Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives
ABSTRACT Animal medical systems encompass a wide range of behaviours aimed at maintaining or improving health. It has become clear that these behaviours are not limited to animals treating themselves (self‐medication) but also include the treatment of group members, resulting in the adoption of the more inclusive term “animal medication”.
Michelina Pusceddu+5 more
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The paradoxical impact of drought on West Nile virus risk: insights from long-term ecological data. [PDF]
Sambado S+7 more
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Zebra stripes: the questions raised by the answers
ABSTRACT Multiple hypotheses have been suggested to explain why the three zebra species (Equus quagga, E. grevyi and E. zebra) are striped. We review how well these theories explain the nature (rather than simply the existence) of the stripes. Specifically, we explore how well different theories explain (i) the form of zebra stripes (especially on ...
Hamish M. Ireland, Graeme D. Ruxton
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Housing and household characteristics associated with malaria vectors abundance and clinical malaria incidence in a semi-urban and a rural area of Burkina Faso. [PDF]
Nikiema M+10 more
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ABSTRACT Humans play key roles in shaping the structure and processes of ecosystems globally, especially in cities. This recognition has prompted a recent focus on understanding urban systems via interactions between human social systems and ecological and evolutionary processes.
Kevin E. McCluney+9 more
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The impact of fires on mosquito populations in Eastern Siberian forests. [PDF]
Shvetsov AV.
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Environmental justice in education for climate action: Case studies from Perú and Uganda
Abstract This paper draws on participatory research with secondary school learners in Perú and Uganda that shows how environmental and social (in) justices are interwoven and embedded in young people's experiences of the natural world. These experiences contrast with learners' accounts of environmental education in secondary schooling, in which the ...
Rachel Wilder+3 more
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Microbial gatekeepers: midgut bacteria in <i>Aedes</i> mosquitoes as modulators of arboviral transmission and targets for sustainable vector control. [PDF]
Worku AT+12 more
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Abstract Natural dyes are compounds that occur naturally in several organisms and are classified based on chemical structure and application method. The literature cites several natural dyes used in industrial transformation processes. Annatto dye is used in the food industry, and its biological pigment is extracted from the annatto seed. However, this
Marcel Jefferson Gonçalves+5 more
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Modelling the effects of adult emergence on the surveillance and age distribution of medically important mosquitoes. [PDF]
Stopard IJ+7 more
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