PDF of article
... Operational definitions of the length of lactation (the age of weaning) vary according to the needs of the investigator. Unless this variability is correlated with a more natural aspect of mammalian biology (for instance, body mass or phylogeny), subsequent analysis of relationships, although not bi ...
... Operational definitions of the length of lactation (the age of weaning) vary according to the needs of the investigator. Unless this variability is correlated with a more natural aspect of mammalian biology (for instance, body mass or phylogeny), subsequent analysis of relationships, although not bi ...
Dry pitfall trapping for vertebrates and invertebrates
... This SOP applies to all fauna survey and monitoring activities involving the use of pitfall traps undertaken across the State by the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW). It may also be used to guide fauna monitoring activities undertaken by Natural Resource Management groups, consultants, resear ...
... This SOP applies to all fauna survey and monitoring activities involving the use of pitfall traps undertaken across the State by the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW). It may also be used to guide fauna monitoring activities undertaken by Natural Resource Management groups, consultants, resear ...
The love-darts of land snails: integrating physiology, morphology
... Cepaea hortensis (Koene and Schulenburg, 2005). When blades are present, they vary in number and length, as well as in presence of additional perpendicular blades, enlarging the surface area and possibly the amount of mucus that can be transferred. In general, families other than the Helicidae typic ...
... Cepaea hortensis (Koene and Schulenburg, 2005). When blades are present, they vary in number and length, as well as in presence of additional perpendicular blades, enlarging the surface area and possibly the amount of mucus that can be transferred. In general, families other than the Helicidae typic ...
Fulltext PDF
... vampire Diphylla ecaudata and common vampire Desmodus rotundus, the latter show a rare reciprocal altruistic behaviour by way of feeding any hungry individual in the colony. If an individual has not found food for a short period, its condition would deteriorates rapidly. An individual is close to st ...
... vampire Diphylla ecaudata and common vampire Desmodus rotundus, the latter show a rare reciprocal altruistic behaviour by way of feeding any hungry individual in the colony. If an individual has not found food for a short period, its condition would deteriorates rapidly. An individual is close to st ...
GUINEA PIGS FOR MEAT PRODUCTION
... The embryo of the cavy opens its eyes as many as ten days before birth. At birth the young weigh from 40 to 140 g (1.5-5 ounces), are fully developed, can see, smell, walk, run, eat all but hard foods, and even survive without the mother if necessary. Nevertheless, they grow more rapidly if kept wit ...
... The embryo of the cavy opens its eyes as many as ten days before birth. At birth the young weigh from 40 to 140 g (1.5-5 ounces), are fully developed, can see, smell, walk, run, eat all but hard foods, and even survive without the mother if necessary. Nevertheless, they grow more rapidly if kept wit ...
Color and Communication in Habronattus Jumping Spiders: Tests of
... mechanisms, including sexual and ecological selection. Because coloration is evolutionarily labile, sexually dichromatic species are good models for understanding the evolution of sex differences. While many jumping spiders exhibit diverse and brilliant coloration, they have been notably absent from ...
... mechanisms, including sexual and ecological selection. Because coloration is evolutionarily labile, sexually dichromatic species are good models for understanding the evolution of sex differences. While many jumping spiders exhibit diverse and brilliant coloration, they have been notably absent from ...
Species Account For Catagonus Wagneri
... dealing with this annoying feature of cactus. C. wagneri also has a tough, two chambered stomach which is needed to digest the tough food that it so often has to eat (Raffo 2000). Some interesting remarks: This peccary species was thought to be extinct until it was discovered in 1972. There are an e ...
... dealing with this annoying feature of cactus. C. wagneri also has a tough, two chambered stomach which is needed to digest the tough food that it so often has to eat (Raffo 2000). Some interesting remarks: This peccary species was thought to be extinct until it was discovered in 1972. There are an e ...
Monkeys
... live in groups consisting of a monogamous pair and offspring. Squirrel monkeys live in very large groups — sometimes over 100 individuals — comprised mostly of females and only a few males. Old World monkeys either live in all-female groups with one dominant male or in multimale troops. Whatever the ...
... live in groups consisting of a monogamous pair and offspring. Squirrel monkeys live in very large groups — sometimes over 100 individuals — comprised mostly of females and only a few males. Old World monkeys either live in all-female groups with one dominant male or in multimale troops. Whatever the ...
