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Oikos, EarlyView.Predation is a major ecological force, but its effect on bees has rarely been studied. Here, we investigated whether the presence of the European bee‐eater Merops apiaster, a migratory bird species and major bee predator, decreases the abundance and body size of three common bumblebee species (Bombus lapidarius, B. terrestris and B.
Belinda Kahnt +5 more
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A timid choice: risk‐taking behavior predicts individualized niche in a varying landscape of safety
Oikos, EarlyView.Individual niche specialization predicts a match between an individual's phenotype and environment. Yet, whether animals achieve this match through phenotypic change (niche conformance) or by selecting the environment (niche choice), remains unexplored.
Filippa Erixon +4 more
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Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2014 A new species of Phymaturus from the Provincia Mountain in the San Ramón Mountains in the Metropolitan Region of Chile is described. It is a member of the P. palluma Group and the P. mallimaccii subgroup.
Jaime Troncoso-Palacios +1 more
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ParasitologyHaemogregarine (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) parasites are considered to be the most common and widespread haemoparasites in reptiles. The genus Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) can be found parasitizing a broad range of species and, in ...
Rafaela A. P. B. Morais +7 more
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Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2017 After bone damage, fracture or amputation, lizards regenerate a variable mass of cartilaginous and fibro-cartilaginous tissues, depending from the anatomical site and intensity of inflammation. Aside tail and vertebrae, also long bones and knee epiphyses
Lorenzo Alibardi
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Spotlight on islands.On the origin and diversification of an ancient lineage of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus in the western Pontine Islands [PDF]
, 2018 Groups of proximate continental islands may conceal more tangled phylogeographic patterns than oceanic archipelagos as a consequence of repeated sea level changes, which allow populations to experience gene flow during periods of low sea level stands and
Castiglia, Riccardo +6 more
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A Lizard Swallowed by a Viper. [PDF]
Nature, 1889 As it appears from the “Notes” in the last number of NATURE that the swallowing of a lizard by a viper is not usual, I may mention an instance which came under my own observation. Many years since, I captured a viper on Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire. The animal was rather sluggish, so I got it into a box unhurt, and carried it home.
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Antbears and underground melons: A highly specialized seed dispersal mutualism mediated by scent
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Seed dispersal is critical for the establishment and persistence of populations of most plant species. We investigated the seed dispersal biology of an African melon, Cucumis humifructus, which is closely related to cultivated cucumbers and watermelons but differs in that it buries its fruits deep underground.
Steven D. Johnson +2 more
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