Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy, Apulia). Legacies and issues in excavating a key site for the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean [PDF]
Grotta Romanelli, located on the Adriatic coast of southern Apulia (Italy), is considered a key site for the Mediterranean Pleistocene for its archaeological and palaeontological contents. The site, discovered in 1874, was re-evaluated only in 1900, when
Brilli, M +11 more
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Dogs’ remarkable success in living in a human-dominated world rests on a set of adaptations to cohabitation with humans. In this paper, I review the nature of these adaptations.
Clive D. L. Wynne
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Bacteria isolated from Bengal cat (Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis) anal sac secretions produce volatile compounds potentially associated with animal signaling. [PDF]
In social animals, scent secretions and marking behaviors play critical roles in communication, including intraspecific signals, such as identifying individuals and group membership, as well as interspecific signaling.
Cho, Adrienne W +8 more
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Early star catalogues of the southern sky: De Houtman, Kepler (Second and Third Classes), and Halley [PDF]
De Houtman in 1603, Kepler in 1627 and Halley in 1679 published the earliest modern catalogues of the southern sky. We provide machine-readable versions of these catalogues, make some comparisons between them, and briefly discuss their accuracy on the ...
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Here we described the remains of Canis lupus from the bed 8 of Avetrana karst filling (Late Pleistocene; Taranto, Southern Italy). The studied specimens are larger than those collected from the early Late Pleistocene Apulian localities and those referred
DAVIDE F.BERTÈ, LUCA PANDOLFI
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Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. [PDF]
Protection of populations comprising admixed genomes is a challenge under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which is regarded as the most powerful species protection legislation ever passed in the United States but lacks specific provisions for hybrids ...
Cahill, James A +8 more
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Toxocara canis es un parásito cuyas larvas L3 causan la toxocariasis humana, zoonosis de distribución mundial con elevadas prevalencias en áreas neotropicales.
César Jara Campos +2 more
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Mapping trends of large and medium size carnivores of conservation interest in Romania
We analysed yearly estimates of population size data during 2001-2012 for five carnivores species of conservation interest (Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Lynx lynx, Felis silvestris and Canis aureus).
Constantin Cazacu +7 more
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Variations of mitochondrial control region in Iranian wolves and dogs populations [PDF]
The wolf (Canis lupus) in Iran is widely distributed all over the country, except in the deserts. Recent studies showed that dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) were domesticated by managing small packs of wolves in south-west and south-east of Asia, and ...
Marziyeh Asadi Aghbelaghi +4 more
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Auditory communication in domestic dogs: vocal signalling in the extended social environment of a companion animal [PDF]
Domestic dogs produce a range of vocalisations, including barks, growls, and whimpers, which are shared with other canid species. The source–filter model of vocal production can be used as a theoretical and applied framework to explain how and why the ...
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