A Key to Soil Mites in the UK Test version 1: 7 March 2014
... in the chelicerata (animals with pincer-like mouthparts) and the class Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, pseudoscorpions, ticks and mites). However, within the sub-class Acari things get more complex. There is a major division between Super-order Acariformes and Parastiformes, and these are further div ...
... in the chelicerata (animals with pincer-like mouthparts) and the class Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, pseudoscorpions, ticks and mites). However, within the sub-class Acari things get more complex. There is a major division between Super-order Acariformes and Parastiformes, and these are further div ...
The Naked Mole-Rat: A New Long-Living Model for Human Aging
... NMRs live in an extensive maze of burrows 0.5–2.5 meters below the soil surface, and feed on underground roots and tubers (19). Food resources have a patchy distribution and consist of either clumps of small bulbs and corms and/or occasionally a single huge (50 kg) tuber. Jarvis (20) hypothesized th ...
... NMRs live in an extensive maze of burrows 0.5–2.5 meters below the soil surface, and feed on underground roots and tubers (19). Food resources have a patchy distribution and consist of either clumps of small bulbs and corms and/or occasionally a single huge (50 kg) tuber. Jarvis (20) hypothesized th ...
The Primates of Sri Lanka
... One group of animals which will benefit from this will be our close genetic cousins, the primates. For ethical and scientific reasons we should conserve the island’s primates, at least five species, based on current scientific thinking. There are also moral reasons. We share an evolutionary heritage ...
... One group of animals which will benefit from this will be our close genetic cousins, the primates. For ethical and scientific reasons we should conserve the island’s primates, at least five species, based on current scientific thinking. There are also moral reasons. We share an evolutionary heritage ...
Chapter 31
... animals a million times their size. There are rancher ants and farmer ants. Rancher ants tend the plant-sucking insects called aphids and eat the sugar-rich honeydew that aphids secrete from their abdomens (Figure 31.1a). Farmer ants eat fungi that they carefully plant, fertilize, and cultivate in u ...
... animals a million times their size. There are rancher ants and farmer ants. Rancher ants tend the plant-sucking insects called aphids and eat the sugar-rich honeydew that aphids secrete from their abdomens (Figure 31.1a). Farmer ants eat fungi that they carefully plant, fertilize, and cultivate in u ...
September 2005 Newsletter - Transvaal Herpetological Association
... Hatchlings and juveniles are patterned in colours of chocolate brown and tan or yellow. Adults are paler, with colours of greenish-brown, brown and tan. Average adult size: 1-1.2m Distribution: south-western Angola south through the northern half of Namibia. Dwarf pythons are found inland from the c ...
... Hatchlings and juveniles are patterned in colours of chocolate brown and tan or yellow. Adults are paler, with colours of greenish-brown, brown and tan. Average adult size: 1-1.2m Distribution: south-western Angola south through the northern half of Namibia. Dwarf pythons are found inland from the c ...
скачати - ua
... can find them. They are hunted because they eat grass that local livestock graze on. An adult kangaroo can survive a time of several months without water. When they must find water, they dig wells. These wells litter the landscape during the dry months. Other animals will come to drink around it. If ...
... can find them. They are hunted because they eat grass that local livestock graze on. An adult kangaroo can survive a time of several months without water. When they must find water, they dig wells. These wells litter the landscape during the dry months. Other animals will come to drink around it. If ...
Ch 51 Animal Behavior student notes-wiki
... effective both night and day. Can be modified by loudness, pattern, duration, and repetition. Ex. Male crickets have calls and birds may have one song for courting, another for distress, and still another for marking territories. Humpback whales have complicated songs. Nonhuman primates have up to 4 ...
... effective both night and day. Can be modified by loudness, pattern, duration, and repetition. Ex. Male crickets have calls and birds may have one song for courting, another for distress, and still another for marking territories. Humpback whales have complicated songs. Nonhuman primates have up to 4 ...
Taking a Brief Look to the Phylum Cnidaria
... Cnidaria have no brains or even central nervous systems. Instead they have decentralized nerve nets consisting of: sensory neurons that generate signals in response to various types of stimulus, such as odors; motor neurons that tell muscles to contract; all connected by "cobwebs" of intermediate ne ...
