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Female barn owls (Tyto alba) advertise good genes [PDF]

, 2000
The good genes hypothesis of sexual selection postulates that ornamentation signals superior genetic quality to potential mates. Support for this hypothesis comes from studies on male ornamentation only, while it remains to be shown that female ...
Jungi, T. W., Pfister, H, Roulin, Alexandre,, Dijkstra, Cor,, Pfister, Hedi,, Roulin, A, Jungi, T.W, Dijkstra, C., Jungi, Thomas W.,   +8 more
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On the feasibility of using open source solvers for the simulation of a turbulent air flow in a dairy barn

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2020
Two transient open source solvers, OpenFOAM and ParMooN, and the commercial solver Ansys Fluent are assessed with respect to the simulation of the turbulent air flow inside and around a dairy barn.
D. Janke, A. Caiazzo, N. Ahmed, Najib Alia, O. Knoth, Baptiste Moreau, Ulrich Wilbrandt, Dilya Willink, T. Amon, V. John   +9 more
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Development of large scale inland flood scenarios for disaster response planning based on spatial/temporal conditional probability analysis

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
Extreme event scenarios are useful for civil emergency services to help in developing contingency plans for responding effectively to major flooding incidents.
Wood Elizabeth, Lamb Rob, Warren Sarah, Hunter Neil, Tawn Jonathan, Allan Richard, Laeger Stefan   +6 more
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Determinants of traffic mortality of Barn Owls (Tyto alba) in Friesland, The Netherlands

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2018
Collisions with vehicles can contribute significantly to overall mortality in many species. We aim to clarify causal factors affecting Barn Owl (Tyto alba) mortality along roads in the Province of Friesland, The Netherlands.
Johan de. Jong, Arnold van den Burg, Allan Liosi   +2 more
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"Nu är man betydligt mer försiktig" : Förskollärare om den fysiska kontakten mellan pedagoger och barn [PDF]

, 2021
Många studier har rapporterat om att det har skett en förändring över tid när det gäller den fysiska kontakten mellan pedagoger och barn. I den här studien är syftet att undersöka hur erfarna förskollärare beskriver de historiska förändringar som skett ...
Hedlin, Maria,
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Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019
The Moon cycle exposes nocturnal life to variation in environmental light. However, whether moonlight shapes the fitness of nocturnal species with distinct colour variants remains unknown.
Luis M. San-Jose, R. Séchaud, Kim Schalcher, C. Judes, Anastasia Questiaux, Aymeric Oliveira-Xavier, Charlène Gemard, B. Almasi, Paul Béziers, A. Kelber, A. Amar, A. Roulin   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Calculation of ventilation rates and ammonia emissions: Comparison of sampling strategies for a naturally ventilated dairy barn

, 2020
Emissions and ventilation rates (VRs) in naturally ventilated dairy barns (NVDBs) are usually measured using indirect methods, where the choice of inside and outside sampling locations (i.e. sampling strategy) is crucial.
D. Janke, D. Willink, C. Ammon, S. Hempel, S. Schrade, P. Demeyer, E. Hartung, B. Amon, N. Ogink, T. Amon   +9 more
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Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM IV: Barneversjon (ADIS for DSM IV:C)

PsykTestBarn, 2015
Beskrivelse: Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM IV: Barneversjon (ADIS for DSM-IV:C, forkortes ADIS-C) er et semistrukturert intervju for å diagnostisere angstlidelser hos barn og unge mellom 7 og 17 år.
Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen, Simon-Peter Neumer   +1 more
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Effects of management practices, animal transport and barn climate on animal health and antimicrobial use in Swiss veal calf operations.

Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2019
To assess the effects of transport, management factors and barn climate on calf health, 43 Swiss veal farms (11 large farms fattening ≥100 calves and 32 small farms fattening >20 but 3% included a lower number of calves fattened per year and a good ...
P. Schnyder, L. Schönecker, G. Schüpbach-Regula, M. Meylan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Where next for research in to simplified surface water flood modelling?

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
The Environment Agency has recently completed research looking at rainfall runoff assumption within national scale surface water flood mapping in England and Wales. In particular, the research focussed on the use of a single drainage rate parameter (x mm/
Baylis Adam, Peters Selena, Van Leeuwen Zora, Hunter Neil, Gill Elliot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source