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Biological Resources Discipline
The Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) is a program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Its stated task is to work with other stakeholders to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of the United States' biological resources.
The following are "general principles" the BRD states guide the implementation of its mission and form the basis of its strategic planning:
- BRD develops scientific and statistically reliable methods and protocols to assess the status and trends of
Relative outcomes of parenting by biological and adoptive parents
Research into relative outcomes of parenting by biological and adoptive parents has produced a variety of results. When socioeconomic differences between two-biological-parent and two-adoptive-parent households are controlled for, the two types of families tend to invest a similar amount of resources. A 20-year longitudinal study of 245 adoptees placed in the first few months of life that compared the children's cognitive abilities with those of their birth and adoptive parents found that before age 5, the adoptees