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‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Are Only Playing’: Reflections on the Pandemic's Effects on Immigrant Preschoolers' Mentalisation and Play During the Sand Play Workshops

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mentalisation and symbolisation are important processes to support children in understanding their lived experience. By expressing what is most salient to them through pretend play, children can normally develop their capacity to mentalise and symbolise, which helps them cope with adversity.
Caroline Beauregard
wiley   +1 more source

Research Progress on the Molecular Mechanism of Poultry Feather Follicle Development. [PDF]

Curr Issues Mol Biol
Wang J, Zhu S, Xiong X, Qiu M, Zhang Z, Hu C, Yang L, Peng H, Song X, Chen J, Xia B, Xiong Z, Du L, Yu C, Yang C.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The plasticisation model of dye diffusion: Part 8

Coloration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Re‐evaluation using the Williams–Landel–Ferry equation, of exhaustion/rate of dyeing/fixation data previously reported for and acid dye, natural dye and two reactive dyes on three different types of silk substrate revealed that thermally activated dye diffusivity is governed by the thermally regulated structural relaxation times of the ...
Stephen M. Burkinshaw
wiley   +1 more source

Combined computational, rational, and empirical design of boiling-resistant keratinase. [PDF]

Appl Environ Microbiol
Yang Y, Luo Y, Ding Y, Yao Y, Liu J, Xu Z, Li Y, Li H, Gan F, Tang X-F, Tang B.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of feeding a high fiber diet and roughage on stress and clinical welfare indicators in fast-growing broiler breeder pullets. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Wurtz KE, Thodberg K, Riber AB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of variation in yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) abundance and impacts on native fauna in an atoll ecosystem

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes; YCA) are widespread invaders of islands across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. We investigated the ecological preferences and impacts of this species on a Polynesian atoll. We show that even at low abundances, this species can have important impacts on the fauna, including seabirds, and require management ...
Miléna Philip, Simon Ducatez, Jayna L. DeVore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sensitive and Specific TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Beak and Feather Disease Virus in Psittacine Birds. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Fernandes B, Fagulha T, Barros SC, Ramos F, Luís T, Duarte A, Duarte MD, Henriques AM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

In the Danger Zone: Wrens Respond More Strongly to Experimentally Simulated Predators Near Their Nest

Ethology, EarlyView.
(A) A ferruginous pygmy‐owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) photo and 3D model. (B) A chestnut‐capped warbler (Basileuterus delattrii) photo and 3D model for control treatment. (C) A ferruginous pygmy owl call spectrogram. (D) A chestnut‐capped warbler song spectrogram.
Natalie V. Sánchez, Daniel J. Mennill
wiley   +1 more source

PMEL governs autosomal dominant inheritance of white-tail independent of yellow body plumage in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). [PDF]

Poult Sci
Huang X, Zhang L, Zhong Z, Weng Z, Xu Y, Wen J, Ma C, Du B.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source