Results demonstrated that from 1987 to 1999 the species diversity increased and the species turnover prevailed over nestedness, due to the progressive niche occupation by new species.
This may be because of local extinctions that could have occurred naturally, but more likely, it is because of an anthropic influence, as the entire coastal area has undergone severe human-induced changes in recent decades, such as progressive urbanization, human occupation, development of cattle ranching and agriculture [ 55].
This was recently highlighted in an analysis of the trends in occupational physical activity during the past 50 years in the USA, showing that there has been a progressive shift away from occupations that require moderate-intensity physical activity to occupations that largely require sitting [ 16].
Much of New York City may be having a hard time getting used to the presence of protesters, but at the New School, the progressive liberal-arts bastion in Greenwich Village, occupation is a semiregular occurrence.
If progressive Jews honestly believe that the occupation is a cancer on Israel, they will say it loud and clear.
They used classic mechanisms like general strikes, factory occupations, and alliances with progressive intellectuals to rid themselves of authoritarian political systems.
Zimmerman has also penned a number of articles for progressive Jewish publications condemning the Israeli government, its occupation of Palestinian lands, and American Jewish institutions that, in her view, uncritically support Israeli policies.
Becoming agents of progressive change would require that unions in these occupations negate their own power, that they work toward their own abolition.
The increased participation of women in particular migration corridors and growing demand for "female" occupations in destination countries have signalled a progressive "feminisation of migration" from certain migrant origin countries (Piper, 2007).
But for the first century of European occupation, few people would have described Alice Springs as "progressive".
