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The collection and database of Birds of Angola hosted at IICT (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical), Lisboa, Portugal [PDF]
, 2014 The bird collection of the Instituto de Investigação Cientítica Tropical (Lisbon, Portugal) holds 5598 preserved specimens (skins), mainly from Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, and Cape Verde.
Monteiro, Miguel +9 more
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Restos de pingüinos del cenozoico medio de la Cordillera Patagónica [PDF]
, 2013 Middle Cenozoic marine fossil-bearing beds crop out in the Cerro Plataforma (western Chubut Province, Argentina) at about 1,400 m a.s.l. They are located 500 km far from the modern Atlantic coast and only 50 km from the Pacific Ocean.
Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia +4 more
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A Citizen Science Trial to Assess Perception of Wild Penguin Welfare
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Wild penguins are facing increased threats to their populations and their welfare as a consequence of human activities. Understanding the perception of animal welfare is essential to identify ethical concerns related to the negative impact of ...
Rafael Freire +4 more
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On the heritability of geographic range sizes [PDF]
, 2003 Within taxonomic groups, most species are restricted in their geographic range sizes, with only a few being widespread. The possibility that species-level selection on range sizes contributes to the characteristic form of such speciesrange size ...
Gaston, K.J., Webb, T.J.
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Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 2020 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found only in South America, with breeding populations in Chile, Argentina and the Falklands (Malvinas).
M. Bingham
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Microsatellite typing of avian clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]
, 2011 Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillosis in birds is mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous and opportunistic saprophyte.
Beernaert, Lies +8 more
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Health evaluation of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in southern Africa
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016 The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is an endangered seabird that breeds along the coast of Namibia and South Africa, and disease surveillance was identified as a priority for its conservation.
Nola J. Parsons +3 more
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Український антарктичний журнал, 2023 We provide information on vagrant and visitor bird species recorded in the Fildes Region (King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctic) during the long-term bird monitoring programme between the 1979–1980 and 2022–2023 seasons.
C. Braun, H. Grämer, H.-U. Peter
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Ultrastructural aspects of the tongue in Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781)
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2014 The tongue of birds presents diversified morphologic characteristics, related directly their feeding habits and may be adapted to food capture. Penguins of the Spheniscidae family are pelagic birds that are totally adapted to the marine environment. The
Juliana Plácido Guimarães +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas.
Jonathan Handley +16 more
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