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Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats [PDF]
, 2017 Mercury (Hg) is a pervasive heavy metal that often enters the environment from anthropogenic sources such as gold mining and agriculture. Chronic exposure to Hg can impair immune function, reducing the ability of animals to resist or recover from ...
Altizer, Sonia +7 more
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Molecular Survey of Bacterial Zoonotic Agents in Bats from the Country of Georgia (Caucasus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Bats are important reservoirs for many zoonotic pathogens. However, no surveys of bacterial pathogens in bats have been performed in the Caucasus region.
Ying Bai +9 more
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Florida’s Bats: Tricolored Bat
EDIS, 2017 NA
Holly K. Ober, Terry Doonan, Emily Evans
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American Journal of Botany, Volume 109, Issue 12, Page 2068-2081, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Premise Approximately 14% of all fern species have physiologically active chlorophyllous spores that are much more short‐lived than the more common and dormant achlorophyllous spores. Most chlorophyllous‐spored species (70%) are epiphytes and account for almost 37% of all epiphytic ferns.
Daniela Mellado‐Mansilla +6 more
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Poxviruses in bats … so what? [PDF]
, 2014 Poxviruses are important pathogens of man and numerous domestic and wild animal species. Cross species (including zoonotic) poxvirus infections can have drastic consequences for the recipient host.
Anthony +14 more
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“What is it like to be a bat?”—a pathway to the answer from the integrated information theory [PDF]
, 2017 What does it feel like to be a bat? Is conscious experience of echolocation closer to that of vision or audition? Or do bats process echolocation nonconsciously, such that they do not feel anything about echolocation?
Naotsugu, Tsuchiya
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European Bat Lyssavirus in Scottish Bats
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 We report the first seroprevalence study of the occurrence of specific antibodies to European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) in Daubenton's bats. Bats were captured from 19 sites across eastern and southern Scotland. Samples from 198 Daubenton's bats, 20 Natterer's bats, and 6 Pipistrelle's bats were tested for EBLV-2.
Susan M. Swift +10 more
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Fish and amphibians as bat predators [PDF]
, 2015 Although bats (Chiroptera) belong to the most diverse mammalian orders, study of diversity of their natural predators has been seriously neglected for a long time.
Mikula, Peter
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Fulfilling and desperately needed: Australian media representations of responses to homelessness
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 783-797, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Homelessness is a significant social issue that continues to confront Australian society, despite burgeoning public and policy responses to the issue. Existing scholarship demonstrates the important role the media can play in shaping such responses by framing homelessness – and the people who experience it – in particular ways.
Laura Simpson Reeves +3 more
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