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Tooth row allometry in domestic rabbits and nondomestic lagomorphs: Evidence for a decoupling of body and tooth row size changes in evolutionary time

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Domestic rabbits of different body sizes differ disproportionately in the length of their tooth row or the length of their diastema. Abstract In various domestic mammals, smaller breeds tend to have proportionally larger teeth, whereas this is not a universal trend across mammals.
Ursina L. Fasciati   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-phase modelling of potential drivers for the range expansion of the golden jackal (Canis aureus)

open access: yesScientific Reports
Ecological niche models are often snapshots in space and time, providing little information on how niches change in response to changing environmental conditions and species interactions over time. The golden jackal has shown one of Europe’s most drastic
Hanna Bijl   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of dietary probiotic supplementation on carcass traits and haematological responses of broiler chickens fed shea butter cake based diets

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2017
A 42-day study was conducted to investigate probiotic supplementation on shea butter cake (SBC) based diets of broilers on the carcass traits and haematological indices.
Paschal Chukwudi Aguihe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal analysis identifies marine mammal stranding hotspots along the Indian coastline

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Marine mammal strandings provide vital information on species’ life histories, population health and status of marine ecosystems. Opportunistic reporting of strandings also serve as a powerful low-cost tool for monitoring these elusive mammals.
Sohini Dudhat   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota)

open access: yesIntegrated Environmental Assessment and Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract In the Lake Koocanusa‐Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference
Stephanie D. Graves   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species Composition and Population Status of Rodents in and Around Yeraba Priority State Forest Northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Zoology
Rodents are successful animals in every continent because of their having comparatively little size, short breeding cycle, and capacity to survive on a variety of food items. Rodents are bioindicators.
Aragaw Workie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leopards in the City: The Tale of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Two Protected Areas in and Adjacent to Mumbai, India

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Recent studies in the last decade have recorded obligate carnivores adapting to human dominated landscapes. Leopards, amongst other large carnivores, are highly adaptable and survive in a range of environments from the arid regions of Africa and the ...
Nikit Sanjay Surve   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife Management Beyond Wildlife Laws

open access: yes, 2007
This paper discusses a number of tools and approaches from a broad legal context that may relate to protection of wildlife and habitat. It first considers to what extent environmental assessment processes - both provincial and federal - has potential to address wildlife issues. Then the paper looks at how governmental decision making and how it impacts
openaire   +2 more sources

A new species of Cydistomyia (Diptera, Tabanidae) from Papua New Guinea [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
A new species, Cydistomyia kamialiensis, is described from specimens collected in the Kamiali Wildlife Management Area of Morobe Province, Papua New ...
Goodwin, James T.
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