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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.We developed a population viability analysis to inform reintroduction strategies for the endangered Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), incorporating age‐specific vital rates, release costs on survival and reproduction, environmental and demographic stochasticity, and catastrophic events.
Elisa Neves +8 more
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Initial Observations on Query Based Sampling in Distributed CLIR [PDF]
, 2006 Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) enables people to search information written in different languages from their query languages. Information can be retrieved either from a single cross lingual collection or from a variety of dis-tributed cross
Sanderson, M., Shou, X.M.
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Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits [PDF]
, 2010 Arboreal animals with prehensile hands must balance the complex demands of bone strength, grasping and manipulation. An informative example of this problem is that of the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), a rare lemuriform primate that is unusual ...
Ancrenaz +66 more
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.Deforestation in the tropics is a major threat to forest‐specialist animals, many of which are already threatened with extinction. We assessed how forest fragmentation and its associated edge‐effects impact animal biodiversity in Northwest Madagascar using soundscape analysis and acoustic indices.
Daniel Hending +6 more
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Application of Biotechnology to Solve Relevant Biological Problems Promotes Understanding of Underlying Concepts [PDF]
, 2001 Although some efforts have been made to modify the curriculum of the Introductory Biology laboratories from a passive to a more experimental form, the use of modern biotechnology had not been implemented at our institution.
Burrowes, P. A., Nazario, G. M.
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The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Ataxin‐1 is a polyglutamine protein associated with the etiology of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) that has been recently found implicated in the risk of developing the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we took a conditional knockout approach to ablate ataxin‐1 exclusively in the B‐cell compartment and we found that this protein ...
Jonathan Jacob Carver +3 more
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, 1980 From time to time, Word Ways receives a variety of short poems related to recreational linguistics, some original, others previously published.
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Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.Objectives To examine the prevalence and types of work‐related injuries in companion animal practices, explore the context of their occurrence and the behaviours of injured persons. Methods A mixed‐methods analysis of a cross‐sectional online survey of UK employees of a consolidated group of veterinary practices.
J. S. P. Tulloch +3 more
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Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye
Nature Communications, 2018 The fossil taxon Propotto was originally identified as a primate, but is currently widely interpreted as a bat. Here, the authors identify Propotto as a stem chiromyiform lemur and, based on phylogenetic analysis, suggest two independent lemur ...
Gregg F. Gunnell +9 more
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Conservation du lemur aux yeux turquoise (Eulemur flavifrons)
Revue de Primatologie, 2014 Depuis sa redécouverte en 1985 le lémur aux yeux turquoise a bénéficié de mesures de protection croissantes dans son aire de répartition et de programmes de reproduction en parc zoologique en Amérique du nord, en Europe ainsi qu’à Madagascar.
Brice Lefaux
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