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New interpretations of ape and human ancestry. Edited by R.L. Ciochon and R.S. Corruccini. New York: Plenum Press. 1983. xxiv + 888 pp., figures, tables, references, indices, $95.00 (cloth)
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1985-01)
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Sublethal effects of chronic exposure to an organochlorine compound on northern leopard frog ( Rana pipiens ) tadpoles
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001)
Global contamination with organochlorine compounds (OCs) has posed developmental and reproductive problems in wildlife worldwide. However, little is known about the impact of OCs or other pollutants on amphibians, despite ...
Biology, ecology, and management of the bulb mites of the genus Rhizoglyphus (Acari: Acaridae)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-02)
Bulb mites of the genus Rhizoglyphus (Claparède) (Acari: Acaridae) have been identified as pests of many crops and ornamentals in storage, in the greenhouse, and in the field. The most importanthosts are species in the ...
Chemical detection of sex and condition in the crayfish Orconectes virilis
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1985-02)
Individual crayfish ( Orconectes virilis ) were tested for responses to water containing conspecific individuals of several sex-status categories. Isolated males did not react to “self” water but did show aggressive postures ...
Beyond Refugia: New insights on Quaternary climate variation and the evolution of biotic diversity in tropical South America
(Springer, 2020)
Haffer’s (Science 165: 131–137, 1969) Pleistocene refuge theory has provided motivation for 50 years of investigation into the connections between climate, biome dynamics, and neotropical speciation, although aspects of ...
Pliocene and Pleistocene geologic and climatic evolution in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado
(Elsevier, 1992-07)
Sediments of the Alamosa Formation spanning the upper part of the Gauss and most of the Matuyama Chrons were recovered by coring in the high (2300 m) San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. The study site is located at ...
Cellulose digestion in primitive hexapods: Effect of ingested antibiotics on gut microbial populations and gut cellulase levels in the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-08)
Antibiotic feeding studies were conducted on the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae) to determine if the insect's gut cellulases were of insect or microbial origin. Firebrats were fed diets containing ...
Book review
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-11)
Stable isotope values suggest opossums (Didelphis virginiana) at their northern edge do not seasonally molt
(BioOne Complete, 2021-02-03)
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) continues to spread further north into temperate North America, raising questions regarding how they survive harsh winters. Very few marsupials exhibit winter adaptations such ...
Habitat heterogeneity is correlated with isotopic niche breadth across the range of a mammalian generalist mesopredator
(ESA, 2020-12-06)
Although generalists are becoming increasingly abundant and widespread, little is known about their response to ecological variation they encounter across their range. For example, the generalist’s flexible diet is cited ...