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Socialist Dandies International: East Europe, 1946-1959 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article maps the looks and lifestyle choices of small groups of young, like-minded people who emerged in the postwar Soviet Union and East Europe in the background of huge political, social, and cultural changes.
Bonami Francesco   +19 more
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Distance sampling: comparing walked transects and road transects for rock ptarmigan densities and population trends

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
We compared population trends for rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta densities (2003‒2019) derived from walked transects and driven road transects in Mosfellsheiði and Slétta in southwest and northeast Iceland, respectively. The walked transects were laid out according to a random rule.
Matteo Ferrarini, Ólafur K. Nielsen
wiley   +1 more source

Antioxidant supplementation during early development reduces parasite load but does not affect sexual ornament expression in adult ring-necked pheasants Phasianus colchicus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
ArticleCopyright © 2012 The Authors. Functional Ecology © 2012 British Ecological Society1. The ‘parasite-mediated sexual selection’ (PMSS) hypothesis predicts that exaggerated male ornamentation could provide a signal to females of a males ability to ...
Blount, Jonathan D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Dusky grouse seasonal resource selection in the Great Basin isolated mountain ranges of Nevada, USA

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Dusky grouse Dendragapus obscurus are a montane forest grouse species with a paucity of information regarding their temporal and spatial resource use during critical times of high mortality and reproductive output. This lack of vital data may leave dusky grouse at risk of sub‐optimal management in many areas of their distribution, especially in the ...
Stephanie Landry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Word mastery in oral reading: telling versus sounding of unknown words, in grade three. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1959
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University N.B.: Page 71 is misnumbered.
Dee, Joan M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

PARASITES OF NEBRASKA PHEASANTS

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Diseases, 1972
Parasite prevalence, intensity, and diversity in Nebraska pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) were studied during the fall of 1971. Fifty-four of 63 (86%) pheasants examined for helminths harbored at least one parasite species. Heterakis gallinarum (65% of the pheasants), Choanotaenia infundibulum (48%), Echinoparyphium recurvation (1.6%), and Zygocotyle ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Feathers and flu: identifying data gaps in avian influenza host dynamics to prioritize wildlife conservation Plumas y gripe: identificación de datos faltantes en la dinámica de hospedadores de la influenza aviar para priorizar la conservación de la vida silvestre

open access: yesWildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We describe the host response continuum for highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV), including the continuum of host responses to HPAIV infection and exposure based on the primary axis of host competence, ability to infect other hosts, and host vulnerability.
Johanna A. Harvey   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of perches on morphology, welfare and behaviour of captive reared pheasants

open access: yesItalian Journal of Animal Science, 2017
This study investigated the effect of providing elevated perches in growing pens on the morphology and behaviour of young pheasants. Pheasants reared with perches from one week old were observed roosting off the ground significantly more frequently when ...
Francesco Santilli, Marco Bagliacca
doaj   +1 more source

Behaviour patterns of the cage-housed breeding flock of pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011
The aim of this work was to investigate the behaviour patterns of a cage-housed breeding flock of pheasants during the day in the early stage of laying period, and evaluate the differences in behaviour patterns between male and female pheasants ...
David Zapletal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Various Gallus varius hybrids: variation in junglefowl hybrids and Darwin's interest in them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Hybrids between Green Junglefowl Gallus varius and domestic fowl G. gallus domesticus confused several 19th-century ornithologists. The plumage of these hybrids is so unlike the colours and patterns of either of the parent species that they were ...
Dekkers, W, van Grouw, Hein
core   +1 more source

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