Feedback on Escape Behavior of Birds Under Different Hunger Pressure by Xiao‐Yang Bao, Jia‐Jia Xin, Yuan‐Xing Ye, Can‐Shi Hu

“…After a night of energy expenditure, individuals of both species faced greater hunger pressure in the morning. …”
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Monster or Missing Link? The Mermaid and the Victorian Imagination by Béatrice Laurent

“…While the evolutionist hypothesis was gaining ground in the early decades of the nineteenth century and paleontology showed that species had existed and become extinct, many natural scientists were led to think that the fantastic animals which peopled classical mythologies maybe were not the fantasies of creative minds but lost species. …”
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Habitual locomotor types and the shape of lower leg bones in primates, especially in hominoids by Tasuku Kimura

“…The shape of the lower leg bones is therefore related to the differences in locomotor type and substrate use in primate species.…”
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A Model for Igniter Mass Flow Rate History Evaluation for Solid Rocket Motors by Yanjie Ma, Futing Bao, Weihua Hui, Yang Liu, Yijie Gao

“…Calculations are performed for different species and properties, and the errors are discussed. …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“…Higher values were also of community structure indices (Margalef species richness and Shannon-Wiener species diversity) were recorded in the rainy than dry season for the two groups of planktonic fauna. …”
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Study of Modern Human Evolution via Comparative Analysis with the Neanderthal Genome by Musaddeque Ahmed, Ping Liang

“…Many other human species appeared in evolution in the last 6 million years that have not been able to survive to modern times and are broadly known as archaic humans, as opposed to the extant modern humans. …”
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Characteristics of Stomata and Leaf Thickness in Several Liliales Plants by Rusdi Hasan, Mohamad Nurzaman, Tia Setiawati, Asep Zainal Mutaqin

“…This study examines the stomatal characteristics and leaf thickness of six species within the Liliales: Gloriosa superba, Sansevieria trifasciata, Aloe vera, Cordyline terminalis, Pleomele angustifolia, and Allium fistulosum. …”
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Doubled haploid production in Brassica L. by N. A. Shmykova, D. V. Shumilina, T. P. Suprunova

“…Attention is focused on some factors influencing the development of doubled haploid plants and their impact on enhancing the efficiency of androgenesis in Brassica species.…”
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Les bonobos se rappellent-ils la voix de leurs anciens partenaires ? by Florence Levréro, Sumir Keenan, Nicolas Mathevon, Jeroen MG Stevens, Jean Pascal Guéry, Klaus Zuberbühler

“…Long-term social recognition is vital for species with complex social networks, where familiar individuals can encounter one another after long periods of separation. …”
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Caractéristiques rythmiques du chant de l'indri et nouvelles perspectives pour une évaluation comparative du rythme chez les primates non humains by Marco Gamba, Valeria Torti, Chiara De Gregorio, Teresa Raimondi, Longondraza Miaretsoa, Filippo Carugati, Walter Cristiano, Rose M. Randrianarison, Giovanna Bonadonna, Anna Zanoli, Olivier Friard, Daria Valente, Andrea Ravignani, Cristina Giacoma

“…Rhythmic patterns are a valuable tool for species discrimination, mate choice, and individual recognition. …”
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Biology of Omaspides pallidipennis Boheman, 1854 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) by Paula A. A. Gomes, Fábio Prezoto, Fernando A. Frieiro-Costa

“…The biology and the feeding habits of the subsocial species Omaspides pallidipennis were studied at the Floresta Nacional de Passa Quatro, MG, Brazil, during the period from October 2010 to April 2011. …”
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New Record of the Egg-larval Parasitoid, Chelonus formosanus Sonan of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) in the Philippines by Orlando Adona Calcetas, Ravindra Chandra Joshi, Ankita Gupta, Avinjikkattu Parambil Ranjith, Mary Ann Madrid, Joash Fameronag

“…This paper summarizes the global biological information on two species of Chelonus and their role in the regulation of FAW. …”
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Nontarget Catches of Green and Brown Lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae) Collected by Light- and Volatile-Baited Traps in the Transcarpathian Lowland (W Ukra... by Kálmán Szanyi, Antal Nagy, Aletta Ősz, Levente Ábrahám, Attila Molnár, Miklós Tóth, Szabolcs Szanyi

“…The lures could supplement the checklist of the fauna with two species and attracted an especially high number of <i>Chrysoperla</i> species. …”
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Mitochondrial genome of Cordyceps blackwelliae: organization, transcription, and evolutionary insights into Cordyceps by Yong-Jie Zhang, Xiang-Ping Fan, Jia-Ni Li, Shu Zhang

“…Abstract Cordyceps is a diverse genus of insect pathogenic fungi, with about 180 accepted species, including some well-known ones used as ethnic medicine and/or functional food. …”
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Development and characterization of a double-crested cormorant hepatic cell line, DCH22, for chemical screening by Tasnia Sharin, Doug Crump, Jason M. O’Brien

“…There are currently no available cell lines for the ecologically relevant colonial waterbird species, the double-crested cormorant (DCCO). DCCOs are high trophic level aquatic birds that are used for routine contaminant monitoring programs in the Laurentian Great Lakes and marine coasts of Canada. …”
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Arsenic Transfer from As-Rich Sediments to River Water in the Presence of Biofilms by Diego Martiñá Prieto, Verónica Martín-Liñares, Verónica Piñeiro, María Teresa Barral

“…AsV was the predominant species in the overlying water in both systems. AsIII concentration was higher (up to 12% of total dissolved As) in the control systems than in the systems with biofilms, where this species was almost absent. …”
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Flora i fauna rezerwatu przyrody Jezioro Kiełpińskie i sąsiednich starorzeczy w strefie podmiejskiej Warszawy by Jerzy Romanowski, Paweł Boniecki, Anita Kaliszewicz, Marek Kloss, Izabella Olejniczka

“…The results document the richness of flora and fauna species in the J. Kielpińskie reserve and adjacent aquatic habitats. …”
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Global range extension of bioclimatic zone of Bruguiera hainesii C.G.Rogers 1919 (Rhizophoraceae) by Mai-Phuong Pham, Thi Thu Trang Hoang, Van Dien Pham, Thanh Trang Pham, Dinh Duy Vu

“…Bruguiera hainesii is a rare mangrove species with limited populations worldwide, but there is lack of detailed knowledge about its population size and distribution in Vietnam. …”
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Microscopical and molecular investigation of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis from fish in Mosul city, Iraq by Esraa A. Altaie, Nadia N. Alhayali

“…Molecular phylogenetic analysis conducted with 18S rRNA gene confirming species identification of one positive isolate out of 13 belonging to the ectoparasite I. multifiliis under the accession number PQ012981 and according to the genetic tree analysis of I. multifiliis showed 100% match with each of the United States isolates for the same species and under the accession numbers KJ690571, KJ690572, KJ690570, KJ690568, KJ690567, KJ690566 and KJ690565 and isolates OM865867 in India and OM302501 in China. …”
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Molecular Determination of Toxocara spp. Eggs Isolated from Public Parks and Playgrounds in Zahedan, Southeast Iran by Siavash Liravizadeh, Samaneh Abdolahi Khabisi, Alireza Salimi Khorashad, Hadi Mirahmadi

“…As evidenced by the obtained results, only T. cati species were detected in public parks and playgrounds in Zahedan; therefore, control and prevention programs against this species should be considered in human and animal communities.…”
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