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Biological control of conifer seed damage by the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
This paper describes the development of a biological technique that successfully controls conifer seed damage by the deer mouse. Eleven experiments have been conducted on three study areas at the University of British Columbia Research Forest, Maple ...
Sullivan, Thomas P.
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Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Hazards to golden-mantled ground squirrels and associated secondary hazard potential from strychnine baiting for forest pocket gophers [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
Radio telemetry and capture-recapture techniques were used to evaluate the hazards to golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis) from hand baiting with 0.5% strychnine-treated oats for western pocket gophers (Thomomys mazama) on conifer ...
Anthony, R. Michael   +2 more
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Across species: A comparative perspective on red cell homeostasis and its influence on our understanding of human physiology and disease

open access: yesBritish Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
This review highlights how studies on animal red cells have enriched our understanding of the behaviour of those from humans. A comparative perspective has enhanced our knowledge of human red cell pathophysiology Summary This review emphasises how studies on animal red cells have enriched our understanding of the behaviour of those from humans.
Kathleen M. Connolly   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal and geographic evidence for evolution of Sin Nombre virus using molecular analyses of viral RNA from Colorado, New Mexico and Montana

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2009
Background All viruses in the family Bunyaviridae possess a tripartite genome, consisting of a small, a medium, and a large RNA segment. Bunyaviruses therefore possess considerable evolutionary potential, attributable to both intramolecular changes and ...
Calisher Charles H   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of season, photoperiod, and pineal melatonin on immune function. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
In addition to the well-documented seasonal cycles of mating and birth, there are also significant seasonal cycles of illness and death among many animal populations.
Demas, G   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Category fluency and creative potential in semantic aphasia

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative cognition involves linking weakly or unrelated concepts, enabled by semantic control (inhibiting dominant associations to retrieve weaker ones) or through spreading activation within the semantic system. Semantic aphasia (SA) patients have impaired semantic control despite relatively preserved semantic representations.
Hannah E. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sixty original plays for primary grades [PDF]

open access: yes, 1957
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston ...
Clayton, Madeline E.   +5 more
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Of Carcasses and Christ: Rereading the Repugnant Ecological Other

open access: yesJournal of Religious Ethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay claims that a collection of hunting and fishing devotionals provincializes a common trope in environmental literatures: the figure of the repugnantly anti‐ecological conservative Protestant. A close reading of these texts reveals their authors’ and ideal audiences’ extensive knowledge of land and animal minds, which deflates their ...
Colin B. Weaver
wiley   +1 more source

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