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Waste management in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]

, 2014
Waste management is important in insect societies because waste can be hazardous to adults, brood and food stores. The general organization of waste management and the influence of task partitioning, division of labor and age polyethism on waste ...
Hart, Adam G, Medina-Medina, Luis A, Ratnieks, Francis L W   +2 more
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Predators and scavengers: Polar bears as marine carrion providers

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Scavenging is a foraging strategy widely used across the animal kingdom and apex predators provide a large amount of energy in a food web by provisioning carrion. In the harsh environmental conditions of the Arctic, apex predators such as polar bears Ursus maritimus can provide scavenging opportunities for many species. Carrion can act as a buffer when
Holly E. L. Gamblin, Andrew E. Derocher, Evan S. Richardson, David McGeachy, James D. Roth, Nicholas W. Pilfold   +5 more
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Sex identification and sexual dimorphism in the skull of the stone marten, <em>Martes foina</em> (Carnivora, Mustelidae) / Identificazione del sesso e dimorfismo sessuale nel cranio della faina, <em>Martes foina</em> (Carnivora, Mustelidae)

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1990
<strong>Abstract</strong> Morphometric variation in 62 characters of 84 skulls of <em>Martes foina</em> from Italy was analyzed.
Anna De Marinis, Hristo Nikolov, Svetoslav Gerasimov   +2 more
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Mating system of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, in a high density population [PDF]

, 2005
Badgers are facultatively social, forming large groups at high density. Group-living appears to have high reproductive costs for females, and may lead to increased levels of inbreeding.
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, Ahnlund, Arnold, Blundell, Carpenter, Carr, Cheeseman, Cheeseman, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Cresswell, Cresswell, Da Silva, De Leeuw, De Luca, Delahay, Delahay, Delahay, Domingo-Roura, Donnelly, Duarte, Emlen, Emlen, Evans, Evett, Gagneux, Geffen, Griffin, Hacklander, Hatchwell, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Jones, Kruuk, Kruuk, Kruuk, Lauzardo, Macdonald, MacKintosh, Marshall, Neal, Raymond, Revilla, Rice, Rogers, Rogers, Rogers, Rousset, Sambrook, Smith, Solomon, Swinton, Thompson, Thompson, Tuyttens, Tuyttens, Valiere, Van Horn, Waits, Walsh, Winters, Woodroffe, Woodroffe, Woodroffe, Woods, Wrangham   +69 more
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Interaction Between Traditional Fishers and the Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) in a Brazilian Amazon Estuary

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) is a semi‐aquatic carnivore from the Mustelidae family with a piscivorous habit that interacts with riverine populations because of fishing resources, and this relationship is often negative, especially in the Amazon where fishing represents an important activity for several communities ...
Dayse Souza Marques, Izabelle da Silva Mendes, César França Braga, Renata Emin‐Lima, Thuareag Monteiro Trindade dos Santos   +4 more
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Morphological variation and allometry of the baculum in stoats, Mustela erminea (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Western Carpathians [PDF]

, 2018
In this study we investigated allometry and variation in the baculum of the stoat Mustela erminea and compared it with head-and-body length not involved in reproduction. The stoat is a species with pre-copulatory selection (manifested by the high
Csanády, Alexander, Onderková, Anna
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Lutra lutra(Carnivora: Mustelidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2016
Lutra lutra ([Linnaeus, 1758][1]), commonly known as the Eurasian otter, is the most widely distributed of the lutrinids (otters). L. lutra is primarily a piscivorous predator but also preys on amphibians, crustaceans, small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Nancy Hung, Chris J. Law
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Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it

The Anatomical Record, Volume 308, Issue 12, Page 3175-3185, December 2025.
Abstract Terrestrial vertebrates from at least 30 distinct lineages in both extinct and extant clades have returned to aquatic environments. With these transitions came numerous morphological adaptations to accommodate life in water. Relatively little attention has been paid to the cervical region when tracking this transition.
Justin Keller, Annalisa Berta, Mark Juhn, Blaire Van Valkenburgh   +3 more
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Mustelidae Fischer 1817

, 1982
Family Mustelidae REVIEWED BY: T. Holmes (TH); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP)(Mexico); P. Roben (PR); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR) (U.S. S.R.); H. J. Stains (HJS). ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004000000000.
Honacki, James H., Kinman, Kenneth E., Koeppl, James W.   +2 more
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Martes zibellina (Carnivora: Mustelidae) [PDF]

Mammalian Species, 2011
Martes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758) is a mustelid commonly called the sable. It is a widespread Siberian species that inhabits a spectrum of localities in the mountain and plain taiga, and also coniferous and deciduous forests in 6 countries. Main resources and largest part of its distribution area are located in Russia. M.
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