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Diet and chemical defenses of the Sonoran Desert toad. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The Sonoran Desert toad (Incilius alvarius) is the only animal known to secrete the psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT as a chemical defense, but the source of 5-MeO-DMT in I. alvarius remains unknown.
Marina D Luccioni +3 more
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Vegetation cover, topography, and low-traffic roads influence Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) movement and habitat selection [PDF]
Movement EcologyBackground Anthropogenic activities occurring throughout the Sonoran Desert are replacing and fragmenting habitat and reducing landscape connectivity for the Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai).
Sean Sutor +2 more
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Temperature and Heat-Related Mortality Trends in the Sonoran and Mojave Desert Region
Atmosphere, 2017 Extreme temperatures and heat wave trends in five cities within the Sonoran Desert region (e.g., Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States and Ciudad Obregon and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora; and Mexicali, Baja California, in Mexico) and one ...
Erick R Bandala +1 more
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Phylogeography of the Cactophilic Drosophila and Other Arthropods Associated with Cactus Necroses in the Sonoran Desert [PDF]
Insects, 2011 Studies on the population genetics, phylogenetic relationships, systematics and evolution of arthropods that inhabit necrotic tissue of cacti in the Sonoran Desert of North America are reviewed. These studies have focused upon several species of insects (
Therese A. Markow, Edward Pfeiler
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Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Seasonal Samples of Sonoran Desert Propolis: Evaluation of Its Antibacterial Activity against Clinical Isolates of Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2022 Jesus Ortega Garcia +2 more
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Biology Open, 2022 Many insects inhabiting temperate climates are faced with changing environmental conditions throughout the year. Depending on the species, these environmental fluctuations can be experienced within a single generation or across multiple generations ...
Tierney M. Shaible, Luciano M. Matzkin
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022 Zoos and botanical gardens (ZBGs) play a variety of roles in regional conservation partnerships, including their most common role as the ex situ managers of rare plant and animal populations. Using case studies from a 70-year history of conservation work
Debra Colodner +4 more
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Virus Discovery in Desert Tortoise Fecal Samples: Novel Circular Single-Stranded DNA Viruses
Viruses, 2020 The Sonoran Desert tortoise Gopherus morafkai is adapted to the desert, and plays an important ecological role in this environment. There is limited information on the viral diversity associated with tortoises (family Testudinidae), and to date no DNA ...
Joseph P. Orton +10 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) cover the soil surface of global drylands and interact with vascular plants. Biocrusts may influence the availability and nature of safe sites for plant recruitment and the susceptibility of an area to invasion by non ...
Cheryl McIntyre +3 more
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