Results 11 to 20 of about 117,776 (72)

Vodní měkkýši lomů ČSA a Vršany – počátek kolonizace [PDF]

Malacologica Bohemoslovaca
In 2022 and 2023, aquatic molluscs were surveyed in brown coal quarries ČSA and Vršany, northwestern Bohemia, where mining is ending and reclamation is in progress.
Luboš Beran
doaj   +1 more source

Helix lutescens (Gastropoda: Helicidae) expands its range in Ukraine [PDF]

Malacologica Bohemoslovaca
We analysed the records of Helix lutescens in Ukraine from the 19th century to the present. We found that the range of this species has expanded significantly. At the beginning of the 21st century, H.
Nina Gural-Sverlova, Roman Gural
doaj   +1 more source

Two new species of the treehopper genus Enchenopa Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera, Membracidae) from northwest Ecuador [PDF]

ZooKeys
Enchenopa Amyot & Serville, 1843 is a diverse treehopper genus widespread across the New World. We describe two new Enchenopa species from northwest Ecuador: Enchenopa gennyae sp. nov.
María P. Rueda-Rodríguez, Jorge L. Montalvo-Salazar   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Exploring the Social Reinforcing Value of Brushing in Equine-Assisted Services: A Comparative Study with Food Reinforcement

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
Brushing is one of the most common human-horse interactions in Equine-Assisted Services (EAS). Previous research has shown both positive and negative effects of brushing on horses’ behavior and physiological states.
Katy Schroeder, Megan Arant, Cameron Hekkert, Alexandra Protopopova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New species of Pseudacanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Amazon, Brazil [PDF]

Neotropical Ichthyology
The genus Pseudacanthicus encompasses eight recognized species so far: P. histrix, P. serratus, P. spinosus, P. fordii, P. leopardus, P. pitanga, P. pirarara, P. major. Only P. pirarara has been formally described from the rio Xingu basin.
Maria Letícia Batista Galvão Lopes, Leandro Melo de Sousa, Carine Cavalcante Chamon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complexities and considerations in conducting animal-assisted intervention research: A discussion of randomized controlled trials

Human-Animal Interactions, 2023
The field of human-animal interaction (HAI) has experienced prolific growth in the scope, breadth, and rigor of research conducted on animal-assisted interventions (AAIs).
Kerri E. Rodriguez, Freya L.L. Green, John-Tyler Binfet, Lisa Townsend, Nancy R. Gee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three new species of the genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini) from China, with an updated checklist and key to species [PDF]

ZooKeys
In this study, three new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Bambusiphaga Huang & Ding, 1979 (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini), B. caudospina Lv, Li & Chen, sp. nov., B. laterospina Lv, Li & Chen, sp.
Sha-Sha Lv, Hong-Xing Li, Lin Yang, Yu-Bo Zhang, Xiang-Sheng Chen   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Water bodies created by peatland restoration are potential habitats for amphibians and reptiles [PDF]

Herpetozoa
In Lower Austria’s Waldviertel region, artificial drainage ditches were constructed in the last century in order to use peatlands for forestry, agriculture, and peat extraction.
Susanne Stückler, Ria Sonnleitner, Silke Schweiger   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Lowland Interior-Forest Stream Habitat of Galictis vittata (Carnivora: Mustelidae) on the Las Piedras Tributary, Southeastern Peru.

Mammalogy Notes
Records of Galictis vittata (Greater Grison) from the Amazon basin are sparse, particularly in the Madre de Dios region, where only three records have been published.
Patrick Champagne, Brian Crnobrna, Mohsin Kazmi, Carter Payne   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Permian and Triassic Scytinopteridae (Homoptera: Cicadomorpha) with elytrized tegmina, with notes on the origin of true bugs (Heteroptera) [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
New Scytinopteridae with elytrized tegmina are described: Ooscyta chertoprudi gen. et sp. n. from the Late Permian of Karaungir, East Kazakhstan and Synelytra tverdokhlebovorum gen. et sp. n.
D.E. Shcherbakov
doaj   +1 more source