EFFECT OF RACCOON (PROCYON LOTOR) REDUCTION ON BLANDING’S TURTLE (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) NEST SUCCESS [PDF]
, 2016 The Lake County Forest Preserve District has monitored a state-endangered Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) population at two adjoining nature preserves along the Illinois–Wisconsin border since 2004.
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First evidence of reproduction of the Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847) (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae), in the Kuantan River, Pahang, Malaysia [PDF]
Check ListThe Southern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847), is a critically endangered freshwater turtle with a highly fragmented distribution in Peninsular Malaysia, where several river systems are believed to have experienced local extirpation.
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The Drosophila immunoglobulin gene turtle encodes guidance molecules involved in axon pathfinding [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Neuronal growth cones follow specific pathways over long distances in order to reach their appropriate targets. Research over the past 15 years has yielded a large body of information concerning the molecules that regulate this process.
Al-Anzi, Bader, Wyman, Robert J.
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Communications Biology, 2021 Farrell, Duffy and colleagues quantify the viral dynamics of the agent causing sea turtle fibropapillomatosis tumors. Environmental shedding and cellular dynamics are examined, demonstrating that temporal shedding dynamics and tumor burden are correlated.
Jessica A. Farrell +11 more
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The Origin And Loss Of Periodic Patterning In The Turtle Shell [PDF]
, 2014 The origin of the turtle shell over 200 million years ago greatly modified the amniote body plan, and the morphological plasticity of the shell has promoted the adaptive radiation of turtles. The shell, comprising a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron,
Cebra-Thomas, J. A. +9 more
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Origins of green turtle fishery bycatch in the central Pacific revealed by mixed genetic markers
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Longline fishing vessels, such as those that target tuna or billfish, also unintentionally catch endangered marine turtle species on the high seas. The stock composition of this bycatch is often unknown but potentially complex, with individuals coming ...
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The Turtle Head Immobilization System (THIS): A Tool for Faster and Safer Handling and Processing of Aggressive Turtle Species [PDF]
, 2015 The turtle head immobilization tool (THIS) is an efficient and cost effective tool to aid in the processing of large, aggressive turtles such as the Eastern Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
Butterfield, Brian P. +6 more
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A singing Celtic lady in Oltenia? Unravelling an intricate find near Zătreni (Vâlcea county, Romania) [PDF]
StarinarThis article introduces an interesting discovery made with a metal detector at the end of 2020, on the left bank of the Olteţ river, near Zătreni, Vâlcea County. Judging by the recovered grave goods (among which a belt and a fibula, and probably
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Current Biology, 2017 Gerardo Cordero introduces the turtle shell, an evolutionary novelty.
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 1990 The rock art of Lake of the Woods (Ontario) is analyzed in an attempt to determine some basic but particular social organizational features of the society that produced it perhaps 5 000 years ago. A model for interpreting certain stylistic features of tribal art is proposed. The model is based on a consideration of the contradictory tendencies inherent
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