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Revision of Dadagulella gen. nov., the “Gulella radius group” (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae) of the eastern Afrotropics, including six new species and three new subspecies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The genus Dadagulella gen. nov. is described to include 16 species of small, dentate, ovateacuminate Afrotropical snails. An identification key is provided and biogeography, anatomy and systematics are discussed. The type species is the Kenyan D. radius (
Rowson, Ben, Tattersfield, Peter
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Investigating the efficacy of tidal wetland restoration in enhancing aquatic food web resources for native fishes

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Endangered fish species, such as Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), in the San Francisco Estuary are threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic stressors. Tidal wetland restoration can partially mitigate these stressors by increasing food availability of aquatic invertebrate prey, but the efficacy of restoration remains ...
Gabriel Ng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mammoth land snail

open access: yes, 1889
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

Microbial mats and thalassinid shrimp: Spatial and geochemical interactions in a modern intertidal environment

open access: yesSedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines the spatial and geochemical interactions between mat‐forming microorganisms and thalassinid shrimp in an intertidal flat situated on the shores of Willapa Bay, Washington, USA. The study serves as a contemporary analog for the relationships between mats and burrowing organisms in deep time.
Brette S. Harris   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence chronologies of the Oitavos consolidated dune (Western Portugal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The dune of Oitavos, the underlying paleosol, and Helix sp. gastropod shells found within the paleosol were dated using a combination of radiocarbon and blue optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).
Brito, P.   +9 more
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Cargols terrestres (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) del Parc Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat (Barcelona, NE península ibèrica)

open access: yesArxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 2006
Land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Natural Park of Montserrat (Barcelona, NE Iberian peninsula) The inventory of 73 land snails in the Natural Park of Montserrat was updated following the review of 130 publications. Planned field study was
Bros, V.
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Scents of care: Multispecies relations in Pakistan's heatwave

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how odour, intensified by heat, shapes the sensory aspects of social and multispecies relations in Pakistan. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Kasur's tanneries and Lahore's animal shelters during a period of record‐breaking heat, it analyses how smell structures inclusion and exclusion, mediates encounters with humans
Muhammad A. Kavesh
wiley   +1 more source

Selenium, copper, and zinc concentrations in the raw and processed meat of edible land snails harvested in Poland

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Introduction: The objective of the present research was to carry out a comparative assessment of copper, zinc, and selenium concentrations in the meat of edible land snails collected in Poland (Helix pomatia, Cornu aspersum maxima, and Cornu aspersum ...
Drozd Łukasz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotypic evolution and hidden speciation in Candidula unifasciata ssp. (Helicellinae, Gastropoda) inferred by 16S variation and quantitative shell traits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In an effort to link quantitative morphometric information with molecular data on the population level, we have analysed 19 populations of the conchologically variable land snail Candidula unifasciata from across the species range for variation in ...
Magnin, Frédéric, Pfenninger, Markus
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