Hunting method affects cortisol levels in harvested mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.The direct effects of hunting on hunted individuals and populations have been well known for a long time. However, recently there has also been an increased focus on the indirect, non‐lethal effects of hunting. When approached by a possible threat such as a predator, the prey releases various stress hormones into the bloodstream.
Simen Pedersen +5 more
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Luminescence dating of wind-blown sands from the Broo Peninsula, Shetland [PDF]
, 2012 This report provides a temporal framework to support University of Stirling geo-archaeological investigations near Huesbreck, Broo Pennisula (Shetland), examining how the early modern population there, adapted to harsh climate conditions in the 18-19th ...
Kinnaird, T.C. +2 more
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Plant Use in the Late Renaissance Gardens of the 17-18th Century Transylvania. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Fekete A, Sárospataki M.
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.After decades of dramatic reductions in their populations, Italian wolves have begun recolonizing parts of their historic range. This growth in populations can lead to potential conflicts with human activities, which remain the main cause of wolf mortality.
Ilaria Troisio +8 more
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Reifying Religion While Lost in Translation: Mirza Mazhar Jan-i-Janan (d.1781) on the Hindus [PDF]
, 2006 This paper examines the life and thought of one of the leading Muslim revivalist thinkers in 18th century India, Mirza Mazhar Jan-i-Janan (1699-1781) in an effort to understand the relationship, if any, between the structures of knowledge that informed ...
Tareen, SherAli
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Women health providers: materials on cures, remedies and sexuality in inquisitorial processes (15th-18th century). [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Espina-Jerez B +3 more
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Thickness Calculation of Pigment Layers and Gold Leaves Using XRF and MA‐XRF Data
X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this work, XRF and MA‐XRF data were used to estimate the thickness of Chromium Oxide (Cr₂O₃) pigment and gold leaf applied over Lead White (2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2). The thickness determination was based on the differential attenuation of the Pb‐Lα and Pb‐Lβ characteristic X‐rays, which allows correlating the overlying material layer with the Pb(Lα ...
Renato Pereira de Freitas +9 more
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Happy in the service of the Company: the purchasing power of VOC salaries at the Cape in the 18th century [PDF]
This paper contributes to the debate on the level and trajectory of welfare at the Cape of Good Hope during the 18th century. Recent scholarship (for example, Allen 2005) has calculated and compared the levels and evolution of real wages in various ...
Sophia du Plessis, Stan du Plessis
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Hidden Beneath: Watermarks in the Early American Document Collection [PDF]
, 2016 This summer, as the Smith Intern at Special Collections, I was tasked with working on a hodge-podge of assembled documents, previously referred to as the “18th Century Document” collection.
Black, Tyler R.
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An age-related disease or a biocultural marker? Osteoarthritis of the foot in the Modern era Franciscan community of Azzio (17th-18th century BCE). [PDF]
Acta Biomed, 2023 Larentis O, Fusco R, Tesi C, Licata M.
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