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Global importance of Amazonian freshwaters
Amazonian freshwaters have large influences on regional and global climate, harbor remarkable and unique species, and are vital to human society. Nevertheless, as compared to their terrestrial counterparts in the Amazon, these freshwaters have received less attention from the international conservation community.
Clinton N Jenkins +12 more
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Entre dos mundos: los grabados al aire libre de Pena Bicuda de Loureiro (Teo, Galicia, España)
Abordamos el estudio de un interesante petroglifo prehistórico registrado recientemente, que muestra las habituales combinaciones circulares pero también motivos menos usuales como espirales o un posible ídolo.
Ramón Fábregas Valcarce +3 more
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Disrupting the Norm: Looking for Magical Spaces in Science
ABSTRACT Focused on the discipline of biology, this chapter reports on the author's personal and professional revelations around their approach to their discipline as uncovered through participation in a Disrupting interview.
Sarah Hewitt
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Mistletoes as Indicators of the Intensity of Browsing by Large Mammals in Kalahari Savanna
ABSTRACT The frequency, size and position of the mistletoe Tapinanthus oleifolius in its dominant host's canopy were strongly correlated with the degree of exposure to herbivory by the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and especially the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
Jeremy J. Midgley +2 more
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Archaeological Investigations at a Wisconsin Petroglyph Site
Preliminary test excavations at the Hensler Petroglyph Site in East Central Wisconsin, U.S.A. have disclosed the remains of aboriginal engravings below Aeolian sediments dated to ca. 15,000 years B.P. The stratified deposits lying adjacent to an engraved
Jack Steinbring
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Biomechanical Analysis of Mongolian Bronze and Iron Age Four‐Legged Walking Petroglyphs
Top: Photograph (by Krisztián Bécs) of an Iron Age Mongolian rock‐goatpetroglyph. Bottom: ABSTRACT Since the works of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s, the characteristics of motion of four‐legged animals are well known for experts of animal locomotion, and the different gaits of many four‐legged species have been investigated in detail.
Krisztián Bécs +2 more
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We utilized 10 microsatellite loci to examine the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and demographic history of Zamia decumbens Calonje, Meerman, M.P. Griff. & Hoese, an endangered cycad species occurring in small disjunct populations on karst topography within the Maya Mountains of Belize.
Michael Calonje +4 more
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The Lost Large Mammals of Arabia
ABSTRACT Aim If successful, plans to restore the vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (AP) as announced by the Middle East and Saudi Green Initiatives will see the greatest increase in vegetation cover since the beginning of the Holocene Humid Phase (HHP), roughly 9–10,000 years ago.
Christopher Clarke, Sultan M. Alsharif
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Determining the age of Qatari Jabal Jassasiyah Petroglyphs [PDF]
The petroglyph site in Jabal Jassasiyah Qatar is located approximately 60 km northeast of the capital city of Doha and has over 900 different types of petroglyphs.
Raid Hassiba +5 more
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Abstract Local and Indigenous Peoples steward and protect a significant proportion of biologically diverse ecosystems globally. This fact is increasingly acknowledged by researchers and international organizations, offering both opportunities and challenges at the intersection of Indigenous and western knowledge production in the context of ...
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong +5 more
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