Comparing plasma and faecal measures of steroid hormones in Adelie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae [PDF]
, 2010 Physiological measurements of both stress and sex hormones are often used to estimate the consequences of natural or human-induced change in ecological studies of various animals.
Banks, Jonathan C. +15 more
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Avian Pox in Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2012 Avian pox is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus that is mechanically transmitted via arthropod vectors or mucosal membrane contact with infectious particles or birds. Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) from two colonies (Punta Tombo and Cabo Dos Bahías) in Argentina showed sporadic, nonepidemic signs of avian pox during five and two of ...
Kane, Olivia J. +7 more
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Una nueva especie de spheniscidae del Mioceno Tardío de la Formación Pisco, Perú
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2003 A new species of genus Spheniscus is described based on cranial elements from Late Miocene of Pisco Formation on the central-southern coast of Peru.
Marcelo Stucchi +2 more
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Primeiro estudo parasitológico em rã com garras Africano (Xenopus laevis, Anfibia) no Chile [PDF]
, 2017 Introduced species can arrive into new territories with parasites; however, these species are expected to face lower parasite richness than in their original regions. Both introduced hosts and parasites can affect native fauna.
Castillo, Cristóbal +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Although many studies have documented the effects of demographic bottlenecks on the genetic diversity of natural populations, there is conflicting evidence of the roles that genetic drift and selection may play in driving changes in genetic variation at ...
Gabriella Arauco-Shapiro +3 more
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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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Foraging movements of emperor penguins at Pointe Géologie, Antarctica. [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceThe foraging distributions of 20 breeding emperor penguins were investigated at Pointe Ge´ologie, Terre Ade´lie, Antarctica by using satellite telemetry in 2005 and 2006 during early and late winter, as well as during late spring ...
Ancel, A. +5 more
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Tangled and drowned: a global review of penguin bycatch in fisheries
Endangered Species Research, 2017 Penguins are the most threatened group of seabirds after albatrosses. Although penguins are regularly captured in fishing gear, the threat to penguins as a group has not yet been assessed.
Crawford, R +28 more
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Seasonal variations in the behavioural thermoregulation of roosting Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in north-central Chile. [PDF]
, 2004 We examined the thermoregulatory behaviour (TRB) of roosting Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in north central Chile during summer and winter, when ambient temperatures (Ta) are most extreme.
Luna-Jorquera, G. +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Aspergillosis remains difficult to diagnose in animals. Laboratory-based assays are far less developed than those for human medicine, and only few studies have been completed to validate their utility in routine veterinary diagnostics.
Guillaume Desoubeaux +4 more
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