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Pace-of-Life Syndrome (PoLS) links physiology, behavior, and life history to understand how an organism lives and is under-researched in many invertebrate groups. In this study I used five tarantula species to assess if they follow the predictions of PoLS. I compared individual …

Most bird species inhabiting mangroves are considered visitors to the habitat. However, some species feed or reproduce almost exclusively in mangroves. If most are visitors, then the question arises as to whether bird communities characteristic of mangroves actually exist. Simil…

The Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1572) sponsored by Philip II of Spain (r.1556-1598) comprised one of the most important book publishing projects in the later sixteenth century. It is richly illustrated with copperplate engravings, and includes the first-known double-hemispheric worl…

This dissertation presents a normative intellectual history of the development of religious toleration in the Latin West. In the Middle Ages, canon lawyers and theologians provided biblical justifications for tolerating unbelievers within their societies. During the crusades, ho…