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Comparative and functional anatomy of masticatory muscles and bite force in opossums (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
We describe the functional anatomy of masticatory muscles in nine opossums, finding a generalized anatomical pattern with differences related to skull morphology. Variation in quantitative myological data and estimated bite force was mostly related to size, and the increase in bite force supports dietary diversification associated with size increase ...
Juann A. F. H. Abreu, Diego Astúa
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Seasonal Variation in Physiology Challenges the Notion of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) as a Forest-Adapted Species

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Savanna-mosaic habitats are thought to represent exceptional circumstances for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and owing to the virtues of their habitat as well as peripheral biogeographic location, they are often regarded as marginal to the chimpanzee ...
Erin G. Wessling, Erin G. Wessling, Tobias Deschner, Roger Mundry, Jill D. Pruetz, Jill D. Pruetz, Roman M. Wittig, Roman M. Wittig, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Hjalmar S. Kühl   +9 more
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Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li, Mike Schindler, Martha Paskin, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Elliott Scott, Sabine Hauert, Nicholas Payne, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Frederik H. Mollen, Daniel Baum, Sean Hanna, Mason N. Dean   +12 more
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Quality of non-expert citizen science data collected for habitat type conservation status assessment in Natura 2000 protected areas

Scientific Reports, 2017
EU biodiversity conservation policy is based on the Habitats Directive (92/43/EC), which aims that habitat types and species of Community interest should reach ‘favourable conservation status’.
A. S. Kallimanis, M. Panitsa, P. Dimopoulos   +2 more
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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou, Georgios L. Georgalis, Georgios Lazaridis, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos   +3 more
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Antarctic Toothfish Dissostichus mawsoni in the South Orkney Islands: Using Otolith Chemistry to Test Current Hypotheses About Nursery Areas and Demographic Units

Biology
We used otolith chemistry to test and complement current hypotheses regarding habitat use and connectivity between Dissostichus mawsoni sub-populations in Area 48 of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR ...
Paulina Carimán, Edwin J. Niklitschek, Cristóbal Garcés, Mathieu Leisen, Fernando Barra, Rurik Romero   +5 more
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De la apatía a la participación. La evolución de la abstención en las elecciones autonómicas de Galicia (1981-1997) [PDF]

, 1998
[Abstract] In this article the n1.ain causes of the increase in turnout in the Galician regio.. nal elections (1981 .. 1997) are analyzed. The decrease in technical abstention, the reduction of the influence of sociodemographic factors, and the ...
Míguez González, Santiago
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem services in the Northern Tianshan Urban Agglomeration: Nonlinear responses to natural and human factors and threshold-based spatial optimization strategies

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study Region: The Northern Tianshan Urban Agglomeration, an oasis-dominated corridor along the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains in arid north-west China, combines alpine catchments, irrigated plains, and rapidly expanding cities.
Ying Meng, Weixin Du, Li Chen, Zhigang Zhao, Haiyan Du, Zhipeng Li, Mengjie Song, Shala Tuohetaerhan   +7 more
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Transgressed privacies: to live in transit [PDF]

, 2013
En la actualidad, la gran ciudad parece haber convertido la condición de anonimato en destrucción. Una mezcla de rechazo y atracción nos invade, donde la incapacidad de control, produce un desgaste solidario, y un aumento de las desigualdades y nos ...
Prieto Peinado, María
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