The fast and forceful kicking strike of the secretary bird [PDF]
, 2016 The study of animal locomotion has uncovered principles that can be applied to bio-inspired robotics, prosthetics and rehabilitation medicine, while also providing insight into musculoskeletal form and function [1, 2, 3, 4].
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Estimating egg mass-body mass relationships in birds [PDF]
, 2020 The mass of a bird’s egg is a critical attribute of the species’ life history and represents a fundamental component of reproductive effort. Indeed, the tradeoff between the number of eggs in a clutch and clutch mass lies at the heart of understanding ...
Balasubramaniam, Priya +1 more
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LAS CODORNICES DE BOSQUES Y SELVAS. RETOS DE MANEJO Y CONSERVACIÓN DE LA FAUNA SILVESTRE
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales, 2018 Las codornices que habitan en bosques y selvas representan un buen modelo para analizar los retos que representan tanto el manejo como la conservación de la fauna silvestre, debido a su estrecha dependencia hacia esos ecosistemas.
Gilberto Chávez-León
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China's most endangered galliform [PDF]
Oryx, 1988 The few remaining forests where the Sichuan hill-partridge lives are all being logged. This species, with its very restricted range, is one of China's most endangered birds and yet it has no protection at all. The authors say a reserve should be set aside for the partridge before it is too late; such action could save not only this species but others ...
Ben King, Li Guiyuan
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L'authentification rapide des poulets de chair sous label: distinction entre poulets issus de souches à croissance lente ou rapide par la spectrometrie dans le proche infrarouge. Analytical methods for the authentification of agro-food products. Gembloux (Belgium). 20 Oct 1999 [PDF]
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2000 Rapid authentification of certified chicken meat: distinguishing slow and fast growing chicken strains using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.
Fumiere O., Sinnaeve G., Dardenne P.
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Huitzil, 2018 To determine useful diagnostic characters for infraspecific taxonomic identification of California Quail (Callipepla californica) from Baja California peninsula, we compared phenotypically four nominal subspecies by means of multivariate statistical ...
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Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix [PDF]
, 2014 The resolution of rapid evolutionary radiations or “bushes” in the tree of life has been one of the most difficult and interesting problems in phylogenetics. The avian order Galliformes appears to have undergone several rapid radiations that have limited
Edward L. Braun, Rebecca T. Kimball
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Microsatellite typing of avian clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]
, 2011 Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillosis in birds is mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous and opportunistic saprophyte.
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GalliForm, a database of Galliformes occurrence records from the Indo-Malay and Palaearctic, 1800–2008 [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2020 AbstractHistorical as well as current species distribution data are needed to track changes in biodiversity. Species distribution data are found in a variety of sources, each of which has its own distinct bias toward certain taxa, time periods or places.
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Svalbard rock ptarmigan: a first glimpse into parasite infections
Polar ResearchNatural ecosystems are under stress due to climate change and impacts are especially prominent at high latitudes. Manifestations of these changes include northward shifts in the distribution of birds, phenological mismatches, improved survival of ...
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