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Bat Conservation Trust

According to the folks at the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) in the UK, "Bats are amazing animals, and an important part of our natural environment." In the UK there are 18 different species of bats, and all of them are protected by law due to ...

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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
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Pathogen-mediated selection and phylogeny shape MHC architecture in 33 bat genomes. [PDF]

Front Immunol
Silver LW, Melville DW, Schraven AL, Meyer M, Opoku BA, Belov K, Sommer S, Hogg CJ.   +7 more
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Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez, James C. Russell   +6 more
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VEGFR-dependent signaling contributes to postnatal brown adipose tissue development in Syrian hamsters. [PDF]

J Physiol Sci
Sujan KM, Tamakoshi Y, Seok BS, Yang Z, Xu S, Elfeky M, Kato-Suzuki M, Okamatsu-Ogura Y.   +7 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
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From Canopy to Cropland: How Forest Loss Alters Bat Pest-Consumption in Two African Agroecosystems

Increasing agricultural production is driving conversion of natural habitats to farmland, threatening biodiversity and undermining ecosystem services such as natural pest regulation.
Chibesa, Moses, Tobias, Joseph A, Budinski, Ivana, Welch, Andreanna J, Annorbah, Nathaniel ND, Devenish, Adam JM, Taylor-Boyd, Helen, Montauban, Cecilia, Dwumah, Afrifa K, Mata, Vanessa A   +9 more
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Brown Adipose Tissue: Molecular Mechanisms of Regulation, Physiological Functions, and Therapeutic Targets. [PDF]

MedComm (2020)
Deng X, Shen Y, Sun Y, Lu L, Sun C.
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Marko Pologiin ayalal: Venetsiin Ramuziogiin 1559 onii huvilbar / The travels of Marco Polo: Ramusio's Venetian version (1559)

This book is the second edition with additional notes of the Travels of Marco in Mongolian language (Translation by Bat-Uchral G, Edition, commentary and annotation by Ragagnin, E & Simion, S & Auyeskhan R.
Elisabetta Ragagnin, Samuela Simion, Bat-Uchral Ganzorig, Raima Auyeskhan   +3 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Sustainable Innovation: Can Organisational Resilience Clarify the Missing Link?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although firms that integrate a sustainability orientation (SO) may experience a significant improvement in their resource efficiency, many, particularly small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), still struggle with the complexities of incorporating sustainability into their business models.
Michael Adu Kwarteng, David Sarpong, Kwadwo Asante, Petr Novak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source