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Cold‐blooded commerce: Characterizing and predicting trade in Australian squamates

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Despite a national ban on native wildlife exports, Australian reptile species continue to appear in international trade. Using boosted regression trees, we found that large body sizes and taxonomic family, rather than color or patterning, best predicted trade presence. We identified 59 species likely to be targeted in the future, providing key insights
Sebastian Chekunov, Rodolfo O. Anderson, Thomas A. A. Prowse, John Measey, Adam Toomes, Phillip Cassey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The SIGMA rat brain templates and atlases for multimodal MRI data analysis and visualization

Nature Communications, 2019
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to study the rat brain. Here, the authors provide standardized MRI brain templates and descriptive atlases for the rat, incorporating both structural and functional MRI data, along with associated resources.
D. A. Barrière, R. Magalhães, A. Novais, P. Marques, E. Selingue, F. Geffroy, F. Marques, J. Cerqueira, J. C. Sousa, F. Boumezbeur, M. Bottlaender, T. M. Jay, A. Cachia, N. Sousa, S. Mériaux   +14 more
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Field‐based evidence of impaired sperm quality associated with conventional farming in two passerine birds

Ibis, EarlyView.
The detrimental effects of conventional farming on bird biodiversity are increasingly documented. Despite this, the specific impacts of both organic and conventional farming practices on bird coloration and sperm quality in natural settings remain unexplored. This study aimed to determine whether these farming practices differentially affect body mass,
Ségolène Humann‐Guilleminot, Audrey Bailly, Karine Monceau, Mélissa Desbonnes, Vincent Bretagnolle, Jérôme Moreau   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alignement d'ontologies : exploitation des ontologies liées sur le web de données [PDF]

, 2014
International audienceNous proposons dans cet article une méthode d’alignement d’une ontologie source avec des ontologies cibles déjà publiées et liées sur le web de données. Nous présentons ensuite un retour d’expérience sur l’alignement d’une ontologie
Buche, Patrice, Dibie-Barthelemy, Juliette, Hecht, Thomas, Ibanescu, Liliana,, Trojahn dos Santos, Cassia   +4 more
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A qualitative risk assessment of factors contributing to foot and mouth disease outbreaks in cattle along the western boundary of the Kruger National Park [PDF]

, 2009
Between November 2000 and the end of 2007, five outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) occurred in cattle in the area adjacent to the Kruger National Park (KNP) in the north-eastern corner of South Africa.
Bengis, R.G., Brahmbhatt, Dipa P., Du Plessis, B., Gummow, Bruce, Jori, Ferran, Thomson, G.R., Vosloo, Wilna   +6 more
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Defining and decoding skin glow of women with skin phototype IV+ living in South Africa: Part 1

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
This study is the first to decode glowing skin for African women with phototype IV+. It reveals that radiant, smooth and healthy‐looking skin is key attributes for glowing skin. By analysing consumer terminology, routines and hinderances, our findings provide a foundation for developing skincare solutions tailored to these unique needs.
Frederic Flament, Poonam Sewraj, Nasreen Matthews, Abigail Ncube, Kwezikazi Molamodi, Benoit Mulller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dossier : Le groupe des Dix, des précurseurs de l'interdisciplinarité – L’économie au prisme du Groupe des Dix : d’une bioéconomie l’autre★

Natures Sciences Sociétés, 2019
De nombreux écrits des membres du Groupe des Dix portent sur des questions économiques. L’un des principaux thèmes de réflexion de ce collectif attaché à l’interdisciplinarité a été de repenser la notion de développement en l’inscrivant dans le ...
Vivien Franck-Dominique
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A nuclear families word list for French

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This between‐languages replication study relates the development and testing of a nuclear, families‐based, pedagogical word list for French as was previously done for English. A word family includes base and inflected words (or lemmas) plus derivations.
Thomas Cobb, Christina Lindqvist, Mårten Ramnäs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity of Phosphate Chemical Forms in Soils and Their Contributions on Soil Microbial Community Structure Changes

Microorganisms, 2022
In many soils, the bioavailability of Phosphorus (P), an essential macronutrient is a limiting factor for crop production. Among the mechanisms developed to facilitate the absorption of phosphorus, the plant, as a holobiont, can rely on its rhizospheric ...
Amandine Ducousso-Détrez, Joël Fontaine, Anissa Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui, Mohamed Hijri   +3 more
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Beauty and lack thereof in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century travelogues [PDF]

, 2013
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Malta attracted several travellers, eager to discover this small State in the Mediterranean. In spite of the harsh travelling conditions, the traveller did not lose heart and bravely undertook the discovery
Micallef, Patricia
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