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Effects of Maternal Fenbendazole on Litter Size, Survival Rate, and Weaning Weight in C57BL/6J Mice
, 2021 Kristina L Hicks +3 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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The contributions of soil biota to litter mass loss and home-field advantage in temperate forests
Ecological ProcessesBackground Soil biotic communities play an important ecological role in driving the litter decomposition, and moreover the home-field advantage (HFA). However, whether and how these communities with different body sizes regulate litter mass loss and HFA ...
Yixin Sun +7 more
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Soil OrganismsLitter decomposition is strongly influenced by soil communities, composed of soil biota which display large variations in body size. Body size plays a central role in metabolism and mediates the functional potential of soil biota, but the influence of ...
Zhaoxing Li +3 more
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Ecological integrity of boreal streams [PDF]
, 2007 Running waters provide a number of services for humans, such as drinking water and food resources and many freshwater animals are confined and specialised to this environment.
Bergfur, Jenny
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Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti +3 more
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World Rabbit Science, 2014 This study evaluated the effect of dam coat colours, doe’s parity order, year and kindling season on litter size and growth of suckling kits of a local Algerian rabbit population.
O. Abdelli-Larbi +5 more
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Recommendations and guidelines for applied nutrition experiments in rabbits
, 2005 [EN] The aim of this paper was to draw up a set of recommendations for applied nutrition and feeding trials with rabbits, in relation to certain aspects such as determining the nutritive value of raw materials or diets in growing or reproducing animals ...
Blas, E. +6 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni +3 more
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The effect of season and parity order on fertility of rabbit does and kit growth
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2010 The effect of season and parity order on doe fertility and rabbit growth was evaluated. Two hundred and fifty Hyplus® does were divided into five groups according to kindling, each in a given season of the year (September, December, February, April and ...
J. Tůma, E. Tůmová, V. Valášek
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