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Parasite, 2019 Free-ranging spur-thighed tortoises Testudo graeca, captured in different habitat types of Northern Tunisia from March to April 2017, were examined for tick infestation: 134/147 (91%) were infested. The overall infestation intensity and abundance was 8.5
Fares Wasfi +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The aim of the study was to detect and genetically characterize Arcobacter butzleri in pet red-footed tortoises suspected for Campylobacter spp., using molecular techniques.
Bhumika Sharma +4 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera +7 more
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From Cohesion to Norms: How Animal Groups Come, Stay, and Function Together
Ethology, EarlyView.The present review underscores two salient points: In the context of evolutionary transitions to pair‐ and group living, it is imperative to acknowledge the distinction between selective forces that act during the origin of these social systems and those that act during their subsequent maintenance.
Peter M. Kappeler
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Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.In this article, we show that ground burrows influenced reptile populations inconsistently across both the 5‐year field study in the Kiskunság and the broader systematic review, which together revealed positive, negative, and neutral effects across species and habitat types.
B. Bancsik +9 more
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Resident and relocated tortoises: a comparative study in Central Florida
, 1989 Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations occur in all 67 counties in Florida. Due to declining numbers and increasing pressure from urban development and agricultural interests, the gopher tortoise is listed as a species of special concern by ...
Bard, Alice M.
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Effects of head-starting on multi-year space use and survival of an at-risk tortoise
Global Ecology and ConservationA major challenge in the recovery of long-lived at-risk taxa like turtles is low juvenile recruitment. Head-starting—the raising of juveniles to larger sizes to improve survival—is one tool that can be used in circumstances where juvenile recruitment is ...
Collin J. Richter +6 more
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Animal Logic: Locke and the Nature of Inference
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can animals reason? If so, what would their reasoning consist in, and how, if at all, would it differ from its human counterpart? On these questions, John Locke stakes out a position that also merits consideration today. I argue that, for Locke, reasoning is a matter of the subject's construing her mental states as support for a conclusion ...
Walter Ott
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