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The avian coagulation system has structural and functional features hinder the direct application of commercial diagnostic products developed for humans. Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) are frequently admitted to wildlife...

Here we report the occurrence of a rare winter migrant, Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii, from the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. This is the fourth record of the species along the eastern coast and the third for Tamil Na...

We report a sighting of the Red-backed Shrike, a vagrant to peninsular India, from the coastal habitats of Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) District, Tamil Nadu. This observation is the second photographic record of the species f...

Los espacios verdes urbanos cumplen un rol fundamental para la conservación de aves en ciudades. Aunque el rol de los parques urbanos para conservar la diversidad de aves ha sido analizado a escala global, el análisis ...

ABSTRACT White-sand forests are unique ecosystems with high levels of biological specificity. Despite their uniqueness, these ecosystems have significant knowledge gaps in Colombia regarding the associated vertebrate com...

Artículo publicado Cypermethrin is one of the most widely used pesticides due to its low mammalian and bird toxicity, but it is extremely toxic to aquatic organisms. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the toxi...

The lesser rhea (family Rheidae) is a flightless large bird of South America, threatened due to habitat loss, hunting and egg collecting, with special concern in Northern Patagonia. Diet and food availability were estima...

Abstract Black-necked swans are distributed across South America and face conservation problems in Chile according to data of the State institution SAG. The aim of this study was to identify helminths and to assess assoc...

Woodpeckers (Picidae) are broadly associated with forests but vary in sensitivity to habitat alteration, with some species restricted to mature and old-growth forests, usually because of their foraging or nesting require...

O monitoramento endócrino pela mensuração de metabólitos urinários e fecais de hormônios esteróides tem se mostrado uma alternativa viável na investigação da fisiologia reprodutiva e do estresse em uma grande v...

Climate change and biodiversity loss have heightened global awareness on environmental design, unfolding paradigms of ecological design. Concepts such as nature-based solutions, urban nature, biophilic design and sponge ...

Tropical forests hold the most species yet face the greatest threats and knowledge gaps. To improve tropical biodiversity knowledge we combined satellite-based LiDAR with in situ bird, mammal, and acoustic soundscape dat...

The Timor green pigeon Treron psittaceus, endemic to Timor, Rote, and adjacent satellite islands (eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste), is declining because of severe hunting pressure and forest conversion. During 2002–2...

ABSTRACT Bacteria can change morphology in response to stressors and changes in their environment, including infection of a host. We previously identified the bacterial species, Bordetella atropi, which uses nutrient-ind...

Abstract Ticks are ectoparasites of worldwide distribution that affect vertebrates and can transmit pathogens to animals and humans. The Zoological Park Foundation of São Paulo (FPZSP) is located in a Conservation Unit ...

Effects of forest harvesting on biodiversity can be varied and complex to understand. We provide a metaanalysisof 553 studies plants, insects and birds to identify the general responses to Variable Retentionharvesting (V...

Abstract Terrestrial remote sensing approaches, such as acoustic monitoring, deliver finely resolved and reliable biodiversity data. However, the scalability of surveys is often limited by the effort, time and cost neede...

Se han descripto 19 especies de pingüinos en el mundo, todas exclusivas del Hemisferio Sur. Se encuentran pingüinos en aguas antárticas, en el extremo sur de Sudamérica y en las costas e islas del sur de África, Aus...

Muestreamos la avifauna terrestre de la Reserva de Vida Silvestre San Pablo de Valdés mediante “conteos de puntos” periódicos, entre 2009 y 2014, para detectar tendencias en los ensambles asociadas a la exclusión ...

La paleoparasitología ofrece una vía de análisis complementaria para la reconstrucción de la historia de las poblaciones humanas antiguas. Diversos materiales arqueológicos son examinados mediante la combinación de...

Tesis de Licenciatura Las células madre mesenquimales son células madre adultas que pueden originar principalmente derivados de la línea mesodérmica, como osteocitos, adipocitos y condrocitos. En numerosas especies, ...

"La Antártida es un lugar único no sólo por los valores naturales que alberga sino también por cómo está administrado. Aquí habitan numerosas especies marinas, la mayoría de ellas endémicas, que incluyen al kril...