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Soft-tissue specimens from pre-European extinct birds of New Zealand [PDF]

, 2012
We provide the first complete review of soft tissue remains from New Zealand birds that became extinct prior to European settlement (c. AD 1800). These rare specimens allow insights into the anatomy and appearance of the birds that are not attainable ...
Fraser, C, Rawlence, Nicolas J., Scofield, R. P., Tennyson, A. J. D., Wood, Jamie R.   +4 more
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AI Platforms as Cooperation Enablers Favoring the Development of Strategic Situating Capabilities Within Solution Delivery Ecosystems

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary By integrating artificial intelligence (AI) platforms into their processes, firms aim to enhance their strategic capabilities and gain a competitive advantage. This study investigates the impact of such platforms on value generation within solution‐based strategies, proposing two connected mechanisms.
Yancy Vaillant, Esteban Lafuente, Ferran Vendrell‐Herrero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beak deformities in north Patagonian birds [PDF]

, 2016
Within the last decade, many individuals of several bird species with abnormal and strange beaks deformationshave been reported from Alaska, United States, and from United Kingdom and Ireland.
Cueto, Víctor, Gonda, Héctor Eduardo, Gorosito, Cristian Andrés   +2 more
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Speciation of chilean Rhinocryptidae (Avian) based on their behaviour [PDF]

, 2008
The current classification of the chilean representatives of the passerine family Rhinocryptidae includes eight species. Three of them contain subspecies that don't exhibit clear differences.
Alejandro Correa Rueda, Jorge Mpodozis
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Seeing herbaria in a new light: leaf reflectance spectroscopy unlocks trait and classification modeling in plant biodiversity collections

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Reflectance spectroscopy is a rapid method for estimating traits and discriminating species. Spectral libraries from herbarium specimens represent an untapped resource for generating broad phenomic datasets across space, time, and taxa. We conducted a proof‐of‐concept study using trait data and spectra from herbarium specimens up to 179 yr old,
Dawson M. White, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Charles C. Davis, J. Antonio Guzmán Q., Shan Kothari, Jorge M. Robles, José Eduardo Meireles   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abundance and distribution of sharks in Los Roques Archipelago National Park and other Venezuelan oceanic islands, 1997–1998

Ciencias Marinas, 2005
The relative abundance and distribution of sharks caught by the artisanal fishery was determined for the most important offshore islands of Venezuela (Los Roques, Las Aves and La Blanquilla).
Rafael Tavares
doaj   +1 more source

Late Pleistocene songbirds of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia); the first fossil passerine fauna described from Wallacea [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Background Passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) dominate modern terrestrial bird communities yet their fossil record is limited. Liang Bua is a large cave on the Indonesian island of Flores that preserves Late Pleistocene–Holocene deposits (∼190 ka to ...
Hanneke J.M. Meijer, Rokus Awe Due, Thomas Sutikna, Wahyu Saptomo, Jatmiko, Sri Wasisto, Matthew W. Tocheri, Gerald Mayr   +7 more
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Bad Practices: Unintended Consequences of Practice‐Based Theories of Reference

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Practice theories are a genus of causal theories of reference. They claim that the semantic referent of an utterance of a name is determined by features of a practice of using that name to speaker‐refer to, or coordinate actions around, a certain object.
Hugo Heagren
wiley   +1 more source

Diet of the American mink Mustela vison and its potential impact on the native fauna of Navarino Island, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile Dieta del visón norteamericano Mustela vison y su impacto potencial sobre la fauna nativa de Isla Navarino, Reserva de Biosfera Cabo de Hornos, Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2008
Invasive exotic species of mammalian predators represent a major cause of vertebrate animal extinctions on islands, particularly those that lack native mammalian carnivores.
ELKE SCHÜTTLER, JAIME CÁRCAMO, RICARDO ROZZI   +2 more
doaj  

Natal homing in male green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from two neotropical islands

Frontiers in Marine Science
Studying the origins of male green turtles is critical for assessing their poorly understood natal homing behavior, compared to that of females, which have a high degree of fidelity to their nesting beach of their birth.
Marco A. Garcia-Cruz, Marco A. Garcia-Cruz, Marco A. Garcia-Cruz, Kathryn M. Rodriguez-Clark, Kathryn M. Rodriguez-Clark, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Claudio Bellini, Brian Shamblin, Carlos Carreras   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source