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Morphometric characterization of local geese in the Valley of Kashmir
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2014 An extensive study was carried out in the geese rearing areas of Kashmir Valley to record the morphometric parameters which included external body measurements and visceral measurements of local geese.
HENNA HAMADANI +5 more
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Size matters: relationships between body size and body mass of common coastal, aquatic invertebrates in the Baltic Sea [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Organism biomass is one of the most important variables in ecological studies, making biomass estimations one of the most common laboratory tasks.
Johan Eklöf +6 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Body size is one of the most important traits of an organism. Among reptiles, both lizards and snakes show body size differences that span a similar six orders of magnitude variation.
Haixia Wu +3 more
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Experimental harvesting of fish populations drives genetically based shifts in body size and maturation [PDF]
, 2013 Size-selective harvesting in commercial fisheries can induce rapid changes in biological traits. While experimental and wild harvested populations often exhibit clear shifts in body size and maturation associated with fishing pressure, the relative ...
Christine Dreyer +9 more
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Body size determines eyespot size and presence in coral reef fishes
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Numerous organisms display conspicuous eyespots. These eye‐like patterns have been shown to effectively reduce predation by either deflecting strikes away from nonvital organs or by intimidating potential predators.
Christopher R. Hemingson +2 more
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Role of zooplanktonic functional groups in a shallow mesotrophic reservoir
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 2023 : Aim Zooplankton functional groups play an important role in lake functioning and can readily respond to environmental changes and may be associated with phytoplankton changes.
Maria Carolina de Almeida Castilho +3 more
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Turbidity weakens selection for assortment in body size in groups [PDF]
, 2015 Prey animals commonly associate with similar-looking individuals to reduce predation risk, via a reduction in predator targeting accuracy (the confusion effect) and preferential targeting of distinct individuals (the oddity effect).
Kimbell, Helen S., Morrell, Lesley J.
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015 Objective: To examine the relationship between the body size norms of Black and Hispanic adults and the body sizes of their social network members. Methods: Egocentric network data were examined for 245 adults recruited from 2012–2013 in New York City. A
Ginger Winston +8 more
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Reduced strength and increased variability of extinction selectivity during mass extinctions
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Two of the traits most often observed to correlate with extinction risk in marine animals are geographical range and body size. However, the relative effects of these two traits on extinction risk have not been investigated systematically for either ...
Pedro M. Monarrez +2 more
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Testing mechanisms of Bergmann’s rule: Phenotypic decline but no genetic change in body size in three posserine bird populations [PDF]
, 2011 Bergmann’s rule predicts a decrease in body size with increasing temperature and has much empirical support. Surprisingly, we know very little about whether “Bergmann size clines” are due to a genetic response or are a consequence of phenotypic ...
Hille, S.M., Husby, A., Visser, M.E.
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