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Validating trends in olive ridley sea turtle nesting track counts in Guatemala in light of a national hatchery protection strategy

Oryx, 2023
The olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea is the most abundant marine turtle species in Guatemala, representing > 99% of all nests. Along with other marine turtles, they are important both culturally and ecologically.
B. Alejandra Morales-Mérida, Colum Muccio, Marc Girondot   +2 more
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The status of vultures in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, central India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
The study on the status of vultures in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BRT), central India was carried out from January 2011 to March 2013 in different seasons using opportunistic sightings.
Balasubramaniam Navaneethan, Kalyanasundaram Sankar, Qamar Qureshi, Manas Manjrekar   +3 more
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Testing infrared technology to locate active migratory bird nests

, 2020
The Migratory Birds Convention Act of 1994 prohibits the destruction of migratory bird nests (incidental take), requiring industry to avoid activities that may put nesting birds at risk.
Gustafson, Brian Allen
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A single Streptomyces symbiont makes multiple antifungals to support the fungus farming ant Acromyrmex octospinosus [PDF]

, 2013
Attine ants are dependent on a cultivated fungus for food and use antibiotics produced by symbiotic Actinobacteria as weedkillers in their fungus gardens. Actinobacterial species belonging to the genera Pseudonocardia, Streptomyces and Amycolatopsis have
Brearley, Charles, Seipke, Ryan F., Barke, Joerg, Yu, Douglas W., Goss, Rebecca J. M., Hill, Lionel, Hutchings, Matthew I.   +6 more
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NESTING ECOLOGY OF RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY IN THE EDWARDS PLATEAU OF TEXAS

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005
: Rio Grande wild turkey (RGWT; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) abundance in the southeastern portion of the Edwards Plateau (EP) of Texas has been declining for decades, whereas trends in abundance for the northwestern portion of the EP have remained ...
Charles J. Randel, Raymond Aguirre, Dustin A. Jones, Jody N. Schaap, Beau J. Willsey, Markus J. Peterson, Nova J. Silvy   +6 more
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New nesting record of Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782 (Phoenicopteriformes, Phoenicopteridae) using a drone in Junin National Reserve, Peru [PDF]

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Chilean Flamingo, Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782, inhabits the Andes and is listed as Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Juan Carlos Hurtado-Valerio, Henry Esequiel Tinoco-Vega, Melecio Arias-López, Luis Castillo Roque, Matt T. Herbert, John Azua, Wade Sedgwick, Roberto Elias-Piperis   +7 more
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Nest Characteristics and Prey Selection of Sceliphron destillatorium (Apoidea, Sphecidae) on the Territory of the Rivnenskyi Nature Reserve

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The nesting behaviour and prey selection of Sceliphron destillatorium remains poorly studied in Ukraine. In the present study we analysed a total of 59 nests of S. destillatorium. The main morphometric parameters of S.
S. Pytel-Huta, V. Yanul, M. Franchuk, A. Zatushevsky, J. Tsaryk   +4 more
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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.
openaire   +3 more sources

NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS VERSUS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS: THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS ON EFL LEARNER'S ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

English Review: Journal of English Education, 2019
In the field of TESOL, the perception that Native English Speaking Teachers (NESTs) are better than Non-Native English Speaking Teachers (NNESTs) has influenced language schools, recruitment policies and institutional leadership practices.
Tariq Elyas, Noor Motlaq Alghofaili
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The Function of Feathers in Tree Swallow Nests: Insulation or Ectoparasite Barrier? [PDF]

, 2009
Altricial young face two significant energetic challenges in the nest: thermoregulation and stress caused by ectoparasites. Ectoparasites feed on blood of nestlings and serve as vectors for bacterial and viral infections.
Hannon, S., Stephenson, S., Proctor, H.
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