Quail eggs in artificial nests change their coloration when exposed to ambient conditions: implication for studies on nest predation [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Quail eggs have been widely used in field experiments, mainly to study factors associated with the risk of nest predation. Some shortcomings of using quail eggs in this type of study have been previously addressed (e.g., these eggs might be too big for ...
Gustavo Liñan Cembrano +5 more
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A Literature Review of Host Feeding Patterns of Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes in Europe [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Aedes invasive mosquitoes (AIMs) play a key role as vectors of several pathogens of public health relevance. Four species have been established in Europe, including Aedes aegypti, Aedesalbopictus, Aedes japonicus and Aedes koreicus.
Sonia Cebrián-Camisón +2 more
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Latitudinal variation in biophysical characteristics of avian eggshells to cope with differential effects of solar radiation [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Solar radiation is an important driver of animal coloration, not only because of the effects of coloration on body temperature but also because coloration may protect from the deleterious effects of UV radiation.
Jesús Gómez +6 more
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Análisis espacial cuantitativo de la transformación de humedales continentales en Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2016 Los humedales están entre los ecosistemas más productivos del mundo, pero su importancia todavía no es ampliamente reconocida. Aunque son ecosistemas sujetos constantemente a cambios naturales, la acción humana ha acelerado las tasas de cambio de forma ...
Jorge E. Patiño
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Revista De Geografia Norte Grande, 2009 El Área Metropolitana de Concepción ha crecido sustituyendo sistemáticamente superficies rurales, naturales y seminaturales -entre ellas los humedales-, por coberturas y usos del suelo urbanos.
Pamela Smith Guerra, Hugo Romero Aravena
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Los humedales costeros del Pacífico Sudamericano: ¿Qué está sucediendo?
South Sustainability, 2021 Elier Tabilo-Valdivieso
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Patrones de urbanización en la biodiversidad de humedales urbanos en Concepción metropolitano
Revista De Geografia Norte Grande, 2015 La urbanización en Concepción metropolitano (36°S) en las últimas décadas ha impactado áreas de valor ecológico, tales como humedales y lagunas. Aquí analizamos la perturbación de parámetros de biodiversidad en seis humedales urbanos, mediante la ...
CRojas, Olga Barbosa, Octavio Rojas
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Treatment wetlands in Embera indigenous communities (Colombia), are they Nature-based Solutions?
Nature-Based Solutions, 2023 The sustainable use and protection of water resources are urgently needed. Human activity and climate change are exacerbating water-related problems and worsening the quality of riparian and wetland ecosystems, rendering them unable to provide services ...
Andrea Martín-Dato +10 more
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Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) (Carnivora: Felidae) in Northern Peru: first record for the department of Piura, at the Mangroves San Pedro de Vice, and geographic extention [PDF]
Check List, 2013 On October 1st, 2006, at the Mangroves San Pedro de Vice –MSPV (Sechura, Piura - Peru) the first visual record of Leopardus pajeros was made in the southern part of the area (05°31’09” S, 80°53’28” W).
Álvaro García-Olaechea +2 more
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Impulsores de cambio en los humedales de América Latina: El caso de los humedales costeros de Lima
South Sustainability, 2021 El presente trabajo compila los impulsores de cambio (IC) en los humedales costeros de Lima. Los humedales con más IC en esta región fueron Los Pantanos de Villa (10), los humedales de Ventanilla y laguna El Paraíso (9) mientras que el humedal de Carquín,
Hector Aponte +2 more
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