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Scratching beneath the surface: Quantification of muscle architecture and myosin heavy chain content in the forelimbs of black‐tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys, Rodentia)

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Black‐tailed prairie dogs are highly social ground squirrels that excavate communal burrow systems, most often in medium‐textured soils. Their forelimbs demonstrate morphofunctional trade‐offs for scratch‐digging and terrestrial ecology, including well‐developed and fast‐contracting proximal musculature with large mechanical advantage paired with ...
Luke A. Scheetz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Long Arc of Forest Land Dispossession and Degradation—Firm and State Actions on Sámi Lands in the Wood‐Based Commodity Frontier in Northern Sweden, 1673–1955

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a new way of obtaining deep explanations of environmental problems. We expose the production strategies, corporate strategies and state actions that have been taken by firms and state agencies to facilitate the geographical expansion of the wood‐based commodity frontier at the expense of reindeer pastoralists among the ...
David Harnesk, Lars Östlund
wiley   +1 more source

War against superbugs, stopping them before they stop us: a biological warfare approach to safeguard European biosecurity. [PDF]

open access: yesTrauma Surg Acute Care Open
Uren H   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Settler Sociology: Eugenic Responses to Imperial Crises in the 20th Century

open access: yesSociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, academic concerns about changes in the racial demographics of the United States emanated from the potential crisis of settler colonial decline. In their references to previous empires, stories of contact between people groups, and changes in demographics, settler scholars worked to provide solutions to the ever ...
Heidi Nicholls
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Sibling Death in Midlife on Tension Among Surviving Siblings

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study investigates changes in sibling tension following the deaths of sibship members in midlife, as well as the processes underlying these changes, particularly as they vary by the gender of the deceased sibling. Background Relationships with siblings are among adults' most enduring ties across the life course, serving as ...
J. Jill Suitor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Warfare Plan in the 17th Century—the Siege of Candia, 1648–1669. [PDF]

open access: yesEmerg Infect Dis, 2015
Thalassinou E   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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