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First description of the breeding biology and behaviour of the near threatened northern sooty woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris (Valenciennes 1826) (Piciformes: Picidae) in Luzon Island, Philippines

Natural History Sciences
Although generally regarded as keystone species within forest communities, woodpeckers (Picidae) remain understudied in the Philippines. We describe for the first time the breeding biology and behaviour of the IUCN Near Threatened northern sooty ...
Vince Angelo G. Gicaraya, Carmela P. Española   +1 more
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The scale of seasonal migrations in the urban part of the Great Tit population in the southeast of the West Siberian plain

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2022
Aim. This research aims to study the Great Tit breeding density, depending on the distance from preferred wintering sites with all other things being equal.Material and Methods.
I. G. Frolov
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Nested PLS

Archive for Mathematical Logic, 2010
In this note we will introduce a class of search problems, called nested Polynomial Local Search (nPLS) problems, and show that definable NP search problems, i.e., $Σ^b_1$-definable functions in $T^2_2$ are characterized in terms of the nested PLS.
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Neglected Avian Blood Parasites (Onchocercidae and Trypanosomatidae) in Migratory Passerines of the Temperate Zone, Eastern Baltic Region

Pathogens
Passerine birds (n = 3335) of 19 species were caught and investigated for the presence of Trypanosomatidae and Onchocercidae parasites using the buffy coat method, microscopy and PCR in Ventės Ragas, Lithuania.
Rasa Bernotienė, Tatjana Iezhova, Vytautas Eigirdas, Vytautas Jusys, Margarita Kazak, Rasa Binkienė   +5 more
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Keeping a watch on neighbors: social vigilance in Painted Stork ( Mycteria leucocephala ) nesting colonies

Journal of Field Ornithology
Social vigilance, the act of monitoring conspecifics, is a critical behavior in group-living species, balancing the demands of threat detection, resource acquisition, and social interactions.
Paritosh Ahmed, Abdul Jamil Urfi
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Nested LSTMs

CoRR, 2018
We propose Nested LSTMs (NLSTM), a novel RNN architecture with multiple levels of memory. Nested LSTMs add depth to LSTMs via nesting as opposed to stacking. The value of a memory cell in an NLSTM is computed by an LSTM cell, which has its own inner memory cell.
Joel Ruben Antony Moniz, David Krueger 0001   +1 more
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Updating Chimpanzee Nesting Data at Mount Assirik (Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal): Implications for Conservation

Animals
The Niokolo Koba National Park (NKNP) is the largest protected area in Senegal and lies at the northern limit of the chimpanzee’s range in West Africa.
Yaya Hamady Ndiaye, Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Stacy Marie Lindshield, Jill Daphne Pruetz   +3 more
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The fauna and summer bird population of the Karagai Biosphere Reserve (Chelyabinsk Oblast)

Трансформация экосистем
Based on the results of ornithological studies, conducted in the Karagai Biosphere Reserve in 2008–2022, a list of bird species has been compiled. It consists of 134 (including 118 breeding or, probably, breeding) species.
V. A. Gashek, V. D. Zakharov, B. V. Krasutskiy, D. A. Yasko   +3 more
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Ducks and passerines nesting in northern mixed‐grass prairie treated with fire

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2011
Prescribed fire is an important, ecology‐driven tool for restoration of grassland systems. However, prescribed fire remains controversial for some grassland managers because of reported reductions in bird use of recently burned grasslands.
Todd A. Grant, Terry L. Shaffer, Elizabeth M. Madden, Gordon B. Berkey   +3 more
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Description of life stages of dung beetle Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with notes on nesting and biology

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Immature stages of Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius) are described for the first time along with notes on nidification and biology.  The larvae differ from other Scarabaeinae species in the structure of raster on tenth sternum with two irregular bunches
Suvarna S. Khadakkar, Ashish D. Tiple, Arun M. Khurad   +2 more
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