Complex plant-disperser-pest interactions in NW Amazonia : beetle larvae and companions travelling inside Attalea maripa palm nuts [PDF]
, 2006 The dispersal and predation, by vertebrates, of bruchid beetle larvae living inside Attalea maripa palm nuts are described in the region of the Middle Negro river (state of Amazonas, Brazil).
Guix, Juan Carlos
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Mamíferos encontrados em dois castanhais localizados ao sudoeste do Estado do Acre, Brasil. [PDF]
, 2011 O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi registrar as espécies de mamíferos que ocorrem em dois castanhais localizados ao sudoeste do Estado do Acre: no Seringal Filipinas, que faz parte da Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (doravante denominado Resex ...
DRUMOND, P. M., ROSAS, G. K. C.
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Animal models of atherosclerosis. [PDF]
, 2017 Atherosclerosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Many animal models have been developed to study atherosclerosis, and permit experimental conditions, diet and environmental risk factors to be carefully controlled ...
Chan, Yin Wah Fiona +8 more
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CVT/GPL phase 3 integrated testing [PDF]
The hardware for 20 candidate shuttle program life sciences experiments was installed in the GPL and experiments were conducted during a 5-day simulated mission. The experiments involved humans, primates, rats, chickens, and marigold plants.
Cantrell, E. +3 more
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Foraging under Predation Risk: A test of giving-up densities with samango monkeys in South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 Animals frequently make a trade-off between food and safety and will sacrifice feeding effort if it means safety from predators. A forager can also vary its vigilance levels to manage predation risk.
SASSOON, RACHEL
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Detection of herpesviruses in neotropical primates from São Paulo, Brazil. [PDF]
Braz J Microbiol, 2023 Furusato IN +13 more
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Estudio base para el monitoreo ecológico de especies conspicuas de aves y mamíferos en la Estación Biológica Sirena, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Puntarenas, Costa Rica [PDF]
, 2013 Proyecto de Graduación (Licenciatura en Ingeniería Forestal) Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, 2013.A study based on an ecological monitoring conspicuous species of birds and mammals at the Sirena Biological Station ...
Loayza-Aguilar, Tatiana Lucía
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Evaluación preliminar del efecto de la fragmentación sobre la demografìa y el uso del hábitat del mono aullador negro Alouatta palliata en el área de Puyango, provincia de El Oro [PDF]
, 2017 In Ecuador, the interest in studying howler monkey populations has increased in past years. The mantled howler monkey Alouatta palliata aequatorialis is considered to be “Endangered” in Ecuador.
Rubio Maldonado, Alejandro José
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Molecular evolution of growth hormone [PDF]
, 2014 Growth hormone (GH) is a single-chain protein hormone of about 190 residues, expressed mainly in the vertebrate anterior pituitary gland, which regulates somatic growth and various aspects of metabolism; many of these actions are mediated by insulin ...
Wallis, Michael
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Evolution of the Sweetness Receptor in Primates. I. Why Does Alitame Taste Sweet in all Prosimians and Simians, and Aspartame only in Old World Simians? [PDF]
, 2017 In the order Primates the responses to sucrose, alitame and aspartame were ascertained. All primates tested to date like sucrose and prefer this sweet substance to tap water.
Glaser, D., Nofre, C., Tinti, J.M.
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