Causally Informative Entropic Inequalities within Families of Distributions with Shared Marginals. [PDF]
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Skeletal Adaptations to Locomotion and Feeding in Mediterranean Batoids (<i>Raja asterias</i>, <i>Myliobatis aquila</i>) and the Teleost <i>Sparus aurata</i>: A Comparative Study. [PDF]
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Microbial ecology of vertebrate decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2023 AbstractVertebrate decomposition results in an ephemeral disturbance of the surrounding environment. Microbial decomposers are recognized as key players in the breakdown of complex organic compounds, controlling carbon and nutrient fate in the ecosystem and potentially serving as indicators of time since death for forensic applications.
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Direct relationship between evapotranspiration rate (ETO) and vertebrate decomposition rate
Forensic Science International, 2023 When vertebrate scavenging is excluded, the Evapotranspiration Rate (ETo) of a given geographic region directly regulates the decomposition rate of unclothed vertebrate carrion, with any deviation attributed to insect activity. We conducted four decomposition experiments using pig carrion (Sus scrofa domesticus) over the span of two years (2018-2020 ...
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