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Project MOSI: rationale and pilot-study results of an initiative to help protect zoo animals from mosquito-transmitted pathogens and contribute data on mosquito spatio–temporal distribution change [PDF]
, 2015 Mosquito-borne pathogens pose major threats to both wildlife and human health and, largely as a result of unintentional human-aided dispersal of their vector species, their cumulative threat is on the rise.
Albertini, M +16 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx +6 more
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Belles captives: une histoire des zoos du côté des bêtes [PDF]
, 2012 L'histoire des zoos a toujours été faite du côté des hommes. Le chapitre propose de retourner le regard et de voir comment les bêtes vivent leur arrivée et leur séjour dans les ...
Baratay, Eric
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From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza +5 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract As habitat salinity markedly differs between the endangered, freshwater‐dwelling Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa saimensis Nordquist, 1899) and the brackish water‐inhabiting Baltic ringed seal (Pusa hispida botnica Gmelin, 1788), we investigated whether this difference has resulted in morphological changes to their kidneys.
Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen
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The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat. [PDF]
, 2016 Examining the way in which animals, including those in captivity, interact with their environment is extremely important for studying ecological processes and developing sophisticated animal husbandry.
Ashley Shade +13 more
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Conversational Topic Shifts and Topic Maintenance in Autistic and Neurotypical Children
Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Topic maintenance and topic shifts are crucial components of conversation; however, existing research lacks a clear quantitative operationalization of these topic management skills. Previous studies suggest that autistic children are less likely than their neurotypical peers to maintain and elaborate on the interlocutor's prior topic, and that
Zuriñe Ábalos +3 more
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Introduction to location-based mobile learning [PDF]
, 2010 [About the book] The report follows on from a 2-day workshop funded by the STELLAR Network of Excellence as part of their 2009 Alpine Rendez-Vous workshop series and is edited by Elizabeth Brown with a foreword from Mike Sharples.
Brown, Elizabeth
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Animal Activism and the Zoo-Networked Nation
Humanimalia, 2015 The first American zoos commanded the attention of early animal activists around the turn of the twentieth century. This essay argues that all zoogoers in the first zoos took part in popularizing a discourse about both animal welfare and “animal rights.”
Daniel Vandersommers
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Cold stress in captive great apes recorded in incremental lines of dental cementum [PDF]
, 2002 Incremental lines in dental cementum of museum specimens of 11 free-ranging great apes were compared to the respective structures in 5 captive specimens of known age-at-death, and with many known life-history parameters.
Cipriano, Alessandra
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