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Preserve birds in their natural NZ habitat and save their “Wild Musick”. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The Wild Musick framework has been created to support the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Tourism) NZ, Department of Conservation, Ministry of Conservation, and Ministry of Youth Development. It works to encourage the youth, and families
Ayesha, Hakim, Prashant, Khanna
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Decreased cold‐sensing function of the transient receptor potential channel TRPM8 from tailed amphibians

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Owl Decoys and Non-threatening Objects on Bird Feeding Behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As traditional agricultural practices change, the scarecrow has also been renovated and modernized to include mock natural predators, such as owls, hawks, and falcons instead of comical human representations.
Rensel, Leah J, Wilder, Jannell D.
core   +1 more source

Orthography and Identity in Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The tone languages of sub-Saharan Africa raise challenging questions for the design of new writing systems. Marking too much or too little tone can have grave consequences for the usability of an orthography.
Bird, Steven
core   +2 more sources

Low‐Cost, Large‐Scale Nanoporous Metals by Mechanical Alloying, Oxide Reduction, and Dealloying of Powders

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Powder metal processing provides scalable advantages in nanoporous (np) metal development. Mechanical alloying is used to produce unique precursors for hybrid nanopore formation by oxide reduction and dealloying. As demonstrated in np Ag, this approach improves process efficiency while promoting smaller ligaments and larger pores, both of which are ...
Mark A. Atwater, Oliver A. Fowler
wiley   +1 more source

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Declines Follow Bison (Bison bison) Reintroduction on Private Conservation Grasslands

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Among the most rapidly declining birds in continental North America, grassland birds evolved with American bison (Bison bison) until bison nearly became extinct due to overhunting.
Rachel H. Kaplan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The FireBird Mission – A Scientific Mission for Earth Observation and Hot SpotDetection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
More than 10 years ago the first specialized small satellite for hot spot recognition and fire observation was designed, built and operated by several DLR departments.
Lorenz, Eckehard   +2 more
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Introduced birds in urban remnant vegetation : does remnant size really matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Introduced birds are a pervasive and dominant element of urban ecosystems. We examined the richness and relative abundance of introduced bird species in small (1–5 ha) medium (6–15 ha) and large (>15 ha) remnants of native vegetation ...
Anderson D. R.   +16 more
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A continental system for forecasting bird migration

open access: yesScience, 2018
Bird forecast Billions of birds migrate across the globe each year, and, in our modern environment, many collide with human-made structures and vehicles.
Benjamin M. Van Doren, K. Horton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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