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A Comparison of the Effects of Habitat Type and Human Influence on Occupancy of Freshwater Turtles in the Mississippi Embayment 栖息地类型与人类影响对密西西比湾淡水龟分布影响的比较

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Pond and riverine turtles respond to land‐use in similar ways being sensitive to increased exposure to roads but resilient to agriculture. ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are highly diverse in the southeastern United States, yet few studies document how diversity is distributed in agricultural and rural landscapes.
Rowland Fournier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision at high latitudes: High sensitivity without specific boreal adaptations in photoreception in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.)

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The light climate at high latitudes, in particular the extended twilight of winter and the reduced diel variation in light level in midsummer and midwinter, potentially constrains visual function and the synchronisation of temporal organisation in polar species. In this
Nicholas J. C. Tyler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nationwide diversity of symbolic “city flowers” in Japan is increasing

open access: yesEcological Research, EarlyView.
In this study, we examined how city governments in Japan assess their local biota and their services. The groundbreaking point of our study was the use of “city flowers,” which are the official symbolic species designated in each Japanese city, to measure awareness of the biocultural backgrounds by local governments.
Yoichi Tsuzuki   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additive manufacturing of a 3D-segmented plastic scintillator detector for tracking and calorimetry of elementary particles. [PDF]

open access: yesCommun Eng
Weber T   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Affective assemblages of kinship and single mothers’ labour migration from a ‘climate hotspot’

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In coastal Bangladesh, ‘affective assemblages of kinship’ produce differential abilities for landless single mothers to migrate to brick kilns, the garment industry, and the Gulf. This group of women who return to their natal homes as a response to violence or abandonment is neglected by anthropologists of kinship and migration. Thinking of assemblages
Camelia Dewan
wiley   +1 more source

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