The march of the Common Green Iguana ( Iguana iguana ): early establishment in Singapore and Thailand is facilitated by the pet trade and recreational parks [PDF]
, 2020 Matthijs P. van den Burg +2 more
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Dynamic Bonds Enable Repair and Reprocessing of Glycol‐Modified PET
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Dynamic hindered urea bonds enable rapid healing in glycol‐modified PET‐based polyurethanes. Tuning the hindered‐amine content allows these polymers to balance mechanical integrity with fast repair, achieving complete scratch disappearance in 30 s at 130°C.
Chaninya Mak‐iad +3 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific BiodiversityOwls are popular pets in Japan, with the country being the largest importer of live owls in the world. Although several studies have looked at the welfare implications of the country's “owl cafés,” the scale and scope of the Japanese owl trade, and its ...
Boyd T.C. Leupen +4 more
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Improving coastal livelihoods through sustainable aquaculture practices - a report to the collaborative APEC Grouper Research and Development Network [PDF]
, 2003 Wild-harvest fisheries for live reef fish are largely over-exploited or unsustainable because of over-fishing and the widespread use of destructive fishing practices such as blast and cyanide fishing.
Adrien, B. +14 more
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Strategies for Loading and Releasing Peptide Therapeutics in Biodegradable Carriers
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A biodegradable carrier‐based peptide delivery system is a powerful treatment platform for diverse diseases, owing to its superior therapeutic efficacy and low toxicity. This review examines the conventional peptide‐loaded carrier fabrication process and its current limitations.
Wookyoung Jang, Ki Wan Bong
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First record of Psittacara erythrogenys (Psittacidae) in Colombia
Caldasia, 2020 The red-masked parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys was originally distributed in the forests of Ecuador and northwestern Peru, mainly below 1500 m of elevation.
Eliana Fierro-Calderón +1 more
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Engineering Strategies for Stable and Long‐Life Alkaline Zinc‐Based Flow Batteries
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Alkaline zinc‐based flow batteries face persistent challenges from unstable zinc deposition, including dendrite growth, passivation, corrosion, and hydrogen evolution, which severely limit cycling stability. Current research addresses these issues through coordinated electrode structuring, electrolyte regulation, and membrane design to control zinc ...
Yuran Bai +6 more
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Breeding and trade of wildlife in Santa Catarina state, Brazil
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe wildlife trade is becoming increasingly more relevant in discussions concerning conservation biology and the sustainable management of natural resources. The aim of this study was to document the trade and breeding of wildlife in Santa Catarina state,
VV Kuhnen, JO Remor, REM Lima
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East European crayfish stocks at risk: arrival of non-indigenous crayfish species
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2016 An increasing number of non-indigenous crayfish species (NICS) of apparently pet trade origin have become established particularly in Europe. Especially alarming are recent confirmation of two distantly separated marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f ...
Kotovska Ganna +3 more
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011 The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) is native to South America and has been introduced by the pet market to several countries around the world. In this note, we compiled records for this species in Mexico, also reporting the first sight-recording ...
Ian MacGregor-Fors +4 more
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