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Animal welfare in poultry production systems: impact of EU standards on world trade [PDF]
, 2008 Animal welfare receives more legislative attention in the European Union (EU) than in many other regions of the world. Animal welfare standards for poultry are generally taken to be higher in the EU than in producing countries exporting to the EU ...
Achterbosch, T.J., Horne, P.L.M., van
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Natural History Sciences, 2021 Here we present the checklist of the vertebrates of the “Palude di Torre Flavia”, a protected area in Tyrrhenian central Italy (Special Protection Area according to the Directive 2009/147/EC).
Corrado Battisti +4 more
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Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in OrnithologyThis study aims to update knowledge on the 11 Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in the province of Pesaro-Urbino (Marches region, central Italy), many of which have not been monitored for long periods.
Marco Pantalone +8 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010 Broiler chickens have been selected for their rapid growth rate as well as for high carcass yields, with particular regard to the breast, and reared in intensive systems at high stocking density ranging from 30 to 40 kg live weight/m2.
Federico Sirri, Adele Meluzzi
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Biodiversity conservation often requires a landscape perspective. When establishing the Natura 2000 (N2k) network, the effectiveness of the sites and the influence of the surrounding landscapes for species of interest was often disregarded.
Ewa H. Orlikowska +4 more
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Sensing Magnetic Directions in Birds: Radical Pair Processes Involving Cryptochrome [PDF]
Biosensors, 2014 Birds can use the geomagnetic field for compass orientation. Behavioral experiments, mostly with migrating passerines, revealed three characteristics of the avian magnetic compass: (1) it works spontaneously only in a narrow functional window around the intensity of the ambient magnetic field, but can adapt to other intensities, (2) it is an ...
Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko
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An Economic Assessment of the Costs and Benefits of Natura 2000 Sites in Scotland [PDF]
, 2004 In accordance with the European Commission "Habitats Directive" (Directive 92/43/EEC) and the "Birds Directive" (Directive 79/409/EEC), Scotland must contribute to the development of a UK network of protected areas that represent the most important ...
Coulthard, Nonie +4 more
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Strength through diversity: how cancers thrive when clones cooperate
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Intratumor heterogeneity can offer direct benefits to the tumor through cooperation between different clones. In this review, Kuiken et al. discuss existing evidence for clonal cooperativity to identify overarching principles, and highlight how novel technological developments could address remaining open questions.
Marije C. Kuiken +3 more
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Evaluation of national parks on the basis of Nature 2000 areas
Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2017 The goal of this work is to present the valorisation of national park based on the criteria resulting from standard data forms (SDF). The analysis covered a number of areas protected under the Birds Directive and Habitats Directive with the A, B or C ...
Kapuściński Ryszard +1 more
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Fulmar Litter EcoQO Monitoring in the Netherlands 1979-2008 in relation to EU Directive 200/59/EC on Port Reception Facilities [PDF]
, 2010 Operational and cargo related wastes from ships are an important source of litter in the marine environment in the southern North Sea and cause serious economical and ecological damage.
Franeker, J.A., van
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