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Coyotes Hunt Harbor Seal Pups on the California Coast. [PDF]

Ecology
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 2, February 2025.
Gerraty FD, Grimes S, Pemberton S, Allen SG, Codde SA.   +4 more
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Navigating the risks and rewards of scavenging in multipredator, human-impacted landscapes. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Large carnivores can influence smaller scavengers through both positive and negative interactions (e.g., carrion provisioning and intraguild killing) and ultimately shape scavenging efficiency. However, we know little about this trade‐off in anthropogenic landscapes where humans kill carnivores and provide carrion subsidies.
Cunningham CX, Windell R, Satterfield LC, Wirsing AJ, Newsome TM, Ganz TR, Prugh LR.   +6 more
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Vulture Exclusion Halves Large Carcass Decomposition Rates and Doubles Fly Abundance. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We experimentally excluded vultures from pig carcasses (Sus scrofa) in Costa Rica, under different habitats and across seasons with the aim to assess the impact of vulture population decline on carrion decomposition and insect abundance. Vulture exclusion halved carcass decomposition rates and doubled fly abundance, while dung beetle abundance remained
Grootaers J, Hernández Campos G, Marie Montenegro V, Vega Quispe R, Wicks S, Campos Landázuri S, Tubelli EF, Vega-Reyes F, Basso E, Whitworth A, Young A, Beirne C.   +11 more
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The Corneal Structure of the Yellow-Legged Gull, Larus michahellis (Naumann, 1840). [PDF]

J Morphol
This study examines the cornea of Larus michahellis using light and electron microscopy, revealing essential structural details. The corneal epithelium is a nonkeratinized, stratified layer with microridges and microvilli that improve optical properties.
Cobo R, Navarro-Sempere A, Mielgo P, Segovia Y, García M.   +4 more
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Does solar irradiation drive community assembly of vulture plumage microbiotas? [PDF]

Anim Microbiome, 2020
Background Stereotyped sunning behaviour in birds has been hypothesized to inhibit keratin-degrading bacteria but there is little evidence that solar irradiation affects community assembly and abundance of plumage microbiota.
Graves GR, Matterson KO, Milensky CM, Schmidt BK, O'Mahoney MJV, Drovetski SV.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Notes on vultures (Cathartidae) in Paraguay with a supporting bibliography [PDF]

, 2021
Paraguay is often overlooked by ornithological researchers as much of its literature is obscure, hard to find or published locally. This is equally true of Cathartid vultures.
Smith, Paul
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Contenido de Cadmio y Plomo en tejido de Hígado y Riñón en el Jote de Cabeza Colorada Cathartes aura (Linneo, 1758) de Chañaral, Desierto de Atacama, Chile [PDF]

, 2013
Indexación: Web of Science; ScieloThe Atacama region, Chile, presents one of the highest levels of mining exploitation of the country, which leads to high levels of contamination from mine tailings and other related environmental liabilities.
Abarca, Jorge, Alvarado, Sergio, Codoceo, Juana, Inostroza, Jorge, Ruz, Manuel, Urra R., Carolina, Valladares F., Pablo   +6 more
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Multidirectional chromosome painting substantiates the occurrence of extensive genomic reshuffling within Accipitriformes. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Previous cross-species painting studies with probes from chicken (Gallus gallus) chromosomes 1-10 and a paint pool of nineteen microchromosomes have revealed that the drastic karyotypic reorganization in Accipitridae is due to extensive ...
Beiyuan Fu, Bertrand Bed’Hom, Fengtang Yang, Gauthier Dobigny, Jinghuan Wang, Kai He, Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith, Patricia C. M. O’Brien, Vitaly Volobouev, Weiting Su, Wenhui Nie   +10 more
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Evaluation of predation in Podocnemis expansa and Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) in the Javaés River, Tocantins [PDF]

, 2009
Podocnemis expansa e P. unifilis são animais de vida longa, com uma demorada maturação sexual, o que influencia uma baixa taxa de substituição de indivíduos.
MALVASIO, Adriana, PORTELINHA, Thiago Costa Gonçalves, SALERA JUNIOR, Giovanni   +2 more
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Windsurfing in Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) [PDF]

, 2016
Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) were observed using tailwind as a support for high-speed water transportation on three different occasions in three different locations in Sweden. With the wings arched over the back, they traveled similar to 100 m in an inlet of
Terenius, Olle
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