Sexual dichromatism increases with altitude in birds with ultraviolet sensitive vision
Journal of Zoology, Volume 326, Issue 1, Page 77-88, May 2025.Previous work has shown a significant relationship between sexual dichromatism and altitude in birds, however, this work was focused on either a small subset of avian diversity or used human scoring to assess sexual dichromatism. In this study, we compared human scoring and spectrophotometry scoring to study this relationship and found no significant ...
D. A. Villar +2 more
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New Zealand: land or marine island? [PDF]
, 2010 Područje Novog Zelanda iznimno je zanimljivo područje za biogeografska istraživanja jer nam daje uvid u procese širenja biljnih i životinjskih vrsta koji bi, osim lokalnog, mogli biti primjer globalnog naseljavanja tijekom geološke povijesti Zemlje ...
Bjelić, Maja
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Where is the game? Wild meat products authentication in South Africa: a case study [PDF]
, 2013 Wild animals’ meat is extensively consumed in South Africa, being obtained either from ranching, farming or hunting. To test the authenticity of the commercial labels of meat products in the local market, we obtained DNA sequence information from 146 ...
Alechine, Evguenia +4 more
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Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals [PDF]
, 2013 Insertion/deletion (indel) mutations, which are represented by gaps in multiple sequence alignments, have been used to examine phylogenetic hypotheses for some time.
Bowie, Rauri CK +4 more
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Multi-modal locomotion:from animal to application [PDF]
, 2013 The majority of robotic vehicles that can be found today are bound to operations within a single media (i.e. land, air or water). This is very rarely the case when considering locomotive capabilities in natural systems.
Burgess, S. C. +2 more
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The Lithornithiformes (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton‐on‐the‐Naze (Essex, UK)
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 1, January/February 2025.Abstract We describe multiple partial skeletons and isolated bones of the palaeognathous Lithornithiformes from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton‐on‐the‐Naze (Essex, UK). The well‐preserved specimens are assigned to at least four species of the taxa Lithornis and Pseudocrypturus. Two species of Lithornis are identified as L. nasi and L.
Gerald Mayr, Andrew C. Kitchener
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Kiwi forego vison in the guidance of their nocturnal activities [PDF]
, 2007 We propose that the Kiwi visual system has undergone adaptive regression evolution driven by the trade-off between the relatively low rate of gain of visual information that is possible at low light levels, and the metabolic costs of extracting that ...
Corfield, Jeremy +5 more
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A multiplex PCR for detection of poxvirus and papillomavirus in cutaneous warts from live birds and museum skins [PDF]
, 2012 Viral cutaneous lesions are frequent in some bird populations, though we are generally ignorant of the causal agent. In some instances, they represent a threat to livestock and wildlife health.
Figuerola, Jordi
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Vertebrate diversity and biomass along a recovery gradient in a lowland tropical forest
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.Deforestation of tropical forests has resulted in large areas of secondary forests with the potential for biodiversity to re‐establish to levels usually found in old‐growth forests. This study shows that diversity and biomass of mammals and birds in regenerating forests can recover to old‐growth levels within a relatively short time.
Nina Grella +17 more
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