Essays about: "Female Flight"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Female Flight.

  1. 1. Differences in velocity between the sexes and stages of courtship in a dance fly

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Filip Myllyaho; [2022-02-17]
    Keywords : Dansfluga; Hilara maura; höghastighetskamera; partner-val; Dance fly; Hilara maura; high-speed camera; mate choice;

    Abstract : Dance flies (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) are famous for their elaborate mating behaviour, which can be broken down to three distinct stages in adults: hunting, swarming, and mating. In many species, males hunt for prey that they present as nuptial gifts to recipient females in swarms, after which the pair will copulate in the air or after landing on nearby vegetation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mapping female rural flight : a spatial analysis of Swedish youths' intended migration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jonas Alsfjärd; [2020]
    Keywords : Human Geography; Migration; Municipality; Female Flight; Urban-Rural; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Previous research into women's patterns of migration suggests a female flight from the European weaker peripheral regions to its urban cores, due to women's experience of being economically, socially, culturally, and normatively hampered compared to men in rural space. The thesis' attempt to corroborate these results on the municipal level, with the use of survey data from Swedish youth age 16-18, was not able to recreate the proposed trend that women migrate from the countryside to a larger degree than men. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feminiseringen av veterinäryrket ur ett internationellt perspektiv : processer och olika förklaringsmodeller

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Vendela Gullberg; [2019]
    Keywords : feminisering; veterinäryrket; veterinärmedicin; sociologi; genusvetenskap;

    Abstract : Under de senaste decennierna har veterinäryrket på många platser genomgått en stor förändring i könsfördelning. Från att ha varit ett tydligt mansdominerat område har det skett en helomvändning, till dagens läge där ett stort antal länder rapporterar om kvinnor i majoritet på både veterinärutbildningar och i arbetsmarknaden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Personality and Stress in Simulated Aviation Training

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Malcolm Sehlström; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether there is a relation between personality traits and pilot stress responses to non-normal events in simulated flight training. The research was conducted at, and in cooperation with, the Lund University School of Aviation (LUSA). READ MORE

  6. 5. Inbreeding decreases upwind pheromone : mediated male flight and frequency in female calling behavior in a lab culture of the pyraloid moth Plodia interpunctella

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för naturvetenskap

    Author : Per Heydorn; [2018]
    Keywords : Plodia interpunctella; Indian meal moth; lab culture; degeneration; inbreeding;

    Abstract : Semiochemicals are chemicals used to communicate. Animals tend to use these e.g. to locate food sources or to find a suitable mate. READ MORE