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Latitudinal Variation in the Timing of Nest Predator Activity Is Habitat Specific
Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.ABSTRACT Aim The goal of this work was to investigate whether the community of avian nest predators shifts from nocturnal to diurnal with changes in latitude. This hypothesis was formulated 70 years ago, under the rationale that longer day length during the bird breeding season at high latitudes increases opportunities for visual predators.
Léna de Framond +3 more
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Centipede predation on vertebrates: a review with the first bat case from Asia
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionCentipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), long regarded as generalist arthropod predators, are increasingly recognized for their capacity to subdue and consume small vertebrates.
Manokaran Kamalakannan +2 more
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New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 578-594, December 2024.ABSTRACT Cheilolejeunea sicilicula S. Fish & Glenny, a new species of liverwort from lowland indigenous forest reserves in Westland and Western Nelson provinces in South Island, New Zealand, is described and illustrated. In New Zealand it is superficially similar to C. campbelliensis (Steph.) R. M. Schust., C. novaezelandiae R. M. Schust.
Stella Fish, David Glenny, Lara Shepherd
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Prey specificity of predatory venoms
Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 6, Page 2253-2273, December 2024.ABSTRACT Venom represents a key adaptation of many venomous predators, allowing them to immobilise prey quickly through chemical rather than physical warfare. Evolutionary arms races between prey and a predator are believed to be the main factor influencing the potency and composition of predatory venoms.
Ondřej Michálek +2 more
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The clinical study on treatment of HIVD of lumbar spine using Scolopendrid Herbal Acupuncture
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2003 Objective : This study is perfonned for the purpose of examining the efficacy of the scolopendrid (Scolopendra morsitans L.) which has been used to low back pain as a folk remedy. Methods & Results : Seventy patients with H.I.V.D.
Park So-Young +6 more
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Type specimens of centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) in the National Museum, Prague (Czech Republic)
ZooKeys, 2015 The centipede collection in the National Museum in Prague contains type material of 16 taxa (14 species and two subspecies), of which 15 were described by Luděk J. Dobroruka and one by Karl W.
Petr Dolejš
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Centipede (Scolopendra gigantea Linneaus 1758) envenomation in a newborn
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2000 The first case of centipede (Scolopendra gigantea Linneaus 1758) envenomation in a newborn is reported. When first examined, approximately 6 hours after the bite, the 28-day-old girl was irritable, with uncontrollable cry and intense local pain, oedema ...
Alexis RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA +3 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1998 INTRODUCTION: The lack of basic knowledge on venomous arthropods and the benignity of the clinical manifestations contribute to the centipede bite victims' not being taken to a treatment reference center, leading to underestimation of the number of cases
Knysak Irene +2 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba)Studies related to centipede feeding and predatory behavior are rare in the literature, and are limited to observations made during fieldwork. Furthermore, they lack descriptions of prey capture.
Samuel P.G. Guizze +4 more
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2006 Objectives : We review a result of studies until the present and suggest the method of medical treatment for the clinical treatment of Scolopendrid Herbalacupuncture.
Kim sung-chul
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