... Cnidaria have no brains or even central nervous systems. Instead they have decentralized nerve nets consisting of: sensory neurons that generate signals in response to various types of stimulus, such as odors; motor neurons that tell muscles to contract; all connected by "cobwebs" of intermediate ne ...
Chapter 13 - Angelo State University
... Pelagic cnidarians in which the medusa is the dominant and conspicuous form. Often seen in coastal waters and usually feared by local swimmers. Only about 200 species, but very abundant, so play important ecological role. Found everywhere in oceans, extending to depths of 3000 m or more. ...
... Pelagic cnidarians in which the medusa is the dominant and conspicuous form. Often seen in coastal waters and usually feared by local swimmers. Only about 200 species, but very abundant, so play important ecological role. Found everywhere in oceans, extending to depths of 3000 m or more. ...
Katie Perryman
... body so the hind edges of the bands cling to the burrow wall (Nowak 1999). If it can not outrun its pursuer, it withdraws its limbs under the carapace and sits as tightly to the ground as possible (MacDonald 1999). Remarks: The hairy armadillo can live 8-12 years in the wild. There are reports of th ...
... body so the hind edges of the bands cling to the burrow wall (Nowak 1999). If it can not outrun its pursuer, it withdraws its limbs under the carapace and sits as tightly to the ground as possible (MacDonald 1999). Remarks: The hairy armadillo can live 8-12 years in the wild. There are reports of th ...
Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products on 1,2,4
... After a 3-minute exposure (one animal) a very slight or well defined erythema (grade 1 or 2) was noted from day 2 up to day 6. After a 1-hour exposure (three animals) a very slight or well defined erythema (grade 1 or 2) was noted from day 1 up to day 8 in the first treated animal. In the two other ...
... After a 3-minute exposure (one animal) a very slight or well defined erythema (grade 1 or 2) was noted from day 2 up to day 6. After a 1-hour exposure (three animals) a very slight or well defined erythema (grade 1 or 2) was noted from day 1 up to day 8 in the first treated animal. In the two other ...
Ecosystems – Adaptation and survival:
... Animals also may have adaptations in behavior. Like wolves, lions hunt in groups. This adaptation helps them to catch prey. Similarly, zebras travel in herds. Fish form groups called schools. Traveling in numbers helps these creatures to escape hunting animals. Many animals are active at night to av ...
... Animals also may have adaptations in behavior. Like wolves, lions hunt in groups. This adaptation helps them to catch prey. Similarly, zebras travel in herds. Fish form groups called schools. Traveling in numbers helps these creatures to escape hunting animals. Many animals are active at night to av ...
Exam 3 Review
... Coenocytic fungi lack cell walls. True/False Describe mychorrhizae including their lifestyle, specialized structures, and the types. ...
... Coenocytic fungi lack cell walls. True/False Describe mychorrhizae including their lifestyle, specialized structures, and the types. ...
introduction to foraging and environmental
... food based enrichment to stimulate the sense of taste by offering a variety of foods in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures. Novel object enrichment is the use of items not normally found in the animal’s natural habitat. For example, small pieces of PVC pipe and baby toys can provide EE for gui ...
... food based enrichment to stimulate the sense of taste by offering a variety of foods in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures. Novel object enrichment is the use of items not normally found in the animal’s natural habitat. For example, small pieces of PVC pipe and baby toys can provide EE for gui ...
spider monkey fact sheet - World Animal Foundation
... to Brazil, spider monkeys belong to the genus Ateles; the closely related woolly spider monkeys, are in the genus Brachyteles. As they require large tracts of undisturbed forest and specialize on ripe fruits, spider monkeys may be considered an indicator species; the monkeys are threatened by habita ...
... to Brazil, spider monkeys belong to the genus Ateles; the closely related woolly spider monkeys, are in the genus Brachyteles. As they require large tracts of undisturbed forest and specialize on ripe fruits, spider monkeys may be considered an indicator species; the monkeys are threatened by habita ...
Chapter 51 Presentation
... , , and Isopods’ Mating Success The mating success is dependent on the ...
... , , and Isopods’ Mating Success The mating success is dependent on the ...