Goats excel at learning and remembering a highly novel cognitive task [PDF]
, 2014 PMCID ...
Baciadonna, L +3 more
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Cranial shape diversification in horses: variation and covariation patterns under the impact of artificial selection [PDF]
, 2021 The potential of artificial selection to dramatically impact phenotypic diversity is well known. Large-scale morphological changes in domestic species, emerging over short timescales, offer an accelerated perspective on evolutionary processes.
Bayarsaikhan, J. +6 more
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Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between‐group interactions in primates
Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2257-2284, December 2025.ABSTRACT While intergroup conflict features prominently in the behavioural ecology literature, its antonym, intergroup peace, has been a rather neglected phenomenon until recently. Neighbourly relations and affiliative interactions are far from uncommon.
Cyril C. Grueter, Luca Pozzi
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Collapse of the world's largest herbivores [PDF]
, 2015 Large wild herbivores are crucial to ecosystems and human societies. We highlight the 74 largest terrestrial herbivore species on Earth (body mass ≥100 kg), the threats they face, their important and often overlooked ecosystem effects, and the ...
Andrade +38 more
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Differentiation of Meat Samples from Domestic Horses ( Equus caballus ) and Asiatic Wild Asses ( Equus hemionus ) Using a Species-Speci fi c Restriction Site in the Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Region [PDF]
Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2006 Recent studies suggest that Asiatic wild asses ( Equus hemionus ) are being increasingly poached in a commercial fashion. Part of the meat is believed to reach the meat markets in the capital Ulaanbaatar.
Ralph Kuehn +4 more
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Dialog, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 196-203, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT This paper explores lights and landscapes as depicted in near‐death experiences (NDEs). NDEs are specific experiences, which human beings with a (perceived) close brush with death may have and later recall, often including seeing a brilliant light and sometimes traveling to unearthly dimensions, which may or may not include landscapes.
Tobias Anker Stripp
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Genetic variation and selection in the major histocompatibility complex Class II gene in the Guizhou pony [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The Guizhou pony (GZP) is an indigenous species of equid found in the mountains of the Guizhou province in southwest China. We selected four regions of the equine leukocyte antigen (ELA), including DQA, DRA, DQB, and DRB, and used them to assess the ...
Chang Liu +3 more
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Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio‐economic shocks on large carnivores
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 3104-3125, November 2025.Abstract Large carnivores are ecologically, economically and socially important, but they are also among the most threatened species worldwide. These species face numerous threats, most importantly habitat transformation, prey depletion and hunting.
Ranjini Murali +17 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 4, October–December 2025.We investigated desert mammals' utilization of canal wildlife crossing structures (WCSs) in Xinjiang, China, employing COVID‐19 lockdowns as a natural experiment to evaluate anthropogenic disturbance effects. Camera trap data for four focal species revealed shifts in encounter rates, activity patterns, and predator‐prey interactions across pandemic ...
Weibo Wang +9 more
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On the Move – Do Domestic and Wild Ungulate Species Distributions Overlap in the Mongolian Gobi? [PDF]
, 2021 In the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area (Great Gobi B), wild and domestic ungulates seasonally share the forage of the semi-desert and desert habitat.
Ganbaatar, O. +3 more
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