Zealand beef cattle. By the Japanese beef grading system, Korean and Japanese beef cattle showed

When developed countries started providing environmental aid to developing countries, they faced three types of barriers that made such aid ineffective: Conflicting concerns, contracting problems, and lack of capacity. Donors have responded over time with changing policy contents and implementing strategies to convince recipient countries to change their own policies. However, they have taken such steps in different ways. This article examines the ways that bilateral and multilateral donors have

Abstract Many animals are equipped with specialized defensive systems that function in a coordinated manner involving morphological structure, physiological processes and behaviour. Nucho‐dorsal glands, unusual organs known in a few Asian natricine snakes, are believed to function in avoidance of predation, based on the defensive function of similar organs in a related Japanese species that sequesters prey toxins and stores them in the glands. We examined the arrangement of the nucho‐dorsal glan