Potential drivers of Megninia ginglymura (Mégnin) distribution in poultry hens: rearing-system and oviposition microhabitat factors across humid and semi-arid regions. [PDF]
Vet Res CommunGalvão IVC +7 more
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Insect Science, EarlyView.The Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno) benefited from cattle grazing in three different ways by (i) fostering the nectar supply; (ii) enhancing rejuvenation of the host plant (Vaccinium uliginosum); and (iii) improving microclimatic conditions for successful development of the immature stages.
Florian Fumy +3 more
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Aquatic and Terrestrial Environmental Correlates of Eurasian Water Shrew (<i>Neomys fodiens</i>) Habitat Use in the Lesser Khingan Mountains. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Zhao Y +5 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín +5 more
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Niche overlap between 2 small sympatric predators from the Atacama Desert. [PDF]
Curr ZoolTaucare-Ríos A, Méndez-Yovera J.
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Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao +4 more
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Unveiling the microhabitat puzzle: how spatial heterogeneity shapes cave invertebrate biodiversity across scales. [PDF]
OecologiaRocha Melo LMD, Ferreira RL, Silva MS.
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Research on mosquito feeding preferences and the malaria parasites they transmit is essential for understanding the interactions between hosts, vectors, and parasites. In this study, vertebrate hosts were identified in 72 mosquitoes. Most blood meals (58.7%) came from birds, representing 25 species, while 40.0% came from mammals (13 species), and 1.3 ...
Qin Zhang +8 more
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Microhabitat Use of Temminck's Tragopan (<i>Tragopan temminckii</i>) During the Breeding Season in Laojunshan National Nature Reserve, Western China. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Zhao L +7 more
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Extreme Silk Toughness in Caerostris Spiders Is Limited to Adult Females
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We ask whether species with exceptionally tough silk, like Caerostris bark spiders, show different developmental patterns in silk toughness between ontogenetic stages and sexes. We found that only large females produce exceptionally tough silk with higher initial stiffness, while juvenile females as well as adult and juvenile males produce inferior ...
Matjaž Gregorič +4 more
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