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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 The genus Eumonospora Allen, 1933 (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae), an avian coccidia, is characterized by monosporocystic and octasporozoic oocysts without Stieda and substieda bodies.
Kazunori Ike, Toshihiro Tokiwa
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Advancing One Health surveillance with non-invasive biomonitoring: a review of persistent pesticide exposure assessment using external keratinized animal tissue [PDF]
One Health OutlookIntroduction Despite less use today, persistent pesticides remain ubiquitous in the environment, and exposure presents risks for humans, animals, and ecosystems.
Meredith Spivak +4 more
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The genome sequence of the Mauritius kestrel, Falco punctatus (Temminck, 1821) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual male Falco punctatus (the Mauritius kestrel; Chordata; Aves; Falconiformes; Falconidae). The genome sequence is 1,279.3 megabases in span.
M. Thomas P. Gilbert +7 more
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Holding a wing horizontal: Roles for muscles of the pectoral girdle other than the main two flight muscles. [PDF]
J AnatThis report explores which muscles of the pectoral girdle are employed to allow birds to hold their wings horizontally with a level aerofoil surface during a glide. Abstract Whilst many birds glide briefly with wings held horizontally, some species maintain this posture for extended periods during soaring.
Deeming DC, Mosto MC.
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Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2021 A total of 45 voucher specimens of falcons which are deposited in the bird's collection of the Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum (INHM) were reviewed.
Afkar M. Had +3 more
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Sedimentary Metagenomics Reveal Avian Community Transitions From the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe used sedimentary ancient DNA shotgun metagenomics to reconstruct past bird communities in northern high‐latitude environments. By using long time series and data collected across a large environmental gradient, we contributed in a unique and explorative way to the understanding of palaeoecological dynamics between birds and their habitat on the ...
Sander MM +5 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2020 The main disadvantage of the generally accepted trinary system of around-species nomenclature is the lack of a species concept. This leads to the fact that any lower taxon can be declared a species or subspecies, and any combination of these taxa of ...
Pavel V. Pfander
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023 Птицы отрядов Falconiformes, Accipitriformes и Strigiformes находятся на вершине экологической пирамиды, в связи с чем, наиболее уязвимы к изменениям природной среды, происходящим под влиянием деятельности человека.
Sergey V. Vazhov
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, 2022 The Eocene taxon Masillaraptoridae includes long-legged, raptorial birds, the phylogenetic affinities of which are poorly resolved. Here, fossils from the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, U.K.) are described, which corroborate the hypothesis ...
Gerald Mayr (755837) +1 more
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Zoodiversity, 2020 Spatial and temporal changes in the nutrition of four species of diurnal birds of prey and six species of owls, traditionally referred to polyphages (generalists), are considered.
I. Komarnytskyi +2 more
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