New Early Eocene mammalian fauna from western Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2009 Two new fossil mammal localities from the Paleogene of central-western Patagonia are preliminarily described as the basis for a new possible biochronological unit for the early Eocene of Patagonia, correlated as being between two conventional SALMAs, the
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Synthesis of knowledge on the effects of fire and fire surrogates on wildlife in US dry forests [PDF]
, 2009 Summary: Dry forests throughout the United States are fire-dependent ecosystems, and much attention has been given to restoring their ecological function.
Fontaine, J.B., Kennedy, P.L.
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An exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of Thomashuxleya externa (Mammalia, Notoungulata), from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 We describe one of the oldest notoungulate skeletons with associated craniodental and postcranial elements: Thomashuxleya externa (Isotemnidae) from Cañadón Vaca in Patagonia, Argentina (Vacan subage of the Casamayoran SALMA, middle Eocene).
Asher, Robert J, Carrillo, Juan D
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The feeding ecology of extralimital Nyala (Tragelaphus Angasii) in the Arid Mosaic thicket of the Southern Cape [PDF]
, 2013 The nyala on Buffelsdrift Private Game Reserve were found to be mainly browsers and made little use of grass during the study period. Browse contributed 87.8 percent to the annual diet, while grass contributed 12.2 percent.
Pienaar, Ryno Cuyler
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High-resolution coproecology: Using coprolites to reconstruct the habits and habitats of New Zealand’s extinct upland Moa (Megalapteryx didinus) [PDF]
, 2005 Knowledge about the diet and ecology of extinct herbivores has important implications for understanding the evolution of plant defence structures, establishing the influences of herbivory on past plant community structure and composition, and identifying
Wood, Jamie R. +5 more
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Bird Population Changes Following the Establishment of a Diverse Stand of Woody Plants in a Former Crop Field in North Dakota, 1975– 2015 [PDF]
, 2018 Changes in the coverage of trees and shrubs on the North Dakota landscape since Euro- American settlement have likely had a pronounced impact on bird species that favor woody vegetation.
Igl, Lawrence D. +2 more
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The impact of past introductions on an iconic and economically important species, the red deer of Scotland [PDF]
, 2012 The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is an iconic species in Scotland and, due to its value as a game species, an important element of the Scottish rural economy.
Glass, Belinda C. +5 more
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New Pleistocene cave faunas of the Andes of central Peru : radiocarbon ages and the survival of low latitude pleistocene DNA [PDF]
, 2009 Peruvian citizens have led our team to their discoveries of Pleistocene cave faunas in the central Andes of Per. These caves (Jatun Uchco, Departamento de Huanuco; Cueva Rosello, Departamento de Junin; and Trigo Jirka, Departamento de Huanuco) preserve ...
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, 2023 Placentals are the most preeminent mammalian lineage today in terms of diversity and distribution over the world, having over 6000 recognised extant and recently extinct species. The timing for the origin and diversification of Placentalia, and its relationship with the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K/Pg) mass extinction event, is one of the key questions in ...
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Estimating site occupancy for four threatened mammals in southeastern Laos [PDF]
, 2014 textThe tropical forests of Indochina harbor a suite of globally threatened tropical mammal species. These species are difficult to detect, and subsequently understudied. Noninvasive camera trapping was used to survey terrestrial mammals from a protected
Tilker, Andrew
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