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Offspring fitness and the optimal propagule size in a fluctuating environment
Journal of Avian Biology, 2018 Propagule size is an important maternal effect on offspring fitness and phenotype in birds and other oviparous animals. The performance of propagules often increases with size, but a fluctuating environment may introduce temporal variation in the optimal
Thomas Kvalnes +6 more
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Developmental stability covaries with genome-wide and single-locus heterozygosity in house sparrows.
PLoS ONE, 2011 Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a measure of developmental instability, has been hypothesized to increase with genetic stress. Despite numerous studies providing empirical evidence for associations between FA and genome-wide properties such as multi-locus ...
Carl Vangestel +4 more
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Wintering Birds in Northern Saudi Arabia: February 2009 [PDF]
, 2011 The northern plains of Saudi Arabia are an area of approximately 231,000 km2, or roughly equivalent to the size of the whole of the United Kingdom. During previous ABBA Surveys in this area in late winter and spring significant numbers of wintering ...
Abu Qabous, Baleegh +3 more
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2026.A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman +2 more
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Badge Size Reflects Sperm Oxidative Status within Social Groups in the House Sparrow Passer domesticus [PDF]
, 2016 The phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis proposes that male ornaments reflect male fertility. Male ornaments could honestly signal sperm quality due to the high susceptibility of sperm to free radicals on the one hand and the negative impact of ...
Glauser, Gaëtan +4 more
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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 26, 8 May 2026.A novel FIRINOX‐loaded implant demonstrates controlled drug release, and potent therapeutic efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mouse models with safety confirmed in a large‐animal pre‐clinical model. This innovative drug delivery platform offers a promising new treatment approach for non‐resectable, treatment‐resistant pancreatic cancer ...
Samantha J. Wade +19 more
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Dynamics of multiple sexual signals in relation to climatic conditions [PDF]
, 2007 Question: Can trait-specific phenotypic plasticity in response to annual environmental variation lead to changes in the strength of sexual selection through the relative expression of sexual ornaments at the population level?
Garamszegi, László Zsolt +5 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Waste‐Derived Materials for Solar Still Performance Enhancement
Advanced Materials Interfaces, Volume 13, Issue 9, 5 May 2026.Solar desalination reduces energy use and produces freshwater sustainably, but its productivity is limited and cannot meet rising demand. Thus, solar desalination system improvements are sought to boost water productivity. Waste materials are abundantly available and burden the environment, making them low‐cost enhancers for solar desalination systems.
A. S. Abdullah +6 more
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On the North American invasion of the House Sparrow and its absence in the Yucatan Peninsula
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2021 Biological invasions occur when individuals of alien species establish and colonize new locations. The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is one of the most widespread invasive birds, native to Eurasia and North Africa, and has successfully invaded many ...
Alexander Peña-Peniche +3 more
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Alguns aspectos da ornitologia da Ilha das Flores. [PDF]
, 1990 IV Expedição Científica do Departamento de Biologia – Flores 1989.0s objectivos da expedição foram os seguintes: 1) captura de espécimes pertencentes a Passer domesticus com vista a ulterior realização de estudos morfológicos e genéticos; 2) obtenção de ...
Akers, Peter +3 more
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