In 2021, the number of retail stores in Japan continued to decline, reaching around 880 thousand. Even though the sales of the retail sector showed an upward trend in recent years, the number of physi
The fundamental long-term objective of the seabird component of the Palmer LTER (PAL) has been to identify and understand the mechanistic processes that regulate the mean fitness (population growth ra
The fundamental long-term objective of the seabird component of the Palmer LTER (PAL) has been to identify and understand the mechanistic processes that regulate the mean fitness (population growth ra