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Polarimetric Calibration of Large-Aperture Telescopes II: The sub-aperture method

open access: yes, 2004
A new method for absolute polarimetric calibration of large telescopes is presented. The proposed method is highly accurate and is based on the calibration of a small sub-aperture, which is then extended to the full system by means of actual observations
Hector Socas-Navarro   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Warming summers limit reindeer grazing, weakening herbivory pressure in the mountain tundra

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Climate change is predicted to alter species interactions by exposing ecosystems to increasingly frequent and intense warm spells. In the mountain tundra, grazing by large herbivores, particularly reindeer, can limit shrub expansion and preserve Arctic plant diversity.
Marianne Stoessel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasite load of European brown hares in Austria and the Czech Republic

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2012
The parasite load of brown hares (Lepus europaeus) is of great interest to hunting ground managers and veterinarians. We compared the prevalence and intensity of parasitic infections in 362 hares from Austria and the Czech Republic with respect to age ...
K. Chroust, M. Vodnansky, J. Pikula
doaj   +1 more source

Connecting the dots: A narrative review of the relationship between heart failure and cognitive impairment

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1119-1131, April 2025.
Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Brown hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) are able to hybridize with mountain hares (L. timidus Linnaeus) and produce fertile offspring, which results in cross-species gene flow.
Jaakko L. O. Pohjoismäki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The strong and the hungry: Bias in capture methods for mountain hares (Lepus timidus). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Estimating density, age and sex structure of wild populations is a key objective in wildlife management. Live trapping is frequently used to collect data on populations of small and medium-sized mammals.
Bisi, F.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness of integrated shrub management and restoration techniques for rehabilitating shrub‐encroached rangelands of South Africa

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
Herbaceous plant recovery following shrub clearing and reseeding in the rangelands of Peddie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. CTL, control; CO, cutting only; CR, cutting and reseeding; UPO, uprooting only; UPR, uprooting and reseeding. Abstract Background Shrub encroachment (SE) drives rangeland degradation, threatening biodiversity and forage ...
Monelisi Makanya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Playing and aggressive behavior of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) against dogs (Canis familiaris) [PDF]

open access: yesПраці Теріологічної школи, 2016
The aggressive and playing behavioral relationships between the European hare and dogs are described here. In all cases, hares demonstrated provocative behavior — they provoked the dogs to chase them, and, seeing the dogs’ fear and hesitancy, even ...
Igor Merzlikin
doaj   +1 more source

Exploitative Competition between Mountain Hare and Moose—Qualitative Effects on Hare Winter Forage?

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) in Scandinavia are classified as Near Threatened in the Norwegian and Swedish Redlists. This is due to a possible population decline witnessed during the last decades in Scandinavia. Competition between large herbivores and
Simen Pedersen, Hans Chr. Pedersen
doaj   +1 more source

Problems of reintroduction and introduction of hares (Leporidae) in the Russian Federation

open access: yesВетеринария и кормление
Biodiversity is not only the wealth and beauty of our world, it is the interdependence and mutual influence of all its parts on each other. Hares are a kind of link in the ecosystem.
Valtsiferova S.V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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