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Patterns of past and recent conversion of indigenous grasslands in the South Island, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2012
We used recent satellite imagery to quantify the extent, type, and rate of conversion of remaining indigenous grasslands in the inland eastern South Island of New Zealand in recent years.
Clarkson, Bruce D., Dymond, John R., Shepherd, James D., Walker, Susan F., Weeks, Emily Sherra   +4 more
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Revisiting paravertebral muscles in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) (Leporidae; Lagomorpha)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have long been chosen as laboratory model organisms. Despite this, there has been no definitive study of the vertebral musculature of wild rabbits. Relevant descriptions of well‐studied veterinary model mammals (such as dogs) are generally applicable, but not appropriate for a species ...
Nuttakorn Taewcharoen, Emma Sherratt, Philip Stott, Rachel Norris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intraspecific variation of cochlear morphology in bowhead and beluga whales

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The bony labyrinth of the petrosal bone, a distinctive feature of mammal skulls, is often identified in micro‐computed tomography imaging to infer species' physiological and ecological traits. When done as part of a comparative study, one individual specimen is normally considered representative of a species, and intraspecific variation is ...
John Peacock, J. G. M. Thewissen
wiley   +1 more source

Shifts in Eastern Mediterranean Fish Communities: Abundance Changes, Trait Overlap, and Possible Competition between Native and Non-Native Species

Fishes, 2018
During the last few decades the fish community has changed substantially along the Eastern Mediterranean continental shelf, which is a hotspot of invasion by species that had migrated via the Suez Canal.
Erik Arndt, Or Givan, Dor Edelist, Oren Sonin, Jonathan Belmaker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Halting indigenous biodiversity decline: ambiguity, equity, and outcomes in RMA assessment of significance [PDF]

, 2008
In New Zealand, assessment of ‘significance’ is undertaken to give effect to a legal requirement for local authorities to provide for protection of significant sites under the Resource Management Act (1991). The ambiguity of the statute enables different
Brower, Ann L., Clarkson, Bruce D., Lee, William G., Myers, Shona C., Shaw, William B., Stephens, R. T. Theo, Walker, Susan F.   +6 more
core  

Monitoring of sessile and mobile epifauna – Considerations for non-indigenous species

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019
The present study aimed to develop monitoring methods for shallow water sessile and mobile epifauna with the main focus on enhancing the chance of early detection for new non-indigenous species (NIS) invasions. The field sampling was conducted between June and September in 2012, in the Archipelago Sea (Finland).
Yli-Rosti Juho, Vesakoski Outi, Forsström Tiia, Yli-Rosti Juho, Lehtiniemi Maiju, Outinen Okko   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The native distribution range of the European marine non-indigenous species

, 2018
In this study, we have performed a large-scale assessment on the native distribution range of the marine non-indigenous species (NIS) found in at least one of the European Seas (Mediterranean, NE Atlantic Ocean, Black, Baltic Sea).
T. Konstantinos, Zenetos Argyro, D. Ivan, Gervasini Eugenio, D. Ana   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx, Oliver Kersten, Youri van den Hurk, Brenna A. Frasier, Richard Sabin, Bastiaan Star, James H. Barrett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eudiaptomus gracilis in Italy: how, where and why

Journal of Limnology, 2007
Eudiaptomus gracilis, one the most widely distributed calanoid copepod species in Europe, was not reported in Italy prior to the late 1980s. Since then, E.
Nicoletta RICCARDI, Giampaolo ROSSETTI
doaj   +1 more source

Non-indigenous Species and Preemptive Trade Policy [PDF]

This paper presents a theoretical model of the enforcement of an SPS standard - border inspections for invasive non-indigenous species - in the presence of both risk-reducing and protectionist motivations.
Lawley, Chad
core   +1 more source