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Biometric Analysis of Giant and Large Murid Remains From Matja Kuru 2, Timor‐Leste

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Published research on Matja Kuru 2 (MK2) demonstrates its significance for understanding human lifestyle during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene. Murids represent the most commonly identified taxa in the site, with specimens preliminarily classified as small, large and giant based on size comparisons.
Sarah Hannan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic features of marine black turtle natal beaches and implications for nest selection [PDF]

open access: yesGeofísica Internacional, 2008
The beaches of Colola and Maruata, Michoacán, southern México are nesting places of the marine black turtle, Chelonia agassizi. Marine turtles use magnetic cues to orient their long distance navigation, and might also use magnetic such to refine their ...
L. Pérez Cruz   +4 more
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Wildlife and Human Diseases: Symptoms of Endangered Marine Ecosystems & Climate Change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; Wildlife Trust; the Consortium for Conservation Medicine; and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute hosted a Congressional briefing entitled "Wildlife and Human Diseases ...
Naomi Friedman
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When and why to give shorebirds a head start

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenology of marine turtle nesting revealed by statistical model of the nesting season

open access: yesBMC Ecology, 2006
Background Marine turtles deposit their eggs on tropical or subtropical beaches during discrete nesting seasons that span several months. The number and distribution of nests laid during a nesting season provide vital information on various aspects of ...
Caut Stéphane   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Indonesia: issues and problems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Indonesia is an archipelagic nation comprising some 17,000 islands of varying sizes and geological origins, as well as marked differences in composition of their floras and faunas.
Erdelen, Walter R., Iskandar, Djoko T.
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An experimental approach to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors on a large vertebrate species

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The design of experiments to investigate the combined effects of multiple stressors requires exposing target organisms to multiple combinations of stressor doses. Concurrent manipulation of stressors is often infeasible with wildlife, but long‐lasting health effects allow individual health to be used as an integrator of prior stressor exposure.
Enrico Pirotta   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maryland Turtles [PDF]

open access: yes, 1961
Since McCauley's 1945 publication, now out of print, on the "Turtles of Maryland," little has appeared on this interesting component of Maryland's vertebrate fauna.
Schwartz, Frank J.
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