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Re‐establishment of salt pan landscape features and endemic halophyte habitat, Central Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 68, Issue 5, Page 1153-1175, December 2025.
ABSTRACT International research on disturbed landscapes has shown that active erosion of soil‐free bare ground can maintain distinctive local geological features and biodiversity by preventing incursion of a robust vegetation cover. In this study, we have tested this approach by removing exotic vegetation and associated proto‐soil that had encroached ...
Cathy Rufaut, Dhana Pillai, Dave Craw
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Avian Influenza annual report 2024

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract This report summarises the outcomes of avian influenza (AI) surveillance activities conducted in 2024 in the context of the Avian Influenza Data Collection (AIDC), the One Health (OH) initiatives of the EU4Health Programme (EU4H, 2022 co‐funded grant agreements on emerging and re‐emerging zoonotic pathogens) and the SENTINEL project ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Inma Aznar, Michiel Boom, Iancu Catalin, Fernanda Dórea, Malin Grant, Kenneth Fergus Mulligan, Gabriele Zancanaro   +8 more
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The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres) [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
The extinct dromornithids, gastornithids and phorusrhacids are among the most spectacular birds to have ever lived, with some giants exceeding 500 kg. The affinities and evolution of these and other related extinct birds remain contentious, with previous
Trevor H. Worthy, Federico J. Degrange, Warren D. Handley, Michael S. Y. Lee   +3 more
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What's in a name? The use of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand business names

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2911-2922, November 2025.
Abstract The use of animal symbolism or names is a common practice in advertising and branding. Businesses use animals to project attributes of their brand and thus contribute to public familiarity with the species. In New Zealand, birds are arguably the most prominent animals in national conservation priorities and citizen science activities.
Jan‐Hendrik Dudenhöffer, Laureline Rossignaud, Jonathan Bray, Thomas N. Dawes, Cassandra V. Edmunds, Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Robert D. Gibson II, William Godsoe, Stephen Rowe, Jesse M. Rubenstein, Philip E. Hulme   +10 more
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Reduced Adult Neurogenesis in Humans Results From a Tradeoff Rather Than Direct Negative Selection

BioEssays, Volume 47, Issue 9, September 2025.
Embryonic radial glia (RG) generate neurons, glial cells, and later adult neural stem cells, which sustain adult neurogenesis (top, left to right). Human‐specific genetic modifications (blue arrow), selected to boost early RG neurogenic activity, may lead to premature RG exhaustion and reduced adult neurogenesis in the human brain (bottom).
David Morizet, Laure Bally‐Cuif
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Hepsetus odoe (Hepsetidae, characoidei) and phylogenetic studies of characoidei

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Here, we report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Hepsetus odoe. The genome is found to be 16,802 bp in length and has a base composition of A (28.67%), G (15.86%), C (31.10%), and T (24.37%).
Yifan Liu, Youkun Huang, Kehua Zhu, Fang Meng, Jianshe Zhang, Fei Jing, Liping Xia, Bingjian Liu   +7 more
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Conservation Genetics of the Reintroduced Giant Tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) in Madagascar

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
The Aldabra giant tortoise is the only surviving lineage of Malagasy megafauna, eradicated by human activities over the last millennium. In 2018, the first rewilding project was launched in the Anjajavy Reserve (NW Madagascar), using 12 founder individuals of unknown origin.
Guillaume Besnard, Alexandre Barutel, Rianja Rakotoarivony, Natacha Nikolic, Jonia Rasolofoniaina, F. Gözde Çilingir, Xenia Wietlisbach, Annabelle Constance, Jean‐Baptiste Ferdy, Miguel Pedrono   +9 more
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Bone Mineral Density of Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) as a Potential Taphonomic Factor in Skeletal Part Attrition

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 284-294, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Agents of taphonomy can bias skeletal parts and the frequency of bones in archaeological sites. An important factor to consider is the possible effect of bone density‐mediated attrition on archaeornithological assemblages. We scanned willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) specimens using a Lunar iDXA and an enCcore small animal body add‐on to ...
Frank J. Dirrigl Jr., Samuel R. Buchanan   +1 more
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The origins of neural spine elongation in iguanodontian dinosaurs and the osteology of a new sail‐back styracosternan (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Group of England

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
Abstract The Wealden Group of southern England was deposited during the late Berriasian to early Aptian interval. It records a critical time in the development of iguanodontian dinosaur diversity, which increased from low levels during the Jurassic to higher levels in the Aptian and Albian. A new iguanodontian dinosaur, Istiorachis macarthurae gen.
Jeremy A. F. Lockwood, David M. Martill, Susannah C. R. Maidment   +2 more
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Farmed ratites in Europe

Animal Welfare, 1997
In April this year the Standing Committee of the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes adopted a Recommendation (a 15 page document) on the management of farmed ratites (ostriches, emus and rheas). In accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, the Recommendation will enter into force on 22 October 1997.
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