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Ancient DNA analysis from epoxy resin Biodur®-embedded bones

open access: yesBioTechniques, 2022
For microscopic investigation, archaeological bone samples are often embedded in Biodur® epoxy resin. This study wants to test whether it is possible to extract DNA suitable for PCR amplification from this sample type.
Anna Lena Flux   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Historical summary of terminologies in community ecology

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2023
This article highlights the importance of terminology in ecology as a fundamental tool for clear and objective communication among scientists, as well as for standardizing study methods and techniques used by ecologists.
Tarik Godoy Dangl Plaza
doaj   +1 more source

The Zoʻé perspective on what scientists call “forest management” and its implications for floristic diversity and biocultural conservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
Indigenous perspectives on forest management are grounded in traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), so that socioculture influences the ways Indigenous Peoples transform their landscapes.
Juliano Franco-Moraes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Duplex Alu Screening for Degraded DNA of Skeletal Human Remains

open access: yesDiversity, 2017
The human-specific Alu elements, belonging to the class of Short INterspersed Elements (SINEs), have been shown to be a powerful tool for population genetic studies.
Fabian Haß   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Western Message Petroglyphs indicate historic beaver presence in a San Francisco Bay Area watershed

open access: yesCalifornia Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2021
Recent museum, archaeological, and observer record evidence suggests that North American beaver (Castor canadensis) were historically native to the watersheds of California’s coast, including San Francisco Bay.
Leigh Marymor, Richard Burnham Lanman
doaj   +1 more source

Reductions in the dietary niche of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal hunted to near extinction during the 1800s. Despite their well-known modern importance as a keystone species, we know little about historical sea otter ecology.
Elliott Smith, Emma A   +7 more
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Staphylococcus aureus Sequences from Osteomyelitic Specimens of a Pathological Bone Collection from Pre-Antibiotic Times

open access: yesDiversity, 2017
Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen causing osteomyelitis, amongst other diseases, and its methicillin-resistant form (MRSA) in particular poses a huge threat to public health. To increase our knowledge of the origin and evolution of S.
Anna Lena Flux   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Past forward: Recommendations from historical ecology for ecosystem management

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
In the context of accelerating environmental change, there is an urgent need to identify ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management strategies likely to support biodiverse and adaptive ecosystems into the future.
Erin E. Beller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shakespeare and media ecology: beyond historicism and presentism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article proposes media ecology-a combination of media studies and performance studies with literary and cultural history-as a research perspective for Shakespeare studies.
Berensmeyer, Ingo
core   +1 more source

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