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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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Functional and Character Disparity Are Decoupled in Turtle Mandibles
Ecology and EvolutionTurtles have high shape variation of their mandibles, likely reflecting adaptations to a broad variety of food items and ingestion strategies. Here, we compare functional disparity measured by biomechanical proxies and character disparity measured by ...
Jasper Ponstein +5 more
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Trachemys scripta Eggs as Part of a Potential In Vivo Model for Studying Sea Turtle Egg Fusariosis
Journal of FungiThe fungal pathogens Fusarium keratoplasticum and Fusarium falciforme are responsible for the emerging infectious disease named sea turtle egg fusariosis (STEF).
María Martínez-Ríos +2 more
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Visualising Music with Impromptu [PDF]
, 2006 This paper discusses our experiments with a method of creating visual representations of music using a graphical library for Impromptu that emulates and builds on Logo’s turtle graphics.
Brown, Andrew, Gerber, Anna
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The Use of Ultrasonography in Diagnostic Imaging of Reptiles
Folia Veterinaria, 2016 The aim of this study was to obtain new knowledge and show the possibility of the use of ultrasonographic (USG) examinations in reptilian medicine. As reptiles are patients brought to veterinary clinic in smaller numbers, we focused on the indications ...
Urbanová D., Halán M.
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Projected changes in climatic suitability for Kinosternon turtles by 2050 and 2070
Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Chelonians are expected to be negatively impacted by climate change due to limited vagility and temperature‐dependent sex determination. However, few studies have examined how freshwater turtle distributions may shift under different climate change ...
Christopher J. Butler +4 more
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Some aspects of the ecology of the leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea at Laguna Jalova, Costa Rica [PDF]
, 1987 The ecology and reproductive biology of the leatherback turtle (Dennochelys coriacea) was studied on a high-energy nesting beach near Laguna Jalova, Costa Rica, between 28 March and 8 June 1985.
Hirth, Harold F., Ogren, Larry H.
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1990 Quand une tortue est-elle une tortue ? Représentations de solidarité sociale dans l'art rupestre du Lake of the Woods.L'art rupestre du Lake of the Woods (Ontario) est analysé pour tenter de définir quelques traits à la fois fondamentaux et spécifiques de l'organisation sociale du groupe qui l'a créé, il y a peut-être 5 000 ans.
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