Changes in surface water drive the movements of Shoebills [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Animal movement is mainly determined by spatial and temporal changes in resource availability. For wetland specialists, the seasonal availability of surface water may be a major determinant of their movement patterns.
Marta Acácio +4 more
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The coincidence of ecological opportunity with hybridization explains rapid adaptive radiation in Lake Mweru cichlid fishes [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Recent studies have suggested that hybridization can facilitate adaptive radiations. Here, the authors show that opportunity for hybridization differentiates Lake Mweru, where cichlids radiated, and Lake Bangweulu, where cichlids did not radiate despite ...
Joana I. Meier +9 more
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Isotopic systematics of zircon indicate an African affinity for the rocks of southernmost India [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Southern India lies in an area of Gondwana where multiple blocks are juxtaposed along Moho-penetrating structures, the significance of which are not well understood.
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Failure to detect tuberculosis in Black lechwe antelopes (
BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background Two types of lechwe antelopes exclusively exist in their natural ecosystems in Zambia; the Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) and the Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis).
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Diversity of the southern Africa Lacustricola Myers, 1924 and redescription of Lacustricola johnstoni (Günther, 1894) and Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Through the analysis of a comprehensive database of COI sequences, with the sequencing of 48 specimens, a first insight into the genetic diversity, distribution and relationships between the southern Africa “Lacustricola” species is presented.
Pedro H. N. Bragança +4 more
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New Records and Descriptions of Three New Species of Quadriacanthus (Monopisthocotyla: Dactylogyridae) from Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes, Clariidae) in the Upper Congo Basin [PDF]
AnimalsIn the Upper Congo Basin, there are few records of monopisthocotylan parasites from clariids. More surveys of clariid fishes can lead to the discovery of multiple monopisthocotylan species that are new to the region or new to science.
Gyrhaiss K. Kasembele +8 more
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012 Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) is a semi-aquatic medium sized antelope currently enlisted on the IUCN red list of endangered species and is only endemic to the Bangweulu basin of Zambia.
Victor M. Siamudaala +4 more
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Scientific African, 2019 Fishing industry contributes 3.2% to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is important to the household, society and the environment. Despite its importance, fisheries based household is marginalized and underreported in national policy and ...
Felix Kanungwe Kalaba, Jacob Mwitwa
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Environmental ChallengesWetlands are among the most productive natural ecosystems globally, providing crucial ecosystem services to people. Regrettably, a substantial 64 % –71 % of wetlands have been lost worldwide since 1900, mainly due to changes in land use and land cover ...
Misheck Lesa Chundu, Kawawa Banda
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The geochronological framework of the Irumide Belt: A prolonged crustal history along the margin of the Bangweulu Craton [PDF]
Numerische Mathematik, 2009 Ion microprobe U-Th-Pb analyses of zircon from 40 granitoid rocks collected from the late Mesoproterozoic Irumide Belt in Central Southern Africa, along the southern margin of the Archean to Paleoproterozoic Bangweulu Block, provide a comprehensive set of age data for this complex orogen.
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