Enhancing AIS to Improve Whale-Ship Collision Avoidance and Maritime Security [PDF]
, 2009 Whale-ship strikes are of growing worldwide concern due to the steady growth of commercial shipping. Improving the current situation involves the creation of a communication capability allowing whale position information to be estimated and exchanged ...
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Snapshot Japan 2023: the first camera trap dataset under a globally standardised protocol in Japan [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThere is an urgent need to develop global observation networks to quantify biodiversity trends for evaluating achievements of targets of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Keita Fukasawa +16 more
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Genome sequence of an alphaherpesvirus from a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) [PDF]
, 2017 Beluga whale alphaherpesvirus 1 was isolated from a blowhole swab taken from a juvenile beluga whale. The genome is 144,144 bp in size and contains 86 putative genes. The virus groups phylogenetically with members of the genus Varicellovirus in subfamily
Burek-Huntington, Kathy A. +6 more
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Predation Pressure on Sentinel Insect Prey along a Riverside Urbanization Gradient in Hungary
Insects, 2020 Urbanization is one of the most important global trends which causes habitat reduction and alteration which are, in turn, the main reasons for the well-documented reduction in structural and functional diversity in urbanized environments.
Csaba Béla Eötvös +2 more
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Can Cognitive Ability Give Invasive Species the Means to Succeed? A Review of the Evidence
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Invasive species are a global conservation problem that have an enormous economic cost. Understanding the attributes of invasive species and what makes them successful at colonizing and flourishing in novel environments is therefore essential for ...
Birgit Szabo +2 more
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Low Susceptibility of Pigs against Experimental Infection with HPAI Virus H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We found that nasal and alimentary experimental exposure of pigs to highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b was associated with marginal viral replication, without inducing any clinical manifestation or pathological changes.
Annika Graaf +6 more
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Tabanidae (Diptera: Insecta) attacking Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus) (Mammalia: Tapiridae) in Central Amazon, Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasTabanidae (Diptera) is a cosmopolitan family of flies with a wide distribution in South America. Female flies feed on various hosts, including domestic animals, wildlife, and humans, based on host specificity. This study used a tapir, Tapirus terrestris,
RUTH LEILA FERREIRA-KEPPLER +3 more
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The Gashatan (late Paleocene) mammal fauna from Subeng, Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
, 2008 The Paleocene–Eocene boundary is of particular importance for the evolution of mammals and the poorly known Asian mammal faunas from this period have received much attention.
Missiaen, Pieter, Smith, T.
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Geographic Distribution of Siphonaptera Collected From Small Mammals on Lake Michigan Islands [PDF]
, 2017 The distribution of ten flea species collected from five small mammal host species on 13 Lake Michigan islands is described. Four new eastern and southern records for Hystrichopsylla dippiei Rothschild are given.
Scharf, William C
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Zebra-Fishing for Regenerative Awakening in Mammals
Biomedicines, 2021 Regeneration is defined as the ability to regrow an organ or a tissue destroyed by degeneration or injury. Many human degenerative diseases and pathologies, currently incurable, could be cured if functional tissues or cells could be restored ...
Laura Massoz +2 more
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