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The risk of inbreeding versus outbreeding depression in managing an endangered and locally adapted population of a sedentary bird

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2024.
There is ongoing debate in conservation genomics on how to preserve small and fragmented populations, whether they should be managed independently or blended through translocations. This study using genetic and phenotypic data from Red grouse Lagopus scotica in a large British population and endangered Irish population found significant divergence and ...
Grace Walsh, Barry J. McMahon, Filip Thörn, Patrik Rödin‐Mörch, Martin Irestedt, Jacob Höglund   +5 more
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Hydraulic Engineering into the 21st Century: the Rediscovery of the Wheel ? (1) A Review [PDF]

, 2003
Hydraulics is the branch of civil engineering related to the science of water in motion, and the interactions between the fluid and the surrounding environment. It is shown that hydraulic engineers were at the forefront of science for centuries.
Chanson, Hubert
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Development and validation of a GT‐seq panel for genetic monitoring in a threatened species using minimally invasive sampling

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2024.
Here, we develop, optimize, and validate a GT‐seq panel for the federally threatened northern Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus brunneus) to provide a standardized approach for future genetic monitoring and assessment of recovery goals using minimally invasive samples.
Molly J. Garrett, Stacey A. Nerkowski, Shannon Kieran, Nathan R. Campbell, Soraia Barbosa, Courtney J. Conway, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Lisette P. Waits   +7 more
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A simple and effective method to enrich endogenous DNA from mammalian faeces

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 24, Issue 4, May 2024.
Abstract Utilization of faeces has long been a popular approach for genetic and ecological studies of wildlife. However, the success of molecular marker genotyping and genome resequencing is often unpredictable due to insufficient enrichment of endogenous DNA in the total faecal DNA that is dominated by bacterial DNA. Here, we report a simple and cheap
Liang Yu Cui, Bo Yang Liu, Hai Meng Li, Yi Xin Zhu, Yong Heng Zhou, Chang Su, Yin Ping Tian, Hai Tao Xu, Dan Liu, Xiao Ping Li, Yue Ma, Guang Shun Jiang, Huan Liu, Shu Hui Yang, Tian Ming Lan, Yan Chun Xu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baghdad’s thirdspace: Between liminality, anti-structures and territorial mappings [PDF]

, 2016
Wedged in-between the dense urban grain of Baghdad, blast walls of t-shaped concrete have littered the streets and neighbourhoods since 2003, after the US led invasion. The idiosyncrasy of these walls lies in their exaggerated spatial liminality.
Al-Ali Z, Al-Hasani M, Anderson JL, Bhabha H, Boulton J, Damluji M, Foucault M, Gordon J, Gregory D, Ibhais H, Klein N, Lefebvre H, Lemke T, Norberg-Schulz C, Parker N, Peterson A, Salem P, Sana Murrani, Soja E, Thomassen B, Turner V, Turner V, Weizman E, Weizman E   +23 more
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Identifying inconsistencies in exotic pet regulations that perpetuate trade in risky species

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 2, April 2024.
Abstract Regulatory inconsistencies at different jurisdictional levels have contributed to the global expansion of the exotic pet trade, with resultant increases in the spread of invasive species and pathogens. Researchers have enumerated multiple limitations and environmental risks posed by international and national rules that govern the exotic pet ...
Elizabeth N. Pratt, Julie L. Lockwood, Elizabeth G. King, Elizabeth F. Pienaar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated planning of water and land-use [PDF]

, 2005
The role of water in spatial planning has received increasing attention in recent years. It was, for example, one of the leading motives in the preparation of the latest National Spatial Planning Note for The Netherlands.
Grashoff, Poul, Verhaeghe, Robert J., Zondag, Barry   +2 more
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Cost-benefit analysis at the floodgates : governing democratic futures through the reassembling of Iran’s waterway [PDF]

, 2020
A burgeoning scholarship has taken seriously the use and management of the world’s freshwater as a site of critical investigation while highlighting the contribution of science and technology studies in making the infrastructural life of water visible ...
Shafiee, Katayoun
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Running, jumping, hunting, and scavenging: Functional analysis of vertebral mobility and backbone properties in carnivorans

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 244, Issue 2, Page 205-231, February 2024.
Intervertebral mobility and backbone properties were studied in 34 species of terrestrial carnivorans. Carnivorans that seize prey with their jaws (canids and hyaenids) are characterized by a significantly elongated neck and increased vertebral mobility in the sagittal and horizontal planes.
Ruslan I. Belyaev, Polina Nikolskaia, Andrey V. Bushuev, Aleksandra A. Panyutina, Darya A. Kozhanova, Natalya E. Prilepskaya   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qanats-Understanding World Water Resources [PDF]

, 2016
Globally, water recourses are scarce in semi-arid to arid environments, specifically the Middle East. In order to provide civilizations with access to water, the construction of a qanat system has been critiqued.
Bowman, Abbie
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