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Androlaelaps marmosops (Acari: Laelapidae), a new species associated with the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001
Androlaelaps marmosops, a new species of laelapid mite, is described from the pelage of the mouse opossum, Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) (Mammalia: Didelphidae), in two areas of Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro State. Measurements and illustrations are
F. MARTINS-HATANO, D. GETTINGER, H. G. BERGALLO   +2 more
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Lack of capture‐induced mortality of neonates associated with variation in handling protocols

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We found that handling metrics (e.g., handling time, number of collectors, and age at capture) had limited or no influence on the survival of neonatal mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep within the first few days of life. Furthermore, we found that handled mule deer and Rocky Mountain bighorn neonates were recruited at a ...
Marcus E. Blum, Tayler N. LaSharr, Kelley M. Stewart, John T. Hogg, Brittany L. Wagler, Rachel A. Smiley, Katey S. Huggler, Rhiannon P. Jakopak, Mitchell J. Brunet, Rebecca L. Levine, Rebekah T. Rafferty, Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Benjamin M. Regan, Mike Cox, Brian F. Wakeling, Doug Brimeyer, Gary L. Fralick, Brandon Scurlock, Rusty C. Kaiser, Mark Thonhoff, Patrick W. Burke, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Daryl Lutz, Timothy J. Robinson, Kevin L. Monteith   +24 more
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First record of Cynomops planirostris (Peters, 1865) (Chiroptera, Molossidae) from Maranhão state, Brazil, based on morphological and molecular data [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Based on morphological and molecular data, we present the first record of Cynomops planirostris for the State of Maranhão. The specimen was collected in the Inhamum Municipal Environmental Protection Area in Maranhão, Brazil and characterized ...
S. B. Mendes, A. C. S. Lima, T. S. Reis, E. C. Fraga, M. C. Barros   +4 more
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De "l'inanimis imago" à "l'omagem mui bella": méfiance à l'égard des images et essor de leur culte dans l'Espagne médiévale (VII-XIII siècle) [PDF]

, 2009
Mientras se multiplican los trabajos sobre las prácticas y creencias relativas a las imágenes religiosas en las sociedades medievales, no se dispone aún de una visión de conjunto sobre el tema para la Península Ibérica.
Henriet, Patrick, Sansterre, Jean-Marie
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Hair as sensory skin: sensitive bodies, ritual shaving, and the maintenance of bodily boundaries in Hindu Suriname De la pilosité comme peau sensorielle : corps sensibles, rasage rituel et maintien des limites du corps chez les hindous du Surinam

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Hair is an integral part of the skin's interface and has sensory capacity. It actively contributes to processes of bodily materialization and facilitates transactional exchange with other social actors and environments, particularly regarding energies and vibrations that can be perceived as subtle matter.
Sinah Theres Kloß
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Superb winter fur insulation in the small Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)

Rangifer, 2015
We compared the morphology and thermal characteristics of winter pelage from two Siberian musk deer Moschus moschiferus (aged 5 and 41 mo.; 5.7 and 9.5 kg) and two Eurasian reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus (aged >48 mo.; 73 and 79 kg).
Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Marina V. Kholodova, Vladimir E. Sokolov, Edward B. Messelt, Nicholas J. C. Tyler   +5 more
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Pélage : archéologie et utilisations de l’image d’un point de vue queer

Images Re-Vues, 2021
This article shows the use of the figure of Pelagius in three precise historical moments: the Middle Ages, in which the martyrdom of the saint is written; the 16th century, in which the images of the altarpiece of Saint Pelayo were created, coinciding ...
Javier Cuevas del Barrio
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Diffusion et réception des chroniques : Chronica Naiarensis, Liber regum, Chronica regum Castellae [PDF]

, 2006
International audienceIl est question dans ces pages des chroniques composées dans l'espace castillan au tournant du XIIe et du XIIIe siècles, afin d'avancer des informations sur le cadre pragmatique de réception des histoires royales qui devaient ...
Arizaleta, Amaia
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Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainville, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
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Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić, Ella W. White, Julian Fennessy, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Kateřina Gašparová, Simon Valle, Michael B. Brown, Thomas Rabeil, Karolína Brandlová   +8 more
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