The impact of smog on the concentration of particulate matter in the antelope house in the Silesian zoological garden. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Pawlak K, Nieckarz Z.
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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard +2 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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You\u27re Likely To Be Clipped [PDF]
, 1995 In Hamlet, Polonius tells King Claudius that brevity is the soul of wit . If we can believe that the results of a biblical study, it is also the soul of English.
Richler, Howard
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Insect Science, EarlyView.As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi +4 more
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Mosquito identification and haemosporidian parasites detection in the enclosure of the African penguins (<i>Spheniscus demersus</i>) at the SANBI zoological garden. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 2020 Taioe MO +6 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717): Pioneering Naturalist, Artist, and Inspiration for Catesby
, 2015 Book Summary: While accessible to the interested general reader, it is a technical standard that is usable academically. Containing significant new information, this work is the most comprehensive and accurate book written about Catesby and is the legacy
Etheridge, Kay, Pieters, Florence F.J.M.
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Diagnosis and therapeutic management of gastrointestinal parasitism among the captive population of Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans Schoepff, 1795) at Zoological Garden, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. [PDF]
J Parasit Dis, 2020 Sharun K, Satheesh A, Alexander J.
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