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The zoo as an integrated place for different environmental education postures
Revista Ciência em Extensão, 2009 The aim of this project was to promote discussions on environmental matters among Biology undergraduated students and zoo employees. Indirectly, we hope to contribute for the improvement of the zoo workforce through the development of zoo employees in ...
Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos +4 more
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The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in Art by Charlotte Sleigh [PDF]
, 2018 Review of Charlotte Sleigh\u27s The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in ...
Granter, Gina M
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Ecography, EarlyView.Risk assessments of invasive species present one of the most challenging applications of species distribution models (SDMs) due to the fundamental issues of distributional disequilibrium, niche changes, and truncation. Invasive species often occupy only a fraction of their potential environmental and geographic ranges, as their spatiotemporal dynamics ...
Erola Fenollosa +4 more
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Captivating Creatures: Zoos, Marketing, and the Commercial Success of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi
Relations, 2014 The visually striking tiger on the cover of Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, originally published in 2001, highlights the role of exotic, charismatic animals for the marketing of fiction to a world-wide readership.
Tanja Schwalm
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The Be X-ray Binary Outburst Zoo
, 2013 Be X-ray binaries are among the best known transient high-energy sources. Their outbursts are commonly classified into a simple scheme of 'normal' and 'giant' outbursts, but a closer look shows that actual outbursts do not always follow this simple ...
Anders, Friedrich +3 more
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Ecography, EarlyView.Escalating wildfire frequency and severity are altering wildland habitats worldwide. Yet investigations into fire impacts on wildlife habitat rarely extend to the macroecological scales relevant to species conservation and global change processes. We evaluate the effects of wildfire on habitat quality and selection by large mammals spanning three ...
Kirby L. Mills +17 more
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Development of the Human–Equine Attachment Scale
Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Human–horse relationships encompass diverse roles, from companion to competition partner. The impact of such bonds informs owner decision‐making regarding horse management and veterinary care, yet standardised instruments to measure these unique bonds are limited.
Richard H. Corrigan +5 more
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Photometric Redshift Analysis using Supervised Learning Algorithms and Deep Learning
, 2018 We present a catalogue of galaxy photometric redshifts for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 12. We use various supervised learning algorithms to calculate redshifts using photometric attributes on a spectroscopic training set.
Chong, Kenny, Yang, Abel
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.This study shows the protective effects of potential probiotic strain of Pediococci strains against diarrheal Escherichia coli strains in Caenorhabditis elegans model system. The E. coli strains resulted in severe morphological and physiological damage to the worm whereas the probiotic interventions were able to reduce these damages.
Gunjan Sadera +4 more
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