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A comprehensive survey of Rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) in Northwest Russia: New mite-host associations and prevalence data [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Rhinonyssid mites are permanent parasites of birds that inhabit their respiratory tract. There are around 600 species described worldwide and almost all species of birds are found to have embedded rhinonyssid mites.
Dimov, Ivan +2 more
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Animals, 2022 Studying the spatio-temporal niche partitioning among closely related sympatric species is essential for understanding their stable coexistence in animal communities.
Dexi Zhang +6 more
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Connecting species’ geographical distributions to environmental variables: range maps versus observed points of occurrence [PDF]
, 2020 Connecting the geographical occurrence of a species with underlying environmental variables is fundamental for many analyses of life history evolution and for modeling species distributions for both basic and practical ends.
del Hoyo J. +7 more
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Diversity, 2020 A new bird coracoid from the Uinta Formation in the Uinta Basin in Utah (USA) records the presence of the only known pangalliform from the middle Eocene of North America, occurring in a >15 million year gap in their history.
Thomas A. Stidham +2 more
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Can sexual selection drive female life histories? A comparative study on Galliform birds [PDF]
, 2007 Sexual selection is an important driver of many of the most spectacular morphological traits that we find in the animal kingdom (for example see Andersson, 1994). As such, sexual selection is most often emphasized as
A. Ø. MOOERS +39 more
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THE FEATHER’S DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF GALLIFORMES
Теория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2014 Microstructure of the contour feathers (remex and covert) of 9 species has been compared:Bonasa bonasia, Tetrao urogallus, Lagopus lagopus, Lyrurus tetrix, Coturnix coturnix,Perdix perdix, Francolinus francolinus, Phasianus colchichus, Gallus gallus ...
O. Chernova, O. Silaeva, T. Perfilova
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Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) : research article [PDF]
, 2007 Background The phylogenetic tree of Galliformes (gamebirds, including megapodes, currassows, guinea fowl, New and Old World quails, chicken, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys) has been considerably remodeled over the last decades as new data and analytical ...
Kriegs, Jan Ole +6 more
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International Journal of Zoology, 2023 The study was conducted to assess the species composition, population size, public knowledge, and threats to Galliform birds in the Arjo-Didessa River Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia.
Yihenew Aynalem +2 more
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The evolution of sperm morphometry in pheasants [PDF]
, 2007 Postcopulatory sexual selection is thought to be a potent evolutionary force driving the diversification of sperm shape and function across species. In birds, insemination and fertilisation are separated in time and sperm storage increases the duration
Birkhead, T.R. +5 more
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Helminths of domestic and wild chicken birds (Aves: Galliformes) of Uzbekistan
Российский паразитологический журнал, 2021 The purpose of the research is studying existing fauna and ecology of Galliform helminths in biogeocenoses of Uzbekistan.Materials and methods. Parasitic worms were collected from chicken-like birds of the terrestrial cenoses of Karakalpakstan and North ...
F. D. Akramova +5 more
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