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Ecology of bat flies in Singapore: A study on the diversity, infestation bias and host specificity (Diptera: Nycteribiidae)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Bat flies are highly-specialized, hematophagous arthropods that are globally ubiquitous. There is little published research on bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in Singapore and understanding the diversity of nycteribiids, host association and ...
Zong Xian Lim, Alan T. Hitch, Benjamin P. Y.-H. Lee, Dolyce H.W. Low, Erica Sena Neves, Sophie A. Borthwick, Gavin J.D. Smith, Ian H. Mendenhall   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flying high--assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats [PDF]

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2007
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Kalko, Elisabeth Klara Viktoria, Estrada Villegas, Sergio, Schmidt, Michael, Wegmann, Martin, Meyer, Christoph F. J.   +4 more
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The reproductive success of the parasitic bat fly Basilia nana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) is affected by the low roost fidelity of its host, the Bechstein's bat ( Myotis bechsteinii ) [PDF]

, 2018
We studied the reproductive ecology of the bat fly Basilia nana on free-ranging colonial female and solitary male Bechstein's bats (Myotis bechsteinii) during one reproductive season. The reproduction of B.
Kerth, Gerald, Reckardt, Karsten
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Nycteribia parvula Speiser, 1901 (Diptera, Nycteribiidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023
Species of the family Nycteribiidae are blood-sucking ectoparasites that parasitize bats. To further enrich the molecular data of species in the family Nycteribiidae, the complete mitochondrial genome of Nycteribia parvula was sequenced for the first ...
Jinting Yang, Xiaobin Huang, Huijuan Yang, Yujuan Wang, Xianzheng Zhang, Xiaoyan Zheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin, Kersty Hobson, Wouter Poortinga, Mark Stead, Julia Newth, Jonathan Reeves, Merideth Gattis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular prevalence of Bartonella spp. in bat flies in east coast Malaysia

Heliyon
Bats are a significant reservoir for numerous pathogens, including Bartonella spp. It is one of the emerging zoonotic bacterial diseases that can be transmitted to humans and may cause various unspecific clinical manifestations.
Tan Li Peng, Azra Hafizah Kamar, Maizan Mohamed, Brenda Gilbert, Nani Izreen Mohd Sani, C.W. Salma C.W. Zalati, Ruhil Hayati Hamdan, Abdulloh Samoh, Shih Keng Loong   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
wiley   +1 more source

What makes a host profitable? Parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity [PDF]

, 2008
Numerous host qualities can modulate parasite fitness, and among these, host nutritive resources and immunity are of prime importance. Indeed, parasite fitness increases with the amount of nutritive resources extracted from the host body and decreases ...
Bize, P., Jeanneret, C., Klopfenstein, A., Roulin, A.   +3 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source