Interactions between landscape changes and host communities can regulate echinococcus multilocularis transmission [PDF]
An area close to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region and subject to intensive deforestation contains a large focus of human alveolar echinococcosis while sporadic human cases occur in the Doubs region of eastern France.
Bao, G +10 more
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The geographic range of tick populations has expanded in Canada due to climate warming and the associated poleward range shifts of their vertebrate hosts.
Kirsten E. Crandall +2 more
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Local Aspects of Avian Non-REM and REM Sleep
Birds exhibit two types of sleep that are in many respects similar to mammalian rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep. As in mammals, several aspects of avian sleep can occur in a local manner within the brain.
Niels C. Rattenborg +3 more
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The Threatened Status of Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus, under the Endangered Species Act: Effects on Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Management [PDF]
In April 1990, the Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus, was listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act by emergency action. Competitive interactions with the billion-dollar Alaska commercial groundfish fisheries have been suggested as ...
Berg , Ronald J. +2 more
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Geographic Distribution of Siphonaptera Collected From Small Mammals on Lake Michigan Islands [PDF]
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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Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex [PDF]
The evolution of the mammalian jaw during the transition from non-mammalian synapsids to crown mammals is a key event in vertebrate history and characterised by the gradual reduction of its individual bones into a single element and the concomitant ...
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Thermal evidence of the invasion of a stingless bee nest by a mammal
Melipona bicolor, an inhabitant of the Atlantic Rainforest, nidifies in hollows of live or dead trees. In order to study thermoregulation of a nest of this species, a temperature data logger was installed inside a hollow tree. After this, an intruder dug
S. D. Hilário, V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca
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Tasa de registros fotográficos con cámaras trampa en caminos vs. fuera de ellos: la ubicación es importante [PDF]
Tasa de registros fotográficos con cámaras trampa en caminos vs. fuera de ellos: la ubicación es importante. Presentamos los resultados de muestreos con cámaras trampa que realizamos en el Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina, en 2008 para evaluar
de Angelo, Carlos Daniel +2 more
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What next? Rewilding as a radical future for the British countryside [PDF]
Rewilding is an optimistic environmental agenda to reverse the loss of biodiversity and reconnect society with nature. This chapter explores Britain’s ecological history, back to the Last Interglacial before the arrival of modern humans, when the climate
Macdonald, David W +1 more
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Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, Distribution and Survey Effort in the Gulf of Alaska [PDF]
Beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, distribution in the Gulf of Alaska and adjacent inside waters was examined through a review of surveys conducted as far back as 1936.
Laidre, Kristin L. +3 more
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