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The Evolution of Bourgeois, Parasitic, and Cooperative Reproductive Behaviors in Fishes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Among vertebrate classes, fishes exhibit by far the greatest variability in competitive and cooperative behaviors in male reproduction. Scramble competition between reproductive males is one possibility.
Taborsky, M.
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Evaluation of biting lice infestations (Struthiolipeurus rhea) in rheas (Rhea americana) kept in commercial breeding in the state of Piauí
Avaliação da infestação de piolhos mastigadores (Struthiolipeurus rheae) em emas (Rhea americana) mantidas em criadouro comercial no estado do Piauí

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 2012
We evaluated the level of infestation of biting lice (Struthiolipeurus rheae) in emus (Rhea americana) kept in a breeding business in the state of Piaui. We used 16 emus, 12 adults, six of them were males and six females.
Aírton Mendes Conde Júnior   +6 more
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Kiwi forego vison in the guidance of their nocturnal activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We propose that the Kiwi visual system has undergone adaptive regression evolution driven by the trade-off between the relatively low rate of gain of visual information that is possible at low light levels, and the metabolic costs of extracting that ...
Corfield, Jeremy   +5 more
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Productions avicoles, bien-être et législation européenne

open access: yesINRAE Productions Animales, 2004
En Europe, l’élaboration de la législation concernant le bien-être animal est le fait de deux organisations qui sont le Conseil de l’Europe et l’Union Européenne.
D. GUEMENE, J.M. FAURE
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Sex determination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Multicellular animals are a diverse lot, with widely varied body plans and lifestyles. One feature they share, however, is a nearly universal reliance on sexual reproduction for species propagation.
Gamble, Tony
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History and Nature of Science enriched Problem-Based Learning on the origins of biodiversity and of continents and oceans

open access: yesMultidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences, 2014
The episode of the History of Science (HOS) on the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Wegener has been considered an excellent example for teaching students aspects of Nature of Science (NOS) and the relation of Science with social and ...
Cristina Sousa
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The Evolution of Ratites

open access: yesBulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 1956
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

A PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY FOR ESTABLISHING A MULTI-SPECIES MEAT PROCESSING PLANT IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA [PDF]

open access: yes
The number of small commodity livestock slaughter plants in the Upper Northern Plains region continues to decline. Significant factors contributing to this decline include: 1) pressure to consolidate, thereby capturing economies of scale; 2) relatively ...
Brown, Erin   +5 more
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Anatomía económica de Rheidae Economic anatomy of Rheidae

open access: yesIntersecciones en Antropología, 2006
En el siguiente trabajo se presentan los Índices de Rendimiento Económico para Rheidae (Clase: Aves), los cuales incluyen los cálculos del Índice de Utilidad General Modificado (Modified General Utility Index o MGUI) y de los índices que lo componen: el ...
Miguel A. Giardina
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Technological and nutritional properties of ostrich, emu, and rhea meat quality

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Research, 2016
In recent years a growing demand for ratite meat, including ostrich, emu, and rhea has been observed all over the world. However, consumers as well as the meat industry still have limited and scattered knowledge about this type of meat, especially in the
Horbańczuk Olaf K.   +1 more
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