A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) is described from Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, Africa). This species was discovered for science in 2016, although suspicions of its occurrence gained traction ...
Martim Melo +9 more
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Modelación del crecimiento de aves Criollas Mexicanas, Rhode Island Red y Hy-Line Brown
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2022 El objetivo fue caracterizar el crecimiento de aves Criollas Mexicanas (CMX), Hy-Line Brown (HLB) y Rhode Island Red (RIR) mediante los modelos Gompertz-Laird (MNGL), Logístico (MNL), Richards (MNR) y Von Bertalanffy (MNVB). Se utilizaron 70 pollitas de
Leonardo Osio-Orihuela +4 more
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Noteworthy new records of squamate reptiles (Reptilia: Squamata) from various Venezuelan Caribbean islands, including a new addition to the herpetofauna of Venezuela [PDF]
Check List, 2013 The occurrence of Gymnophthalmus lineatus in Venezuela is established for the first time based on a specimen collected on Las Aves Archipelago. We also document the first records of Phyllodactylus ventralis from Los Frailes Archipelago, Amphisbaena alba ...
Gabriel Ugueto +6 more
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Gallinas Sex Link Negro y Rhode Island Red con acceso a pastoreo: productividad y comportamiento
Agronomía Mesoamericana, 2021 Introducción. Conocer los indicadores productivos y de comportamiento de las aves permite optimizar el sistema en pastoreo. Objetivo. Describir rendimientos, manejo de las pasturas y comportamiento de gallinas Rhode Island Red (RIR) y Sex Link Negro (SLN)
Ana Cruz Bermúdez +2 more
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Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2021 Introducción: Entender cómo afectan la calidad del huevo las condiciones productivas, los sistemas de alojamiento, el bienestar animal, la edad del ave y la genética es importante para la toma de decisiones futuras al producir huevo en Costa Rica ...
Sianny Chavarria +3 more
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Assortative mating frames establishment in a young island bird population [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Successful island colonizations are key events to understand range dynamic processes, but studying a young population right after it reaches establishment is a rare opportunity in natural systems.
Jan O. Engler +3 more
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Complex plumages spur rapid color diversification in kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae)
eLife, 2023 Colorful signals in nature provide some of the most stunning examples of rapid phenotypic evolution. Yet, studying color pattern evolution has been historically difficult owing to differences in perceptual ability of humans and analytical challenges with
Chad M Eliason +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2023 For the first time in Brazil, Contracaecum australe is recorded parasitizing Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae) from the Marine Extractive Reserve of Soure on Marajó Island, Brazilian Amazon.
Ricardo Luis Sousa Santana +6 more
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An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia
Taxonomy, 2021 A new species of rail, Gallirallus astolfoi sp. nov., is described from Rapa Island (Rapa Iti), French Polynesia. The holotype (and single known specimen) is a left tarsometatarsus recovered from Tangarutu Cave.
Rodrigo B. Salvador +2 more
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Population trends and survival of nesting green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on Aves Island, Venezuela
Endangered Species Research, 2015 Long-term demographic data are valuable for assessing the effect of anthropogenic impacts on endangered species and evaluating recovery programs. Using a 2-state open robust design model, we analyzed mark-recapture data from green turtles Chelonia mydas ...
MA García-Cruz +5 more
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