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Swimming modes affect dive durations in diving birds

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 2, March 2026.
Dive duration and body mass are positively correlated across air‐breathing vertebrate species, but other factors affecting dive duration are inadequately studied. Here, we examined the effect of a previously overlooked factor, swimming mode, using phylogenetically informed statistics with data on the diving capabilities of 53 species of avian divers ...
Hiroya Matsushita, Yuuki Y. Watanabe
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Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania

Future Foods
Identifying novel risk-resilient diets is urgent to address food insecurity and tackle global hunger and malnutrition. This study evaluated the suitability of mesquite (Neltuma spp.) pod flours as food staples for human nourishment and compared ...
Zinnia H. González-Carranza, Gabrielle Bone, Arturo Castro-Castro, M. Socorro González-Elizondo, Xochitl Soto-Luzania, Yolanda L. López-Franco, Oscar Koech, Tim Parr, Charles J. Kilawe, Sahian E. Velázquez-Quiñones, Rubén F. González -Laredo, Julio C. Ríos-Saucedo   +11 more
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Geographic variation in U. S. populations of the tiger beetle Cicindela obsoleta Say (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) [PDF]

, 2009
Geographic variation and subspecific taxonomy of United States populations of the tiger beetle Cicindela obsoleta Say are reviewed. Study of primary types and 1,424 museum specimens indicates that four subspecific entities are present in the U.S., for ...
Mawdsley, Jonathan R.
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Predictors of orbital convergence in primates: A test of the snake detection hypothesis of primate evolution [PDF]

, 2011
Traditional explanations for the evolution of high orbital convergence and stereoscopic vision in primates have focused on how stereopsis might have aided early primates in foraging or locomoting in an arboreal environment. It has recently been suggested
Alirol, Allman, Araújo, Barros, Barton, Beaupre, Bininda-Emonds, Boinski, Bradley, Brandon C. Wheeler, Brenda J. Bradley, Brown, Burney, Burnham, Campbell, Carbone, Cartmill, Cartmill, Cartmill, Chippaux, Crompton, de Cock Buning, Dorcas, Doyle, Erberle, Faul, Felsenstein, Fitzgerald, Fleagle, Fleagle, Foerster, Forsman, Garland, Greene, Greenwald, Hailey, Harcourt, Hartline, Hartmann, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Heesy, Hodgson, Hutchinson, Isbell, Isbell, Jason M. Kamilar, Jones, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kamilar, Kirk, Lockwood, Luiselli, Luiselli, Luiselli, Luiselli, Maddison, Martin, Midford, Miller, Morgan, Müller, Nekaris, Nunn, Nunn, Ossi, Ouattara, Perry, Pettigrew, Quinn, Ramakrishnan, Range, Reed, Rogers, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross, Schall, Schwenk, Shine, Shine, Shine, Skoczylas, Smith, Sokal, Surridge, Sussman, Tan, Tan, Tello, Terribile, Terribile, Towner, van Schaik, Veracini, Wheeler, Wheeler, White, Wright, Wüster, Wüster   +105 more
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Identification of Aquapteridospora guangxiensis sp. nov., a Novel Lignicolous Freshwater Fungus from Guangxi Province, China

New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
During an ongoing survey of lignicolous freshwater fungi in Guangxi Province, China, an interesting hyphomycete is discovered and introduced. Based on morphological comparison and multi‐locus phylogenetic analyses of combined internal transcribed spacer, partial large subunit nuclear rDNA, and partial translation elongation factor 1‐alpha (tef1‐α ...
Yong‐Xin Shu, Kevin David Hyde, Mingkwan Doilom, Kitiphong Khongphinitbunjong, Wei Dong   +4 more
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Utility of Satellite and Aerial Images for Quantification of Canopy Cover and Infilling Rates of the Invasive Woody Species Honey Mesquite (<em>Prosopis Glandulosa</em>) on Rangeland

Remote Sensing, 2012
Woody plant encroachment into grasslands and rangelands is a world-wide phenomenon but detailed descriptions of changes in geographical distribution and infilling rates have not been well documented at large land scales. Remote sensing with either aerial
Mustafa Mirik, R. James Ansley
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Age constraints for the present fault configuration in the Imperial Valley, California: Evidence for northwestward propagation of the Gulf of California rift system [PDF]

Releveling and other geophysical data for the Imperial Valley of southern California suggest the northern section of the Imperial-Brawley fault system, which includes the Mesquite Basin and Brawley Seismic Zone, is much younger than the 4 to 5 million ...
Larsen, Shawn, Reilinger, Robert
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Why do snails have hairs? A Bayesian inference of character evolution [PDF]

, 2005
Background: Costly structures need to represent an adaptive advantage in order to be maintained over evolutionary times. Contrary to many other conspicuous shell ornamentations of gastropods, the haired shells of several Stylommatophoran land snails ...
Pfenninger, Markus, Hrabáková, Magda, Steinke, Dirk, Dèpraz, Aline   +3 more
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Alternative Future Vegetation Pathways Reveal Potential Transformations of Western US Ecosystems

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.
We used climate‐analog impact models (AIMs) to project changes in vegetation across the western United States under a mid‐21st century climate scenario, characterize ecological transformation vulnerability based on projection divergence, and demonstrate how AIMs can inform decision‐making.
Tyler J. Hoecker, Kimberley T. Davis, Caitlin Littlefield, Jeffrey Chandler, Sean Parks, Andrew Maguire, Kerry Kemp, Svetlana Yegorova, Solomon Dobrowski   +8 more
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Anatomy, morphology and evolution of the patella in squamate lizards and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) [PDF]

, 2016
The patella (kneecap) is the largest and best-known of the sesamoid bones, postulated to confer biomechanical advantages including increasing joint leverage and reinforcing the tendon against compression.
Benjamin M, Camp CL, Castanet J, Cope ED, Gauthier JA, Haines RW, Haines RW, Haines RW, Hogg D, Kornhuber A, Mohamed M, Otero T, Parsons FG, Renesto S, Romer AS, Romer AS, Vickaryous MK, Vriese B, Wettstein O   +18 more
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