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A taxonomic revision of geoemydid turtles from Siwalik-age of India and Pakistan

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2020
Neogene (Siwalik-aged) deposits from India and Pakistan have yielded many vertebrate fossils, of which most were named during the 19th century, including numerous geoemydid turtles.
Rafaella C. Garbin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood Vitamin Concentrations in Pond Sliders (Trachemys scripta) Under Human Care in Central Europe and Possible Seasonal and Sex-Specific Influences

open access: yesAnimals
Vitamin A deficiency is common in pond sliders, and vitamin E and B1 deficiencies have also been described in carnivorous aquatic species such as crocodiles, but otherwise little is known about vitamin concentrations in the blood of reptiles, and ...
Christoph Leineweber   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Basicladia chelonum (Collins) W.E. Hoffmann et Tilden (Chlorophyta, Cladophorophyceae) from Cuba (Caribbean): new observation of the ultrastructure of its vegetative cells

open access: yesActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2011
Basicladia chelonum (Collins) W.E. Hoffmann and Tilden (1930) principally known from North America and Hawaii was recently (2004) found in Cuba (Caribbean) from artificial pool growing on shells of musk turtles (Trachemys decussata Gray).
Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Nest Depth and Site Choice in Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change on an Oviparous Reptile

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
Climate change is likely to have strong impacts on oviparous animals with minimal parental care, because nest temperature can impact egg development, sex, and survival, especially in the absence of mitigation via parental care.
Rebecca A. Czaja   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embryonic development of scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides) from captive

open access: yesOpen Veterinary Journal
Background: The developmental biology of Kinosternon scorpioides is described, based on the phenotype. This species is important for the flora because they are excellent seed disseminators.
Lianne Polliane Fernandes Araujo Chaves   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasma cholinesterase activity as an environmental impact biomarker in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) [PDF]

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: The objective of this study was to evaluate the enzymatic activity of plasma cholinesterase in Chelonia mydas marine turtles belonging to two populations, according to their capture sites, under the absence and probable influence of anthropic effects ...
Leandro A. Fonseca   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Distribution of GFAP in Squamata: Extended Immunonegative Areas, Astrocytes, High Diversity, and Their Bearing on Evolution

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2020
Squamata is one of the richest and most diverse extant groups. The present study investigates the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunopositive elements of five lizard and three snake species; each represents a different family.
Dávid Lõrincz, Mihály Kálmán
doaj   +1 more source

NFDI MatWerk Ontology (MWO): A BFO‐Compliant Ontology for Research Data Management in Materials Science and Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering Innovation: Streamlining Magnetocaloric Materials Research by Digitalization

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Magnetocaloric cooling (MCE) is an environmentally friendly refrigeration method with great potential. Optimizing MCE materials involves the preparation and screening of large quantities of samples, which in turn generates a large amount of data. A digitalization approach is presented that uses ontologies, knowledge graphs, and digital workflows to ...
Simon Bekemeier   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commoning in dynamic environments: community-based management of turtle nesting sites on the lower Amazon floodplain

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2018
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) involves a system of local practices designed to regulate access to, and use of, natural resources through rules and norms shared by a set of users.
Juarez Pezzuti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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