Blood Parasites and Wildlife: The Development of a Discipline. [PDF]
Changes in our knowledge on blood parasite infections of wild animals in the last 30 years is reviewed with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny, impact of infections on fitness, and distribution of blood parasites. ABSTRACT In the last 30 years, the area of the study of parasitism caused by blood parasite infections on wildlife has suffered an ...
Merino S.
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Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny [PDF]
Recent studies based on different types of data (i.e. morphological and molecular) have supported conflicting phylogenies for the genera of avian feather lice (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera).
Archie J. W. +52 more
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Storage Method for ‘Psocoptera’ (Insecta: Psocodea) in “CD Box”
. The use of a “CD box” adapted to the storage of slides, and other body parts of dissected psocopterans was proposed. Um Método de Armazenamento para Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) em Caixa de CD Resumo.
Alberto Moreira Silva-Neto +2 more
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New records of Dictyopsocus pennicornis (Burmeister) (Psocodea 'Psocoptera': Psocidae: Psocinae)
. First records of Dictyopsocus pennicornis (Burmeister), in the northeastern Brazilian states of Bahia, Ceará and Paraíba, are presented, with biogeographic comments.
João Alves Oliveira +3 more
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Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) from the National Natural Park Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia [PDF]
The Psocoptera fauna of Gorgona National Natural Park, Colombian pacific, consists of 75 species in 42 genera and 21 families. 1 730 specimens were collected in the period November 2007-June 2011.
García Aldrete, Alfonso N. +2 more
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Evidence against a Germ Plasm in the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus, a Hemimetabolous Insect [PDF]
Primordial germ cell (PGC) formation in holometabolous insects like Drosophila melanogaster relies on maternally synthesised germ cell determinants that are asymmetrically localised to the oocyte posterior cortex. Embryonic nuclei that inherit this "germ
Ewen-Campen, Benjamin Scott +2 more
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Ground-dwelling arthropod responses to succession in a pinyon-juniper woodland [PDF]
Stand-replacing wildfire is an infrequent but important disturbance in southwestern pinyon-juniper woodlands. A typical successional cycle in these woodlands is approximately 300 years or more after a stand-replacing fire.
Brantley, Sandra L. +4 more
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Taxonomy of lice and their endosymbiotic bacteria in the post-genomic era.
Recent studies of molecular and genomic data from the parasitic lice of birds and mammals, as well as their mutualistic endosymbiotic bacteria, are changing the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of these organisms.
B. Boyd, B. Boyd, D. Reed
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TRADISI WILUJENGAN ATAU SELAMETAN DALAM PRESERVASI DI REKSO PUSTOKO MANGKUNEGARA SURAKARTA [PDF]
Wilujengan or selametan is a tradition that is often held by the Javanese. One that carries out the wilujengan tradition is the Rekso Pustoko Mangkunegaran Library, which is located in Solo, Central Java.
Marintan, Mega Alif
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Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges
Abstract The welfare of non‐human animals is central to ethical discussions on animal use, with increasing attention to fish welfare across research, aquaria, aquaculture, and fisheries. This paper reviews current theoretical approaches to animal welfare and recent advances in defining and assessing fish welfare since the seminal paper by Huntingford ...
Sonia Rey Planellas +16 more
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