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Los relatos de cautivo. Apuntes para una nómina del género

open access: yesCriticón, 2023
Christian captives of islam occupied the literary scene of the Golden Age, showing up in novels of very different kinds during the years of war in the Mediterranean.
Juan Cerezo Soler
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Does the stress response predict the ability of wild birds to adjust to short-term captivity? A study of the rock pigeon (Columbia livia) [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2016
Although the transfer of wild animals to captivity is crucial for conservation purposes, this process is often challenging because some species or individuals do not adjust well to captive conditions. Chronic stress has been identified as a major concern
Frédéric Angelier   +3 more
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Mortality Causes in Captive Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) in Spain

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
The Cantabrian capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus cantabricus) is one of the most severely threatened subspecies of capercaillie. Its current population range is restricted to a small area of the Cantabrian Mountains (northwestern Spain), with only around ...
Alberto García-Rodríguez   +10 more
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Promoting Good Nonhuman Primate Welfare outside Regular Working Hours

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Promoting good primate welfare outside of daylight hours is an important task. The responsibility to provide a complex environment and environmental enrichment is an essential element of primate wellbeing programs that should be approached from a 24-h ...
Sabrina Brando   +2 more
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Effects of Captivity on the Morphology of the Insertion Sites of the Palmar Radiocarpal Ligaments in Hominoid Primates

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
The environmental conditions of captive hominoid primates can lead to modifications in several aspects of their behavior, including locomotion, which can then alter the morphological characteristics of certain anatomical regions, such as the knee or ...
Aroa Casado   +5 more
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The Patterns and Causes of Dermatitis in Terrestrial and Semi-Aquatic Mammalian Wildlife

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Causative disease and stress agents which manifest as dermatitis in mammals have varying effects on individual animals, from benign irritation and inflammation, to causing morbidity and even mortality.
Elise M. Ringwaldt   +3 more
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Successful Culture of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) Over Time: A Continuous Supply of the Holoplanktonic Jellyfish for Research and Industrial Applications

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca has potential value for research and a wide variety of industrial applications. However, its holoplanktonic life cycle makes it difficult to maintain a permanent stock in aquaculture, unlike the continuous supply of newly-
Ainara Ballesteros   +7 more
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A Wretched Subjectivity

open access: yesPoljarnyj Vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies, 2021
This article rethinks critically a landmark work of the twentieth century—The Captive Mind, by Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. Published in 1953, the book sought to understand human subjectivity, or, as it put it, “how the human mind functions,” in Cold ...
Milen Jissov
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Gendered and Ethnic Captivity and Slavery in Safavid Persia: A Literature Review

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the “pre-modern” discourse, in which gender and sexuality manifest—in contemporary terminology—queerness and fluidity.
Ladan Rahbari
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Freedom and Animal Welfare

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
The keeping of captive animals in zoos and aquariums has long been controversial. Many take freedom to be a crucial part of animal welfare and, on these grounds, criticise all forms of animal captivity as harmful to animal welfare, regardless of their ...
Heather Browning, Walter Veit
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