Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Today, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll is home to about 100 000 giant tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea, whose fossil record goes back to the Late Pleistocene. New Late Pleistocene fossils (age ca.
Torsten M. Scheyer +5 more
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Ozonation of trace organic compounds in different municipal and industrial wastewaters : kinetic-based prediction of removal efficiency and ozone dose requirements [PDF]
, 2020 For the wide application of ozonation in (industrial and municipal) wastewater treatment, prediction of trace organic compounds (TrOCs) removal and evaluation of energy requirements are essential for its design and operation.
Demeestere, Kristof +8 more
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Scavenging by Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Jumping spiders are usually considered obligate predators where ingestion is preceded by visual or tactile stimuli which elicit hunting behavior.
Wolff, Robert J
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus is crepuscular in habit and rarely encountered. Information on its natural history and ecology is limited and consequently its conservation requirements are not well understood. We report observations of a Brown Mongoose
Vignesh Kamath, Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri
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Recursive use of home ranges and seasonal shifts in foraging behavior by a generalist carnivore
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Coyotes (Canis latrans) colonized the southeastern United States over the last century as large predators, including the red wolf (Canis rufus) and eastern cougar (Puma concolor), were extirpated from the region.
Jordan L. Youngmann +4 more
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Pathogen avoidance and prey discrimination in ants [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Insect societies have developed sanitary strategies, one of which is the avoidance of infectious food resources as a primary line of defence. Using binary choices, we investigated whether Myrmica rubra ants can identify prey that has been artificially ...
Hugo Pereira, Claire Detrain
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Phenolic content of Hypodaphnis Zenkeri and its antioxidant effects against fenton reactions’ mediated oxidative injuries on liver homogenate [PDF]
, 2014 Under oxidative stress conditions, endogenous antioxidant defenses are unable to completely inactivate the free radicals generated by an excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Understanding the role that facultative scavenger species may play in spreading infectious pathogens, and even becoming reservoirs for humans, domestic and wild ungulates or, on the contrary, preventing the spread of disease, requires a prior ...
Ricardo Carrasco-Garcia +4 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 We measured sedimentation fluxes around JA06 Seamount (Xufu Guyot; 19°30′N, 158°00′E) as part of an environmental baseline survey in Japan’s exploration area for cobalt-rich crusts in the subtropical northwest Pacific. Sinking particles were collected at
Kyoko Yamaoka +10 more
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An overview of stranded cetacean scavenging in Atlantic southern Africa since the Earlier Stone Age
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 Along the southern African coastal plain, human occupation is documented since the end of the Early Pleistocene. The archaeological, palaeoenvironemental and ethnographic records suggest that in these arid to semi-arid landscapes where inland resources ...
Isis Mesfin +3 more
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