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Beaming into the rat world: enabling real-time intereaction between rat and h...
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) typically generates the illusion in participants that they are in the displayed virtual scene where they can experience and interact in events as... -
Citizen Science and the Urban Ecology of Birds and Butterflies - A Systematic...
Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the\ud past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions... -
Habitat use, preference, and utilization distribution of two crane species (G...
Understanding the habitat use and spatial distribution of wildlife can help conservationists determine high-priority areas and enhance conservation efforts. We studied the... -
A Phylogenetic Re-Analysis of Groupers with Applications for Ciguatera Fish P...
Background Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a significant public health problem due to dinoflagellates. It is responsible for one of the highest reported incidence of... -
Understanding the distribution of marine megafauna in the English channel reg...
International audience; The temperate waters of the North-Eastern Atlantic have a long history of maritime resource richness and, as a result, the European Union is endeavouring... -
Repeatability of flatfish reflex impairment assessments based on video record...
: Using measures of reflex impairment and injury to quantify an aquatic organism's vitality have gained popularity as survival predictors of discarded non-target fisheries... -
Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) prefers postharvest reed beds during wint...
Reed beds represent an important habitat for the survival of birds by providing favorable foraging and reproduction conditions. Reed management, as a traditional agricultural... -
The Influence of Mark-Recapture Sampling Effort on Estimates of Rock Lobster ...
Five annual capture-mark-recapture surveys on Jasus edwardsii were used to evaluate the effect of sample size and fishing effort on the precision of estimated survival... -
A Place to Hide in the Home-Cage Decreases Yolk Androgen Levels and Offspring...
International audience; An animal's emotional responses are the result of its cognitive appraisal of a situation. This appraisal is notably influenced by the possibility of an... -
Jumping without Using Legs: The Jump of the Click-Beetles (Elateridae) Is Mor...
To return to their feet, inverted click-beetles (Elateridae) jump without using their legs. When a beetle is resting on its dorsal side, a hinge mechanism is locked to store... -
A human taste for rarity spells disaster for endangered species.
The shady pursuit of endangered bird eggs made international headlines in May 2006 when Colin Watson, widely considered Britain’s most notorious illegal egg collector, died... -
The looks matter; aggression escalation from changes on phenotypic appearance...
Domestic fowl in small groups are assumed to establish hierarchical systems based on individual recognition. Conversely, interactions in large groups are modulated by badges of... -
Animal models of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A machine-assist...
We report a systematic review and meta-analysis of research using animal models of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). We systematically searched 5 online... -
Diving-flight aerodynamics of a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
This study investigates the aerodynamics of the falcon Falco peregrinus while diving. During a dive peregrines can reach velocities of more than 320 km h−1. Unfortunately, in... -
Lost Branches on the Tree of Life
Given that reproducibility is a pillar of scientific research, the preservation of scientific knowledge (underlying data) is of paramount importance. The standard of... -
Integrative taxonomy for continental-scale terrestrial insect observations.
Although 21(st) century ecology uses unprecedented technology at the largest spatio-temporal scales in history, the data remain reliant on sound taxonomic practices that derive... -
Confirmation Bias in Studies of Nestmate Recognition: A Cautionary Note for R...
: Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to interpret information in a way that confirms their expectations. A long recognized phenomenon in human psychology, confirmation... -
Egg Production in a Coastal Seabird, the Glaucous-Winged Gull (Larus glaucesc...
Seabirds integrate information about oceanic ecosystems across time and space, and are considered sensitive indicators of marine conditions. To assess whether hypothesized... -
Hypoxia, blackwater and fish kills: experimental lethal oxygen thresholds in ...
Hypoxia represents a growing threat to biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. Here, aquatic surface respiration (ASR) and oxygen thresholds required for survival in freshwater... -
Stakeholder perspectives on large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs), MPAs greater than 100,000km2, have proliferated in the past decade. However, the value of LSMPAs as conservation tools is debated,...